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[FOM]

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

It's just a place holder, they have not given them out yet...

[leemac]

That's just cruel!

[FOM]

23 dogs are back, dog 92 starts...

[BonMallari]

they are running out of daylight, its 4pm CST,would they start a test this late in the day or start fresh in the morning


woo hoo...I still have six dogs left in the Pick Em...and my goal was just to finish ahead of Jacob H

[Granddaddy]

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.

In a general sense, yes, there can be benefit. I'm not there so I can't comment specifically about this set-up. But I can give you my personal experience with selecting out of order...not very good. I attempt this from time to time but almost always when the dog shows me clearly it would prefer the out of order bird (say the shorter 2nd bird rather than the longer last bird thrown). I have attempted to influence one of my dogs to select on several occasions & my recollection is that I have been successful maybe twice out of a dozen times. It's just a tough set-up made even tougher by the factors (wind, cover, hen pheasants). Sure puts the judges in the driver's seat.

[FOM]

Callbacks 14, 15, 16, 28, 29, 31, 40, 41, 47, 48, 50, 56, 57, 65, 70, 76, 79, 88, 89, 92, 93, 96, 99, 105 (24 dogs)
Dogs dropped: 2, 9, 13, 17, 35, 37, 46, 51, 66, 68, 69, 74, 77, 80, 82, 86, 87, 100, 101, 103 (20 dogs)

[stonybrook]

In a general sense, yes, there can be benefit. I'm not there so I can't comment specifically about this set-up. But I can give you my personal experience with selecting out of order...not very good. I attempt this from time to time but almost always when the dog shows me clearly it would prefer the out of order bird (say the shorter 2nd bird rather than the longer last bird thrown). I have attempted to influence one of my dogs to select on several occasions & my recollection is that I have been successful maybe twice out of a dozen times. It's just a tough set-up made even tougher by the factors (wind, cover, hen pheasants). Sure puts the judges in the driver's seat.

As evidenced by the 50% drop from the 7th going into the 8th!

Thanks much for the reply, David.

[jenbrowndvm]

Word from the field is that they forgot Jerry Lee and it is actually 24 back.

[FOM]

Water blind is down the left shore, taking about 5 minutes per dog, dog 92 did the blind

[rsfavor]

I am told it is a very long angle entry water blind.