End Of The Day

We have concluded Series 4 for the evening.

We will resume at 6:30 am with a single Test Dog and the running dog will immediately follow.

Dog # 83 will start the day

We have about 60 dogs left to run the 4th Series Water Triple with an Honor

Re-Run 77. AFC Robber's Special Permit, "Booker", LM, Bob Walker

F: Smacked it!

SR: went straight to the bird for an accurate mark

MR: swam down the middle of the pond est a hunt lt and rt of the area for a significant period of time before retrieving.

82. AFC-CAFC Pekisko's Ironman, "Rusty", LM, Sharon van der Lee

F: Nailed it!

SR: cut the lt corner of the pond and ran straight to the bird.

MR: Pinned it

81. Jorja's Tarbaby Tempest , "Tempy", LF, Jake Fredericks

F: drove deep turned quick to scoop up the bird.

SR: cut the lt corner of the pond, made a couple circles around the holding blind before retrieving the bird.

MR: Nice mark!

80. FC-AFC Mulligan Off The Rainy "T", "Mully", LM, Randy Spangler

F: made several quick loops to make the retrieve.

SR: cut lt corner of the pond went and put his nose on it!

MR: cut the rt side of the pond, hunted lt. then rt., to retrieve the bird.

78. FC-AFC Candlewood's Skyrocket, "Sky", LF, Tommy Parrish

F: made several loops to retrieve the bird.

SR: Swam Lt.side of the pond got out 1/2 way down est a hunt on the lt., of the blind and worked over rt. to retrieve the bird.

MR: hit every pc of water and went straight to the bird for a nice mark.

No-Bird 77. AFC Robber's Special Permit, "Booker", LM, Bob Walker

no bird flyer

75. FC-AFC AFTCH Jaybar American Idol, "Reuben", LM, Barbara Younglove

F: drilled it!

SR:Nice mark!

MR: swam the middle of the pond exited the far end making a slight rt to scoop up the bird.

74. AFC Rare Heir, "Air", LM, Dennis Pugh

F: ran in front of the gun station drove a bit deep of the area made a quick turn to retrieve the bird.

SR: skimmed the lt shore exited 1/2 way headed for the area and smacked the mark!

MR: hit the rt front pc of water, drove rt of the station, made a big loop to the lt and hunted up the bird.

73. AFC Tucked Away At River's Edge, "Tucker", LM, Alex Abraham

F: made a quick scoop of the bird

SR: skimmed Lt. edge of the front pond and went straight to the bird.

MR: swam down Lt. side of the pond, got out in the far Lt, corner then drove hard to go over the rim of the irrigation ditch getting out of sight then came back to the correct side worked his way back to the bird

72. FC-AFC Fresh Squeezed Juice, "Juice", LM, Mark Medford

F: put his nose on it!

SR:cut lt edge of the pond, took another small pc of water, to drill the mark.

MR: travel down the rt shoreline, went into the mark under the arch and turned to retrieve the bird.

70. Babyduck's Puddle Jumper, "Ducky", LM, John Close

F: Smacked it!

SR: cut lt corner of the pond and ran straight to bird.

MR: stayed dry traveling wide rt of the pond, got deep of the area and worked his way to the bird.

69. FC-AFC Patton's Natural Born World Shaker, "Luke", LM, Kathy Folsom

F: one quick loop in the area to retrieve the bird.

SR: swam lt corner of pond, got out hit next pc of water & went straight to the bird

MR: went down the Lt. side of th pond all the way to the far end, dog ran straight to the area to retrieve the bird.

68. Chopper's Final Approach, "Billie", LF, Joel Harris

F: Drilled it!

SR: great line to the mark went deep of the fall and quickly turned to retrieve the bird.

MR: swam to the end on the far rt, angled rt. adjusting the line of travel made a pass rt and lt in the area before retrieveing the bird.

67. AFC Good Idea's Second Wind, "Vapor", LF, Ken Neil

F: Pinned  it!

SR: hit all the water and put his front-foot on it!

MR: travel the rt pc of water angled across the field to the rt end where the guns are hidden, then turned lt to the fall area and retrieve the bird.

66. FC-AFC Aksarben's Black Skyy, "Skyy", LM, Alice Woodyard

F: Good Mark!

SR: Pinned it!

MR: Established a small hunt to get the bird

Re-Run 59. AFC World Famous Emasculator-SheMale, "Nora", LF, Alanson Brown

F: excellent mark!

SR: swam down the middle of the pond, started angling Lt., came out and stepped on the bird.

MR: swam  the rt side of the pond to the end. Got out in far rt corner cont. to angle rt.drove deep and turned to retrieve the bird

65. FC-AFC Un Petit Peu Canaille, "Canaille", LF, Lee Jolley

F: put her nose on it!

SR: went down the lt edge of the pond, angled to the area for a perfect mark

MR: went down the rt side of the pond heading straight at the bird made a loop rt before retrieving the bird

64. FC-AFC Cool Fuel, "Nitro", LM, Rich Pingatore

F: Good Mark!

SR: cut lt corner of the pond and front-footed the mark!

MR: traveled the rt. shore getting out 1/2 across, hit another pc of water made several large loops to the rt and lt of the mound before retrieve.

62. FC-AFC Dottie Ray's League Of Her Own, "Dottie", LF, Andy Kahn

F: made short work of this nat'l caliber flyer.

SR: leaped into the pond angling across the lt. corner of the pond exiting straight to the bird.

MR: traveled rt of the pond and kept fading slight rt, corrected her line to the lt just before she reached the area for an accurate mark

61. CFC-CAFC Spring Creek's 5-Star Adventure MH, "Osa", LF, Judy Cornell

F: smacked it

SR: traveled lt side of the pond angling toard the lt, & drilled it!

MR: caught a pc of the rt. edge of the pond and put his nose on the bird!

60. AFC Kerryburke's Marsh Madness MH, "Maddie", LF, Kerry Lavin

F: perfect mark

SR: swam the lt edge of pond toward the area and put her nose on it!

MR: swam down the middle of the pond into the pot hole at the end straight to the area to scoop up the bird.

No-Bird 59. AFC World Famous Emasculator-SheMale, "Nora", LF, Alanson Brown

Flyer: No- Bird

Re-Run Handle 52. FC-AFC Coolwater's Knockout, "Punch", LM, Alex Washburn

F: hammered it!
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MR: swam the lt shore to the area and put his nose on it!

SR: swam lt side of the pond angling lt caught another pc of water went deep and pop-ed then Handled to the bird

58. FC AFC Watermark's BB Standing Ovation, "Bravo", LM, Bob Hanssen

F: made a quick left to scoop up the bird.

SR: swam down the middle of the pond bending to the lt and straight to the bird to front-foot the mark.

MR: took rt pc of the pond swam straight as a string to scoop up the bird quick.

57. FC AFC Bob and Ed's Excellent Adventure, "Chef", LM, Ed Krueger

F: Pinned it!

SR: caught lt front of the pond drove into the next pond and straight to the bird.

MR: swam the rt of the pond, angled across the field out to the area and hunted lt & rt to retrieve the bird.

Pick Up 56. Sidney Down The Bayou, "Gator", LM, Larry Anderson

F: Perfect mark!

SR: traveled the lt edge of the pond, made a rt hand move just missing the bird est a hunt to retrieve the bird.

MR: went wide right of the test drove way deep and tried to handle but dog would not move so handler had to Pick Up the dog

55. AFC Midnight Shooter III, "Shooter", LM, Pat Nicholls

F: stepped on it

SR: drove straight to the area for an accurate mark.

MR: took r of the pond skimming the rt shore making way straight to the area making a couple loops to retrieve the bird

Handle 54. FC-AFC Ruff Rivers Oasis On The Plains, "Colby", LF, David Colwell

F: Good Mark!

SR: drove out to the blind made a quick rt to retrieve the bird.

MR: went wide Rt and headed deep of the test then Handled to the bird

No-Bird 52. FC-AFC Coolwater's Knockout, "Punch", LM, Alex Washburn

No-Bird on the Flyer

Gun Change & Conditions Report

The wind has picked up and started to gust. The temp has warmed up to 79'F.12-15mphs.

3 Handles & 3 Pick Ups at this point in the test. Needless to say the Judges are getting the answers they need to find a CHAMPION!

Gun Change

Pick Up 50. Trumarc's Mavis, "Mavis", LF, Judith Aycock

F: Pinned it!

MR: started swimming on the lt edge of the pond,fading to the rt, drove to the area for an accurate mark.

SR: travel wide lt, lt of the holding blind to keep going up the hill and was an attempted to handle but eventually Pick Up.

A nice performance for the youngest competitor in the 2015 NARC, I'm sure we will see this team again!!!

48. FC-AFC Make It Happen Captain, "Cappy", LM, Gary Zellner

F: drilled it!

SR: cut the lt corner of the pond drove to the blind and straight to the bird.

MR:swam down the pond with slight rt. and turn to get his bird.

47. FC-AFC Mercy Mercy Mercy Me, "Mercy", LF, John Stracka

F: Nice job!

SR: Cut front left of the pond; drove towards holding blind; quick turn right for bird.

MR: Took right piece of the pond; drove out to the area just left of the bird; turned and got the bird.

Double Header Dinner Announcement

The Double Header dinner has been arranged for Thursday evening at the Finley Point Grill in  Polson at 7:00 pm. The charge will be $38 per person. If you are interested, please see Chris Hatch or call him on his cell: 530-990-4425.

Handle 46. FC-AFC Tucquan's Ode to Sweetness JH, "Payton", LM, Sammie Thompson

F: scooped it up quick!

SR:swam 1st pc of water got out angling lt. dog went wide lt of blind, made two loops to retrieve the  bird.

MR: traveled the same line as SR, drove thru SR fall area, kept driving then broke down back to the area of SR and Handled to MR

42. FC-AFC Lubys and Whitewaters Pirates Jewel, "Jewel", LF, Jeff Schuett

F: Hammered it!

SR: swam lt edge, exited 1/2 way angling Lt, and went straight to the bird.

MR: swam middle of pond and straight to the fall area for an accurate mark!

40. Bay Blue's All American Girl, "Libby", LF, John Russell

2:02 pm

F: front-footed it!

SR: swam lt shore got out 1/2 way down pond angling to the left toward the blind, swam small pond and stepped on the mark.

MR: swam rt edge of pond, angling rt toward the blind adjusted to in at the mark at the blind made a quick turn to retrieve the bird.

38. AFC Prairie Peak's Girlfriend, "Rylee", LF, Esther McCartney

came to line at 1:51 pm

F: perfect mark!

MR: swam Lt. side of pond hit another pc of water and straight to the bird.

SR: skimmed down the Lt shore, got out and drove toward the blind, made a quick scoop to retrieve the bird.

TRAFFIC ANNOUNCEMENT…

Please note:

Traffic will now come in to the Fourth Series directly off Back Road. When coming to the Test Site, please stay on Back Road to the sign at the West entrance. When leaving the test site, please follow the new signs directing traffic West.

37. FC-AFC Trumarc's Hollandaise, "Holland", LM, Ed Aycock

11 mins 42 sec to run test

F: Stabbed it!

SR:swam down the Lt. side of pond to the end, headed Lt, across the pot hole, and retrieved the bird quick.

MR: caught front rt of pond headed straight to the area drove a bit deep before retrieving the bird

Handle 36. AFC Good Idea's Texas Scratch, "Rosie", LF, Ken Neil

1:31 pm

10 mins to run test

F: front-footed it!

SR: cut left edge of the pond, ran out to the holding blind and turned to scoop up the bird.

MR: cut rt. side of the pond, traveled way right, driving up the hill & Handled to the bird

Pick Up 34. In The Hunt's Shake and Bake, "Baker", LM, Erik Gawthorpe

1:18 pm

F: quickly scooped up the bird.

MR: swam the middle of the pond, veering Rt enroute to area, missed the area and kept driving the field disappearing into a large drainage ditch only to reappear in the next field the Handler Picked Up the dog.

33. AFC 3R's Mister Cross Your T's, "Tommy", LM, Fred Kampo

1:08 pm

F: smacked it!

MR: swam length of pond, into the another pc of water to go straight to the bird.

SR: went Lt., of the holding blind, turned to the Rt. entering small pot hole and then out to retrieve the bird.

32. FC-AFC Tealcreek Patton's Saber, "Saber", LM, Chris Hatch

12:58pm

F: pinned it!

SR: hit all the water and drilled it!

MR: swam rt of pond, hit another pc of water, est a small area hunt to retrieve the bird

Handle 31. The Big House, "Bo", LM, Randy Whittaker

No-Bird gun malfunction, no pop

#31 came right back to run the test

F: hammered it!

SR: swam the middle of the pond, hit the pot hole and straight to the bird.

MR: swam the right edge of the pond, got out and pop-ed then was Handled to the bird.

30. AFC Meadowwoods Lawman, "Dillon", LM, Tony Despenas

12:37 pm began


F: drove deep and put on the breaks to retrieve the bird

MR: swam the pond, est a hunt in the area to retrieve the bird.

SR: cut a pc of water up front, hit the pot hole to front foot the mark

Pick Up 29. AFC Tonkah Zee OOmah, "Peanut", LM, Charles Mize

F: went deep of the area to turn and scoop up the bird

SR: cut a small pc cof pond, hit the pot hole & stepped on the bird.

MR: took all the water, came out of pond head to the left toward the SR and the Handler Picked Up the dog.

28. FC-AFC Hardscrabble Roxie McBunn, "Roxie", LF, Bill Benson

Due to the dogs being "Good" and taking all the water the test is now timed btww 11:00-12 1/2 mins to complete.

12:13 pm

F: quick loop to get the bird

SR: entered the pond swam to the edge check up there quick to move onto the fall area and worked up the bird quick.

MR:swam the whole oblong pond, hit another pc of water eroute, making it to the base of where the gun stood to throw and straight to the bird.

Test Dog To The Line

Test Dog #1 Azna's Blue Angel Megan, "Megan" LF Owner/Handler Ruth Aud

Came to the line and pick out all the gun right away.

F:Perfect mark!

SR: had a significant hunt to retrieve the bird

MR:taking all of the water enroute to the mark est a small hunt to retrieve the bird.

9 mins 30 secs

Test Dog #2 Topbrass Montana Lonesome Dove, "Gus", GM Owner John Robinson & Cheryl Talley
Handler John Robinson

Gus did an overall good job from what we could see. We could not see his run in detail.

LINE THEM UP & GOOD LUCK!!!

4th Series Water Triple with an Honor Test Description

Wind is steady out of the North, Northeast.at 5-10 mph & the current temperature is 72'F currrent temperature.

Average time to run the test 9 1/2 mins a dog.

The mat is facing Northeast a top of a hill about 60 yrds away from an oblong pond with a point on the left shore. The cover amongst the field is medium to heavy lovely lush green native grasses. Situated in the middle of the field deep of the oblong pond near a large mound is the first gun station to be shot in this 4th Series Water Triple, this station is throwing a dead Drake Mallard to the left in medium cover and is retiring behind a large mound. We will refer to this station as the middle retired or MR. and measures at 256 yrd. The second gun station is situated shorter and left of the first station and placed about 50 yrds. deep and left of the oblong pond, There is a small hidden pot hole pond deep of the oblong pond on the way to the fall area of this mark. This station is throwing a dead Hen Mallard to the right and the bird is landing in heavy cover. The gun station retires behind a holding blind that is heavily concealed with Avery Fast Grass. This station also retires, we will refer to this station as the SR: and measures a distance of a 190 yrds. The final mark of the test is a big swing to the far right, the gun station sits a top of a hill shooting a Hen Mallard flyer to the left. The mark is measured at 116 yrds landing in medium cover on the hillside. Once the birds are retrieved the dog moves to the left of the starting line to honor the next working dog.  

Callbacks to the 4th Series

Callbacks to the 4th Series 2015 NARC

102 dogs back

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87, 88, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 129, 131, 134

12, 16, 24, 35, 39, 41, 45, 49, 51, 63, 76, 84, 90, 108, 109, 111, 128, 130 dogs dropped

starting dog #28

Instructions To The 4th Series

callbacks will be given at the location of the 3rd Series. There will be a caravan for contestants and spectators formed in the parking lot located at the 3rd Series. DONT MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE TEST SITE ON YOUR OWN. Please fall in line with the caravan to travel to the 4th Series test site.

Thanks everyone and Good Luck

127. FC-AFC Tru's Little Cruiser, "Cruise", LM, Paula Elmes

lined in the water, 7 casts while swimming to reach the Lt.Pt., 1 cast off the pt., 1 cast in the last pc of water which carried the dog all the way to the bird.

126. FC Wetlands Way Out Willie, "Willie", LM, Elaine Brock

lined into the water, 4 casts while swimming to reach the Lt.Pt., 1 cast to get off the pt. 3 casts in the last pc of water to hit the dam and retrieve the bird

125. AFC Bowmans Dreamin Of Retrievin, "Reba", LF, Tom Fait

3 casts to enter the water, dog swam to the Lt.Pt., 1 cast to re-enter, 1 cast in the last pc of water, 1 cast on the dam to retrieve the bird.

124. AFC Atta Boy Blue, "Blue", LM, Loren Morehouse

lined into the water, 4 cast while swimming to reach Lt.Pt., 1 cast to re-enter, 2 casts in the last pc of water to carry it all the way to the bird.

123. Shelbie's Liberty Bell, "Libby", LF, Chris Byers

lined into the water 8 casts given while swimming to reach the Lt.Pt., 2 casts off the pt. to re-enter 6 casts in the last pc of water to hit the dam and retrieve the bird.

122. Lowride'n Leathers'n Lace, "Lacey", LF, Barry Cruickshank

1 cast to enter the water 5 casts while swimming to reach the Lt.Pt., 3 casts to re-enter, 5 casts in the last pc of water to carry to the dam and retrieve the bird

121. FC NTK's Rock Me On The Water, "Jackson", LM, Deborah Stukey

1 cast to enter the water, 4 casts while swimming to reach thee Lt.Pt., 3 casts to include a verbal to get off the pt and re-enter, 6 casts in the last pc to carry all the way to the bird

120. FC-AFC Greenwing Tall Timber, "Krumz", LM, Craig Stonesifer

lined into the water, 2 casts whiles swimming to reach Lt.Pt., 7 casts to re-enter the water as the influence of the factors was great, 1 cast in the last pc of water to carry all the to the bird

119. FC-AFC SK's Dirty Little Secret, "Vegas", LF, Betsy Madden

lined into the water, 8 casts while swimming to reach the Lt.Pt., 1 cast to re-enter the water, 5 cast in the last pc of water to carry all the way to the bird

118. FC-AFC Coolwater's Hawkeye Legend, "Legand", LM, Alex Washburn

1 cast to enter the water 2 casts while swimming to reach the Lt.Pt., 2 casts to re-enter the water, and 1 more cast to carry all the to the bird.

117. Lane's Thrilla n Manilla, "Frazier", LM, Michael Robicheaux

1 cast to enter the water, 3 casts while swimming to reach the Lt.Pt., 2 casts to re-enter the water, 5 casts given in the last pc of water to carry to the dam 1 cast on the dam to retrieve the bird