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The judges and a handler from the day's first brace walk into the bird field behind a master dog.
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While her gunner eyes a disruptive flock of blackbirds stirred up by a sunny break in the clouds, a handler (with prop gun) cautions her dog to remain steady.
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A handler and the gunning team (dog, just visible on point to the left) decide how to address a bird.
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Handlers and gunners chat on their way out of the field after the judges call time's-up.
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If you've ever been to the McKee-Beshers preserve in the week following any rain, you'll know why the test officials are glad to have horses when they cut between fields.
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A shorthair watches the bird field from the gallery.
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This level of concentration (on bird 100 yards away) is just a hint of what's to come in the heat of the test.
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Serious. So very serious.
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A judge looks back over his shoulder as a brace of dogs works their way through the bird field's sorghum cover.
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A handler directs a gunner into position.
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A German Wirehair on retrieve tap-dances past his Weimaraner bracemate.
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Just off the field, this Weim's being checked by his handler to make sure that a minor scrape near her eye isn't an emergency.
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This handler's watching the brace of dogs working the bird field. Her two dogs are fixated on the box of quail at the gunner's station.
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Focused on the bird box, indeed.
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A wirehair stops in his tracks while honoring another dog on point.
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Pointer on retrieve.
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To hand!
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Pointer, leaving the field with her prize.
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The last brace's scores in hand, the judges ride back to the breakaway to meet the next team of handlers.
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Never, ever spoil your bird dog. In this case, she's just being lifted up so as to get a better bit of scent from the bird field. You know, because it's, uh, windy, and whatnot.
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As a handler kicks around in the cover for the bird his Vizsla is pointing, the mounted judge moves in for a better look.
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The judge watches carefully, the gunner makes ready, and the handler is kicking cover to flush a bird.
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A gunner lines up on a quail flushing from his right. Note the mounted judge, watching the other dog, to the left.
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And he does the most important thing a hunt test gunner ever does: he chooses to pull the shot. The judges (who really appreciate not being shot) will make sure the dog gets another try for a retrieve.
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Walking back from the bird field after dispensing quail from the bird bucket.
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A field events rep from the AKC will sometimes make an appearance at hunt tests, ensuring safe conduct of the event, and providing event officials a chance to learn about rule changes and to get guidance on handler and administrative issues.
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Pointer profile.
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Pointer profile, II
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The decorative arts.
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One of the gunning squad heads into the senior bird field with a bag of quail to plant.
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The test Marshal's horse eyes the gallery area between runs to plant birds on the back course.
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A handler approaches his pointing Vizsla, barely visible in the cover, as his gunner waits for events to unfold.
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But the quail flushes straight for the gallery, so the gunner holds his shot.
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See, blondes do have more fun - they spend cold, windy weekend mornings watching bird dogs work.
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Spinone Italiano
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A young GSP gets a nose full of recently retrieved quail from the bird field. The sights and sounds of a hunt test can broaden a pup's horizons.
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Give! Good boy.
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One more time. Good boy.
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Nope, not a chew toy.
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A senior brace, warm in the sun, come around the last bend in the back course, and enter the bird field.
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Hard-charging, younger dogs are always easy to spot.
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Oops. Well, back to some stop-to-flush training.
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Solid Liver shorthair.
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Field events can be a great melting pot. A great chance for green dogs to see their counterparts from other breeds and to get more comfortable, socially.
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And, they're a chance to get re-acquainted with cousins.
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Over in the Junior Test area, we're treated to the less common sight of a judge on mule-back.
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Ready when you are.
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Handler, Weimaraner, and Chukar partridge leave the bird field.
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A shorthair shows admirable staunchness - he's on point well down the field, and has a bit of a wait for his handler.
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While handler and steady dog watch, a gunner lines up on a flushing chukar.
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Dogs passing or not, it's always encouraging to see two handlers come out of the field smiling and chatting.
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Finally, the sun stays long enough for those on the gunning and bird planting team to get out of the treeline shadows and warm up a bit between braces.
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Good idea.
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A Weim ploughs through the cover.
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And another, head-high to the wind, comes in from the back course.
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Bookends?
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A handler and his Spinone thank the judges at the end of their run.
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Backing.
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Still backing, and pointing steadily. Both shorthairs are staunch enough to not mind a photographer stomping around near the bird.
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Very patient, these two. Incidentally, they're littermates.
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A hen quail goes for a ride.
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Quite a ride, in fact.
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And the ride ends with an intact (if somewhat slobbered on) quail gently placed in the handler's hand. The bracemate is allowed a quick inspection.
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A successful day.
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