The 5th Series Indented Land Triple Test Description

The view from the news tent is picturesque where we are situated high on a hilltop, overlooking the valley of the Randy and Mary Spangler property. The 5th Series is an Indented Land Triple with a long right-hand Retired Bird. The Judges are clever & have included two stand-out Flyer stations one of which is indented. This factor will add a ton of excitement for both the dog & the handler.

The 1st bird shot (distance is 310 yards) is a dead Rooster Pheasant thrown hard angle-back left into medium cover. The dead pheasant station is located on a hillside, then retires disappearing from view in a grove of Sumac trees. We will refer to this bird as the Right Retired (RR) in our descriptions.

The 2nd bird (LF) (distance is 240 yards)  is located on a hilltop wide-left of the test, this Rooster Pheasant is thrown long and strong to the right, landing down the hill about 40 yards away from the gun station. This flyer is a thing of beauty, as it has a huge arc and spirals through the air.  It is very entertaining to watch this bird shot.

The 3rd and final bird (distance 164 yards) to go down is the indented middle flyer. (MF) This bird is located in the valley, about equal distance to the two longer birds, and has 4 gunners strategically placed about 5 feet apart sitting in the neutral position in plain view. The bird is a Hen Pheasant flyer, shot hard-angled back right, over a distinct path that travels up the hill. This bird is quite visible and lands on the hillside.

Conditions REPORT - 5th Series

It was a wild ride, with the news team, driving over to the 5th Series located on the Spangler property.  It is a beautiful late morning here, with over cast clouds, and a slight cool breeze coming out of the East at about 10 to 12 miles per hour. The temp is currently 64 degrees with a high level of humidity in the air.

Callbacks to the 5th Series

Here are the callbacks to the 5th Series:


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started 112

62. AFC Special Touchs Satchacrazy BaileyMae MH (Bailey), GF, Wayne Skochenski

Blind: Excellent! 2 whistles to get in the water and a few more to retrieve the bird

Flyer: Small tight hunt

Long Ret: Took off from the mat, hard left, ended up hunting between the flyer guns, had to be handled to the bird

61. FC-AFC Dance Hall Gal (Kate), LF, James Roberts

Blind: 2 whistles and into the water at the tree -  a few more whistles and retrieved the bird. Good job

Flyer: Nice!

Long Retired: Took edge, straight to the Right end to retrieve the long bird

60. NAFC-FC Paddle Creek’s Pack Your Grip (Traveler), LM, Chad Baker

Blind: 1 whistle from the line all the way to the blind, a few extra whistles to retrieve the bird

Flyer: Great memory! Straight to the bird

L Ret: Into the water, excellent mark - came in on the right side and straight to the bird

59. AFC Yakity’s Crackshot Ruddy Duck (Ruddy Duck), Ches. F, Julie Cole

Blind: 1 whistle to get in the water, which carried all the way to the blind area -  a few more whistles to retrieve the bird!

Flyer: Right to the bird!

L Ret:  Wide right, excellent adjustment in the water, came out on the right end of the tree line, went in and retrieved the bird.

58. FC-AFC Windy City’s Dark Cloud (Stormy), LM, Charlie Hines

Blind: Wonderful start, with some difficulty at the end to the retrieve

Flyer: Came in right of the guns, then crossed to the fall area and retrieved the bird

L Ret: Dog went hard left off the mat, ended up hunting deep of the mark and had to be handled to the long bird

57. FC-AFC Fresh Squeezed Juice (Juice), LM, Mark Medford

Blind: 8 whistles to get in the water, worked well and retrieved the bird. 

Flyer: Very Nice!

Long Retired: Line was excellent, straight to the bird!

56. FC-AFC Hardscrabble Roxie McBunn (Roxie), LF, Bill Benson

Blind: completed

Flyer: Small loop short, then right to retrieve the bird

L Ret:Dog jumped hard left off the mat, ended up hunting deep of the mark and had to be handled to the long bird

55. CFC Alexus - Pursuit Of Perfection (Lexi), LF, Lynn Cole-Kimball

Blind: 6 whistles and got in at the end of the channel, difficulty at the end, worked it out to retrieve the bird

Flyer: Excellent!

Long. Retired: Stopped and hunted short between the flyer guns and the water...picked up

54. AFC Hockley Creek’s Big Hitter (Manny), LM, Robby Bickley

Blind: 6 whistles total, fast and clean!

Flyer: Covered alot of area to retrieve the bird

Long Retired: Very wide to the right, into the pond, and swam the length....turned right and then back to the bird

Series 3 and 4 are winding down....

We are finishing up here on the Unbehaun's property with the Series 3 and 4 tests.  Callbacks will be given here before we caravan to test site for the 5th Series at the Spangler property.

Sleep Deprivation....

Mitch Patterson, Co-Chairman of the 2013 NARC Marshals, talks about the fact that it is all about the dogs.

53. FC-AFC-CNAFC-CFC-CAFC Moonstones Hug And Moochie (HaM), LF, Bill McKnight

Blind: 3 whistle front, kept on line through the water for a nice finish!
Long Ret: Stopped short...picked up
Flyer: Not attempted

52. AFC Duckblind’s Real McCoy (Charli), LF, Dave Opseth

Blind: 5 whistles to get in the water and a few whistles to finish the blind for a job well done.

Flyer: Nice mark!

LR: drove to the treeline went deep left and then worked over to the bird quickly

51. FC-AFC Kimber VIII (Kimber), LF, Gary Zellner

Blind:

Flyer:

LR:

50. FC-AFC Counterpoint’s Sidekick (Hawk), LM, Jerald Wilks

Blind: completed

Flyer: drilled it!

LR: drove out hard to the treeline on the correct side of the guns to retrieve the bird

49. FC-AFC-CNFC-CAFC Taylorlab Calumet’s Big Blue (Blue), LM, Sharon Gierman

Blind: lined in the water only to require one whistle at the end for a fantastic job!

Flyer: the bird landed long. "Blue" hunted a bit shorter than the bird landed and then worked it out promptly.

LR: straight to the bird for a nice mark.

47. FC-AFC Castlebay’s Night Robber (Thief), LM, Dave Seivert

Blind: 5 whistles to get in the water where "Theif" entered just past the tree and one additional whistle to complete the blind for a job well done.

Flyer: front footed it

LR: great initial line that he carried all the way to the bird.

46. AFC Piney Glens Tonka JH (Luke), LM, Justin Aimone

Blind: Had 3 whistles to get in the water and few whistles to finish the blind for a good job.

Flyer: Smacked it!

L. Ret: Handler took his time and really worked the dog to remember the mark. Released the dog on a great line and he carried it all the way to the bird!

45. FC-AFC Watermark’s BB Standing Ovation (Bravo), LM, Bob Hanssen

Blind: Very few whistles for a great blind!

Flyer: Drilled it!

Long Ret: Came off the mat with a great inital line that he carried all the way to the bird!

43. FC-AFC Sureshot’s Texas Hold’em (Dealer), LM, Marv Baumer

Blind: Very few whistles to complete the blind for a job well done!

Flyer: The bird was shot a little long, "Dealer" hunted it up nicely.

Long Retired: Great initial line that carried him all the way to the area, where he put on a tight, quick hunt to retrieve the bird

42. AFC Lucky If He Makes It (Lucky), LM, Jason Fleming

Blind: Had multiple whistles up front and then smoothed out for a nice finish

Flyer: Great Mark!

L. Ret: Zeroed in on the gun station, ran out, took a quick turn to the right, disappeared and then seconds later reappeared with the bird.

40. FC-AFC Lanes Lets Get Ready To Rumble (Ali), LM, Bobby Lane

Blind: Very few whistles to complete the blind for excellent workmanship

Flyer: Tiny, quick hunt to retrieve the bird

Long Retired: A true thing of beauty, took all of the factors, slicing the water to come out exactly at the bird, for a great job!

38. FC-AFC Great Bunns Of Fire (Jerry Lee), LF, Lynne DuBose

Blind: Ran the blind smooth and calculated for an excellent job.

Flyer: Drilled it!

Long Retired: On the way to the long mark, "Jerry Lee" got hung up in some scent short of the mark, and then drove on to hunt up the bird.

37. FC-AFC In The Hunt Farm’s Executive Sweet (Sweet), LF, Linda Bogusky

Blind: Very few whistles to complete the blind for a job well done
Long Retired: Linda primary selected to retrieve the Long mark before retrieving the flyer, this worked out well and put "Sweet" right on the bird, for a great mark!
Flyer: Pinned it!

Change in Available Training Grounds

The Marshals have made the announcement that after the fourth series is completed and everyone has left the grounds, the Curtis Property and the Unbehaun Property will be available for training groups for the duration of the National Am. A big "Thank You" to these land owners for opening up their properties for this event.

Test Dog #1 - (Series 3 and 4, Tuesday)

FC Lock Five's My Mother's Keeper, "Keeper", LF, Handler: Jamie Woodson

This morning there is only one test dog running the test
Test Dogs Begins at  6:28 am...

Blind: Jamie and Keeper had a very nice blind.

Flyer: ...and a very nice flyer as well, with an accurate mark

Long Retrieve (LR) Keeper was handled to the long retrieve.

The 3rd and 4th Series Interrupted Land Double with a Water Blind Test Descriptions

Series 3 and 4 Tests for Tuesday and Current Test Conditions

This morning, we are back at the Third and Fourth Test Combination Series located on Jack and Laraine Unbehaun's beautiful property. We are beginning the morning with different conditions than yesterday with cloudy skies, the sun peeking through and a stiff wind out of the east that has just come up. Cover is medium to heavy in this gorgeous field over-looking a slightly technical pond. The tests consists of a set of double interrupted watermarks with a water blind.

The handler instructions are that the marks will be shot first and the handler is to pull the dog off of the marks and then run a water blind. The water blind is to be completed and then the marks are to be picked up. We have a long bird throwing a mallard drake, shooting twice and throwing the bird from left to right. This bird is at 330 yards and will retire after the flyer has been shot. The flyer is shorter and left of the long bird measuring 118 yards. It is a mallard as well.  This bird is thrown from right to left. The gunners have been instructed to maintain a neutral position. (meaning they are to be facing the handler at the line, not indicating which way the bird has been thrown)

The blind is run down a hill along the side of a pond for about 68 yards, before the dog reaches the water, where then the  dog is required to get into a small channel, and angle the channel to the shore where the rooster pheasant is planted. at the base of tree.  The blind is calculated at 173 yards.

Stats...

92 dogs have run the 3rd series, 21 dogs have handled so far in 3rd, 15 dogs have been pick ups so far in the 3rd, 15 handles from the 1st series came into the 3rd, it does not appear a 1 series handle and 3 series handle has been committed where the dog did not pick up in the 3rd, there are numerous "significant" hunts from the 1st and 3rd series that are also in the judges book - we have 20 dogs to run this morning.

It's All Better Now....

Our program for the BLOG was not properly displaying posts. The archives of the days events were difficult to find and re-read. We also had issues with scrolling down to view previous posts, but IT'S ALL FIXED NOW!!!

Now Enthusiasts should be able to see archives and dates of the older posts in the left margin of the page. Click on the date and scroll down seamlessly to view all posts from that date. Enjoy.....

Defending NARC Champ "Trav" Oil Painting by Chris Chantland

Video Comment on the 3rd & 4th Series

The 3rd & 4th Series has been getting a lot of answers out of the dogs and handlers.  Professional Dave Rorem shares his thoughts.....

Thanks to the NARC Sponsers!!!

Gallery Fun Pics

Viewing the Line...

Official Announcer, Bob Byer

Laraine and Jack Unbehaun

Chris McGee shows off his custom fabricated umbrella stand

The Retriever News Team hard at work...

Dick Dallesassee and Rick Van Bergen look on...

John Goettl and Lynne DuBose

Chessie puppy watches the big dawgs...

Lounging at the Gunner Headquarters

The Masked Maiden!

Video Comment from the Gallery........

This is Robby Bickley a contestant here at the NARC comments on the 1st & 2nd series.

 

Professional Bill Eckett comments on the 1st & 2nd series Double land marks and a land blind.

36. FC-AFC Seaside’s Kingfish (King), LM, Mark Medford

Blind: great initial line and smooth til the end for a nice job

Flyer: good mark

LR: had good momentum toward the fall area, went in on the right of the holding blind to hunt out bird quick

35. AFC Lucyana’s Full Speed Ahead (Straight), LM, Laura Parrott

Blind: 4 whistles to get in the water and few whistles to the end for a job well done.

Flyer: Fantastic mark

LR: pushed off the mat hard left and ended up hunting deep of flyer station and Laura handled to the long retired bird clean.

34. Backwater Smokin Turq (Turq), LM, Tim Mueller

Blind: a couple of whistles to get in the water, with few whistles to the end for a smooth finish.

Flyer: good mark

LR: dog a good initial line and then slowly faded with the factors to end up between the gun stations and made a quick move to the right and over to retrieve the bird.

33. FC-AFC Moody’s Medicine Man (Doc), LM, Michael Moore

Blind: 4 whistles to the water, dog carried the line all the way to pennisula and had several whistles at the end to complete the retrieve.

Flyer: tight, quick hunt

LR: pushed off mat hard left and had to be handled to the long retired.

32. Dottie Ray’s Blue 4 You (Blue), LM, Andy Kahn

Blind: Excellent work.

Flyer: rapid retrieve

LR: went into the mark deep and left of the holding blind disappeared and reappeared moments later with the bird

31. FC-AFC Cuda’s Negra Modelo MH (Moda), LF, Charles Tyson

Blind: Impressive teamwork and a great job.

Flyer: Nice mark

LR: Moda pushed off the mat hard left and Charles handled to the long retired.