Pick-up – Rerun – 56. AFC ELI’S BIG CHIEF, “Chief,” LM, Heather Pfluger

AFC Eli's Big Chief, LM
Callname: Chief
DOB: 10/7/2015
Sire: FC-AFC Riverrun's True North
Dam: Indian Outlaw
Breeders: Tandy Wilbur & Jeff Bartlett
Owners: Heather Pfluger & Paul Gilmore
Handler: Heather Pfluger

Chief and Heather came to the line again at 2:01 pm

 LR – Taking a line wide left and ran around the pond to behind the gunners holding blind. He stopped and worked out his bird.

RR – Line out to the area. Exited the pond right and deep. Made an extended hunt, caught a wind and swam over to the bird!

F – Good line across. Squares out of the second pond but corrects beautifully to the hill where the bird fell! She put in significant effort to find the bird – was handled and then had to be picked up.

 

No-bird – 56. AFC ELI’S BIG CHIEF, “Chief,” LM, Heather Pfluger

Chief and Heather came to the line at 12:54 pm, but they had a No-bird on the Flyer. 

Will return after 6 running dogs. 

56. AFC ELI’S BIG CHIEF, “Chief,” LM, Heather Pfluger

Chief and Heather came to the line at 9:11 am

1 cast to go to the pond area

2 on the point – this carried to mid-pond

A few whistles to line up for the island

1 to get off – and got on the point but had to recast a few times

ran down the point to the bird

 

 

56. AFC ELI’S BIG CHIEF, “Chief,” LM, Heather Pfluger

Chief and Heather came to the line at 1:38 pm

RF – Got to the area – had to hunt it up – Nice mark!

LF – Into the 1st pond and through the 2nd – veered right and came in right of the guns – hunted wide and then back for his bird.

RR – Skirted the right side of the pond, went deep and out of sight for awhile – came back in with his bird!

LR – Really nice mark!

 

56. AFC ELI’S BIG CHIEF, “Chief,” LM, Heather Pfluger

Chief and Heather came to the line at 4:52 pm

3 whistles before the guns and 2 more whistles to get to the blind

56. AFC ELI’S BIG CHIEF, “Chief,” LM, Heather Pfluger

Chief and Heather came to the line at 10:41 am

P – Down and into the pond – out right at the bird!

RR – Wide left up the hill – back the hill and to his bird!

F – Out across the field, made a few loops deep, then came in a little and he had it!

LR – Dow the left side of the pond skimming behind the flyer guns – staying dry – out to the fall area, came in from the left and he got it!

 

56. AFC ELI’S BIG CHIEF, “Chief,” LM, Heather Pfluger

Chief and Heather came to the line at 10:58 am

F – Chief got his flyer!

SimF –  Great line to the area. Made a couple loops and he has the simulated flyer!

LR –   Chief's line took him just left of the duck blind and then he looped out in the front and the hunt pattern extended behind and he found his bird.

RR – Very good mark!

 

 

Handle – 56. AFC ELI’S BIG CHIEF, “Chief,” LM, Heather Pfluger

Chief and Heather came to the line at 7:38 am

F – Great mark! Through the pond he squares out coming up behind the guns. A quick turn and he went directly to his mark!

RR – Running wide right of the mark, he got just beyond the area, for a timely whistle that moves him back to the area and his bird.

B – 4 whistles to adjust entry into the water, 3 more on and off the point, and then 4 whistles to the bird.

56. AFC ELI’S BIG CHIEF, “Chief,” LM, Heather Pfluger

#56 AFC Eli's Big Chief, LM
Callname: Chief
DOB: 10/7/2015
Sire: FC-AFC Riverrun's True North
Dam: Indian Outlaw
Breeder: Tandy Wilbur & Jeff Bartlett
Owner(s): Heather Pfluger & Paul Gilmore
Handler: Heather Pfluger

Ray and Mark came to the line at 3:40 pm

F – Ran past it on the left, turned back right and came into the area and got his bird.

RG – Cut right corner of the blind as he went deep, hunted deep and came back to his bird.

B – 2 whistles and he got it!