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

2. FC-AFC 3R'S Mr T Smoken Joe, "Smokie" BLM
Owner: James Hurst, Denver, IA
Handler: Ty Rorem (Pro)
Breeder: Debra Bredenson & Alexandra Washburn
2/1/2013 (FC-AFC CJ's Mister T ex Five Star Turn Me Loose)
Qualified Week & Place: 34 - North Dakota RC
First Field Trial Date: 5/9/2014 - Derby
National Appearance & Other Accomplishments: NRC - 2019 (F), 2018 (F), NARC - 2019, 2018
Career Derby Points: 7    Career Amateur Points: 41.5    Career Open Points: 51

11:28 am

Right Flyer - Smokie went straight to the fall area and his bird.

Left Flyer - Smokie went into the left corner of the pond. He angled over the point and exited the pond left of the fall area. Smokie drove the hill on the right angle and with one big turn in the corner strip had a nice job on the recovery of this bird.

Middle Retired - Nice line down the field but the wind was pushing him wide left over the point. Smokie drove the hill behind the left flyer gun station. Ty started handling with great difficulty due to the strong cross wind. Ty got Smokie moved all the way to the pond to try and get him to the bird but he was not respond. Ty kept working hard and Smokie got the bird.

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

58. FC-AFC Silver Star's Watch'em Like A Hawk, "Hawk" BLM
Owner: Scott & Christine Leonescu, Jamie & Bill Woodson, West Milford, NJ
Handler: Jamie Woodson (Amateur)
Breeder: Dan Hurst
2/22/2013 (FC-AFC Creek Robber ex FC-AFC Pattons Blazen Abby MH)
Qualified Week & Place: 42 - N. Florida ARC
First Field Trial Date: 7/4/2014 - Derby
National Appearance & Other Accomplishments: NRC - 2019, 2018, 2016; NARC 2019, 2017
Career Derby Points: 0    Career Amateur Points: 29.5    Career Open Points: 35

11:15 am

Right Flyer - Nice Bird!

Left Flyer - Hawk seemed to pull to the right coming off the backside of the point. He went to the far shore and pulled up the hill of the right retired guns. He indicated a right tendency and was stopped and handled to the bird. 

Middle Retried - Hawk was headed through the middle of the pond leaning left and towards the Avery decoys. He was handled to the bird.

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

41. FC-AFC J & C's Another Round In the Chamber, "Bullet" BLM
Owner: Joseph & Cathy Couey, Bloomer, WI
Handler: Joseph Couey (Amateur)
Breeder: Mary & Sergio Castineyra
10/2/2014 (NAFC-FC Mulligan Off The Rainy "T" ex Long Crossing Sky's Making The Grade)
Qualified Week & Place: 34 - Blackhawk RC
First Field Trial Date: 9/25/2015 - Derby
National Appearance & Other Accomplishments: NARC - 2019
Career Derby Points: 10    Career Amateur Points: 25    Career Open Points: 11.5

10:34 am 

Right Flyer - Nice recovery on this bird.

Left Flyer - Bullet had a good angle on the entry to the pond. He made a few passes short on the far shore then moved up the hill deep. Bullet worked through the stripped cover back to get his bird.

Middle Retired - Bullet had a good line to the pond and entered water and began to angle left. He crossed the pond and began to come up behind the left flyer and was handled to the middle bird.

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

#41 - Owners: Joseph & Cathy Couey
Previous National: NARC - 2019

2:05 pm

Flyer - Recovered this flyer nicely.

Middle Retired - Bullet went up in a great area turned just in front of the holding blind but moved left. Bullet had to be handled to the bird.

Right Retired - He made several loops and extended his hunt on the end of the water at the shoreline on the way to the bird. Bullet marked the retired gun blind and worked his way to get the bird.

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

#33 - Owners: Christian Healey
Previous National: NARC - 2019

1:24 pm

Flyer - Pogie went straight to the mark

Middle Retired - He went to the right side of the pond and swam down the right side of the channel. Pogie angled across the pond and went straight out to the bird.

Right Retired - Pogie started heading in to the shore at the middle retired and had to be handled down the channel and out to the bird.

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

#30 - Owners: Ronald Root & Woody Woodson
Previous National: NRC - 2019 (F); NARC - 2019

Flyer - Very nice.

Middle Retired - Jenny went into the first piece of water and over the bank to go down the right side of the pond. She crossed the pond and got out at the bales and popped. With one cast from Tim put her on the bird. 

Right Retired - She went into the right side of the first piece of water. Jenny ran to the right bank and got deep and wide right. She was handled to her bird.

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

#25 - Owners: Dan Hurst
Previous National: 2020 NRC - 1st National
Other Accomplishments: 2014 HP Derby Dog - 86 pts

12:20 pm

Flyer - Nice Job! Luke drove straight up the hill to the flyer.

Right Retired - Luke went into the first water on a right angle. He ran the right bank down the pond and got into the last piece of water and swam to the end. He went out to the fall area with a tight turn and he was on the bird.

Middle Retired - Luke took a left side out away from the line and decided to swim down the channel. He had to be handled out of the channel and to his bird.

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

#18 - Owners: DeWitt & Susan Boice
Previous National: NRC - 2019, 2018, 2017 (F), 2015

12:03 pm

Flyer - Good recover of the bird.

Right Retired - Babe went through the first water and swam the second on a good line to the bird. She looped around the holing blind to get the bird.

Middle Retired - Good initial line but she squared her exit. She went up the hill and got behind the flyer station. Babe had to be handled to this middle bird.

Handle / Rerun - 57. FC North Dakota's Prairie Magic, "Maggie" YLF, Charlie Moody

#57 - Owners: Bill Billups
Previous National: NRC - 2019

11:43 am

Flyer - Maggie had a brief hunt and got it.

Right Retired - She went into the first piece of the water then squared into the main pond. Maggie angled out on a good line to the fall area and got out into the field to get her bird!

Middle Retired - Maggie went into the first water then continued into to the main body of water. She got out and went deep then had to handled to her bird.

 

 

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

#11 - Owners: Judy Aycock & Sylvia McClure
Previous National: NRC - 2019, NARC - 2015

11:09 am

Flyer - Mavis went out to the right behind the flyer guns almost to the middle retired. She turned back and got her flyer.

Right Retired - She got into the first piece of water and ran a few steps down the right side bank then went back into the main pond. Mavis swam the right side down the water and exited to come in under the arc and quickly get her bird.

Middle Retired - Mavis went into the first water on a good angle but squared the entry into the second piece and swam past the exit point. She had to be handled to the area and the bird.

Double Handle - 3. FC Rocket Blasts for Blue, "Rocket" BLM, Chris Ledford

#3 - Owners: Tommy Parrish
Previous National: 2020 NRC - 1st National

10:50 am

Flyer - Rocket had a quick look at the short flyer and got the bird with a job well done.

Right Retired - He went through the first water and put up a hunt on the right shoreline of the second piece of water and was handled to the bird.

Middle Retired - Rocket got through the first water then squared up entering the second piece. He got deep of the holding blind, then left and came back around for a hunt pattern deep then had to be handled to the bird.

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

#58 - Owners: Scott & Christine Leonescu, Jamie & Bill Woodson
Previous National: NRC - 2019, 2018, 2016; NARC 2019, 2017

10:16 am

Flyer - Hawk went around the shoreline cover then through the water and up the hill to get his bird.

Right Retired - He got through the first water and into the second the pond, he went down the pond to exit and put up a couple of passes right of the bird. Hawk works out the correct location and get his bird.

 Middle Retired - He has a good line through the water but squares up the hill to be handled from the area behind the guns to his bird.

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

#55 - Owners: Troy Murray & Seth Kelly
Previous National: NRC - 2018; NARC 2019

9:51 am

Flyer - Cheyenne went in under the arc then turned left and was on her bird.

Right Retired - She went through the first water then squared into the next water. Cheyenne came out behind the right retired for a loop left and right then went over to get the bird.

Middle Retired - She angled into the second water taking the corner then went up and out to establish a hunt between the flyer guns and middle retired gun blind then had to be handled to the bird.

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

#52 - Owners: Justin & Maranda Williams
Previous National: 2020 NRC - 1st National

9:32 am

Flyer - low on the  hillside - Boo crossed the channel and went up under the arc deep to the gun. He went over the lip and quickly came back with her bird.

Middle Retired - She went through the first piece of water and over the land into the main pond. Boo was on the line to the area between the guns and bale then made two turns short along the bank and had to be handled to the fall area and the bird.

Right Retired - She got through the first piece of water and got over into the main channel. She swam to the end, exited then hunted the holding blind then went out 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!

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!

 

 

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.

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.

 

 

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.