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Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

Title:	The Hunting Notesfile
Notice:	Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270
Moderator:	SALEM::PAPPALARDO

Created:	Wed Sep 02 1987
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1561
Total number of notes:	17784

921.0. "How to Get Field Trial Info" by ZENDIA::BONIN (ULTRIX Security Standard) Fri Mar 01 1991 14:08

         I'd like to attend field trials in order to check out some of
         the breeds I have in mind for my next gun dog.
                                   
         Where is the information on field trials published? 

         I live in Leominster Mass and am willing to drive up to 2
         hours to get to a trial.

         Thanks
         Doug

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
921.1	AMERICAN FIELD	BTOVT::PONTBRIAND		`Mon Mar 04 1991 07:35`	16
	One way, write AMERICAN FIELD. The sportman's journal. 542 south dearborn street chicago, IL 60605 call: (312) 663-9797 or fax (312 663-5557 ............Published weekly $30 per year. Trials are listed, Plus ones coming up. If you are looking for a English Setter for trials, read one note back. These puppies are out standing blood line....Tomoka, Stokley Diable Ace known as (BUCK). The owner of buck is a fiald trial judge. Dan.
921.3		ZENDIA::BONIN	ULTRIX Security Standard	`Mon Mar 04 1991 14:59`	19
	Thank you both for your help. And yes, I am interested in a pointing breed. My 11 year-old American Water Spaniel has done a credible job considering the inept training she received as the first dog I've ever owned. But now that I've leaned that watching your dog is what bird hunting is all about, I'm looking for beauty and style. The English Setter and German Shorthair currently top my list. Another primary consideration is temperament. I want a hunting dog and a pet that relaxes in the house and is tolerant of my wild two-year-old son. Looking for a Golden's disposition in a pointer may be unrealistic, but I plan to try. Doug
921.4	Reply .2 with some corrections/updates	CHROKE::NELSON	Smile... :-) It Gets Worse	`Mon Mar 18 1991 16:50`	70
	Sorry to set things out of synch...needed to make some corrections To reply .2 Doug, If your interests fall in the realm of pointing breeds, I've listed a bunch of Hunt Tests and Field Trials below. The AKC has a number for Field Trial and Hunting Test Plans and Records 212-696-8286. Events in our area are usually held at three or four areas in Connecticut (Mansfield Hollow, Thompson Dam, Flaherty Field and ?????). There are numerous trials and tests held in Hopkinton, NH, at the junction of Rts 9-202 and Rt 89. In Brunswick, Me at Merry Meeting Bay WMA and in the Scarborough area at one of the WMAs there. In Mass, trials are held at High Ridge in Gardner as well as Cranes in Falmouth, and Swift River WMA in Belchertown. You could probably call the Fish and Game, either the Westboro field office 792-7270 or the Permits Office in Boston 617-727-3151 to see if/when any clubs have filed permits for the use of the WMA grounds for trials. If you'd like to view dogs working closely to a real hunting situations, AKC Hunt Tests, in my opinion, more closely simulate actual hunting conditions (for pointing dogs). dave Mar 24 -- AKC Hunt Test Mayflower GSP Club Cranes WMA Falmouth, Ma Apr 6 & 7 - AKC Hunt Test PANE - not sure where in Rhode Island Apr 6 & 7 - AKC Field Trial Nutmeg GSP Club - Flaherty Field Windsor, Ct Apr 13 & 14 - AKC Hunt Test VCCNE - HELDCA grounds, Hopkinton, NH Apr 27 & 28 - AKC Hunt Test TTGSC - HELDCA grounds, Hopkinton, NH May 4 & 5 - Am. Field Trial - BDCNH - HELDCA grounds, Hopkinton, NH May 11 & 12 - AKC Hunt Test KGSPC - HELDCA grounds, Hopkinton, NH May 18 & 19 - AKC Field Trial - NNEBC - HELDCA grounds, Hopkinton, NH Jun 8 & 9 - AKC Hunt Test - GSCA - HELDCA grounds, Hopkinton, NH Sep 7 - AKC Hunt Test - NNEBC - HELDCA grounds, Hopkinton, NH Sep 8 - AKC Hunt Test - NNEBC - HELDCA grounds, Hopkinton, NH Sep 9 - Am. Field Trial - BDCNH - HELDCA grounds, Hopkinton, NH Sep 21 & 22 - AKC Hunt Test - GSCA - HELDCA grounds, Hopkinton, NH Oct 26 & 27 - AKC Hunt Test PANE - HELDCA grounds, Hopkinton, NH Nov 2 & 3 - AKC Hunt Test TTGSC - HELDCA grounds, Hopkinton, NH Sponsoring Dog Clubs: GSP --- German Shorthaired Pointer Club VCCNE --- Vizsla Club of Central New England PANE --- Pointer Associates of New England TTGSC --- Tar Tan Gordon Setter Club KGSP --- Katahdin German Shorthaired Pointer Club BDCNH --- Bird Dog Club of New Hampshire NNEBC --- Northern New England Brittany Club GSCA --- Gordon Setter Club of America