[PWK]

Any news from the Grand?Callbacks are not up yet on the HRC site.Yes, I am impatient.

Pete

 

[Dogtrainer4God]

I have been waiting on them too. Guess about the only thing for this amature to do is wait until Claudene C. decides to update it. Yes, I am a little impatient as well. Can't wait to see if Darrel Layman will get his 2-3 Grand pass on his dog Twister. One SWEET dog.

 

[Trevor Toberny]

I just got off phone with a friend who is running and he has ran 2 series a land and a water and doesnt have a handle and has 2 or 3 whistled the blinds.. they arte running way behind on one water series.T he first group started running it yesterday morning and finished tonight.The group who was to start this morning wont start until tomorrow morning.I heard they are dropping some dogs.I know Bill Autrey went with 8 and only has 2 still in and a few other pros have been having dogs dropped.good look to those still in.

 

[Jeff Huntington]

fowl hunter,

I watched the Purina water test you are describing on Saturday morning.
It was a BEAR.

Most of the dogs required a handle on the 3rd mark which was deep in a pocket of water past high cover. Only saw 1 dog in 15 pick it up clean (front foot).

Buddy was running the blind and 4 resident mallards same across his path. Of course, dog turned for the live game, but he whistled and back casted him off of it. Good Control.

It was a long test due to the marks and 130yard swimming blind. But it is the GRAND.

Jeff

 

[Pushbutton2]

My boys dad is running.

Go "Cody" Jim too.

 

[Trevor Toberny]

you said a long test due to marks but werent marks like 45 yard 125 yards and 60 yards?or did you not mean distance but concepts.I saw the pics of the test and some of the water looks like running water on the outside marks.I dont guess it matters how long the marks are because they have got plenty of answers on the test.

 

[Howard N]

I dont guess it matters how long the marks are because they have got plenty of answers on the test.

They need answers in a hunt test?????

 

[Trevor Toberny]

good point......... :?

 

[Jason Zerrer]

Who can and can't mark isn't a question?

 

[Keven]

We walked in a few hours ago from a weekend there. Had to get home to do some work but hope (and pray) to go back. Our dog is running in Flight D so that's where we've spent our days (Tritronics land test first and Avery water test today).

With little exception, the Grand is running pretty smoothly. Flight A didn't get to run today cause the flight they were moving to didn't finish up but about half their dogs the first day. They are carrying 73 into Series 2.

Flight B ... looks like they completed Series 2 today and are carrying 44 into the third series.

Flight C ... looks like they completed Series 2 are carrying 29 into the 3rd Series.

Flight D ... looks like they completed Series 2 are carrying 40 into the 3rd Series.

If you have any questions as to any specific dogs, I'll be happy to try to help. And I'll try to get a call back report for tomorrow night when they release them. I'm kinda tired so reserve the right to be a little off on my count and recount of the above numbers. In other words, this is an unofficial and completely amateur reporting. LOL!

Here are some photos from Flight D's Day 1 Tritronics test:
http://picasaweb.google.com/WebbedPause/FlightDGrandDay1

I was not able to get any photos from the Avery water test today as there is no gallery area. We just stood at the top of the path and listen to whistles and the rustle of dogs running in water.

I'm not able to officially "report" anything so I can't offer a call back report, but if there's a dog you are interested in knowing about, feel free to PM myself or Steve Hester and we'll try to offer you in/out information.

Kev

 

[Raymond Little]

purina water test
avery land test
tritronics water test
nice to see that commercialism is alive and well with the H.R.C.

 

[paul young]

purina, avery and tri-tronics are HRC national sponsors. if you ever attend an HRC weekend hunt, you'll see that their involvement runs all the way down to the local clubs.

i find it hard to see why this would cause you to roll your eyes.

they have nothing to do with the actual running of the tests. yes, they are advertising, but they more than pay for it, year in and year out.-paul

 

[Raymond Little]

IT IS GREAT THAT THEY HAVE EXCEPTIONAL SPONSORS, BUT DO THEY REALLY NEED TO ASSOCIATE TESTS AND SERIES WITH A SPONSOR? AND YES I HAVE BEEN TO MORE THAN ONE WEEKEND H.R.C HUNT TEST.
GAMESHOW REGARDS

 

[Gun_Dog2002]

IT IS GREAT THAT THEY HAVE EXCEPTIONAL SPONSORS, BUT DO THEY REALLY NEED TO ASSOCIATE TESTS AND SERIES WITH A SPONSOR? AND YES I HAVE BEEN TO MORE THAN ONE WEEKEND H.R.C HUNT TEST.
GAMESHOW REGARDS

Well considering they provided funding for the tests I'd say yes. Have you watched the Nokia halftime report yet? It comes on right after the Motorola instant replay and has a spotlight feature on the Built Ford tough player of the game.

Sponsorship is exactly that. A company getting advertising for spending their money on an event. Its as age old as any business practice and starts in little league kidsports programs. Why not focus on the actual game and dog participants instead of worrying about a small patch on someones shirt...

/Paul

 

[Jeff Huntington]

you said a long test due to marks but werent marks like 45 yard 125 yards and 60 yards?or did you not mean distance but concepts.I saw the pics of the test and some of the water looks like running water on the outside marks.I dont guess it matters how long the marks are because they have got plenty of answers on the test.

Even more simple, I meant it took awhile to run each dog through the test. We were there from 8am to 12 noon and saw (I think) 15 dogs run, so that was approximately 16 minutes per dog.

But the marks were difficult through tall brush and reeds. Obviously if Flight C has the lowest number remaining and they ran the water first, may indicate the difficulty.

Jeff

 

[Trevor Toberny]

Hey Kevin I saw pics of Chocolate dogs.I figured by series 2 it would be all blacks left.... :lol:
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[Keven]

Hey Kevin I saw pics of Chocolate dogs.I figured by series 2 it would be all blacks left.... :lol:

LOL! Actually, fowl hunter, the afternoon photos I took were all very last minute and I was only able to some from the Gallery prior to the last few dogs that ran. I didn't have a lens strong enough to

Claudene's camera drank a cup of coffee with her so I got special permission to leave the gallery area and go down to the holding blind area to get some photos for them to use on the web site. Trust me when I say I was color blind to capturing all I could to help out.

Kev

 

[Trevor Toberny]

you know I am just giving you a hard time as your chocolate is one of the best around if not the best.

 

[Gun_Dog2002]

you know I am just giving you a hard time as your chocolate is one of the best around if not the best.

Hey there, lets try and keep it clean will ya. I've been told people let their kids read this board... :shock: Lets keep those innuendos and double meanings in check....

/Paul

 

[Trevor Toberny]

lol