55. FC-AFC Lubys And Whitewaters Pirate’s Jewel

came to the line at 4:28 pm

RF: Front-Footed it !

MR: traveled a good line to the holding blind, est a hunt just deep of the fall and quickly retrieve the bird.

HFR: traveled to the front of the holding blind drove a bit deep and left to then work back to pick up the bird.

Re-Bird

These guys are getting it DONE! One minute flat!!! The News Team timed the Re-Bird just for giggles and found the guys are SWIFT!

Handle 51. FC-AFC Robbers’ Stray Bullet “Bullet”, LM, Alan Pleasant

RF: Stomped it!

MR: dog broke down and began to hunt way right of the holding blind. Did not appear as if dog was going to recover over to the bird, Alan Handled Bullet to the bird.

HFR: traveled up the hill straight to the area to retrieve the bird for a nice mark.

52. FC LKY’s Controlled Chaos “Riot”, LM, Kenny Trott

RF: bird landed in a mowed strip and Riot pounced on it!

MR: made one loop near the holding blind then retrieved the bird.

HFR: traveled toward the holding blind, then over to the area, est a small concentrated hunt before retrieving the bird. Good Job!

Handle 50. FC Baypoint’s Shades Of Bleu “Magic”, LM, Jim Gonia

RF: Pinned it!

MR: traveled toward the area, drove a bit deep, made a few passes before turning back to hunt the correct piece of cover and retrieve the bird.

HFR: looked out well drove to the top of the hill deep of the area,est. a hunt on top of the hill far from the bird did not look like he was going to recover so Jim Handled Magic to the bird.

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Re-Run/Pick Up 20. FC Hunting Creek Classy Girl JH “Classy”, LF, Alan Pleasant

RF: two quick tight loops to retrieve the bird

MR: went straight to the bird

HFR: started up the hill made a move toward the old fall when Alan attempted to handle with no-luck so he had to Pick-Up the dog.

Handle 49. FC-AFC Big Alfonse Capone Of Mo-Kan “Al”, LM, Bill Eckett

RF: had a short flyer, put up a hunt in the original area of the other flyers before coming up with this short flyer.

MR: smacked it!

HFR: hunted in the area for a good while before Bill Handled Al to the bird to complete the retrieve.

48. FC-AFC Kimber VIII “Kimber”, LF, Jerry Patopea

came to the line at 3:40 pm

RF: made three quick tight loops in the area before retrieving the bird.

MR: made one loop deep of the area then made a move to the right and worked way back to retrieve the bird

HFR: traveled the mowed path near the area put up a sizable hunt in the area before retrieving the bird.

Re-Run 31. FC Wing Magic’s Standpipe Moon “Piper”, LF, Mark Edwards

came to the line at 3:34 pm

RF: had a long flyer, made a few passes in the area before retrieving the bird.

MR: drove just deep of the area est a hunt in the next deepest cover patch before coming back to the correct cover patch and completing the retrieve.

HFR: took off hard drove the hill and kept going until reaching the top of the hill, dog est a hunt and hunted his way back to the area to complete the retrieve.

Re-Run4. FC-AFC Ragin Eye Of The Storm “Cane”, LM, Alan Pleasant

came to the line at 3:27 pm

RF: smacked it.

MR: traveled a path straight the area to retrieve the bird clean.

HFR: traveled a good line angling the hillside toward the area, est a hunt deep of the area. The dog's hunt started out tight and got bigger and bigger before coming up with the bird to complete the retrieve.

Gun Change

We had a gun change at 3:20 pm

No-Bird 45. FC-AFC Tip From A Gypsy “Marley”, LF, Danny Farmer

No-Bird HFR:

39. FC Fox Haven’s Born To Run MH “Dash”, LM, Don Remien

RF: straight to the bird.

MR: traveled behind the holding blind made two circles deep and to the right before breaking over to retrieve the bird.

HRF: drove the hill just skimming the backside of the holding blind to make a left toward the bird for a Job Well-Done!

No-Bird 20. FC Hunting Creek Classy Girl JH “Classy”, LF, Alan Pleasant

came to the line at 3:12pm

No-Bird HFR:

Handled 38. FC-AFC Creekside Maggie J “Maggie”, LF, Chris Ledford

RF: small area hunt to retrieve the bird.

MR: went straight to the bird.

HRF: traveled deep of the area drove the hill left of the gunner toward the far tree-line , Chris Handled to the bird.

No-Bird 31. FC Wing Magic’s Standpipe Moon “Piper”, LF, Mark Edwards

HRF: No-Bird

Handled 23. FC-AFC Great Bunns Of Fire “Jerry Lee”, LF, Ray Voigt

came to the line at 2:52 pm

RF: stepped on it!

Hen FR: made a couple passes short of the area and then turned toward the holding blind back out toward the area to retrieve the bird.

MR: drove thru the area looked to be going back to the HRF, Ray Handled to the bird.

No-Bird 4. FC-AFC Ragin Eye Of The Storm “Cane”, LM, Alan Pleasant

came to the line at 2:49 pm

No-Bird Hen Flyer Retired

Test Dog for Series 9

Test Dog came to the line at 2:32 pm

Test Dog #1 Sammie/ Payton

RF: Perfect mark!

MR: traveled behind the holding blind to make a loop into the cover to retrieve the bird.

HFR: traveled thru the fall of the MR, drove up the hill to est a hunt on the back side of gun station before Sammie Handled to the bird.

Test Dog #2 Clint Joyner/ Sister

RF: Nice mark!

HFR: traveled under the arc and over to the bird.

MR: drove thru the fall looked to be headed back to the Flyer and Sister was Handled to the bird.

Series 9 Land Triple with Two Retired Marks

H. Cooper Black has a tremendous variety fields with good cover and rolling terrain to chose from for the 2013 NRC tests. We are now near the club house where a few of the Series had already run. The sky is partly cloudy and the wind is gently out of the West switching to the Southwest at times steadily blowing at 5 to 10 MPH. The starting mat is facing to the East providing for all the marks to be down wind in this checkerboard patterned mowed field of a gentle roll. The dogs begin at the top of a hill looking down into the valley of another hillside.

The first gun station throws a Hen pheasant flyer angle back to the right landing in a cover strip measuring at 261 yards retiring into a manufactured brush pile. This will be referred to as the (HF).

The next gun station to throw is situated shorter and slightly left of the first mark measuring at 153 yards, it too retires in a manufactured brush pile. This mark will be referred to as the Middle Retired (MR) and throws a dead Hen pheasant angle back to the left landing in a cover strip.

The third and final mark of this Triple marking test is shorter and to the left of the second mark. It is a Rooster pheasant flyer measuring at 126 yards thrown flat to the left also landing in a cover strip. These gunners remain sitting out and visible from the line. It is currently 2:30pm with a Dew pt of 59%, Humidity of 65% and a temperature of 70°F, our High for the day.

This 9th Series test is averaging 6 mins per dog.

Scrapping the 9th Series

After the first 6 dogs ran Series 9, we had 1 No-Bird, and 3 Double Handles....the judges have decided to scrap the current Series 9 test.

We are relocating and the judges will be setting up with a new test scenario for Series 9 of the 2013 National Retriever Championship.

9th Series Test Description

Land Quad with Two Retired Marks – SCRAPPED TEST

The test begins on top of a hill overlooking a large bowl-shaped valley. The field is mowed in a checkerboard pattern and sprinkled with oak saplings and old large round hay bails. The starting mat faces to the East and the wind is blowing constant out of the SW at 8 mph. The skies are partly cloudy and the temperature is a pleasant 64 degrees with a bit of humidity.

The gunners are situated in a valley of this large picturesque field. The first bird to be thrown is up the middle of the test. It is a dead rooster pheasant measuring at 125 yards. This dead rooster pheasant is thrown hard angled bakc to the left and retires behind some hay bails, with strategically placed oak saplings around it. This bird will be referred to as the Right Retired (RR) .

The next bird to be thrown is just deep and to the left, still situated in the valley and also retires behind some oak saplings. This mark is measuring at 176 yards, and they are throwing a dead hen pheasant, angled back to the left. We will be referring to this mark as the left retired (LR).

The third bird to be thrown in this land quad is a hen pheasant flyer. Thrown flat to the left, landing in cover. This gun station is sitting on the side hill up the valley and is measuring at 210 yards. We will be referring to this mark as the Hen Flyer (HF).

The fourth and final bird to be shot in this land quad moves the dog across the test to the far right. This gun station is also sitting somewhat on a side hill in the valley, throwing a rooster pheasant flyer flat to the right, measuring at 250 yards. We will refer to this fourth and final bird as the Go Bird (Go).

All of these birds are landing in a variation of cover.


 Test time is averaging 9.5 minutes per dog to complete.

Callbacks to the 9th Series

Callbacks:
4,6,9,10,16,19,20,23,31,38,39,45,48,49,50,51,52,55,59,61,74,75,77,82

24 dogs back

dog #4 starts the 9th series....

7 dogs were dropped
1, 22, 27, 57, 60, 72, 91

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59. FC-AFC Hoot N Holler “Hoot”, LM, John Henninger

3 whistles to get through the goal posts, 4 whistles to get past the PB, 1 whistle to enter the water and carry it to the end

57. FC-AFC Duckblind’s Real McCoy “Charli”, LF, Dave Opseth

1 whistle to get through the goal posts, 4 whistles to get past the poison bird and several whistels to get into the corner of the water, tip-toeing the shore line to retrieve the bird

55. FC-AFC Lubys And Whitewaters Pirate’s Jewel “Jewel”, LF, Ray Voigt

Carried initial line through the goal posts, needed only 2 whistles to get past the poison bird and 1 final whistle to carry the cast and retrieve the bird for an excellent job!

51. FC-AFC Robbers’ Stray Bullet “Bullet”, LM, Alan Pleasant

Needed 2 whistles to get through the goal posts, 2 whistles to get past he PB, and carried the cast all the way to the end and complete the retrieve

50. FC Baypoint’s Shades Of Bleu “Magic”, LM, Jim Gonia

Came to the line at 10:58 am EST

Carried initial line through the goal posts, needed 3 whistles to get past the PB, and 3 whistles to enter the water and complete the retrieve.

Re-Bird 49. FC-AFC Big Alfonse Capone Of Mo-Kan “Al”, LM, Bill Eckett

Came to the line at 10:55 am EST

Required one whistle to get through the goal post, 4 whistles to get past the PB and into the water, and a few more whistles to complete the retrieve.

48. FC-AFC Kimber VIII “Kimber”, LF, Jerry Patopea

Took a great initial line through the goal post, required 4 whistles to get past the PB and carried that to the end to complete the retrieve.

45. FC-AFC Tip From A Gypsy “Marley”, LF, Danny Farmer

Took initial line through the goal posts, needed 3 whistles to get past the poison bird, and 3 more whistles to get into the water and complete the retrieve.

39. FC Fox Haven’s Born To Run MH “Dash”, LM, Don Remien

2 whistles to get through the goal posts, 2 whistles to get past the PB, carrying the cast all the way to the end for the retrieve. Nice job.

38. FC-AFC Creekside Maggie J “Maggie”, LF, Chris Ledford

2 whistles to get through the goal posts, 2 whistles to get past the poison bird, and 2 whistles to get in the water and complete the retrieve

31. FC Wing Magic’s Standpipe Moon “Piper”, LF, Mark Edwards

2 whistles to get through the goal posts, 5 whistles to get past the poison bird, and only 2 whistles to finish out the retrieve.

Pick-Up 27. FC-AFC Fresh Squeezed Juice “Juice”, LM, Mark Medford

Refused all whistles and casts to retrieve the PB

23. FC-AFC Great Bunns Of Fire “Jerry Lee”, LF, Ray Voigt

Needed 3 whistles to get through the goal posts, 2 whistles to get past the PB, and requiring 1 whistle to complete the retrieve.

Pick-Up 22. FC-AFC Indian Height’s Get Away “George”, LM, Carl Ruffalo

Refused all whistles and casts to retrieve the PB

20. FC Hunting Creek Classy Girl JH “Classy”, LF, Alan Pleasant

Only needed 2 whistles to get through the goal posts, 3 whistles to get past the PB, carrying it all the way to the end for a good job.

19. FC Trumarc’s Dot Come “Dottie”, LF, Danny Farmer

Had 3 whistles up front going wide right at the pine trees. Had 3 whistles to get past the PB. But only required to whistles to get into the water and retrieve the bird.

16. FC-AFC Mercy Mercy Mercy Me “Mercy”, LF, Paul Sletten

1 whistle to get through the goal posts, 3 whistles to get past the PB and into the water, after getting in the water, carried the line all the way to the end and only requiring a check down whistle to retrieve the bird.

10. FC Hyfly’n Turbo Jet “Turbo”, LM, Ray Voigt

Initial line carried the dog through the goal post, needed only 2 whistles to get past the PB, and only requiring 2 more whistles to enter the water and complete the retrieve.

9. FC-AFC Candlewood’s Skyrocket “Sky”, LF, Chris Ledford

2 whistles to get through the goal posts, 3 whistles to get past the PB and enter the water, and then 1 last whistle to complete the retrieve.

6. Henfield’s Zoe “Zoe”, LF, Danny Farmer

Needed 3 whistles to get through the pine trees, needed 2 whistles to get past the PB, and needed just 2 more whistles to enter the water and complete the retrieve.

4. FC-AFC Ragin Eye Of The Storm “Cane”, LM, Alan Pleasant

Needed only 1 whistle to get through the pine trees, required several whistles to get past the PB and enter the water, needed a few more whistles to complete the retrieve.

Pick-Up 1. FC Peakebrook’s Secret Weapon “Bond”, LM, Al Arthur

One whistle to get through the pine trees, several whistles near the PB, before the dog retrieved the PB.

Pick-Up 91. Utopian Sixteen Hands “Hunter”, LM, Jerry Patopea

Came to the line at 10:05 am EST

Needed several whistles up front, refusing the casts, and retrieved the PB

82. FC Sweetie’s Easy Rider “Ford”, LM, Jim Gonia

Required 2 whistles to get through the goal posts. Needed several whistles to get past the PB and into the water, requiring a few more whistles to complete the retrieve.

77. FC-CFC Laird’s Cynful Wisdom “Wiley”, LF, Dave Smith

Came to the line at 10:00 am ET

Needed only 1 whistle to get through the pine trees, requiring 3 whistles to get past the PB and to get into the water. Requiring 2 more whistles to complete the retrieve.

75. FC-AFC Coolwater’s Knockout “Punch”, LM, Alex Washburn

Needed only 1 whistle to get through the goal posts, needed one more whistle to get past the poison bird and enter the water, with only 2 more whistles to complete the retrieve.