At 12:59 pm the bye dog was sent out so #32 Betty could have her honor. Our gun changed started at 1:00 pm.
Our humidity is still high at 91%, the wind is coming in from the east at 4 mph. Currently our temps are still hanging in the upper 70's, but we are still predicted to reach in mid afternoon.
Our first gun changed happened after dog #143 at 9:38 am. Our temperatures 72 degrees with overcast skies. Our wind has shifted to the east northeast.
The change in wind direction from north to northeast is creating much more difficulty for the handlers. Where as the dogs were able to get a wind save by driving deep and up hill on the long retired, with the north wind the dogs can no longer wind the bird when they are climbing the hill deep and to the left of the long bird.
Conditions for the short retired also have changed and dogs can wind the short bird more easily now from deep and right of the bird.
At 2:20 our final gun change has happened! Yes that means we are almost done with the 6th Series. We have only 18 dogs left to come to the line for their chance to complete this Land Triple!
So far we have 6 handles and 1 pick up!
At 12:12 pm we have a gun change. All gun stations are doing practice throws. Temperatures has rising only two degrees since 8:00 am to 77. Humidity is about 75%. Depending on the length of their hunt, the combined heat and humidity is taking their toll on the dogs.
The winds are varied some but is back coming from the south at 9 mph.
We had our second re-bird after #83 Sonic completed his blind.
Only taking four minute (10:12 - 10:16 am) we were back with running dogs.
We had a quick re-bird after dog #37 Dexter and by 8:36 am we were ready to go again.
We are having a quick 4th gun change at 6:08 pm. We will be back soon with #51 at the line.
After dog #31 Jammer completed his series we had our 3rd gun change at 3:26 pm.
We are having out 2nd Gun Change of the day.
Our temps are holding at 59 degrees with the wind still coming from northwest at 16 mph.
Our conditions have not changed that much. The skies have clouds coming and going. The wind has diminished only slightly. Visibility on all the guns and birds is still excellent.
10:10 am Conditions Report From the Field
We have sunny skies and a tempature of 57 degrees with a northwest wind at 19 mph.
Visibility is good and improving as the sun gets higher in the sky and the guns are becoming increasingly more visible.
At 9:35 am we had our first gun change of the day. Our temps are at 64 degrees with an overcast sky.
The conditions have changed substantially with the wind shifting and now coming to the south and blowing at 8 mph. Wind change appears to be affecting the blind as the crosswind is causing the dogs to drift to the right. The wind change is also affecting the hunt patterns on the retired gun. Dog are hunting short and then finally working their way out to get the bird.
We will be back soon with the next running dog # 69.
We had our 3rd gun change / re-bird at 3:20 pm.
The temps have gone up to 79 degrees. The wind has dropped slightly to 8 mph but still holding at northwest. Clouds are building slightly but visibility on all birds and blind is still excellent with no shadows.
We had our 2nd gun change starting at high Noon! At this point 50 dogs have completed this series since we started at 7:00 am. We are averaging approximately 6 minutes per dog.
Our temperature has increased to 75 degrees. We are seeing increased in little cotton ball clouds. The wind is holding fairly steady at 10 mph but appears to be shifting slightly northwest. When the sun is out there are no shadows in the field. Visibility is excellent weather it cloudy or sunny! Over all it is a very pleasant day in the field.
We had our first gun change at 9:41 am.
Conditions have changed substantially since we started. The wind has increased to 11 mph which has improved scenting Conditions but added a slight cross wind to challenge the blind. Shadows affecting the retired bird and the blind have pretty much vanished.