What a rollercoaster

[Doc & Nash]

Me, T-bone, Eddie, and Eddie Sr, hit Mid South this weekend. Sat was a humbling experience. Senior test Sat was straight up, two good marks and a angle entry/exit water blind, could have not been more than 60-70 yds and that was pushing it.

Long story short Nash cleaned up the marks better than I could have asked and then he had a mind fart, he made his mind up that he was gonna square the exit, 2 cast refusals later he was beached, 3 more cast refusals later sweat was pouring down my face, I sat him, brought him in a little to make a point and right when I was gonna cast him the last time he looked right back to where he had been and I knew I was had. picked him up and saved the judges from having to endure any more of the slaughtering of their water blind.

Sunday however was a different story, he smoked the marks, land and water and the blind on land was good, he got a little right on the down hill side but he took the cast(s) and brought back the chicken. Water blind was a very tough senior level blind and even a good master blind, the judges set it up and judges it according to how a senior dog should do. When one judge told us tha he would expect a solid master dog to pick it up in 4 whistles I felt better about my 6.

The blind was 50-60 yds, very tight angle entry, running water to a point, over the point and then down a channel ( 7' wide ditch) at the end, the ditch split into a "Y" which required you to maintain very tight control and finish the blind. Dogs that typically were use to hunting the end of a blind found them selves lost as a goose down one of the two legs of the "Y". Most of the dogs did OK on it with a bunch ping ponging from bank to bank. But all in all, I got a new orange ribbon to add to the wall.

Good weekend, Nash is sitting on three senior passes and three master passes, Where to next??????

[70 sprig]

Glad y'all recovered from saturday bud , congrats

[Z Davis]

Did you lose your lunch on saturday or sunday. HA HA
Congrats!!!

[skuna]

Good weekend, Nash is sitting on three senior passes and three master passes, Where to next??????

I would double stake....One less master pass needed if'en you get the SH.

[Rob New]

Nash is sitting on three senior passes and three master passes, Where to next??????

I'd head to the liquor cabinet and pour me a glass of bourbon!

[CF]

Congrats....glad things turned out better on Sunday!

[T-Bone]

Nash is sitting on three senior passes and three master passes, Where to next??????

I'd head to the liquor cabinet and pour me a glass of bourbon!

I am rollin wif Rob! Just point me in the direction of your cabinet!

[LA2TN]

Congrats guys! Wish I could have been there on Sunday to run, sounded like a good test. Are yall going to MTARC?
We managed to get a ribbon on Saturday and I was pleased with J.C.'s work. Although it wasn't as clean as I would have liked on the water. We still have work to do. Nash did very well on the marks Sat. as well as T-Bone. The water blind was not as easy as it appeared. By the way, remind me never to agree to marshall a senior.