6th Series Recap

Wednesday November 16, 2022

6th Series – Land Blind

41 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs: Test Dogs started out the 6th Series at 1:18 pm, beginning with "Steel," and then "Gretta," giving the competitors a quick overview of what to expect in this Land Blind series.

Start: The Series officially kicked off with the first running dog #70 FC-AFC DOCTOR CABERNET JUST IN CASE, “Doc,” BLM, with handler Al Arthur at 1:37 pm this afternoon.

Conditions: The weather this afternoon became mostly cloudy with temps hovering around 40. Some light snow moved in as the series wrapped up!

Finish: Our last running dog for the day and for the 6th Series was dog #64 FC SEASIDE’S LL COOL J, JR, “Cool J,” BLM, with handler Craig Crook. They came to the line at 3:32 pm and the test was concluded at 3:35 pm. 

41 dogs were sent from the line today in this series, taking approximately 1 hour and 58 minutes in total, with the average running time to be just under 3 minutes per dog. It was another fast moving series!

The 6th Series is officially in the books! Callbacks will be coming this evening, posted on the blog and in the callbacks online.

We will be on to the 7th Series tomorrow morning, Good Nite Folks!

**TEST CONCLUDED**

Test 6 ended at 3:35 pm with snow coming down! Callbacks will come by tonight at 8:00 pm announced on the blog!

64. FC SEASIDE’S LL COOL J, JR, “Cool J,” BLM, Craig Crook

Came to the line at 3:32 pm

1 whistle through the 1st cover 

3 to go through the 2nd cover 

and through the gap keyhole

2 on the flat area

2 to the trees and on the terrace

1 to the bird

67. FC-AFC FIREWEED’S THE KING OF COOL, “McQueen,” CBRM, Linda Harger

Came to the line at 3:29 pm

Carried the initial line through the 1st cover and past the 2nd cover

2 through the gap

4 on the flat

2 on the terrace

checked both green trees

1 to the bird

63. FC-AFC BOO’S STRAIGHT LINE IS GOOD IDEA, “Torq,” BLM, Isaac Langerud

 Came to the line at 3:27 pm

1 whistle to get to the 1st cover

1 whistle to the 2nd cover and skimmed it

carried this line through the gap with the keyhole

2 whistles from the flat area to the mature tree

2 more form the mature tree to the end

nice controlled ending!

59. FC-AFC CK’S TOPEND STARWARS, “Luke,” BLM, Hunter Street

Came to the line at 3:23 pm

2 whistles for the 1st cover

skimmed past the 2nd cover

3 whistles to the gap with the fake tree keyhole

3 to the flats to the mature tree

6 from the mature tree to the end

55. FC-AFC FLAWLESS EXECUTION - FLEX, “Flex,” BLM, Johnny Armstrong

Came to the line at 3:20 pm

Through the 1st cover - great initial line!

missed the 2nd cover

1 to the gap with the fake trees keyhole

3 across the flat area to the mature tree

5 from the mature tree to the bird

48. FC-AFC COOLWATER’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT, “Ripley,” YLM, Alex Washburn

Came to the line at 3:18 pm

2 whistles through the 1st cover

through the 2nd cover

1 through the gap

4 to go across the flat area

2 or 3 on the terrace and the green trees

1 more to the bird

49. FC-AFC BAYOU TECHE PAINT THE BLACK, “Madduxx,” BLM, Craig Crook

Came to the line at 3:15 pm

1 whistle through the 1st cover

2 through the 2nd cover

carried this through the gap

1 across the flat area

carried this over the terrace

1 at the bird

47. FC MEADOW WOODS WHISPERING WILLOW, “Willow,” YLF, Danny Farmer

 Came to the line at 3:12 pm

3 whistles to get in the 1st cover

1 to get in the 2nd cover

1 through the gap

2 in the flat area

1 past the mature tree and on to the terrace

carried this line to the bird

46. FC TUCQUAN’S TAKIN’ THE RY46SK, “Rysk,” BLM, Hunter Street

Came to the line at 3:11 pm

1 whistle to the 1st cover

1 to the 2nd cover

2 to the gap/fake tree keyhole

3 to the flat to the mature tree

3 to the mature tree to the end

45. FC-AFC RIVERWATCH GETS A LIMIT, “Limit,” BLM, Mark Medford

Came to the line at 3:08 pm

2 whistles for the 1st cover - missed

2nd cover - missed

3 whistles to the gap / fake trees keyhole

3 to the flat to mature tree

multiple whistles from mature tree to the end

41. FC-AFC LOUISIANA BLACK MAGIC SPELL, “Hex,” BLM, Tim Milligan

Came to the line at 3:05 pm

Through the 1st cover - very good initial line
missed the 2nd cover
1 whistle at the gap/fake tree keyhole
3 in the flat to the mature tree
4 more from the mature tree to the bird

40. FC-AFC FREERIDIN RIKKI TIKKI TAVI, “Tavi,” BLF, Marcy Wright

Came to the line at 3:03 pm

2 whistles for the 1st cover

1 for the 2nd cover

Missed the gap

4 in the flat area

1 on the terrace

carried this line to the bird

36. FC-AFC BAYOU TECHE EXPRESS, “Ryan,” BLF, Lauren Hays

Came to the line at 2:59 pm

1 whistle to the 1st cover

missed the 2nd cover

1 through the gap

2 in the flat

1 at the terrace level

1 at the trees

1 at the bird

32. FC-AFC FIELD OF DREAMS WHATS ALL THE BUZZ ABOUT, “Buzz,” BLM, Craig Cook

Came to the line at 2:56 pm

2 whistles through the 1st cover

carried the line through the 2nd cover

2 through the gap

carried through the flat and terrace

4 to stop at the trees

1 to get back on line and to the bird

31. FC RAIN’S BASES LOADED, GRAND SLAM, GRAND SLAM, “Slam,” BLM, Jim Beck

Came to the line at 2:55 pm

1 whistle through the 1st and 2nd cover

2 through the gap

1 in the flat

2 on the terrace

1 to the green trees

1 at the bird

24. FC-AFC BD NORTH SHORE’S INSTANT RAIN GEAR QA2, “Poncho,” BLM, Malcolm Haith

Came to the line at 2:52 pm

1 whistle to the first cover

1 to the 2nd cover and missed

1 to the gap and fake tree keyhole

carried that line to the flat and mature tree

5 more from the mature tree to the bird

16. FC YIPPEE KAI YEA MCBUNN, “Kai,” BLF, Dave Smith

Came to the line at 2:49 pm

3 whistles to the 1st cover 
1 to the 2nd cover and missed it
carried that to the gap/fake tree keyhole
2 to the flat and mature
2 more from the mature tree to the bird

15. FC TRULINE’S JUST FLOYD, “Floyd,” YLM, Amie Henninger

Came to the line at 2:46 pm

1st whistle to the 1st cover

1 to the 2nd cover and missed

1 to the gap and fake trees keyhole

6 to flat and mature tree

3 from the mature to the bird. 

Good control