12. Iron Sky's Little Bit O' Sweetness, "Teddy," BLF, Luann Pleasant

Flyer: Carried her line up the hill under the arc. Looped left and right on ridge, then moved back to his bird.

Left: Up under the arc to trees. Left to the bird.

 

6. Midwest's Black Magic Lottie, "Lottie," YLF, Travis Echelberry

Flyer: Up the hill. Had an extended hunt and got it.

Left: Aimed for guns. Wider arc to trees. Took a right, then a left back down to her bird.

 

 

3. Pick-up - Riverwood's Blu Mayhem, "May," BLF, Mark Giese

Flyer: Wide right through the water. Curved in for a big loop deep. Quickly back to the fall area, then her bird.

Left: Took line right up hill and came back to flyer area. Had to have gunners help. 

 

1. Just A Tubb Of Croc's, "T C," BLF, Michael Moroz

Flyer: She took a straight line up to the fall area on the ridge. Turned right and ran down to it.

Left: Took a line up right of guns away from the bird to the far tree line. Came left down the tree line to the fall area and her bird.

 

 

53. Merganser's Duck Dog Herbert, "Herbert," BLM, Dianne Morley

Flyer: Up the hill and just missed on the down wind side. Took a few more steps and turned right to the bird.

Left: Excellent line, drove the hill to the trees. Quick left and was on it.

 

 

52. High Peak's MVP, "Kobe," BLM, Samantha Thompson

Flyer: Line across pond and up the far hill, inside under the arc. Went a little deep and worked down and right to his duck.

Left: Swam in a good line. Angled under the arc to tree line and a quick left put him on top of the bird.

 

 

50. Crocs Minneapolis Miracle, "Diggs," BLM, Shane Olean

Flyer: Under the arc. Turned straight to his bird.

Left: Good line across the hill. Got to tree line and a quick left to the duck.

 

48. Riverwood's Red, Shaq And Blu, "Red," BLF, Mark Giese

Flyer: Up across the field and under the arc. Came back down to the bird.

Left: Right angle down the hill. Adjusted and went out to the bird.

 

38. Bourbon Country's Blue Ribbon And White Socks, "Socks," CLF, Jason Baker

Flyer: Excellent mark.

Left: Great angle across the pond and up the hillside. Came in just right of the fall. Made a perfect turn and was on the bird.

36. Rocky Hooks JJ S Play It Again, "Sam," CBRM, Frank Pittelli

Flyer: Under the arc for a loop, deep. Back to fall area and got his bird.

Left: Nice line across pond. Under the arc and back down to the bird.

 

32. Highpoint's Pot O'Hunny, "Winnie," BLF, Jeff Sanders

Flyer: Came in just right of the bird. Stopped level with her mark. Took a few steps and got it.

Left: Across the pond, good angle across the field to her bird. 

 

28. The Queen's Heir Charles, "Charles," BLM, John Lynch

Flyer: Out under the arc, one loop deep, then right to the bird.

Left: Very nice line right to the fall area and the bird.

 

 

26. The Tin Man, "TOR," BLM, Marcy Wright

Flyer: Right to the bird!

Left: Perfect mark.

 

 

25. Flatland's Sergeant Major, "Major," BLM, Gwen Jones

Flyer: Took a line up under the arc and right to the bird.

Left: Nice line to the bird, under the arc and right to it.

 

 

20. Pick-up - Rimfires Son Of A Buck, "Peso," BLM, Rod Sage

Left: Took line left of flyer. Hunted between the guns and retrieved the bird after a ranging hunt.

Flyer: Up under the arc and deep. Headed back to old fall area and picked up.

15. Hard's The Pride Of Trinity Oxbow MH, "Bow," CLM, William Dunn

Flyer: Right to it.

Left: Nice mark.

 

 

14. Whitewater Last Frontier-Wyatt, "Wyatt," YLM, John Lynch

Flyer: Straight to fall area, then looped around to the bird.

Left: Right to the bird.

 

 

13. Little Egypt's I'm Your Huckleberry, "Huck," BLM, Tim Kreher

Flyer: Came to line at 8:01 am and headed to the flyer. Perfect mark.

Left: Took a line right of the station, circled around behind guns, then directly to the bird.

 

 

Test Dogs - Ninth Series

Test dog #1: Habitat Flats North Bottom Gumbo, "Roux," LF, Owner Jason Zerrer, Handler Sue George

Flyer: Left the line at 7:34 am and headed towards the flyer, right to the fall area, and to the bird.

Left: Headed to the gun station across the pond, up and out, directly to the bird. Very nice job on both birds.

Test dog #2: CTK‘s Take The Money And Run, "Tank," LM Owner James Hochstetler, Handler Lauren Parks

Flyer: Headed toward flyer a bit to the right and took a short swim. Hunted the field and found the bird.

Left: Dog went right of dead bird station, then back toward the flyer. Handled to the dead bird. 

 

Series Nine - Water Double with a Hen Duck Flyer

Test Nine is a Water Double with a Hen Duck Flyer. We are facing due east, overlooking a valley with a large pond. It's 54 degrees with a northwest wind that is likely to shift to north. The wind is blowing left to right as we face the test. There is a flyer and dead bird across the pond. The flyer is on the right and shot to the right at approximately 180 yards and the dead bird is thrown to the left at 225 yards. The dead bird is longer and involves a longer swim. The dogs will lose sight of the guns while they are in the pond. If they cheat the pond, they will be headed towards the flyer. A longer swim will be towards the long gun. The wind will blow the dogs towards the shore. There is a steep climb up and out of the pond.

Ninth Series

Bird #1 – Dead Hen Mallard – 225 yards

Bird #2 – Hen Mallard Flyer – 180 yards