End of Day – End of the Ninth Series

The Ninth Series is in the books at 7:30 pm. The Judges will give their callbacks and we will give to you just as soon as we receive them. The Tenth Series will be at this same property: Bear Ranch owned by Cindy and Breck Howard.

The contestants that are back to the Tenth Series will be asked to assemble in the designated spot near the Gunners tent at 7:45 am for the Caravan/Parade at 8:00 am. The gallery and workers will then "Welcome" them to the site of the Tenth Series and the Closing Ceremony.

The National Anthem will be played at 8:30 am after which the Test Dogs will run.

That's A Wrap - Series 8 - In The Books - Day 2

We started the 8th Series a Water Quad with 2 Flyers, 2 Retired and a Honor 3:03 pm, Thursday, June 20th at the Libertyville test sight. Our first running dog #71 "Giddy" with handler Randy Whittaker started their series at 3:09 pm and our last running dog for the day was dog #114, "Hawk" with handler Earnest Hawkins at 7:12 pm. Our second day started at 6:56 am with dog #116 "Be" with handler Yvonne Hays and the last dog to run was #70 "Doc" with Erin O'Brien as handler at 12:29 pm.

The test took a total of about 9.5 hours to get all 37 dogs through. Roughly about 15 minute per dog.

During the two day test we had 17 handles, 2 double handles and 2 pick ups.

Callbacks to the 9th series will be given at the 8th series test sight. The 9th Series will be on the Howard's property - Bear Ranch! There will be a CARAVAN going to the new site. More information to follow....

Day 6 - Thursday, June 20 - Recap of the Day

We started Day 6 of the 2019 NARC on the Valhalla ground for the start of the 7th Series Water Blind. We started the series with 45 dogs, with dog #57 "Maya" and handler Alex Washburn coming to the line at 7:25 am. We only had one pick up during this series. We completed it at 12:21 pm with dog #55 "Hudson" with hander Bill Barstow.

We were informed that we would be moving to the Livertyville test grounds and were cautioned about the winding hilly road. We all stayed at the test site for the 7th series waiting for callbacks.

The callbacks got announced at 1:06 pm, with 37 dogs being called back and 8 getting dropped. Once we got this information we were off to Series 8.

We got to the Libertyville test sight for the running of the 8th Series a Water Quad with 2 Flyers, 2 Retired and a Honor. The first test dog was on the line at 2:30 pm. Our first running dog #71 "Giddy" with handler Randy Whittaker started their 8th series at 3:09 pm. When our fourth running dog #87 "Jack" with handler Wayne Carey finished their test, we were put on a weather delay around 4:00 pm. Lightning, sleet, hail and rain shut us down for about 40-45 minutes. We got back running once the weather cleared with our next running dog #88 "Classy" with handler Johnny Armstrong at 4:43 pm.

We have been told by the Field Trial Committee that we will be running through dog #114, "Hawk" with handler Earnest Hawkins this evening and dogs from 116 on are excused.

Hawk finished his test at 7:12 pm and that finishes our day!

We had 14 dogs run the 8th series and so far we have had 7 handles, 1 double handles.

Please remember tomorrow we are back here to finish this series. A single Test Dog at 6:45 am; first running dog #116 "Be" with handler Yvonne Hays at 7:00 am.

Safe travels and we will be back tomorrow with more action and to finish up the 8th series.

Good Night.

End of Day Recap - 6th Series - It's A Wrap

6TH SERIES IS OFFICIALLY IN THE BOOKS AT 8:14 pm. 12 hours and 19 minutes!

The day started bright and early with dog #12 coming to the line at 7:55 am. We had an eventful busy day at the start. We had a delay at the start after the second dog #14 ran, when the judges noticed an issue with the fence at the back of the test. The quickly got it fixed and we got back and running about 30 minutes later.

We had gun changes after dogs 47, 72 and 107.

The weather, wind, rain and clouds seem to keep the test a challenge all day. We had a total of 15 pick ups, 8 handles, 1 break, 4 no-birds/re-runs.

We will have the callbacks as soon as we get them...in the meantime...this picture explains a lot as we wait to get the callbacks!

End of Day … Tuesday

We have wrapped up the Fifth Series at 5:39 pm!

Stay Tuned for the Callbacks …

Let's all go to the Workers' Party and have some FUN!!
6:30 pm – Ronan Community Center, 300 3rd Avenue NW, Ronan, MT 59864


Series 6 will be at Valhalla and will start Wednesday morning. It will be a Land Quad.
There will be one hen duck flyer, one pheasant hen flyer, one dead hen duck (retired)
and one dead hen pheasant (retired).
Dog 11 starts or the next dog after 11 that is still in contention. 

Test dogs will run at 7:00 am

Running dogs will start at 7:30 a.m. 

Please follow posted traffic signs on arrival.

In The Books - 4th Series

It's a wrap!! The 4th Series - Water Triple with a Honor is official in the books at 12:04 pm.

We started this test Monday morning at 7:17 am with dog #89 and end for the day at 7:22 pm with dog #52. Our second day of this test started this morning at 7:10 am with dog #53.

This test proved to be a challenge all the way through. We had 15 pick ups, 15 handles, 1 double handle and 1 dog broke.

We moving to the 5th Series - Blind, which is about 400 yards from our current location, but as soon as the judges have the callback done, we will get them to you ASAP.

End of Day One of the Fourth Series …

Day One of the Fourth Series ended at 7:22 pm.

We will start Day Two of the Fourth Series with Dog #53
The single Test Dog will be at 6:45 am and the first running dog will be at 7:00 am.
The Committee would like all the holding blinds FULL!

Previous Announcements made were:
Dog #115 will start the Fifth Series and
Dog #11 will start the Sixth Series

In The Books

That's a wrap...

Day Two and Series 2 and 3 are officially in the books at 6:27 PM.

We have been informed that we will most likely return to Freedom Fields again on Monday [weather dependent]. The test will be comprised of a water triple with mallard drake flyer, two retired gun stations, one throwing a dead mallard drake and one throwing a dead rooster.  

Test dog at 6:30 am; Running dog starts at 7:00 am.  Gun change to be determined after callbacks.

The rotation for the Fourth Series was determined at the meeting to be #89, but the starting dog might change due to the callbacks.

Stay tuned as we will bring the callbacks as soon as we get them …