6th Series Recap

Wednesday, June 18 – Thursday, June 19, 2025

6th Series – Water Mark with a Blind and an Honor

50 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs kicked off the 6th series late Wednesday afternoon at 5:02 pm, beginning with "Fancy," handled by Dave Kress and then "Morgan," handled by Tom Hawley. The handlers got a good look at what this test will include. A single test dog ran on Thursday morning.

The first running dog of this series was #98 FC-AFC IZZY GITTIN’ BIZZY, “Izzy,” with handler Jim Horneck. They came to the line at 5:35 pm on Wednesday afternoon.

The weather at the start of this series was near 81 degrees with cloudy skies and a 4-6 mph wind. 

Here is how things turned out for the 6th Series … Not much stats to report
No-Bird / Re-Run (0): 
Handles (0): 
Double Handles (0): 

Pick-Ups (0): 

Scratches (0): 

Broke (1): 36

Our last running dog for this Series was #94 AFC YOU STOLE MY HEART MAGGIE MAE, “Maggie,” with handler Mark Medford. They completed the test at 9:17 am.

50 dogs were sent from the line in this series, taking a total of 2 hours and 52 minutes, which averages out to be about 3 minutes per dog. 

We will be moving on to the 7th shortly!

6th Series Test Complete

By dog and then Test Ended.  Series 6 was completed and in the books at 9:17 am.

Callbacks are in and will be posted next!

94. AFC YOU STOLE MY HEART MAGGIE MAE, “Maggie,” BLF, Mark Medford

Maggie and Mark came to the line at 9:14 am

Mark – Straight to it!

Blind – 

3 whistles on the hill down

1 at the corner of the pond

1 at the levee and she carried this to the bird

5 Total

93. IDAHO’S DUCK’S, BUCK’S & TRUCK’S, “Trucker,” BLM, Darin Quigley

Trucker and Darin came to the line at 9:12 am

Mark – Straight to it!

Blind – 

1 whistle on the hill

1 at the corner of the pond

2 Total

84. FC-AFC NIGHTWINGS MOONLIGHT MARSH GUIDE, “Leader,” BLM, Steve Cote

Leader and Steve came to the line at 9:08 am

Mark – Straight to it!

Blind – 

1 whistle on the hill down

1 on the road

1 on the far hill to the bird

3 Total

83. FC-AFC J & C’S ANOTHER ROUND IN THE CHAMBER, “Bullet,” BLM, Joseph Couey

Bullet and Joseph came to the line at 9:05 am

Mark – Very nice!

Blind – 

1 whistle at the corner of the pond

1 on the road

1 on the far hill to the bird

3 Total

82. FC-AFC LABRADOR SPRINGS BLACK TIE AFFAIR, “Tux,” BLM, Jack Gwaltney, III

Tux and Jack came to the line at 9:02 am

Mark – Nice job!

Blind – 

3 whistles on the corner of the pond

1 on the levee

1 on the road and he carried this to the blind

5 Total

80. FC-AFC RC’S LIFE OF RILEY, “Riley,” BLF, Dick Kaiser

Riley and Dick came to the line at 8:58 am

Mark – Straight to it!

Blind – 

2 whistles on the hill

1 on the corner of the pond

1 at the road

2 on the far hill to the bird

6 Total

77. FC-AFC BENTWATER’S PERFECT STORM, “Hailee,” BLF, Steve Helgoth

Hailee and Steve came to the line at 8:56 am

Mark – Straight to it!

Blind –  Lined the Blind!

76. FC-AFC TRUMARC’S WEST POINT, “Army,” BLM, Sylvia McClure

Army and Sylvia came to the line at 8:53 am

Mark – Straight to it!

Blind – 

1 whistle at the road

1 whistle on the far hill to the bird

2 Total

74. GENERAL PATTON’S SHADOW, “Abby,” BLF, Tellus Calhoun

Abby and Tellus came to the line at 8:50 am

Mark – Straight to it!

Blind – 

1 whistle at the corner of the pond

1 at the levee

2 on the hill on the far side to the bird

4 Total

73. THIRD CREEK’S LET’S GET RUFF, “Rousey,” BLF, Lori Morgan

Rousey and Lori came to the line at 8:46 am

Mark – Very nice line to the bird!

Blind – 

1 whistle on the hill down

1 on the levee and she carried this to the blind

2 Total

71. AFC TRUMARC’S MAGNIFICENT FRANCHISE, “Rex,” BLM, Ronald Aronoff

Rex and Ronald came to the line at 8:43 am

Mark – Out super fast and right to his bird!

Blind – 

1 whistle at the corner of the pond

1 on the levee

1 on the far hill to the bird

3 Total

70. AFC R&A’S TAP DANCER, “Katie,” BLF, Rip Shively

Katie and Rip came to the line at 8:40 am

Mark – Straight to the mark!

Blind – 

1 whistle at the corner of the pond - clipped it

carried her line to the bird

1 Total

65. FC-AFC BEAVER CREEK’S MAGIC WHITE LIGHTNING, “Madge,” YLF, Sol Semmler

Madge and Sol came to the line at 8:36 am

Mark – Straight to her bird!

Blind – 

1 whistle at the corner of the pond

2 in the pond and she carried this to the blind

3 Total

64. NFC-AFC HOLLAND CLIFFS PLAY IT AGAIN, “Luke,” BLM, Alvin Hatcher

Luke and Alvin came to the line at 8:32 am

Mark – Straight to it!

Blind – 

1 whistle at the road

1 on the far hill to the bird

2 Total

62. FC-AFC BEAVER RUNS ZIG ZAG ZEKE, “Zeke,” BLM, Bert Windham

Zeke and Bert came to the line at 8:29 am

Mark – Straight to it!

Blind – 

1 whistle at the corner of the pond

1 on the road

1 on the far hill to the bird

3 Total

61. FC M&T’S MAESTRO’S TANGLED UP IN NOTES QA2, “Rayna,” BLF, Annemarie Poole

Rayna and Annemarie came to the line at 6:xx pm

Mark – Jumped off the shore almost to the bird!

Blind – 

1 whistle on the hill down

3 at the corner of the pond - missed the corner

1 in the pond

1 at the levee

1 on the hill on the far side to the bird

7 Total

58. FC-AFC TECHE’S BAYOU KAT, “Kate,” BLF, Wayne Stupka

Kate and Wayne came to the line at 8:22 am

Mark – Straight to it!

Blind – 

2 whistles in the corner of the pond

1 on the hill on the far side to the bird

3 Total

57. FC-AFC ATLASTA PRAYER, “Faith,” BLF, Bruce Ahlers

Faith and Bruce came to the line at 8:18 am

Mark – Smack!

Blind – 

1 whistle on the hill down

1 at the corner of the pond and she carried this to the blind

2 Total