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2025 National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog
Showing posts with label 13. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 13. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Double Handle 13. AFC HARDCORE TROUBADOR, “Earl,” BLM, John Russell

Earl and John came to the line at 8:29 am

LF - Smack! Straight line -  took the pond route out and back

SR - Skimmed the left edge of the pond - went right of the hay bale - went deep and was handled to the fall area and then the bird

LR - Drove out deep of the area - was handled back to this bird

SF - Went a little deep and then came back down to his bird










Tuesday, June 17, 2025

13. AFC HARDCORE TROUBADOR, “Earl,” BLM, John Russell

Earl and John came to the line at 7:45 am

Initial line brought them to the far end of the 1st water
1 whistle in the first water toward the far side
1 at the peninsula
2 at the point
2 in the channel
1 to get out of the water
2 at the end to get the bird *loose at the end

9 Total



Monday, June 16, 2025

13. AFC HARDCORE TROUBADOR, “Earl,” BLM, John Russell

Earl and John came to the line at 9:23 am

F – Line brought him in under the arc - a quick loop to the right and then a loop to the left and he found his bird.

MR – Quickly out to the area and he got it!

RR – Through the left side of both pieces of water - reached the land before the big tree and ran all the way to the area and straight to the bird.




Saturday, June 14, 2025

13. AFC HARDCORE TROUBADOR, “Earl,” BLM, John Russell

AFC HARDCORE TROUBADOR

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Earl and John came to the line at 7:48 am

F - Out to the area - a couple quick turns and he got it!

RR - Out across the field - right of the bales - behind the blind and hunted the back side of the blind planters for 2 loops and then out to the fall area and his bird.

B - 3 whistles to the tree, 1 more whistle and he just missed the slot on the right, quite a few more whistles at the end right and left to locate the blind.