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.

 

 

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!

 

 

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!

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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

Owner: Bill Billups

Open Stats: 1st placements - 2; Other placements - 10; Career Points - 26.5

Right Flyer - Maggie had a good line but missed the bird on the left. She continued and got deep for a few turns but worked her way back to the middle of the field then continued to the right for her bird.

Short Retired - She went over the levee and crossed the pond to come in at the right. She had a live duck pull her to the left a little. She went up on the correct side of blind and got her bird.

Left Flyer - Maggie went out left swimming across the pond. She cut back to the right, climbed the hill then crossed all the way to get behind the guns....

Left Flyer - Maggie got picked up on this bird. However, after she came back in and judges saw where this flyer had landed, they decided to give her a re-run because this flyer was way out of the test. Maggie will be judged on the first three birds she had already retrieved and on her re-run, she will be judged only on the Long Retired.

Re-run Long Retired - Maggie went up the slot between the hide and the trees. She bent to the left and got her bird.

 

 

Handle / Rerun - 4. FC Three Rivers Soaring High, "Hawk" BLM, Andrew Curtis

Owner: Jeffrey Schilz

Open Stats: 1st placements - 2; Other placements - 5; Career Points - 18

Right Flyer - Hawk went up the back side of the gunners then took a bend right into the bird.

Left Flyer - Very Good recovery

Short Retired - Hawk went out wide left and swam through the pond then had to be handled to the bird.

Long Retired - He arrived in the field left and deep of his mark and was handled to the bird.

 

 

3rd Rerun - 25. FC-AFC Abby's Physician Of Antioch, "Luke" BLM, Dan Hurst

Owner: Dan Hurst

Open Stats: 1st placements - 1; Other placements - 5; Career Points - 11 

2:07 pm

Left Flyer - Straight to the bird.

Short Retired - Luke entered the field wide right, but he made a swing left and got the bird.

Right Flyer - Taking a couple of loops short, Luke quickly worked out his bird.

Long Retired - Straight to the bird! 

This set of marks was a great Birthday Present for Luke's handler Dan!

 

 

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

Owner: John Larkin

Open Stats: 1st placements - 7; Other placements - 22; Career Points - 71

10:44 am

Right Flyer - Nice flyer - Nice Retrieve.

Short Retired - A zig and a zag and Tippy has the bird.

Left Flyer - Tippy came into the care under the arc of the fall to make a couple of loops deep and right. She moved her hunt pattern to the left and into the scent cone of the bird.

Long Retired - Very nice job, Tippy went directly to the bird.

 

 

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

Owners: Mark & Suzanne Medford

Open Stats: 1st placements - 7; Other placements - 11; Career Points - 50

9:43 am

Right Flyer - Tru made a bee line to the bird.

Left Flyer - She made a couple of loops towards the gunner and over to get the bird.

Short Retired - Tru had a brief hunt in the area then came back with the bird.

Long Retired - She went up the backside of the gunners hid, then Tru worked the draw to get into her bird.

 

 

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

Owner: Joseph & Cathy Couey
Open Stats: 1st placements - 1; Other placements - 3; Career Points - 11.5

9:23 am 

Right Flyer - With a tight circle Bullet got his bird.

Short Retired - He came in right of the blind then circled to get out to the left side and get his bird.

Left Flyer - Bullet went across the pond and straight to the guns. He hunted hard around the gunners then expanded his pattern to work it out and get his bird.

Long Retired - Getting in right of the bird, Bullet quickly turned left to grab it!

 

 

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

Owner: Alex Abraham

Open Stats: 1st placements - 11; Other placements - 19; Career Points - 81.5 

2:38 pm

Right Flyer - Tucker went out to the fall area and got his bird with very few turns.

Short Retired - Straight to the area and his bird.

Left Flyer - Tucker came in under the arc and hunted deep then got deep left covering a large part of the field for this very short flyer, but he got his bird.

Long Retired - He went into the finger of the pond then drove up the hill getting under the arc, Tucker then hunted right then left but stayed in the area until he got his bird.

 

2nd No Bird - 29. FC-AFC Cropper's Fire in the Hole, "Deep" BLM, Al Arthur

Deep and Al came to the line at 2:02 pm and received a second no bird due to the left hand flyer not being dead.

No Bird / 2nd Rerun - 25. FC-AFC Abby's Physician Of Antioch, "Luke" BLM, Dan Hurst

 Luke and Dan came to the line and received their third No Bird. They should be placed at the end of the running order.

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

Owner: Ken Jackson

Open Stats: 1st placements - 7; Other placements - 12; Career Points - 55 

1:28 pm

Right Flyer - Nice bird and a solid effort. Slick got his bird.

Short Retired - he crossed the pond and had his bird.

Left Flyer - Well marked bird.

Left Retired - He went into the fall area then made a quick left. Slick got his bird.

 

Pick-Up / Rerun - 26. FC-AFC Pinetree's Party Girl, "Snookie" BLF, Delma Hazzard

Owners: Delma Hazzard & Chip McEwen

Open Stats: 1st placements - 2; Other placements - 4; Career Points - 18

12:55 pm

Right Flyer - Nice job on her flyer

Short Retired - Nice line to the area but Snookie ran past the bird by a short distance, but came back and got it.

Left Flyer - Snookie had a good line to the area, then her hunt extended deep and right. They tried to work this out, but she ended needing to be picked up.

 

 

Handle / Rerun - 21. FC Field Of Dreams All Bets Are On, "Betsy" BLF, Dave Smith

Owner: Brad LaFave

Open Stats: 1st placements - 3; Other placements - 5; Career Points - 25

12:00 pm

Right Flyer - Betsy had a hard hunt in front of the guns to get her bird.

Short Retired - She got out behind the short gunners and kept going. She was handled back to the bird.

Left Flyer - Got this bird in nice fashion

Long Retired - Betsy got out to the area and hunted hard and worked it out to get her bird.

 

 

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

Owner: Casey Adams

Open Stats: 1st placements - 3; Other placements - 12; Career Points - 26 

11:39 am

Right Flyer - Gracie knew where that bird was.

Left Retired - A controlled hunt slightly deep but Gracie worked her way out to the bird.

Short Retired - Very nice mark

Long Retired - A little loop almost all the way out there but she moved on and found her bird. 

 

 

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

NFC-AFC Robber's Stray Bullet ex Seaside's Warrior Princess QA2
Breeders: Rita & Frank Jones

8:21 am

Flyer - Great line straight tot he bird.

Right Retired - Mickey went out through the middle of the stick pond to get to the base of the point. He turned right and went directly to the bird.

Middle Retired - He moved down the left side of the field and come in to the left of the gunners hide. Making one or two loops deep, Mickey got his bird.