February 2006 Hunt Test
DesPlaines Fishing & Wildlife, East Grounds, Wilmington, IL

SUCCESS IN 2006
This years hunt test was held on the 25th and 26th of February 2006. We ran 73 dogs and once again made a nice profit for the club. This could not have been accomplished without all of the volunteers who gave their time to pitch in and help. On Saturday, the last brace of Jr. finished very late with the sun almost gone we made it. 37 dogs ran on Saturday and 30 had passing scores. We had 5 Vizslas pass in Junior, Triumph – Mike Dalby, Buck – Rae Ann Jones, Koda – Greg Justice, Chase – Brad LePoudre and Buckshot – Dennis Nowak. In Senior we had Kember – Greg Wegler and in Master we had Dart – Jan Wallace handled by Randy Boggs. Great job to all.

Sunday’s weather was great, we had sunshine and perfect conditions for finding birds. We ran 36 dogs and 27 passing scores. We had 12 Juniors pass, Abby – Rae Ann Jones, Gunner – Keith Miller, Bosco – Rae Ann Jones, Justus – Jim Ayres, Koda – Greg Justice, Kramer – Greg Hedien, Triumph – Mike Dalby, Shotzie – Rae Ann Jones, Bo – Hank Sievers, Chase – Brad LePoudre, Buck – Rae Ann Jones and Jake – Ray O’Donnell. We had no Vizslas pass in Senior and in Master we had Stone – Jeff Parise.

I would like to thank all of our volunteers Brad LePoudre, Mike Dalby and Steve our gunners. Our wonderful bird planters Valerie Blaine and Greg Justice and crew! Our ground help Keith and Candace Miller, Karen Bowden, Greg Hedien, Dina Spiro and Jeff Parise, my ribbon writer Kayla O’Donnell and many others. (If I forgot your name it was not intentional!) The Nowak’s donated the use of their ATV to set up the course and deliver birds to the bird planters. It was a great job of teamwork. It just goes to show that if we all work together we can be a success! Oh, I can’t forget our great judges, Bill Padavano, Mark Spurgeon, Jim Savage and Dennis Nowak.

- Respectfully Submitted — Patti Nowak, Hunt Test Secretary