Handle - Re-Run - 61. FC-AFC STRAIGHT TO THE HEART-DAGGER, "Dagger" BLM, Johnny Armstrong

NAFC-FC Cody Cut A Lean Grade ex Kasey Kisses SH
Breeder: Jeff Hughes
Owner: Johnny & Kathy Armstrong, Winston Salem, NC

Handler: Johnny Armstrong

Total Open Points    55
Total Amateur Points    69
Total Derby Points    33

Previous Nationals

NRC - 2019, 2018 & 2017

NARC - 2019, 2018, 2017 & 2016

Came to the line at 5:54 pm

RF - Going uphill Dagger turns left then right. He works downhill to get his bird that is low on the hill.

LF - He angles across the pond and gets in front of the guns. Dagger drives up the hill, takes a right turn and he has his bird.

RR - Dagger swims through the stick straight for the tip. Leaning left going uphill, Dagger is handled right with several whistles to get his bird.

LR - Angles the pond and drives to bush pile, going around it  a couple of times Dagger gets his bird.

No Bird - 61. FC-AFC STRAIGHT TO THE HEART-DAGGER, "Dagger" BLM, Johnny Armstrong

Dagger and Johnny come to the line and received a no bird. The will go back to the end and have a re-run

61. FC-AFC STRAIGHT TO THE HEART-DAGGER, "Dagger" BLM, Johnny Armstrong

Previous Nationals

NRC - 2019, 2018 & 2017

NARC - 2019, 2018, 2017 & 2016

Came to the line at 7:29 am

RF - Dagger left off the line and passed the tullies to go straight to his bird.

RR - He went past the left bales, uphill to area and hunted down and up, then worked left to the hen pheasant in the cover.

LF - Dagger's line was at the flyer guns then he veered below them. He worked uphill and quickly grabbed his bird.

LR - Dagger takes a line left across the two hills. He moves deeper on the third hill towards the area of the fall and gets his bird.

 

 

61. FC-AFC STRAIGHT TO THE HEART-DAGGER, "Dagger" BLM, Johnny Armstrong

8:35 am

Dagger received his whistles at the following areas...

2 - to get into the water

1 - line adjustment

1 - at the island

1 - line adjustment after the island

5 - on land to get into the water

4 - in the channel to his bird.

61. FC-AFC STRAIGHT TO THE HEART-DAGGER, "Dagger" BLM, Johnny Armstrong

Total Open Points    55
Total Amateur Points    69
Total Derby Points    33

3:07 pm

Flyer - Dagger drove across all the pieces of water digging right. He went behind the flyer gun turned hard left to go straight to the bird.

Short - Dagger turned hard right after crossing the water and continued on through another piece of water digging to the right. He got in the field and turned hard left going straight to the bird.

Long - He rand own the point and squared across the first water. Continued on to the second piece of water, he drove on a hard line straight up the hill to the long bird. Great Mark. 

61. FC-AFC STRAIGHT TO THE HEART-DAGGER, "Dagger" BLM, Johnny Armstrong

NAFC-FC Cody Cut A Lean Grade ex Kasey Kisses SH
Breeder: Jeff Hughes
Owner: Johnny & Kathy Armstrong, Winston Salem, NC

8:06 am

Flyer - Dagger stayed committed to the area, executing a good hunt pattern to find his bird.

Middle - He went up to the area through to the band of cover for a quick loop and back with the bird.

Left - He went up the hill and left around the back side of the gunners. Out of sight for a bit then back around comes down to his bird.

61. FC-AFC STRAIGHT TO THE HEART-DAGGER, "Dagger" BLM, Johnny Armstrong

3:07 pm

Dagger took two whistles in the middle of the blind and three more because he was slightly left.

61. FC-AFC STRAIGHT TO THE HEART-DAGGER, "Dagger" BLM, Johnny Armstrong

9:23 am

Dagger took three whistles from Johnny before the water and more at the waters edge. Johnny blew the whistle three more times to adjust Daggers line and two more to put him on and off the point. With a big splash behind the point, Dagger cut to the land early, went up to the mound and got his bird.

61. FC-AFC STRAIGHT TO THE HEART-DAGGER, "Dagger" BLM, Johnny Armstrong

Flyer - Quickly retrieved the bird.

Short Right - Dagger entered the channel and swam all the way to the tip of the right hand point. Exiting the water, he turned right and ran down the road and immediately turned to grab his bird. Great Mark.

Long Middle - He went thru the left hand pond and drove up the hill coming in to the fall area. Dagger made one loop just short of the bird, then went right to the fall and got it! Nice Mark and Great job over all.

 

61. FC-AFC STRAIGHT TO THE HEART-DAGGER, "Dagger" BLM, Johnny Armstrong

Came to the line at 8:39 am

Flyer - Dagger went to the area of the fall and had a few loops to locate his bird.

Blind - An early whistle by the elbow of the road with three more to come to adjust to the left, and with a check down blow, Dagger had his bird.

Retired Gun - Good Mark.