8th Series – Water Blind
Another day at the beautiful Spangler property. Temps are cooler and humidity is nigher – 94%. Low clouds are keeping the lighting subdued. The hillside is thick with clover and grass.
The entry is about 45 yards to the water. The mat faces east on a slope that goes to the water. Wind is northeast at 9 mph. The line is 277 yards. The dog will recover a mallard hen.
The dog can square into the pond and head to the island. There he will begin to slightly angle off to the next point. Then it's off and through the cove onto a larger point where he will angle across a channel dotted with decoys to a bird placed ion the shoreline of the point up a steep bank. The test is just under seven minutes.
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| 8th Series Water Blind Drone photos by Pat Burns of Elite Retrievers |
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| 8th Series Sketch by Official Artist Cary Hunkel |