23. FC-AFC MCKINLEY FIRST ASCENDER-HUDSON, "Hudson" LM, Bill Barstow

#23. FC-AFC MCKINLEY FIRST ASCENDER-HUDSON, "Hudson" LM, Bill Barstow

(3/26/2010, NAFC-FC Fourleaf's Ice Breaker ex Muddyrivers Bring Em In)
Breeder: Nathan Robinson
Owner / Handler Bill Barstow, Anchorage, AK

Hudson with owner / handler Bill Barstow came to the line at 8:54 am

Right Retired - Hudson went through the pond, over the dam then bends right to pick up his bird.

Left Retired - past the pothole in the front, he got over the dam, catching the edge of the larger pond, and gets his bird.

Left Flyer - He went through the pothole, over the dam and through the next pond and over the point. He drives through the cover and up the hill to the area of the fall. With a tight hunt of the area, he comes up with the bird.

Right Flyer - Down the land bridge between the two potholes, over the dam and swimming through the larger pond. Arriving from the backside of the gunners, he bends left to find his bird.

A great trip from Alaska for Hudson, to finish off his 2018 NARC in good style.

23. FC-AFC MCKINLEY FIRST ASCENDER-HUDSON, "Hudson" LM, Bill Barstow

Hudson came to the line at 10:21 am

Right Flyer - Hudson went straight to the bird.

Left Flyer - Hudson crossed the pond and angled out left to run tight to the guns and straight to the bird

Middle Left - Into the pond and straight to the island to retrieve his bird

Right Retired - Hudson crossed the pond swimming between the two islands. he exited in line with the gun station and went straight to the bird.

23. FC-AFC MCKINLEY FIRST ASCENDER-HUDSON, "Hudson" LM, Bill Barstow

Hudson came to the line at 2:55 pm

Flyer - Hudson raced to the pond and grabbed the flyer in the water

Boat - He ran to the pond and entered at the left corner. He swam straight to the island and retrieved the bird.

Left - He ran right of the gunners then turned left behind the tree and climbed the berm to get the bird.

Long - Hudson drove out through the cover changes and then made one loop to the right behind the boat bird gunners before driving out straight to the long bird.

23. FC-AFC MCKINLEY FIRST ASCENDER-HUDSON, "Hudson" LM, Bill Barstow

Hudson came to the line at...

Land - 9:52 am - Two very early whistles to adjust the line. Three more that put him through the edge of the small pond, two more put Hudson on his pheasant.

Water - 9:57 am - Two early whistles to adjust his line, then two more to adjust his initial entry into the Dog Bone Pond. One to get Hudson to correct his exit are. One whistle on the land to put him in the next pond

23. FC-AFC MCKINLEY FIRST ASCENDER-HUDSON, "Hudson" LM, Bill Barstow

Hudson came to the line at 12:28 pm

Flyer - Hudson crossed the ponds, charged across the field and up the hill to his bird

Left - Exiting the pond, Hudson traveled down the mowed strip left of the gun station. He has a small hunt and came back with his bird

Middle - He ran a direct line to the fall area and straight to his bird.

23. FC-AFC MCKINLEY FIRST ASCENDER-HUDSON, "Hudson" LM, Bill Barstow

Water Blind - Hudson entered the channel from the right edge and was cast across to the peninsula. Two whistles got him off and into the open water. Two cast sent Hudson onto the island. The handler cast him off and on to the far peninsula. Hudson crossed it and swam up the channel, getting one cast to keep him in the center to the exit point. Two whistles got him on line and out of the tall cover. A final cast at the top of the hill got Hudson to his blind.

23. FC-AFC MCKINLEY FIRST ASCENDER-HUDSON, "Hudson" LM, Bill Barstow

Hudson and handler Bill came to the line at 7:12 am

Flyer - Hudson's swim brought him out on the left side of the mound. He ran straight to his bird

Left - He crossed the pond left of the island, quickly finding the ditch and the bird

Middle - Swimming past the point and through the cove, Hudson ran through the ditch near the fall of the left retired gun. He climbed the hill and made a wide arc toward the middle gun station, drinking back down the hill and to the bird

23. FC-AFC MCKINLEY FIRST ASCENDER-HUDSON, "Hudson" LM, Bill Barstow

Hudson came to the line at 8:03 am

Flyer - Hudson went up the incline to the bird with a couple of quick loops and on his bird

Retired Gun - Small tight hunt and back with his bird

Blind - First whistle 1/2 way out to put him up the hill and between the bales and three to the end.