Posts Tagged ‘White Powder Pete’

The DQH Class Canine Crew!

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

We love to boast about our great pointers and top notch retrievers. We’re proud that they provide our guests with countless exciting and safe shooting opportunities and the successful retrieves of shot birds. Our pointers also compete in wild bird field trials around the country. Their extensive experience, excellent manners and exciting posture around birds is what distinguishes them and makes them so popular with our guests. We welcome you to come enjoy hunting over them soon!

Joe (Champion Phillips Time Line)

Mazie about to release Joe at the 2011 Manitoba Open All-Age Championship (on sharp-tailed grouse and Hungarian partridge). Joe put down a scorching forward race in the middle of a hot dry day and was named Runner-Up winner!

This is Fin’s (Pal ‘O Mine) third season at Davis Quail Hunts. She competes in (ruffed) grouse trials and was Runner-Up winner in the 2010 Armstrong-Umbel Endurance Classic for grouse dogs in western Pennsylvania.

Fin spent many winters hunting wild quail in Texas. She is a particularly good “singles” dog, nailing individual birds after the covies are flushed.

Field Cocker Spaniel Charlie has also been with us for the past three seasons and has it down pat. Charlie is always a favorite with our guests!

Everyone’s favorite…Libby (Pal’s Sea Pearl) shown here pointing a woodcock at home in Maine.

Libby was born and bred in Texas and like her half-sister Fin, spent many winters hunting wild quail and competes on the grouse trial circuit in the early spring and fall.

Rick (Quicksilver Becrux) gets ready for his run in the 2010 Pelican Open All-Age Classic in Manitoba.

Field Cocker Spaniel Frack is always enthusiastic about doing his job — lightening-fast location and retrieval shot birds!

Her first season hunting at Davis Quail Hunts, Rita is the daughter of 7 x Grouse Champion Hard Driving Bev. She too has hunted wild birds in Texas and has competed in grouse trials throughout the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

At the 2011 National Championship!

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Three Davis Kennels dogs qualified to compete in the 2011 National Field Trial Championship. This is the 112th running of the event held at the historic Ames Plantation in Grand Junction, TN. All three dogs were drawn to compete this week. Phillip’s Time Line owned by Rick Stallings of Matthews, AL made his bid Monday afternoon and Patriote, owned by Gary and Sally Lockee of LaGrange, TN ran yesterday afternoon. The weather was hot and dry and birds were not moving. We are proud of the valiant efforts of both Joe and Jim. Joe had one find during his grueling two hour and fifty minute bid though he hunted every step, handled perfectly and had a strong forward race. Jim, too, had an great forward-handling all-age race and finished the three hours bird hunting. He had two finds and one unproductive. Thanks to our friend Larry Huffman for scouting Jim and good luck to him when he competes in the 9th brace with Whippoorwill Radiance.

White Powder Pete who is owned by Mr. Bert Wimmer of Rockville, IN competes on Thursday afternoon. Hopefully birds will be moving by then giving Pete an opportunity to show his stuff! This is Pete’s sixth bid for the title of National Champion. Thanks to our friend William Smith who will be scouting Pete for Colvin.

For information on the National Field Trial Championship, visit: Ames Plantation

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Phillip’s Time Line (Joe) with scout, Mazie Davis

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Larry Huffman with Patriote (Jim).

Thanks to Vera Courtney for the photos!