Fellow Hunters:

The Fall Shoot will be October 2-3. We have been working on the grounds since the spring shoot and the cover is excellent.

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Shoot schedule is:

Saturday Oct 2nd - Doubles Prelims and Dinner

Sunday Oct 3rd- Doubles Finals

Dinner Location:

TBD -- Drinks at 6:00 PM Dinner at 7:00 PM

We will be using the same format we did in the Spring, please read the info, if you have any questions let a board member know.

Everyone will run both days, the preliminaries on Saturday, and the finals on Sunday (2 runs). We will have multiple finals fields and you will be assigned a finals field according to your score in the preliminary run. The top teams will compete in the "A" finals the next tier will compete in the "B" finals, the next tier the "C" finals and so on. The tier cut-off will depend on the number of entries.

Prize money will be paid for the finals run only, we will not be combining scores from both runs.

Collars will be ALLOWED, if you run with a collar you will not be eligible for the "A" finals. You can run the first day without a collar and run the second day with a collar as long as you are not in the "A" finals. You may put a collar on at any time during the run.

Preliminary runs will be 6 birds 30 minutes.

The finals will have different bird limits and times. The "A" finals will have 6 birds 30 minutes. The "B" finals will have 5 birds 25 minutes. The "C" finals will have 4 birds 20 minutes. The "D" finals will have 3 birds 15 minutes.

Start times for all days will be 8:00AM. Teams need to check in when they arrive at the shoot and need to check w/the field marshal to determine where the fields are in relation to their run order. The field marshal is responsible for moving teams to facilitate the smooth running of the shoot. If any competitors do not comply with a request from the field marshal they will be disqualified with no refunds. Please plan accordingly.

We will have donation boxes for all un-wanted birds to be cleaned and distributed to local charities. Please put any birds you do not want in the donation boxes by the cleaning station.

Fred Smith Award

The Fall 2010 shoot is NOT a Fred Smith Points Event.

Congratulations to Tasha and Gary Hull for winning the 2010 Flushing division Fred Smith Award.

Congratulations to Ringo and Willie Hunter for winning the 2010 Pointing division Fred Smith Award.

The draw and late entries will be handled like this:

The shoot has 4 pointing and 4 flushing fields with 12/13 teams per field (depending on daylight) We will take the top 12 dogs from the latest Fred Smith Standings and place them in this order

All other dogs will get placed randomly in the fields.

Once the division is full we will have the computer generate a random draw for each field and publish the running order.

If the division is full we will generate a waiting list for teams that wish to enter, if a team withdraws we will take the first team from the waiting list to fill that spot.

If a division is not full we will run the draw at a date that allows time for the competitors to make plans for the shoot, any entries received after the draw will be considered a late entry.

All late entries will be put in the field with the least competitors, if all are fields have the same number of competitors they will be put in field order (A,B,C,D).

If a division is not full we will put a blank team in each field when the draw is run. If the blank team draws the first position, then the published start time will be the second run. Any teams entering late that would be put in a field with the first position open will get the first run. Any team that enters late that is put in a field that does not have the first spot open, will get their run position determined by a roll of the dice. All late entries must be at the shoot at the published start time the day of the shoot. The team will roll a pair of dice to determine their run position. If they roll 2 they will run second, if they roll 7 they will run 7th and the run order will be adjusted accordingly. After the first run if you want to run you dog you will be allowed in but you will receive a zero score.

The finals will be drawn at the dinner with a bingo type machine that has position numbers and whatever you draw will be your run position. If you have a confliction in another field, you will be skipped and the next team will be moved up in that field. If you have multiple conflictions you must resolve the earliest confliction first. If you draw pointing position 3 and flushing position 3 and pointing position 4 you must run your flushing position 3 before your pointing position 4. The field marshal's decision is final on all run time issues.