Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Series Five - Land Quad

Test Five is a quad with three retired and a rooster flyer. The test is in a hay field dotted with almost 30 large snow covered bales. There are strips of sage grass cover that has been mowed into the field. The mat is at the north end of the field located on a hill side.

Bird #1 is the long Right Retired dead rooster station is against the far tree line at 315 yards from the mat. This bird is thrown to the left, landing in the area around a bale of hay.

Bird #2 is the Middle Retired station located at 130 yards in front of the mat. This well brushed set of bales is where the gunners retire after throwing a hen pheasant angled back slightly to the right.

Bird #3 is the Left Retired station located 185 yards from the line. The guns are also retired in hay bales. This hen pheasant is thrown on a deep angle back to the right landing in a strip of heavy cover.

Bird #4 is a rooster Flyer at 235 yards to the left of the line. The gunners shoot this rooster to the left.


Long Right Retired – 315 yards

Middle Right Retired – 130 yards

Left Retired – 185 yards

Flyer – 235 yards
Here is an aerial overview diagram of the Fifth Series (minus hay bales – or as some have called them today – MARSHMALLOWS!)

Fifth Series Aerial Diagram by Grounds Chair David Colwell