RE: Flushers shouldnt take the back seat
They scoring and rules are as follows. Runs are timed the same for flushers and pointers of 20 minutes. You must flush and take 5 birds to recieve no time penalties. Missed shots, pointers bumping birds, pointers not holding on the point, no taking all birds, additional shots, failed retrieves or dogs not retrieving to a stationary handler, or dogs catching brids on the ground as many flushers have done will award you time penalties. I am aware there are more penalties a pointer can recieve, but it just seems the overall attitude of pointer handlers is that there dogs are "superior" and deserve more recognition than flushers. I am wonderinf if anyone else has experienced this before.