14. Pick Up – FC Watermark’s Coal-Fired Folsom Train, "Cash" BLM, Greg Bartlett

Cash came to the line at 1:13 pm.

Flyer - Nice job.

Left retired - Into pond one, over levee, into pond two, then into fall area and missed. A brief turn deep right, then back to the tree line with his bird.

Middle retired - Into pond one, over the levee in pond two aiming toward point. Swam around tip and continued to the far shore. Went left following the ditch out deep right of guns. Established a significant hunt at the far left side of the field. Hunted for a very long time. The judges asked the gunners to help. Picked up.

74. PIck Up – FC-AFC Contrails Sky Queen, "Reina" BLF, Alan Pleasant

Left flyer - Reina went out to the area just in front of the guns. She continued up the hill to her bird.

Right flyer - She went through the right side of the short retired guns and continued up hill to her flyer. A few turns, and she got it.

Long retired - She headed right of the blind area, then continued deep right. She came back left to the fall area and got it.

Short retired - Headed wrong way. Picked up.

59. Pick Up – FC Tucquan's Takin' The Rysk, "Rysk" BLM, Alan Pleasant

Rysk came to the line at 12:35 pm.

Left flyer - Rysk went up the hill to the fall area and stepped on it!

Right flyer - He came in left of the holding blind on the short retired guns, then went deep establishing a hunt to the right of the long retired blind. He worked his way up to the right flyer fall area and brought back that bird.

Short retired - He went way off line and had to be handled to the bird.

Long retired - Picked up.

54. Rerun/Pick Up – FC Good Idea's Punt With a North Wind, "Punt" BLF, Al Arthur

Punt came to the line at 12:15 pm.

Left flyer - Nice job.

Right flyer - Punt came out wide left and came around from the back and got it.

Long retired - She went far wide and was handled back to the bird.

Short retired - She had to be handled, so the guns were asked to come out. Picked up.

 

 

57. Pick Up – FC-AFC Truline’s Big Bad Jack, "Jack" BLM, John Henninger

Jack came to the line at 11:35 am.

Left flyer - He stayed in the area and got his bird.

Right flyer - Heeled to the right, he took off and ran a beautiful line through the trees and right to the bird.

Long retired - Heeled to the right, Jack was launched, and his line took him behind the short retired guns. He drove the hill and hunted behind the long retired gunners. After a couple of loops, he moved over to hunt up his bird.

Short retired - He headed out deep and wide and was handled. Picked up.

 

 

28. Pick Up – FC-AFC Doctor Cabernet Just In Case, "Doc" BLM, Al Arthur

Doc came to the line at 7:37 am.

Left flyer - He went out to the fall area, then hunted deep right of the gunners. He hunted between the flyer guns and the long retired blind and was way out of the area. He was picked up.

27. Pick Up – AFC Rebel Ridge Walk On The Wildside, "Candy" BLF, Jeff Lyons

Candy came to the line at 7:30 am.

Left flyer - Candy had a good start on the line. She hunted deep and right of the gunners. She expanded her hunt to the fall area. The hunt pattern extended below the gunners. She was handled and picked up.

Day 2 of Fifth Series – Test Dog

This morning's test dog is Another Cup Of Jo, "JoJo," handler Kathy Scott. She came to the line at 6:52 am. 

Left flyer - JoJo angled across the field and through the cover. She hunted the hill in front of the guns, made one loop around and got it.

Right flyer - She went out to the fall area, then established a hunt on worked it out.

Long retired - She went left of the the short retired station and started a hunt. Then she headed deep right and had to have the guns help. Pick up.

22. Pick Up - FC-AFC Holland Cliffs Blade A Fine Line, "Dozer" BLM, Alvin Hatcher

Dozer came to the line at 4:28 pm.

Left flyer - Heeling Dozer on the left, Alvin called for the birds. Good job.

Right flyer - Heeled on his right, Dozer is released. He headed toward the back side of the retired gun. He ran the ridge around the test and end up with the duck.

Long retired - He went up the slot, made a few loops, and was on the bird.

Short retired - Pick up.

18. FC Taylorlabs Hot Cinnamon Buns, "Hottie" YLF, Lynn Troy

Hottie came to the line at 4:09 pm.

Left flyer - Good mark.

Short retired - Hottie was launched and started short and behind bird. Her hunt expanded very deep. She made a couple of loops to include a couple of passes in the area, but moved over to the flyer. The handler turned to the judges and asked to be excused.

17. Pick Up - FC H Ford 11, "Deuce" BLM, Alex Drent

Deuce came to the line at 3:58 pm.

Left flyer - Smack!

Right flyer - Deuce angled right of the short retired and left of the right flyer. He worked the area deep of the flyer, came in and got it.

Short retired - He went to the blind of the long retired, got deep and headed for the right flyer. He was handled to the bird.

Long retired - Pick up.

15. PIck Up - FC Troublesome Ribeye Medium Rare, "Pink" BLF, Chris Ledford

Pink came to the line at 3:33 pm.

Left flyer - She got it clean.

Short retired - Pink went out to the left of the right flyer. She hunted left and deep. Worked her way back to her bird.

Right flyer - Nice line to the bird.

Long retired -She got to the blind, circled a few times, then left the area. She was picked up.

7. Pick Up - FC MCS Henry, "Henry" YLM, Danny Farmer

Left flyer - Nice mark.

Right flyer - Henry made a good line to the area. He made three loops in his hunt and had the bird.

Long retired - Launched and out to the area, he went behind the trees holding the short retired. He bent right, then left, and worked to his bird.

Short retired - He headed for the short retired but leaned right and found himself headed in the direction of the flyer. He was handled, and it was requested that the throwers step out.

6. Pick Up - FC Holland Cliffs Red Label, "Ruger" BLM, Alan Pleasant

Ruger came to the line at 2:15 pm.

Left flyer - Ruger hunted for the flyer but got it.

Short retired - He hunted the area between the long and short retired. He got this one.

Long retired - He made a wide left going away from the mark and was picked up.

94. Pick Up - Quackaddict's Heavy Hitter, “Blitz” BLM, Hunter Street

Blitz came to the line at 12:45 pm.

Left flyer - Hunter came to the line and put Blitz on his right. Blitz was launched and arrived at the area of the fall and executed a hunt pattern that stayed within the area to find his bird.

Short retired - Blitz came into the area from behind the retired guns. He identified an area but began to climb toward the flyer. He was handled to short retired.

Long retired - Heeled to his left side, he was sent for the bird. His hunt pattern was fairly wide and drifted uncomfortably close to the short retired area. He was handled.

The handler asked for the retired guns to step out. Blitz was picked up.