September 2006 Hunt Test
Desplaines Fishing & Wildlife Area, Wilmington, IL

The Labor Day Hunt Test was a huge success! This one day Hunt Test brought the club a profit of $816.50 minus some club expenses. The Brian Hesgard shot gun raffle brought in $195.00 for the Hesgard family.

The Hunt Test committee of Val Blaine, Jenny and Jeremy Thill, Kim and Doug Frank and Tammy Sparks and myself had entries of 40 dogs. Gunners were: Dennis Nowak, Jeremy Thill and Ryan Pheifer.

Changing the way we typically run tests by not limiting to day light hours, we were able to run all the dogs that entered turning away no one. Mike Dalby and Jeff Parise filled in as our extra judges. Our main judges in the saddle were Chuck Dosenbach and Tom McFall they gave the contestants plenty of time and knowledge while judging. We had many positive comments regarding how well we ran this test, they also enjoyed running their dogs under our judges and also noticed the amount of birds at our test. Many said they will be back next year!

A big thank you to our committee, some came from far away to help with this test. Jenny and Jeremy Thill came down from Kewaskum, WI and Ryan Pheifer came all the way down from Green Bay, WI. a special thanks to Debbie Taylor who has helped us at this test for at least 3 years now and I hope I haven't missed anyone else. It is the workers who give up their weekend to make this test a success and I thank all of you for your dedication . Looking forward to next year!

JUNIOR DOGS: 23 ran Qualified 16
SENIOR DOGS: 5 ran Qualified 0
MASTER DOGS: 12 ran Qualified 1

- Submitted by Kathy Engelsman, Hunt Test Secretary