Tuesday, October 9, 2018

38. CONTENDERS LAW DAWG, "Al," LM, Colby Williams

Al and Colby came to the line at 10:16 am for their 4th series.

Flyer - Long Bird - Al stopped short and hunted left. He came back across the field to the right and got deep up the hill. He came back down had an extended hunt but got his bird.

Right Bird - He crossed both roads and went around the guns. He came back to the cover and missed his bird. He continued to hunt then came back to the cover for his bird.

NO BIRD - 37. ROCKET'S HOTTER THAN A CHIMNEY FIRE, "June," LF, Christian Alt

June and Christian received a No Bird on their 4th test. They will be placed back for a rerun.

36. SEASIDES GOT TO GET UP AND TRY, "Pink," LF, Robbie Knutson


Pink and Robbie came to the line at 10:10 am for their 4th test.

Flyer - Pink went out to the fall area and just missed the bird. She made one short circle and came back for her bird.

Right Bird - She went straight to the bird.

NO BIRD - 35. HUNTERS CHOICE XX, "Archie," LM, Bill Goldstein

Archie and Bill came to the line at 10:08 am for their 4th test and received a no bird. They will be placed back 6 for a rerun.

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Gun Change / Conditions - 4th Series

Our second gun changed came at 10:03 pm.

We have a bit of an increase in temperature to 75 degrees and the wind as changed tiny bit. It is now coming in SSE at 14 MPH.

The high is only going to be 79 degrees and we have a chance of isolated thundershowers tonight. Lets hope it holds off until we can complete day two of the 2018 National Retriever Derby Championship.


34. STILL WATERS PULLIN' THE PEACEMAKER, "Colt," LM, Clint Weitzel

Colt and Clint got to the line at 9:59 for their 4th test.

Flyer - Long - Colt went straight up the hill to get his very long bird.

Right Bird - He went out and crossed both roads quickly but got a little deep. He turned and went into the cover and got his bird.

33. OLDSQUAW'S LITTLE RASCAL, "Rascal," LF, Frank Purdy

Rascal and Frank came to the line at 9:54 am for their 4th test.

Flyer - Rascal went out to the fall area and made a few turns and got her bird.

Right Bird - She drove out over both roads into the corner and quickly got her bird.

32. HOSTESS CITY'S SEASIDE TORNADO WARNING, "Windy," LF, Jason Baker

Windy and Jason came to the line at for their 4th test.

Flyer - Windy went out and hunted deep, but she came back in and got her bird.

Right Bird - She went straight to the area between the guns and the bird. She made a quick turn and got her bird.

31. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW, "Dude," LM, Glen Curtis

Dude and Glen came to the line for their 4th test at 9:45 am.

Flyer - Dude went straight to the area of the fall. He came in from the right and go his bird.

Right Bird - Dude was right and a little deep of the guns. He pulled left and got his bird.

30. TEUFELHUND HALLS OF MONTEZUMA, "Zuma," LF, Buck Shope

Zuma and Buck came to the line at 9:42 am for their 4th test.

Flyer - Zuma got out to the area of the fall and worked her was back in from the left side to get her bird.

Right Bird - She drove straight for the guns, peeled left directly to her bird.

28. DICKENS' BAYOU TECHE PRAYIN' WHEN IT RAINS SH, "River," LM, Misty Melo

River and Misty came to the line at 9:39 to run their 4th test.

Flyer - Excellent mark on this bird.

Right Bird - River went down hill and crossed both roads to go straight to the bird and put his nose right on it.

2nd RERUN - 17. SLR'S BIG GREEN SMASH, "Hulk," LM, Glen Curtis

Hulk and Glen came to the line for their rerun on the 4th test at 9:35 am.

Flyer - Very Nice retriever on this flyer.

Right Bird - Hulk got out and crossed both roads. He drove up the hill to the fall area and straight to his bird.

27. BREEZY CHIRPING CRICKET, "Cricket," LF, Hunter Street

Cricket and Hunter came to the lines for their 4th test.

Flyer - Cricket drove up the far hill close to the guns. She made one loop left then right very short and tight to the guns. She then got her bird.

Right Bird - She crossed both roads and on her bird.

26. MEADOW WOODS DOC HOLIDAY, "Doc," LM, Tony Despenas

Doc and Tony came to the line at the 9:27 am for their 4th test.

Flyer - Doc went to the fall of area and missed it. He continued his hunt left and deep back of the fall area and missed it again. He continued his hunt until he found his bird.

Right Bird - He went down the hill and crossed the roads to the fall area and on his bird.



25. RAINWATERS ISAAC, "Ike," LM, Shawn Ward

Ike and Shawn came to the line at 9:19 am to run their 4th test.

Flyer - Ike went wide left going up the hill. He got deep then came back to get his bird.

Right Bird - He went down the hill and crossed both roads to the fall area and to his bird. Ike dropped the bird on the way back and had to handle back to find it.


24. GET SUM MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE, "Max," LM, Jason Baker

Max and Jason came to the line to run their 4th series at 9:17 am.

Flyer - Max had a perfect line to the bird.

Right Bird - He went down the hill and crossed both roads and went straight to his get his bird.

PICK UP - 23. WHITE OAK LIL' MS. STORMY, "Stormy," LF, Martin Kirby

Stormy and Marty came to the line to run their 4th series.

Flyer - Stormy put her nose right on the bird!

Right Bird - She went down the hill, stopped short and went back to the flyer. Marty had to pick her up.

Gun Change / Condition - 4th Series

The first gun change for the 4th series happened at 9:08 am.

The current temperature is 71 degrees with 90% humidity. The wind is out of the SE at 13 MPH. There still is a 50% chance of rain.

We will be back with more cover of the 2018 National Retriever Derby Championship in just a few minutes.

22. BAYOU-STAR FLEURTY GIRL, "Fleurt," LF, Suzan Caire

Fleurt and Suzanne came to the line ready to run their 4th test.

Flyer - Fleurt had moved up a row of cover then got her bird.

Right Bird - She drove down the hill and across both roads. She went out to the fall area then into the short and tall cover for her bird.