Let the fun begin.....

Spent the weekend in Circle closing out the National Amateur Pheasant Championship, checking out the Montana shooting Dog Championship and running Sammy in the Montana Derby. The opportunity to meet some of the backbone of the Amatuer and Pro ranks of American Field as well as watch and learn from them was priceless.

Was excited to learn that Austin Turley won the Amateur with his Female Pionter Vi, a true bird dog and thats what you need to win on those grounds...the cover was thick and high to say the least and the temps were warm.

The Montana Open Derby was run on Sunday and the hard work seems to have paid of as my pionter Sammy placed second out of the 26 dogs drawn.

Next up we hope to run up to Canada for the National Amateur Chicken Championship in Mortlach, SK to see those grounds and possibly run Sammy in the broke stake just for experience.

Oh... and bird season is just seven days away! I'm continueing to hear good reports on the birds locally but elsewhere, primarily the NE part of Montana is down as all predicted.