Sunday, June 27, 2021
No Bird - 18. HUNTER'S CHOICE XX, "Archie" BLM, William Goldstein
Archie and Bill came to the line and received a no bird. They will have their re-run at the end.
143. FC-AFC J & C'S ANOTHER ROUND IN THE CHAMBER, "Bullet" BLM, Joseph Couey
Previous Nationals
NRC - 2020 (F)
NARC - 2019
Came to the line at 9:42
RF - Very nice bird.
RR - Bullet got into the cover behind the bird but quickly turned and was down to get his bird.
LF - Bullet came in a little wide right but bends left and had his bird.
LR - Nicely done, right to the bird.
131. AFC MARSHWIND'S TURBULENCE, "Evie" BLF, Bente Kongsore
This is Evie's first National appearance!
Came to the line at 9:32 am
RF - Evie landed in the water and went straight to her bird which was still flapping.
RR - She drove to the fall area, looped in the cover and came back down to grab her bird.
LF - She drove straight at the fall area getting slightly deep then looped right and in to grab her bird.
LR - Evie squared the hill going out slightly up wind of the bird. She drove way deep then turned back to come get her bird.
115. FC-AFC WATERMARK'S HURRICANE HANNAH, "Hannah" BLF, Paul Panichi
Previous Nationals
NARC - 2019 & 2017
Came to the line at 9:22 am
RF - The flyer landed a few feet from the shore. Hannah ran the pond to the left, turned quickly right and grabbed her bird to swim it back to Paul.
LF - Straight to the bird.
LR - Nice line high left over all the hills. Hannah moved right and got behind the bird, but she came in to make the retrieve.
RR - A line left of the bird to the top of the hill, Hannah made two loops to turn back toward the cover to get the bird that was just short of the cover.
113. FC-AFC LIL BIT'S TÊTE DE CUVÉE, "Bubbles" YLF, Victor Garcia
Previous Nationals
NRC - 2019 & 2017
NARC - 2019 & 2018
Came to the line at 9:15 am
RF - Bubbles skimmed along the edge of the water and bounced up the bank to the flyer.
RR - She's up the hill, coming in under the arc to make a couple of turns and has the bird.
LF - Good recovery of the bird.
LR - Victor has his hat turned and he's planned her path. Bubbles launched and runs a little left but bends to her bird. Victor's hat is back forward and happily moving to the honor box.
112. FC-AFC LITTLE MISS FREYA, "Freya" BLF, James Roberts
Previous Nationals
NRC - 2016
NARC - 2019 & 2017
Came to the line at 9:06
RF - She went straight to the bird, hugging the shore slightly on her way out.
RR - Freya drove straight out into the fall area. Getting slightly high in the cover, she worked her way back down into the clear area to make a loop back up to the bird.
LF - She took a wide line high up on the right of the hill heading out to the bird. She curved left then went down to go straight to the bird.
LR - She squared the hill straight across, then turned left and start to hunt short. Driving deeper Freya got the bird.
106. FC-AFC TAMARACK'S LONG RIDER, "Cole" BLM, David Furin
Previous National
NARC - 2019
Came to the line at 8:57 am
RF - With a splash near the tullies, Cole is on the land and with one quick loop has the bird.
RR - He took the middle slop uphill, Going right of the bales, he worked down to the middle bale and up to the cover. Expanding, he looped up and down, then back up to the cover's edge and got the bird.
LF - Getting left of the bale, Cole adjusted right. Still moving uphill, he stepped left, then right to get his bird.
LR - Good line, with an adjustment right as Cole moved towards the holding blind. He past the holding blind toward the left to make a hunt up the hill to quickly get his bird.
9th Series - Gun Change & Conditions
The by dog came to the line at 8:44 am so #102 Baby could honor before the gun change.
Conditions remain the same, the sky is now slightly overcast. Visibility on all guns and birds are excellent.
Our temp is at 61 degrees with an east wind between 0-2 mph.
Dogs for the most part are doing good work. There has been a few small hunts and several handles.
102. FC-AFC LOCK FIVE'S GOT HER BLUE GENES ON, "Baby" BLF, Bill Woodson
Previous Nationals
NRC - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 & 2015
NARC - 2019, 2017 & 2015
Came to the line at 8:37 am
RF - Baby had a nice line. Her bird fell behind the cattails and rolled down the bank. Very good recovery.
LF - She went up the hill and to the bird.
LR - Baby had a perfect line through the tree and hay bale to go directly to her bird.
RR - The initial line seemed wide left, but Baby gently moved her line as she climbed the hill and was spot on her bird!
Behind the Line – Series 9 Scrapbook
The excitement is in the air as we work our way towards the final series of the 2021 National Amateur Retriever Championship! Congratulations to one and all for your hard work in the field and behind the scenes. Pat yourself on the back – you're terrific!
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| The TAMARACK NATIONAL Group |
101. FC-AFC BRISTOL'S NORTH SLOPE PTARMIGAN, "Ptar" BLM, Doreen Comrie-Bristol
Previous Nationals
NRC - 2020
NARC - 2019 & 2018
Came to the line at 8:29 am
RF - Long flyer, Ptar took the water wide and went straight to the bird!
RR - Straight as an arrow right to the bird!
LF - Again, straight to the bird.
LR - Straight to the bird, with a small loop to the left she scooped it up.
98. AFC WINDY CITY'S LONE RANGER, "Ranger" BLM, Charlie Hines
This is Ranger's first National appearance!
Came to the line at 8:21 am
RF - Ranger splashed through the tullies to get his bird which was slightly deeper from the shore.
RR - He took the left slot then went uphill into the cover. A quick turn left and a couple of looks short of the cover, Ranger got his bird.
LF - Great line just right of the bird. Two steps to the left and Ranger had it!
LR - Good initial line over the first two hills edging slightly right. He moved closer to the holding blind on the last hill and with two steps uphill, to the left and one at the right he grabbed his bird.
94. AFC HOLLAND CLIFFS PLAY IT AGAIN, "Luke" BLM, Alvin Hatcher
NRDC - 2017
Came to the line at 8:13 am
RF - Luke had a little more shoreline on his bird, but he had a quick recovery.
RR - Very nice line to the bird.
LF - Straight to the bird.
LR - Luke's line took him below the tree and hay bale. He made a turn and worked his way up the bird.
82. AFC LUCYANA'S SWEET WILLIE BE, "Willoughby" BLM, Laura Parrott
This is Willoughby first National appearance!
Came to the line at 8:04 am
RF - Willoughby went through the water pulling to the left towards the guns. With a small hunt, he worked his way over to the flyer.
LF - He drove straight to the gall area, getting slightly left, with a loop right he had his bird.
RR - Willoughby took a straight line towards the bird then he hooked right behind the guns. He established a hunt in the cover, came out of the cover and hunted short below the bird then washed his way up to the bird.
LR - He took a good line squaring the hill to angle into the bird.
79. BOO'S STRAIGHT LINE IS GOOD IDEA, "Torq" BLM, Joel Earls
This is Torq's first National appearance!
Came to the line at 7:56 am
RF - Torq entered the water going directly to his bird.
RR - He went down hill, past the bales, then uphill. Torq had several controlled loops in the cover and grabbed the bird at the cover's edge.
LF - His line went low on the hill and slightly past the guns. Torq works his way uphill to get the bird.
LR - Torq's line was straight past the holding blind and to his bird.
Handle - 78. FC-AFC MIDNIGHT TRAINS TEXAS RANGER, "Deets" BLM, Cade Gentry
Previous Nationals
NARC - 2018
NARC - 2019
Came to the line at 7:48 am
RF - Nice bird
RR - Deets line took him high and deep right of the retired guns. A quick turn through the cover and back down for a loop in front of the gunners and he had his bird.
LF - A good line to the area with a brief tight look about and Deets has the bird.
LR - Deets line took him below the retired guns, down to the road where he was handled to the bird.
Handle - 72. AFC BAYOU-STAR ALL JAZZED UP, "Ella" BLF, Suzan Caire
2021 NARC is Ella's first National appearance!
Came to the line at 7:37 am
RF - Ella drove straight across the water to the bird, making a quick turn she scooped up her bird.
RR - She took a straight line towards the gun station, with a small loop back down the hill and to the left, she drove back uphill to the guns, getting lower again, she hunted short to finally wash her way back up to the cover to get the bird.
LF - Ella drove to the flyer fall area and grabbed her bird cleanly.
LR - She drove the hill going right off the left side of the left flyer station. Continuing deep, Ella ws handled back into the bird to retrieve it.
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.
59. FC-AFC BEDAZZLED II, "Be" BLF, Yvonne Hays
Previous Nationals..
NRC - 2019
NARC - 2019 & 2017
Came to the line at 7:30 am
RF - Very Good
RR - Be went through the hay bales and up the hill arriving right of the RG. She came around and has a tight hunt below the bird and works up to her pheasant.
LF - Terrific line to the bird
LR - Another perfect line to the bird.
58. FC-AFC HYFLYERS LIFE IN THE FAST LINE, "Crash" BLM, Randy Spangler
Previous Nationals
NRC - 2019 & 2017
NARC - 2019 & 2017
Came to the line at 7:10 am
RF - Crash crossed the piece of water and grabbed the duck flyer.
RR - He took a straight line right to the bird and PINNED IT! Excellent
LF - He drove straight out to the fall area angling the hill beautifully, then made a small loop to the right to drive slightly deeper and Crash had his bird.
LR - Lined right out to pin the bird.
9th Series - Test Dog LF, Annie
Lock Five’s Polk Salad Annie, “Annie,” LF
Owners: Randy and Mary Spangler, Mondovi, WI
Handler: Mary Spangler
Came to the line at 6:48 am
RF - Annie went down the hill, with a splash past the tullies, for one loop hunt to her drake mallard.
LF - She ran down on the right side, then going left of the bales and across the road. She hunted down and up in the fall area to get her bird.
RR - Annie was parked right by the bales in the bottom of a dip. She climbs the hill curving to the right. She was handled downhill and left and hunts the bales that are hiding the guns before she moves left to the bird.
LR - Good initial line over the two hills going way right. Annie takes a handle to the bird.
**Trails in the dewy grass shows how critical the right path selection will be for this series.
9th Series - Test Dog LM, Zeus
Pedretti’s Zeus , “Zeus,” LM
Owner/Handler: Bobby Raasch, La Crosse, WI
Came to the line at 6:36 am
RF - Zeus took several loops to get his bird.
RR - He got passed the hay bales at the base of the hill. Pushes 3/4 up the hill to hunt near the second hay bale. He worked down to another hay bales then back up to the third hay bale where got into the short cover to get his bird.
LF - Zeus ran over the hill past the bales in a line to the guns. He carries this into the dips and came back with his drake mallard.
LR - He took a line left of the bales of hay and over two hills to the area. He hunted at the top and was handled to the bird on the backside of the hill with the holding blind.
**The judges changed the order of the birds after Zeus completed the test.
9th Series - Land Quad with Two Flyers, Two Retired and an Honor
Today promises to be dryer and another beautiful Wisconsin day. We are at Laura and John Parrott's property, which is a wonderful rolling open landscape.
With the moon still shining, the skies are clearing and the winds are light northwest at 4 mph. We will see shuffling winds later today.
The mat sits halfway up a hillside looking southwest. It drops into a valley with a road going through the middle. The rolling terrain is dotted with hay bales, scattered evergreens and trees. The cover is hay meadow with areas recently cut.
The order shot on this series is Left Flyer (LF), Left Retired (LR), Right Retired (RR) and Right Flyer (RF).
Our first bird, a Flyer drake duck is shot right uphill at approximately 249 yards. The dog will angle across the road, drive the hill over a couple of lower dips and up again. The bird lands in a slight dip of a hill slope.
Second bird, Retired hen pheasant is 257 yards. The throw is a sharp angle back left. The line will take the dog across at a base of a hill, over a couple foot hills between a couple of trees and past the hay bale to the bird.
The third bird, Retired hen pheasant is 248 yards from the line. The dog will descend towards an evergreen and some hay bales before the road. Maneuvering through those, the dog will draw the far hill through a couple more hay bales, then up to a retired hen that is a flat throw to the left landing at midway up a hill at a base of an unmowed area.
Our final bird, a drake is shot to the right and lands on the far shore of a water structure. The line will take the dog down the hill, cutting across the roads and through a stick pond with tulles along the shore. This flyer is landing at approximately 134 yards.
The test is taking approximately 9 minutes. There is an honor mat to the right of the working dog.
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| Sketch of the Ninth by Official Artist Cary Hunkel |
Sunday, June 27, 2021 - Day 9 - Good Morning
Good Morning from Mondovi, WI! We are setting up here at the beautiful rolling hills property of the Parrott's Lucy Too, for the 9th Series! We will be starting shortly with test dogs and then our first of 22 running dogs.
We are currently at 63 degrees with a high expected to be in the upper 70's to lower 80's. With partly cloudy skies, wind coming out of the SSW at 2 mph and humidity at 95%, it appears it will be a sticky out today.
Sit back, hold on and stay tuned for all the action that is about to come from the Upper Midwest!
THANK YOU COMSAT!
If you are wondering how we are broadcasting the blog everyday in these rolling hills … our "secret weapon" is our COMSAT Satellite. Thank you to COMSAT and Mark Littlejohn for providing the equipment to help us do our daily, minute-by-minute updates!
Saturday, June 26, 2021
Callbacks to the 9th Series
22 dogs were called back: 18, 33, 38, 46, 55, 58, 59, 61, 72, 78, 79, 82, 94, 98, 101, 102, 106, 112, 113, 115, 131, and 143.
9 dogs dropped: 6, 11, 16, 25, 37, 47, 77, 122, and 150.
Starting dog #58
The 9th Series will be a at the Parrott's Lucy Too property.
Test Dogs at 6:15 am
First Running dog at 7:00 am
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Field Trial committee has suspended the trial for the day due to pending storms.
We will be back with callbacks.
Tomorrow, we will be at the Parrott's Lucy Too property.
Test Dogs at 6:15 am
First running dog at 7:00 am
8th Series - Recap
We started the series at 6:48 am with the first running dog #150 Smokie at 6:48 am. We had a quick re-bird at after dog #61 Dagger. Our last dog #143 Bullet finished at 10:32 am.
This series took us 3 hours 44 minutes to get all 31 dogs to the line which average 7.2 minutes per dog.
Stay tuned for the callbacks which will be given at the 8th Series test site! Also remember to follow the signs from the clubhouse to the Parrott's property that will be the 9th Series test site.
8th Series - It's A Wrap
The 8th Series Water blind is officially in the books at 10:32 am with dog #143 Bullet.
A few announcements ...
Callbacks with be given at the 8th Series test site. AFTER the callbacks please follow the signs from the clubhouse to the Parrot's Lucy Too property for the 9th Series.
143. FC-AFC J & C'S ANOTHER ROUND IN THE CHAMBER, "Bullet" BLM, Joseph Couey
10:26 am
Bullet received his whistles in the following areas...
He lined into the water
1 - to get on the island
1 - to get off the island
1 - before the peninsula that lined thru the cove
2 - on land to cast left into the water
1 - along the shore
2 - in the water to stay in the channel
Pat's Perspective: Stacy and Ellie are ready to run!
Earlier this week, I got a chance to speak with Stacy Rick just prior to her running the 3rd Series. This is Stacy's first National and her excitement is quite apparent. She's run a great National so far!
Courtesy of Pat Burns at https://www.eliteretrievers.com/
131. AFC MARSHWIND'S TURBULENCE, "Evie" BLF, Bente Kongsore
10:18 am
Evie received her whistles in the following areas...
1 - on the land
1 - in the water
1 - on the island
1 - in the cove
2 - on the land, she went into the water early
2 - in the channel
1 - to get the bird
122. FC-AFC YOURS TRULY INDIGO, "Tru" BLF, Mark Medford
10:12 am
Tru received his whistles at the following locations...
1 - to the water
3 - to the island
1 - to get off the island
2 - on the point
1 - in the cove
2 - on the point
Multiple - in the channel to the bird
115. FC-AFC WATERMARK'S HURRICANE HANNAH, "Hannah" BLF, Paul Panichi
Hannah received her whistles at the following spots...
2 - on the land before the water
1 - in the water that carried her across the island to reenter and across the peninsula
1 - in the cove
1 - on land to cast right
1 - on land to cast left
1 - in water to stay in the channel
1 - cast to the island to get the bird.
Nice
113. FC-AFC LIL BIT'S TÊTE DE CUVÉE, "Bubbles" YLF, Victor Garcia
9:58 am
Bubbles received his whistles in the following areas...
2 - at the island
1 - on the shore
1 - in the cove
3 - on the land
2 - in the channel and out
1 - on the land to the bird
112. FC-AFC LITTLE MISS FREYA, "Freya" BLF, James Roberts
9:50 am
Freya received her whistles at these areas...
2 - to get into the water
1 - to the island
1 - to get off the island
1 - to get on the point
2 - in the cover
3 - on the next point
3 in the channel to the bird
106. FC-AFC TAMARACK'S LONG RIDER, "Cole" BLM, David Furin
9:42 am
Cole received his whistles at the following areas...
He lined to the water
1 - before the island
1 - to get on the island, that carried him across the peninsula and into the cove
1 - on land to get into the water
1 - to cast down the channel
1 - cast to the bird
Great Job
102. FC-AFC LOCK FIVE'S GOT HER BLUE GENES ON, "Baby" BLF, Bill Woodson
9:41 am
Baby heard here whistles at these spots...
1 - at the water that carried her across the island, thru the water, peninsula and cove
2 - on the land
3 - in the channel
An Interesting Perspective of the 8th …
Drones allow us to see our tests from a very interesting, different perspective …
101. FC-AFC BRISTOL'S NORTH SLOPE PTARMIGAN, "Ptar" BLM, Doreen Comrie-Bristol
9:27 am
Ptar received her whistles in the following spots...
1 - at the island
1 - on the point
Multiple - in the channel
Behind the Line – Series 7 Scrapbook – Part I
Please enjoy these photos from the Seventh Series …
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| Field Trial Fairy Sighting! She found "Lucky the Leprechaun" |
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| Our local visitors … |
98. AFC WINDY CITY'S LONE RANGER, "Ranger" BLM, Charlie Hines
9:21 am
Ranger received his whistles in the following spots...
He lined into the water
1 - before the land
1 - to get on the island which carried him towards the peninsula
1 - on peninsula that carried him thru the cove
2 - on land
3 - in the water to stay in the channel
94. AFC HOLLAND CLIFFS PLAY IT AGAIN, "Luke" BLM, Alvin Hatcher
9:15 am
Luke had his whistles at the following areas...
1 - on land
1 - in the water that carried him across the island, thru the next water and to the peninsula
1 - at the cove
1 - on the land
5 - in the channel, he out out early
1 - to the bird.
82. AFC LUCYANA'S SWEET WILLIE BE, "Willoughby" BLM, Laura Parrott
9:09 am
Willoughby received his whistles at these spots...
1 - to adjust initial line
2 - to the island
2 - to the point and off
Multiple - to get off the point
Multiple - in the channel
79. BOO'S STRAIGHT LINE IS GOOD IDEA, "Torq" BLM, Joel Earls
9:01 am
Torq took his whistles at the following spots...
1 - on land to cast right
1 - before the island to cast onto the island that carried to the peninsula
1 - on the peninsula that lined through the cove
1 - on land to cast right
2 - to get into the channel
1 - at the island
78. FC-AFC MIDNIGHT TRAINS TEXAS RANGER, "Deets" BLM, Cade Gentry
8:57 am
Deets received his whistles at the following areas...
2 - on the land
1 - line adjustment
1 - on the island
1 - on the peninsula
3 - on the land
1 - in the channel to go straight across and get his bird
Pat's Perspective: Talking with Ted Shih
Midway through the 3rd series, I had a discussion with a former national judge, Ted Shih, about the challenges of designing the first set of water marks at a National Championship.
Courtesy of Pat Burns https://www.eliteretrievers.com/
77. AFC MEADOW WOODS GIRLS JUST DO IT, "Just" BLF, Judy Despenas
8:50 am
Her is Just heard his whistles...
1 - line adjustment
1 - to the island
1 - to get off the island
4 - on the point, she curled around on to the shoreline
2 - to move back off the point
2 - in channel to get up on next point
1 - to bring back down to get the bird
72. AFC BAYOU-STAR ALL JAZZED UP, "Ella" BLF, Suzan Caire
8:44 am
Ella received her whistles at these areas...
She lined into the water and over the island
1 - approaching the peninsula
1 - in the cover approaching the land
2 - on the land cast off into the water
1 - approaching the island to keep in the channel
1 - to stay in the channel
Very Nice Ella
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.
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