Callbacks to the Third Series

The Callbacks to the Third Series: (total 101 dogs)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109 and 110.

The 6 dogs dropped are: 15, 36, 76, 96, 98 and 103

Remember that 25, 29 and 91 were scratches.

101 dogs called back from 107 starting dogs.

The test is a water triple at the Simonds property at the Bliss Hill Road Test site, page number 42 of the Training Grounds Book.

Test dog at 7:15 am.
First running dog at 8:00 am.

Done For The Day

Thanks for eveyone's comments and participation in this years #2016NARC BLOG!!!

Callbacks will be given at The Town & Country Resort.

2nd Re-Run 6. Daybreak Second In Command, "Joshua," LM, Bill Landau

F: est a hunt to retrieve the bird.

LR: traveled a path toward the area made a few passes in the area to retrieve the bird. Nice Job!

LB: LINED THE BLIND!!! OUTSTANDING!!!

Series 1 & 2 in the books at 6:53 pm

PICK UP 15. FC-AFC Ragin Eye Of The Storm, “Cane,” LM, John Thomas

The dog broke on the flyer.

14. FC-CAFC-CFC Jazztime Cut to the Chase, “Chase,” LM, Paul Hanson

F: got to the area and made a few loops to retrieve the bird.

LR: made it to the blind, made a loop to the left and retrieved the bird.

LB: 2 whistles up front, 1 mid distance and 2 whistles near the end to complete the blind. AWESOME!!!

13. AFC Jorja’s Tarbaby Tempest, “Tempy,” LF, Jake Fredericks

F: Stomped on it!

LR: Stepped on it!

LB: LINED THE BLIND!!! FANTASTIC !!!

Re-Run 8. AFC Trifecta's Black Gold, "Slick," LF, Lisa Kane

F: drilled it!

LR: chalk-lined to the bird.

LB: LINED THE BLIND !!!! MAGNIFICENT!!!

12. NAFC-FC Hardscrabble Roxie McBunn, “Roxie,” LF, Bill Benson

F: Smashed it!

LR: straight to the area made a few loops and snatched up the bird!

LB: great inital line, 2 whistles mid distance, and carried it to the end.

Re-Run & No-Bird 6. Daybreak Second In Command, "Joshua," LM, Bill Landau

F: The dog was given a number. The flyer was shot really short landing at the gunners feet. est a significant hunt. The Judge tapped the Handler on the shoulder to call the dog in so he may run in contention at the end.

LR:

LB:

11. FC-AFC Aksarben’s Black Skyy MH, “Skyy,” LM, Alice Woodyard

F: Pounced on it!

LR: went into the mark under the arc, took a pass to the right then to the left to retrieve the bird.

LB: 1 up front, carried almost to the end needing only a few whistles to retrieve the bird.

Handled 10. AFC Lucyana’s Full Speed Ahead, “Straight,” LM, Laura Parrott

F: Pinned it!

LR: broke down and took a hard left into the wood-line shallow of the fall area, est a hunt left of the holding blind, then was Handled to the bird.

LB: 2 whistle blind. Nice work!

9. FC Utopian Sixteen Hands, “Hunter,” LM, Gary Zellner

F: Straight to the bird.

LR: traveled a path to the area and scooped up the bird.

LB: 1 up front, 1 mid distance, carried to the bird. FANTASTIC!!!

Re-Run 2. NAFC-FC Texas Troubador, “Tubb,” LM, Martha Russell

F: got a longer flyer, est a hunt in and around the area before digging out the bird.

LR: made it to the holding blind made a turn to the right then made a loop to the left and retrieved his bird.

LB: 1 whistle up front , 1 mid distance and 3 to complete the retrieve for a job well done!

No-Bird 8. AFC Trifecta’s Black Gold, “Slick,” LF, Lisa Kane

F: no bird

LR:

LB:

7. FC-AFC Texaco’s High Tesse, “Star,” LF, Alex Abraham

F: hunted the area hard, then retrieved the bird in the tall cover.

LR: made it to the holding blind took a hard left and retrieved the bird.

LB: 2 whistles up front, 2 mid distance, carried all the way to the bird.

No-Bird 6. Daybreak Second In Command, “Joshua,” LM, Bill Landau

Flyer: No-Bird

5. FC-AFC SK’s Dirty Little Secret, “Vegas,” LF, Betsy Madden

F: covered quite a bit of ground before coming up with the bird.

LR: made it to the holding blind , circle the blind est a hunt deep and right of the holding blind, then eventually moved over to the left to dig out the bird.

LB: 1 quick whsitle, 1 mid distance, 3 whistles near the end to retrieve the bird.

4. B&D’s Chocolate Mariah, “Windy,” LF, Don Brawley

F: Put her nose on it!

LR: traveled a path straight to the bird!

LB: quick whistle up front, 2 mid distance, to carry all the way to the bird. OUTSTANDING!!!

3. NFC-AFC Robber’s Stray Bullet, “Bullet,” LM, Hank McNeil

F: made a quick loop near the bird just missing the bird on the up wind side, est a hunt in the area before retrieving the bird.

LR: Nice mark!!!

LB: good initial line, carried it to the treeline and curled a bit out of sight the handler moved and gave a cast to the bird, for a job well done!

No-Bird 2. NAFC-FC Texas Troubador, “Tubb,” LM, Martha Russell

Flyer

1. FC-FTCH Handjems Artful Dodger, “Dodger,” LM, Jim Dorobek

F: Front-Footed it!

LR: made a turn to the right of the holding blind then to the left to retrieve the bird.

LB: good initial line, 1st whistle mid distance, 2 near the end to complete the blind. FANTASTIC!

110. Chances R Jean Louise Finch, “Scout,” LF, John Goossen

F: nice mark

LR: went to the right of the holding blind, est a hunt right before working left to retrieve the bird.

LB: 2 whistles mid distance, 2 near the end to carry to the bird. Great Job!

109. FC-AFC Aran Island’s Finnegan, “Finnegan,” LM, Pat Martin

F: straight to the bird

LR: Drilled it!

LB: 1 whistle up front, 1 near the end to retrieve the bird.

108. FC-AFC Buck IN Bobby, “Bobby,” LM, Mary Ahlgren

F: smoked it!

LR: made it to the holding blind, made a pass to the right then made a pass to the left and retrieved the bird.

LB: 2 whistles up front, 2 mid distance, and a few at the end to check down on the bird.

107. FC-AFC Windy City’s Mighty Mouse, “Mickey,” LM, Charlie Hines

F: hunted the area fiercely to make the retrieve.

LR: ran at the holding blind then went to the left and retrieved the bird quick

LB: 2 whistles mid distance, to carry all the way to the bird. STELLAR!!!

106. FC-AFC Good Idea’s Second Wind, “Vapor,” LF, Ken Neil

F: straight to the area and dug it out!!!

LR: went to the holding blind, made a pass right then a pass to the left and retrieved the bird clean.

LB: 1st whistle mid distance, 1 more at the end to check up at the bird. TERRIFIC!!!

105. FC-AFC Contrails Sky Queen, “Reina,” LF, David Opseth

F: Front-Footed it!

LR: made it to the holding blind went under the arc made a pass to the right and then to the left.

LB: 1 whistle up front, 2 near the end to complete the blind. AMAZING!!!

104. FC Delpond’s Pretty in Pink, “Bella,” LF, Mark Menzies

F: Smacked it!

LR: made it to the holding blind made a pass to the right then made a pass to the left.

LB: 2 whistles mid distance, 3 more to put the dog on the bird.

Handle 103. FC-AFC Forry’s Charmed One, “Piper,” LF, Lynn Budd

F: Pounded it!

LR: traveled under the arc, dog got hung up in scent behind the flyer station and was Handled to the bird.

LB: Lined almost all the way needing only one whistle near the end.

102. FC-AFC Atlastastar, “Rinny,” LF, Martha Blank

F: Drilled  it!

LR: traveled a path to the right of the holding blind, then looped to the left and straight to the bird.

LB: 1 whistle up front, 2 whistles mid distance, 3 more near the end to complete the test.  FABULOUS!!!

Conditions Report & Gun Change

The Sun is beaming bright and HOT!!! It has warmed up to a sticky 83'F. At timers the breeze is slight or non-existent. The dog's are coming off the line warm and jumping into the kiddy pools we have available for them to cool off.

Pat Burns -

Like most Nationals, we have hit a stretch of bad work.  It has been my experience that a longer retired gun often times gets more difficult as more dogs run.  Drag back and 80 plus pheasants being shot with feathers drifting onto the line to the long bird all play a role.  It appears that the foot scent of the dogs that are hunting behind the longer retired bird are influencing the dogs hunt pattern.  In other words, the more the dogs hunt in area the more the other dogs are attracted to hunt there as well.  Another factor is definitely the temperatures.  The dogs are heating up and that affects their ability to smell and think.  It turns out that an earlier number was more favorable on this test. 

101. FC-AFC Lanes Lets Get Ready To Rumble, “Ali,” LM, Bobby Lane

F: straight to the bird and front-footed it.

LR: Smacked it!

LB: 1 quick whistle up front, 2 mid distance, 1 at the bird. SPECTACULAR!!!

Handled 100. Kirkwood’s Blue Grade Lady, “Gracie,” LF, Casey Adams

F: went to the area made a couple tight loops to retrieve the bird.

LR: hung up short of the mark in the flyer scent. The dog was Handled out of the scent to the bird, clean.

LB: lined all the way out to the bird needing only one whistle to check down at the end.

99. AFC Trinity’s Moose on the Loose, “Lucy,” LF, Cindie Little

F: est a small hunt just right of the bird and then got it!

LR: went in under the arc made a pass to the right and hunted her way to the left and retrieving the bird.

LB: 1 quick whistle up front, 2 whistles mid distance, 1 to retrieve the bird.

Pick-Up 98. FC-AFC Watermark’s Miss Kali Hart, “Kaylee,” LF, Sonya Harrigfeld

F: Nice mark!

LR: drove under the arc and kept going out of sight. Then the dog disappeared and was attempted to handle but then had to Pick Up the dog from the test.

LB:

97. AFC Lane’s Thrilla n Manilla, “ Frazier,” LM, Michael Robicheaux

F: made a few loops and then a scooped up the of bird.

LR: got to the holding blind made a pass right then a pass left and got the bird.

LB: 2 up front,  1 mid distance,  2 at the end for a job well done!

96. Brink’s Buster Brown, “Buster,” LM, Jeffrey Bandel

F: had a large hunt in the area before finding the bird.

LR: traveled just under the arc made a pass to the right est a hunt right and near the wood line, before working over to the left and retrieved the bird.

LB: 3 whistles mid distance, then had several whistles near the end to complete the retrieve.

95. Red Dog’s Ain’t Misbehavin’, “Zoe,” LF, Sydney Gardave

F: covered quite a bit of ground before finding the bird.

LR: went into the mark under the arc, made a loop left and straight to the bird.

LB: 1 whistle mid distance, 1 at the bird. OUTSTANDING!!

94. FC-AFC Contempt of Court, “Ruckus,” LM, Susan Bledsoe

F: Drilled it!

LR: traveled a path right of the holding blind, then took a turn to the left and went straight to the bird.

LB: 1st whistle mid distance, and 1 whistle at the bird. FANTASTIC!!!

93. FC-AFC Dottie Ray’s League Of Her Own, “Dottie,” LF, Andy Kahn

F: made a few passes in the area to retrieve the bird.

LR: chalk-lined to the bird.

LB: 2 quick whistles up front, 1 whistle to check down at the end. MARVELOUS!!!

92. FC-AFC-AFTCH Jaybar American Idol, “Reuben,” LM, Barbara Younglove

F: Nice mark!

LR: Excellent!

LB:2 whistles mid distance 1 whistle near the end to finish out the blind retrieve.

90. FC-AFC Freeridin Miss Kitty, “Kitty,” LF, Theodore Shih

F: Hammered it!

LR: made a couple passes near the guns then moved over to the left and retrieved the bird.

LB: 1 whistle up front. 2 whistles mid distance, 1 whistle near the bird to complete the retrieve.

89. FC-AFC Ruff Rivers Oasis On The Plains, “Colby,” LF, Northrup Larson

F: very short shot bird. Drilled it!

LR: went into the mark under the arc then made a pass to the right then a pass to the left and over to the bird.

LB: LINED THE BLIND!!! FANTASTIC!!!

88. FC-AFC Candlewood’s Life Is A Highway, “Freeway,” LM, John Stracka

F: straight to the area

LR: traveled on a path to the area and front footed the mark.

LB: 1 whistle mid distance and then carried it all the way to the bird. GOOD JOB!

87. FC-AFC Leica Sabertooth, “Tiger,” LM, Terry Rotschafer

F: est a sizable hunt before finding his flyer.

LR: sailed in under the arc, and straight to the bird.

LB: 1 whistle near the end to complete the blind. AWESOME!!!

86. Knockout Punch II, “Joe,” LM, Jim Cope

F: Straight to the area

LR: Stepped on it!

LB: 3 quick whistles up front, 3 near the end to finish the blind clean and easy.

85. FC-AFC Chopper’s Final Approach, “Billie,” LF, Joel Harris

F: didn't miss a stride and retrieved the bird on the fly

LR: traveled a path under the arc then took a hard right, est a hunt to the right before crossing over to the left to retrieve the bird.

LB: 1 whistle mid distance and 1 whistle near the end to complete the blind. STELLAR!!!

84. FC-AFC Good Idea’s Texas Scratch, “Rosie,” LF, Ken Neil

F: Smacked it!

LR: straight to the bird!

LB:had a total of 5 whistles for a smooth performance. EXCELLENT!

83. Jet Black’s Supersonic Boom, “Sonic,” LM, Judy Powers

F: made a few quick loops and a swoop to retrieve the bird

LR:skimmed the left side of the holding blind took a turn to the right then made a pass to the left and got the bird.

LB: 1 whistle mid distance carried to near the end needing 2 check down whistles at the bird.

82. FC-AFC Coolwater’s Hawkeye Legend, “Legend,” LM, Alex Washburn

F: Hammered it!

LR: straight to the area to scoop up the bird.

LB: 1 whistle mid distance and carried to the bird. TERRIFIC!

81. AFC Winneshiek’s Wild Wind Scamp, “Scamp,” LM, Dave Robertson

F: sizable hunt in the fall area before completing the retrieve.

LR: went into the mark under the arc turned to the left and retrieve the bird.

LB: 1 whistle mid distance, 2 near the end for a job well done!

80. FC-AFC Spirit of Denali-Genet, “Genet,” LF, Bill Barstow

F: long flyer, est a large hunt before retrieving the bird.

LR: Pinned it!

LB:lined near the end only needed 2 whistles to complete the blind. Good Job!

Re-Run 67.FC Lil Whiskey Girl, "Lily," LF, Judy Despenas

F: straight to the bird.

LR: went into the mark under the arc turned to the left and pounced on the bird.

LB: 1 whistle mid distance 1 whistle near the end to carry it and retrieve the bird.

Gun Change & Conditions Report

Pat Burns -

We just have had a series of no birds.  The wind has shifted from left to right and throwing the flyer has become tricky.  If you have never thrown a pheasant flyer, you will find that it can be very challenging especially into the wind.  The other affect of the wind change is that the scent coming off the back of the flyer guns has confused a few dogs and caused them to hunt short.

Paul Sletten of Pine Edge Retrievers

Handle 79. AFC Red Dog’s Anything Goes, “Porter,” CBRM, Bill Burks

F: Pinned it!

LR: est a hunt short of the area deep and right of the flyer station and was Handled to retrieve the bird.

LB: LINED NEAR THE END needing only 2 check down whistle to make the retrieve.

78. FC-AFC B Bumble, “Stinger,” LM, Fred Kampo

F: made a few quick loops in the area to retrieve the bird.

LR: went straight to the area and put his nose on it!

LB: 2 whistles mid distance that was carried to the bird. GREAT JOB!

77. Topbrass Montana Lonesome Dove OS, “Gus,” GM, John Robinson

F: Drilled it !

LR: Picture Perfect Mark!

LB: ONE WHISTLE BLIND! Gus is 9 1/2 years old for the #2016narc

76. FC-AFC Indi Go Girl “Indy,” LF, Darlene Houlihan

F: Stepped on it!

LR: Handler forgot to send the dog to retrieve this bird and turned to run the blind retrieve LB.

LB:4 whistles to complete the retrieve

75. AFC MS Micro Doodle Dandy, “Micro,” LF, Tom Bogusky

F: Hammered it!

LR: Pinned it!

LB: LINED THE BLIND, SPECTACULAR!

Handle 74. AFC Wood River’s Mr Big, “George,” LM, Bill Fruehling

F: got a very long flyer, put up a sizable hunt then the dog was Handled to the bird.

LR: drilled it!

LB: 1 up front, 3 mid distance, 3 near the end to make the retrieve.

73. FC-AFC Lubys and Whitewaters Pirates Jewel, “Jewel,” LF, Jeffrey Schuett

F: Smacked it!

LR: went in under the arc, turned to the left and put her nose on it!

LB: 1 quick whistle up front, 1 mid distance, 1 at the end to retrieve the bird.

Re-Run & 2nd No- Bird 67. FC Lil Whiskey Girl, "Lily," LF, Judy Despenas

F: no bird

LR:

LB:

72. FC-AFC Fresh Squeezed Juice, “Juice,” LM, Mark Medford

F: made a 2 small loops short of the area in drag back scent, then cont. to the area for a rapid retrieve.

LR: went in under the arc made a few passes in the area before retrieving the bird.

LB: lined near the end of the blind, needed 2 whistles in the area for an AMAZING PERFORMANCE!

71. AFC Rawhide’s Rowdy Trail Boss, “Rowdy,” LM, Tommy Grimes

F: made a rapid retrieve on a short of the area flyer

LR: went in under the arc, made one loop to scoop up the bird.

LB: 1 quick whistle up front, 3 mid distance to carry to the bird. FANTASTIC!

70. FC-AFC Greenwing Tall Timber, “Krumz,” LM, Craig Stonesifer

F: front-footed it!

LR: traveled a path at the holding blind, made a pass right then made a pass left over to retrieve the bird.

LB: 1st whistle mid distance, 1 near the end to carry to the bird for a GREAT JOB!

69. FC-AFC JJ of Red Rock, “JJ,” LM, Jim McBee

F: made a loop short of the area, then cont. to the area and retrieved the bird.

LR: went in under the arc made a pass to the right then to the left to get the bird.

LB: great initial line, 3 whistles mid distance, to carry to the bird for a job well done!