2020 NRC: 11/12/20

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Day 6 - Series 7 & 8 - Recap

Giddings, TX gave us another beautiful day for a field trial. The temps started in the mid 60’s but warmed up nicely in the 80’s.

We had 35 dogs starting the 7th Series Water Blind at test site #4 Fuller’s Property. Our first running dog #22 came to the line at 7:20 am. This was a fast moving test taking less then 3 minutes per dog. Our last running dog #18 ended the test at 9:00 am. All 35 dogs were called back to the 8th Series.

We stayed on the same property for the 8th Series, Land Quad with a Honor. The line and gunner adjustments were made and our first test dog was on the line at 10:01 am. Our first running dog #33 came to the line at 10:36 am. Our first and only gun change happened after #55 completed its test at 1:36 pm.

This test proved to have its difficulties as we saw 8 handles, 1 double handle and 1 picked up. We had 5 no bird / re-runs. It took us 7 hours 4 minutes to get the 35 dogs through this test which averaged to just over 12 minutes per dog. We waited for our callbacks as the judges had a lot to look at. We had 17 dogs dropped and 18 called back to the 9th Series which will start tomorrow Day 7, November 13th.

The 9th Series will be located on the Parrott’s Property, 1980 CR 106, Giddings (see page 8 in the Training Grounds Book) This test will be a Water Triple.

Test dogs will be called to the line at 8:30 am and the first running dog #52 will come to the line at approximately 9:00 am.

Callbacks to the 9th Series

18 dogs were called back to the 9th Series: 2, 3, 11, 17, 18, 25, 29, 30, 33, 37, 39, 41, 43, 44, 52, 55, 57, and 58.

17 dogs were dropped: 1, 9, 12, 20, 22, 27, 32, 34, 35, 36, 40, 45, 46, 47, 54, 59 and 60.

The 9th series will be on the Parrott's property

Test dogs will run at 8:30 am, with the first running dog at 9:00 am.

The first running dog will be #52.

8th Series Concluded

Bye Dog to the line at 5:26 pm

Test 8 concluded at 5:28 pm

Tomorrow, Day 7, November 13th, the 9th Series will be located on the Parrott’s Property, 1980 CR 106, Giddings (see page 8 in the Training Grounds Book) This test will be a Water Triple.

Test dogs will be called to the line at 8:30 am and the first running dog will come to the line at approximately 9:00 am.

Stay tuned for the Callbacks to the 9th Series! Good Luck everyone!

32. FC-AFC Tucked Away At River's Edge, "Tucker" BLM, Alex Abraham

Came to the line at 5:13 pm

Shorty - Hunted way short then deep, then back way short then deep again. But he worked it out and got his bird!

Right Retired - Over the left end of the levee, hunted short but worked his way to the bird!

Right Flyer - Nice line down the field, got deep, just missed his mark, quickly worked it out and his way back to the bird.

Left Flyer - Drove across the field on a good angle under the arc, then went deep and wide left with an extended hunt. He got it!

30. FC-AFC Midway's Aventador, "Jenny" BLF, Tim Milligan

Came to the line at 5:02 pm

Shorty - Speedy recovery of this bird!

Right Flyer - Coming into the area a little wide left, she quickly moves into the fall area for a nice job on her bird.

Right Retired - She went out through the pond and got her bird!

Left Flyer - She looks positive going out and she powers her way there, needs a loop and gets her bird!

29. FC-AFC Cropper's Fire In The Hole, "Deep" BLM, Al Arthur

Came to the line at 4:52 pm

Shorty - 1 tight loop and he got it!

Right Flyer - Skimmed the levee on the left, drove out to the fall area, a few tight turns and he had his bird.

Right Retired - Out and into the right side of the pond, 1 loop on the way out and he got it!

Left Flyer - Across the pond on a good line. Took a hard left behind cover and went very deep left. Worked back right and hunted his way to the bird.

Handle 27. FC-AFC Slick When Wet III, "Slick" BLM, Bill Sargenti

Came to the line at 4:38 pm

Shorty - Hunted deep before coming back with his bird.

Right Flyer - Hunted the hillside below the gunners, made a couple of loops to check ou the base of the tree line area. Came down for a pass that put him on the bird.

Right Retired - Through the pond, missed the area of the fall to arrive deep. Had to be handled back to the bird.

Left Flyer - Extended hunt, but he got his bird!

25. FC-AFC Abby's Physician Of Antioch, "Luke" BLM, Dan Hurst

Came to the line at 4:30 pm

Right Flyer - Pinned it!

Right Retired - Headed deep, made a quick turn towards the holding blind and back to get his bird.

Shorty - Got it!

Left Flyer - Straight line to the bird!

22. FC-AFC Waluke Stryder, "Stryder" BLM, Freeman Boyett

Came to the line at 4:19 pm

Shorty - A quick couple loops and Stryder had his bird.

Right Flyer - Good initial line but stopped short and hunted the hillside. Then he drove past the gunners to hunt the timber line and worked his way into the fall area to come up with the bird.

Left Flyer - Extended hunt, but he got the bird!

Right Retired - Through the pond and got his bird!

20. FC-AFC Kirkwood's Blue Grade Lady, "Gracie" BLF, Casey Adams

Came to the line at 4:04 pm

Shorty - Smacked it!

Right Flyer - Caught the levee on the pond and kept going up the knoll behind the guns, down deep and hunted behind the fall. Worked it out and got her bird.

Right Retired - Went off far right of the pond levee, angled across the field, a few turns and she got it!

Left Flyer - Great angled line across the field to the fall area, and she quickly got it!

Rerun 3. FC Rocket Blasts For Blue, "Rocket" BLM, Chris Ledford

Came to the line…

Shorty - Well done.

Right Retired - Through the pond and right up to the bird.

Right Flyer - Good line to the fall area but he drove through and got deep, he didn’t take long to work it out and get his bird!

Left Flyer - Good job!

18. FC Vinwood's Million Dollar Baby, "Babe" BLF, Danny Farmer

Came to the line at 3:48 pm

Shorty - Straight to her bird!

Right Flyer - Straight line out and turned left, hunted then came back to the knoll and hunted left then right and she got it!

Right Retired - Very wide right going out to the tree line, followed the tree line down the side of the field, missed it, but quickly turned back to find her bird.

Left Flyer - Very wide right line going out, cut back to the left side of the field, had a small hunt and got it pretty quickly!

Handle 17. FC-AFC Jet Black's Supersonic Boom, "Sonic" BLM, Paul Sletten

Came to the line at 3:36 pm

Shorty - No problem for Sonic!

Right Retired - Headed for the right side of the pond, gets to the area of the retired guns and does a couple loops in the grassy area to the front. Then begins to work his way out of the area along the timber line and is handled to this bird.

Right Flyer - Good initial line to the bird, but pulls right and goes a little up the hill. He then began a hunt in the area and has success.

Left Flyer - Into the area under the arc he turns left and quickly works out his bird!

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Handle 12. FC-AFC Lock Five's Got Her Blue Genes On, "Baby" BLF, Bill Woodson

Came to the line at 3:28 pm

Shorty - Perfect

Right Flyer - Took a left to the levee, right up the dirt pile up the knoll then followed the flight of the bird to where it landed.

Right Retired - Headed up the knoll towards the area behind the guns, stopped and had to be handled to this bird.

Left Flyer - Going wide right of the blind, turned left and out to her bird.

Handle 11. FC-AFC Trumarc's Mavis, "Mavis" BLF, Sylvia McClure

Came to the line at 3:16 pm

Shorty - Easy bird for Mavis

Right Flyer - Straight line to the area, a very controlled and methodical tight hunt at the end and she had her bird!

Right Retired - Ran past the right retired bird and drove the hill where the gunners are sitting, she was handled back to the retired mark.

Left Flyer - Good Job.

9. FC-AFC Gunstock's Win Chester, "Chester" YLM, Danny Farmer

Came to the line at 3:07 pm

Shorty - Perfect!

Right Flyer - Left levee of the pond, up the hill to the guns, down the hill and hunted. Worked out the way to the fall area and got his bird.

Left Flyer - Out to the area just left of the blind, moved wide left then eased back right to his bird.

Right Retired - Up the levee into the pond, followed this out to the tree line, turned right and got his bird!

No-Bird 3. FC Rocket Blasts For Blue, "Rocket" BLM, Chris Ledford

Came to the line at 305: pm

No Bird on the Duck Flyer

Rerun 58. FC-AFC Silver Star's Watch'em Like A Hawk, "Hawk" BLM, Jamie Woodson

Came to the line

Shorty - Hawk was on his bird with no problem!

Right Flyer - He knew where this one was! Straight to it and quickly got his bird.

Right Retired - Around the edge of the pond he had a hunt in the grassy area in front of the bird but he worked it out and got his bird.

Left Flyer - Hawk arrived at the fall a little right but had the bird pegged in short order!

2. FC-AFC 3R'S Mr T Smoken Joe, "Smokie" BLM, Ty Rorem

Came to the line at 2:47 pm

Shorty - Tight turn and he got it!

Right Flyer - Over the left end of the levee staying dry, out to the flyer and straight to it. Live bird. Nice job!

Right Retired - Into the middle of the pond, straight towards the trees, dove into cover and back out with his bird.

Left Flyer - Came across the field to the right of the blind, moved around and worked his way left to the fall area and then to his bird.

1. FC-AFC Rimfires Once Inna Blue Moon, "Blue" BLM, Al Arthur

Came to the line at 2:37 pm

Shorty - Went right to the area and got his bird!

Right Retired - Through the right side of the pond and up to the timber line. Blue looked at the edge and makes a loop in the grass and then goes back to hunt the timber and finds his bird.

Right Flyer - Blue moves out, drives half way up to the gunner hill then checks the timber line. Out to the bottom area and he has his bird.

Left Flyer - Under the arc but a quick left and he is on his bird.

Rerun 54. FC-AFC Contrails Sky Queen, "Reina" BLF, David Opseth

Came to the line at 2:30 pm

Shorty - Bam! Direct Line!

Right Flyer - Over the left corner of the pond, not in the water, pushed up the hill with the guns and hunted the hillside before working her way down and out to the fall area and then to her bird.

Right Retired - Into the left end of the pond, straight up the hill, 1 loop short of the fall, quickly adjusted and got it!

Left Flyer - Very wide left and out of the area hunting, worked back to get her bird.

Handle 60. AFC Magzilla's War Hero, "Patton" BLM, Andrew Kahn

Came to the line at 2:16 pm

Shorty - Very good!

Right Flyer - Around the little pond and then he drives the hill with the gunners. A loop behind the gunners. Then the hunt was focused on timberline in front of gunners. Patton was handled to the bird.

Right Retired - His line takes him to the right end of the pond and up to the timber. A brief look around and he has his bird!

Left Flyer - Patton arrived a little right of the fall area but worked out his bird in good order.

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Double Handle 59. Rain's Bases Loaded, Grand Slam QA2, "Slam" BLM, Jim Beck

Came to the line at 2:05 pm

Shorty - Straight to his bird!

Right Retired - Over the middle of the small pond and straight to the fall area, missed it, out for a loop or 2 around the blind then back in for the bird.

Right Flyer - Up the hill to the gunners, worked the area hard and deep behind the guns, would not give it up, handled off the hill and out to his bird.

Left Flyer - Handled to this bird.

57. FC North Dakota's Prairie Magic, "Maggie" YLF, Charlie Moody

Came to the line at 1:50 pm

Shorty - Good Bird!

Right Retired - Through the water, she looked at the base a couple of trees and isolated her bird.

Right Flyer - Low bird but Maggie had a great mark on it.

Left Flyer - Good mark!

No-Bird 58. FC-AFC Silver Star's Watch'em Like A Hawk, "Hawk" BLM, Jamie Woodson

No Bird on the Rooster Flyer

Gun Change

Gun Change at 1:36 pm – Bye Dog for Gun Change

55. FC-AFC Glade Creek's Lonestar Dreamcatcher, "Cheyenne" BLF, Tim Milligan

Came to the line at 1:25 pm

Shorty - Straight out

Right Flyer - Came in from the left and directly to her bird!

Right Retired - Into the left corner of the pond, straight to the trees and into cover and got her bird!

Left Flyer - Out across the pond, very nice mark!

No-Bird 54. FC-AFC Contrails Sky Queen, "Reina" BLF, David Opseth

Came to the line ...

No Bird on the Right Retired

52. AFC Cajun Nightmares Rougaroux, "Boo" BLF, JD Babb

Came to the line at 1:12 pm

Shorty - No issue on this one for Boo

Right Retired - Little work to recover her bird in the timber.

Right Flyer - Boo took a perfect line out to her bird.

Left Flyer - Line took her a little right and she faded right further but a great recovery and she had her bird!

Rerun 41. FC-AFC J & C's Another Round In The Chamber, "Bullet" BLM, Joseph Couey

Came to the line ...

Shorty - Smacked it!

Right Retired - Through the left side of the pond, kept going and stopped, made a big loop and came back towards the mark, a few more loops and he got it!

Right Flyer - Hunted short and wide left for 2 big passes, got deeper, moved right and got it!

Left Flyer - Excellent line, passed just to the right, quickly turned back and got his bird.

47. FC Trumarc's Gratuity, "Tippy" BLF, Danny Farmer

Came to the line at 12:52 pm

Shorty - Easy work for Tippy!

Right Retired - Below the dam and dirt pile and continued out. She takes a right turn into the timber area to work out the bird.

Right Flyer - Perfect line to her bird. She scooped it up and returned with her bird.

Left Flyer - Extended hunt left and she works her way in to her bird.

Handle 46. FC-AFC Mudslinger's Amazing Vision, "T Bone" YLM, Clint Avant

Came to the line at 12:47 pm

Shorty - Nice!

Right Flyer - His feet hurt and was moving slow (hit some stickers in the field) Under the arc a few looks and then worked it out.

Right Retired - Around the right side of the pond and up to the knoll with the flyer guns, handled to the bird.

Left Flyer - Nice line to the area but turned right to the blind before he got there, turned back left and hunted up this very long flyer.

45. FC-AFC Seaside's Gorgeous George, "Clooney" BLM, Ryan Brasseaux

Came to the line at 12:31 pm

Shorty - Out and back with his bird.

Right Retired - Through the water and to the timber to get his bird.

Right Flyer - Out to the area, went left and a couple loops at the base of the hill then he climbed up the hill to the gunners, back down and works the area to find his bird.

Left Flyer - Got to the area of the fall, made an adjustment left and had his bird!

44. FC-AFC Yours Truly Indigo, "Tru" BLF, Chris Ledford

Came to the line at 12:24 pm

Shorty - Nice Line

Right Retired - Into the pond on a good line, got within feet of the bird and made a big left loop then a right loop and got it!

Right Flyer - Short bird, very nice job.

Left Flyer - Out to the blind, made a hard left and straight to her bird!

43. NAFC-FC Steadfast's Bachelor Special, "Croc" BLM, Ty Rorem

Came to the line at 12:03 pm

Shorty - Like a laser, straight to his bird.

Right Flyer - Around the edge of the pond, just skimming the trees on the right he comes up the hill a bit. Develops a hunt at the base of the hill to find his flyer.

Right Retired - Through water and up to the area of the fall, quickly locates his bird.

Left Flyer - Pulled right at the pond and ended up deep but within a couple loops he had corrected and had his bird!

Pick-Up / Rerun 34. FC Seaside's Where Dreams Come True, "Mickey" BLM, Andrew Curtis

Came to the line at 11:51 am

Shorty - Quickly out and grabbed his bird.

Right Retired - Tight little hunt and retrieved his bird.

Right Flyer - Mickey entered the area wide and left then began a hunt pattern deep. Working left, he was handled into the bird and was picked up.

No-Bird 41. FC-AFC J & C's Another Round In The Chamber, "Bullet" BLM, Joseph Couey

Came to the line at 12:02 pm

No Bird on the Duck Flyer

Handle 40. FC Freeridin Rikki Tikki Tavi, "Tavi" BLF, Marcy Wright

Came to the line at 11:40 am

Shorty - Perfect

Right Flyer - Between the left side of the small pond and the small dirt pile. Kept going and missed, went deep and then hunted the knoll with the gunners, continued to hunt deep and up by the gunners. Tavi had to be handled to her bird.

Left Flyer - Excellent line to the area and quickly retrieved her bird.

Right Retired - Took a hard right and then out of sight, worked it out quickly and came up with her bird.

39. FC T1's Seaside Construction Zone, "Stud" BLM, Scott Harp

Came to the line at 11:29 am

Shorty - Straight to the bird.

Right Retired - A splash and he was on his way, a quick retrieve.

Right Flyer - Nice hunt pattern to get his pheasant flyer

Left Flyer - Entered the area and worked it with a few loops and had his bird!

37. FC Hilltop's High Society Lady Ga Ga, "Lady" YLF, Danny Farmer

Came to the line at 11:22 am

Shorty - Perfect

Right Retired - In pond, went deep, back in the pond, and out to the tree line deep and worked his way back to the bird.

Right Flyer - Very deep bird, got to the fall area and missed into the trees, back out and got it!

Left Flyer - Under the arc, took a few turns, back left and to her bird.

35. FC-AFC Hockley Creek's Switch Hitter, "Mickey" BLM, Robby Bickley

Came to the line at 11:05 am

Shorty - Got his bird.

Right Retired - Made a couple loops early and then on to his bird.

Right Flyer - A determined hunt that covered the base of the hill to the timbers edge, to the gunners and to the bottom area before finding his bird.

Left Flyer - To the area, a disciplined hunt to come up with his bird.

Handle 36. FC TruLine's Just Floyd, "Floyd" YLM, Amie Henninger

Came to the line at 10:49 am

Shorty - Straight to it

Right Flyer - Into the left corner of the pond, up onto the knoll with the Rooster gunners, down the basin, hunted wide right of fall area where other birds landed and had a very large hunt. Handled back to the bird.

Right Retired - Straight to the blind, down the tree line to his bird!

Left Flyer - Out to the area, paused and resumed hunt to quickly come up with his bird.

No-Bird 34. FC Seaside's Where Dreams Come True, "Mickey" BLM, Andrew Curtis

Came to the line at 10:45 am

No Bird on Right Retired

33. FC Freeline Pogie, "Pogie" BLM, Ty Rorem

Came to the line at 10:36 am

Shorty - Straight to the bird

Right Retired - Through the pond, cut right short of the blind up to the trees, worked down and out into the field for a few turns, back to the tree line and got his bird.

Right Flyer - Great line, stopped just short for a turn and then on to the fall area and his bird.

Left Flyer - Out into the pond left of gunners hide to the fall area and made several turns. He got his bird!

8th Series - Test Dogs

FC-AFC LJ’s Renaissance Queen, BLF “Bess” handled by Mark Littlejohn
Mark and "Bess" came to the line at 10:01 am - completed at 10:15 am

Shorty - Very good.

Right Retired - Entered the timber, a brief hunt and came back with the bird

Left Flyer - Right of the brush, hunted with multiple passes expanding left, was handled to the bird.

Right Flyer - Just under the arc of the fall, Bess began hunting deep and was handled back to the bird.

Razor’s Buckshot, BLM, “Shooter” owned and handled by Larry Vaske
Larry and "Shooter" came to the line at 10:16 am - completed at 10:27 am

Shorty - Straight to the bird.

Left Flyer - Coming along the front of the retired guns he made multiple loops extending out to get his bird.

Right Retired - Out through the water, back around the right of the guns and then back left to the bird.

Right Flyer - Through the arc and a little high he enters timber, climbs the hill to the gunners then back down for a couple loops and onto his bird.

8th Series - Land Quad with an Honor

Test 8 sits on the same hill as Test 7. The mat faces northeast looking over a beautiful basin. A pond snakes around on the handler's front left and ponds dot the field. The grass is divided between knee high tan grass on the right side of the test and light green shorter grass in the low area. A grass farm road runs from front to back.

There are four birds. Two will land on all land, one will land with a finger of the pond to cross and one that catches the corner of a small pond. The wind will be off the handler's right shoulder.

Bird #1 is a rooster pheasant flyer shot from right to left. The gunners are on a high bald knoll shooting out over the basin with the bird landing 263 yards from the line.

Bird #2 is a duck flyer. These gunners are located behind a berm on the far side of the narrow pond. They come out, throw and shoot to the left and then retire behind a large pile of brush. The bird lands 275 yards from the line.

Bird #3 is a dead hen pheasant. These gunners are backed up to a tree line. They shoot and throw to the left and then retire. This bird is thrown along the tree line and lands approximately 180 yards from the mat. There is a small pond between the mat and the fall area. The dogs should take a piece of the water. If they do not they will be pushed to the left. They will be further influenced by a large pile of dirt just behind the left end of the pond.

Bird #4 we will call "Shorty." They are located on the handler's left. This is a stand out gun station in a wide open field. These guns shoot and throw to the right with the bird landing 140 yards from the line.

There is an honor mat to the left of the mat. The test is taking between 10 and 12 minutes per dog to run.

Eighth Series – Land Quad

8th Series Test Diagram and Sketch by David Morrison

Callbacks to the 8th Series

35 dogs were called back to the 8th Series: 1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 12, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 52, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59 and 60.

No dogs were dropped.

The 8th series will be on the same property as the 7th Series, approximately a 50 yard move – a little down the hillside. (Test site #4, Fuller's property, 3910 FM 1624 – page 9 in the Training Grounds Book).

The first running dog will be #33.

7th Series Ended

The last dog has run and the 7th Series has ended at 9am.