Land triples and bird-boy blinds

Today Laddie and I worked with three bird-boys on a local field. I set up two big land triples, and then ran Laddie on three bird-boy blinds.

All marks today were 3" white bumpers thrown into cover.

Here are descriptions:

Series A. Land triple featuring hip-pocket double, both memory birds retired

The first throw was on the right, thrown RTL at 310y. The second throw was on the left, thrown LTR at 210y and into a ditch. The third throw was in the center, thrown RTL at 150y. The line to the thrower of the first mark was thru the fall of the third mark. The gunners for the first and second mark retired as Laddie was returning from the first mark.

Laddie nailed the go-bird, and required a fairly long hunt on the second mark and a short hunt on the third mark.

Series B. In-line triple, both memory birds retired

The first throw was on the right, thrown LTR on an angle back at 150y. The second throw was in the middle, thrown LTR at 120y, a third of the way toward the first thrower. The third throw was on the left, thrown LTR at 90y, a third of the way toward the second thrower.

Laddie nailed the go-bird, ran the second mark wide but circled directly into it, and nailed the long mark.

Bird-boy blinds

It's possible to use a single bird-boy (or bird-girl) to run a dozen or more tune-up blinds in a short time, but in this case, I happened to have three bird-boys, so I just sent each out to set up a blind, distances of 100-180y. In two cases, I felt Laddie's whistle-sits were too slow and used Walk Outs to deny the retrieve and try again.