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[JKOttman]

2 is done why?? any idea? Looks tough. Just got in from training - missed all day!!! but training great! Beautiful weather in SW ONT.

Back To The Line.....2. FC Escalera's Black Explosion “Nitro” LM, Al Arthur


RR: got the bird clean
Flyer: small hunt and to the bird
SR: went to the right of the holding blind, drove deep and looked to be going for RR, Al Picked Up Nitro

[FOM]

50 no bird...
51 handle
56 did it
57 did it
50 did it....now we wait for callbacks

[Mary Lynn Metras]

Back To The Line.....2. FC Escalera's Black Explosion “Nitro” LM, Al Arthur


RR: got the bird clean
Flyer: small hunt and to the bird
SR: went to the right of the holding blind, drove deep and looked to be going for RR, Al Picked Up Nitro

Thanks Josie Finally caught up on my reading. Too bad!!! Looks like quite the test this series!!

[2tall]

Well, I'm down to two left in the pick 'em. Thats ok, I have really been impressed by a couple of dogs that I had never paid attention to before. That is the main thing I get out of this thread, the summary and the blogs. Exposure to great teams that I don't hear about often. If mine don't win, the best of luck to Guide and Indy! Guide is the coolest character I have ever seen, (per the photos) and Indy, oh my goodness gracious, youth, brains, and beauty, what more could you want? Oh yeah! A great name to go with all that!

[Mary Lynn Metras]

Well, I'm down to two left in the pick 'em. Thats ok, I have really been impressed by a couple of dogs that I had never paid attention to before. That is the main thing I get out of this thread, the summary and the blogs. Exposure to great teams that I don't hear about often. If mine don't win, the best of luck to Guide and Indy! Guide is the coolest character I have ever seen, (per the photos) and Indy, oh my goodness gracious, youth, brains, and beauty, what more could you want? Oh yeah! A great name to go with all that!

I am down to 3 with my picks if they make through this series. And my tie is still going.

Yes I agree exposure to teams you don't even know about.

Love all the pics and info in this thread.

[FOM]

Rumor is next series will be a water blind...

[stonybrook]

What makes this common and already difficult set-up especially difficult is thick bermuda cover using hen pheasants after a duck retrieve. That combo causes hunts and results in dogs losing prospective & confidence in their hunt. And with a cross-wind, the later dogs have an even more difficult time with the flyer with features blowing. Tough & will get tougher still unless handlers find a way to put odds in their favor.

Any benefit to taking the flyer or SR first and then taking the RR last? Taking 2 pheasants and then taking the duck? Appears there has been some success with primary for those that have done it that way (I think is how I recall that I saw that Guide, and I'm sure others, did it). Just curious what folks much more knowledgeable than I would use as an approach/game plan on a set up like this.

[stonybrook]

Anyone have any info on where a person can order merch? Looked on website but didn't see anything listed.

[leemac]

The blog listed callbacks but didn't give any numbers. Help me out!

[Darin Westphal]

The blog listed callbacks but didn't give any numbers. Help me out!

I'm glad I'm not the only one with two browsers open and hitting F5 every 30 seconds or so waiting for the call backs to be posted...