{"id":228,"date":"2024-01-22T17:25:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T00:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgdc.org\/wp\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=228"},"modified":"2024-03-21T15:46:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T21:46:05","slug":"pointing-dog-evaluation-5","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/mhgdc.org\/wp\/event\/pointing-dog-evaluation-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Pointing Dog Evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pointing Dog Evaluation<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>We need 3 or 4 people to help catch birds and will meet at the training grounds Saturday by 6:45AM. <span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family); font-size: 1em;\">We also need someone to pick up the pointer trailer at Sam Robinson&#8217;s house and someone to do lunch.\u00a0 <\/span>The first braces will start at 7:30AM. If you are in an early brace, please help with setup and catching birds.\u00a0 If you are in a late brace, please stay and help pack up after the event.\u00a0\u00a0Please text your name, dog&#8217;s name, and dog&#8217;s age to Jim Lovell (406) 581-1244 two weeks before the event and also let him know if you can bring the pointer trailer or prepare lunches.\u00a0 We will email the braces on Tuesday before the PDE.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Rules\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each brace will have 5 quail with 6 quail for the first brace.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>\u00a0A pointed bird will be\u00a0\u00a05 pts. for the dog.<\/li>\n<li>A retrieve to the handler will be 5 pts. for the dog.<\/li>\n<li>An honor\u00a0\u00a0will be 3 pts. for the dog.<\/li>\n<li>If more than one bird flushes from a point, the dog receives credit for one point, but may have more than one retrieve.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Safe gun handling is a requirement at all times<\/span>.\u00a0 Do not load more than two shells in your gun at a time.\u00a0 Keep break-action shotguns open except when you shoot. Keep the breach open in pump shotguns until you shoot.\u00a0 Keep an empty shell in semi-automatic shotgun breaches except when you shoot.\u00a0 Store guns safely in your vehicles when not in use. Call a &#8220;safety&#8221; when it is unsafe to shoot at a bird that has been pointed.\u00a0\u00a0Some examples of times to call a safety: the bird flies toward the gallery, the bird flies toward another person\u00a0\u00a0in the field, the bird flies across the county road.\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">If in doubt call a safety and don\u2019t shoot<\/span>. If a safety has been called the dog receives credit for the retrieve. Unsafe shooting will result in disqualification of the handler\/shooter and dog. 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