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2025 National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog
Showing posts with label 54. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 54. Show all posts

Friday, June 20, 2025

54. FC-AFC CLARENCE RUTHERFORD, “Lumpy,” BLM, Jim Horneck

Lumpy and Jim came to the line at 4:56 pm

F – Up the left side of the hill - turned and came half way back down for his bird

RR – Out to the fall area - hunted a few passed right and then left before getting a little deeper and his bird

MR – Out to the near side of the pond - started hunting and all the way back to the flyer gunners - worked his way deep to the holding blind and hunted both sides of the water - very extended hunt but he got it

54. FC-AFC CLARENCE RUTHERFORD, “Lumpy,” BLM, Jim Horneck

Lumpy and Jim came to the line at 10:48 am

Initial line to the hay bales

3 whistles at the bales

2 to the 1st point

1 to the 2nd point

1 more to the bird

7 Total

Thursday, June 19, 2025

54. FC-AFC CLARENCE RUTHERFORD, “Lumpy,” BLM, Jim Horneck

Lumpy and Jim came to the line at 1:45 pm

Flyer – Very long bird - did an excellent job!

LR –Goo line across the field and Smack!

Island – Into the pond - out to the blind - back into the pond and out on the island for his bird.



54. FC-AFC CLARENCE RUTHERFORD, “Lumpy,” BLM, Jim Horneck

Lumpy and Jim came to the line at 8:07 am

Mark – Straight to it!

Blind –  Lined it to the Blind!

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

54. FC-AFC CLARENCE RUTHERFORD, “Lumpy,” BLM, Jim Horneck

Lumpy and Jim came to the line at 1:30 pm

LF - Straight to the bird

LR - Line was between the long and short retired marks - kept going and then turned toward the LR bird - curved around and got it

SR - Straight to the bird

SF - Line brought him in under the arc - a couple loops in the area and to the bird






Tuesday, June 17, 2025

54. FC-AFC CLARENCE RUTHERFORD, “Lumpy,” BLM, Jim Horneck

Lumpy and Jim came to the line at 11:08 am

Initial line brought him to the peninsula
1st whistle at the peninsula
2 at the point
4 in the 3rd water
1 on land to the bird


8 Total



Sunday, June 15, 2025

54. FC-AFC CLARENCE RUTHERFORD, “Lumpy,” BLM, Jim Horneck

Lumpy and Jim came to the line at 10:39 am

F – Straight to his bird!

MR – Went through the first two pieces of water - then straight to the fall area - had a couple loops in the area of the mound and then over to get his bird.

RR – A great line through the water and to the point and island - he kept going to the far shore, but turned around once he got his bearings and swam back and then went right to the bird.




Saturday, June 14, 2025

54. FC-AFC CLARENCE RUTHERFORD, “Lumpy,” BLM, Jim Horneck

FC-AFC CLARENCE RUTHERFORD

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Lumpy and Jim came to the line at 12:21 pm

F – Up the left side and a little deep - then back down in the valley - back out to the center and he got his bird.

RR – Passed the bales on the right and drove straight to the bird!

B – 1st whistle at the tree - through the slot - 1 more whistle at the bird.