On behalf of the entire NBHA Board and the State Directors, we would like to all of you for a great 2013-2014 trial season! This year we increased our entries by over 12% and ran over 200 stakes! We could NOT have done this without everyone's hard work. The specifics for our National Meeting/Banquet are as follows.

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We have posted the 2014 spring newsletter from the Bird Dog Foundation and Museum. Click on the "Printable Forms" button to the left of this page. There you will find a pdf link that will allow you to read about all the happenings that are taking place in Grand Junction, TN - at the Bird Dog Foundation and Museum.

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We have compiled a list of all the 2013-2014 NBHA Champions - National and Regional. We have also posted the Historic National and Regional Champions. Some of these lists go back as far as the '80s. This is great information and thanks to Tim Penn you can scroll through the list and see names of some great dogs - and people! Pictured above is the 2013-2014 National Amateur CH - Alan Worth's Hard Rappen War Hawk.

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April 2, 2014 we started running the derby classic. Weather conditions were bad with rain all day long on Wed. and Thurs. The course was in great shape at Miller Welch except for the mud. The dogs had to dig hard in the mud and rain but with group of quality dogs judges Vernon Vance and Kelly Sheppard had little trouble picking winners. Thanks to Jim Humphrey and everyone for making this derby classic possible. This may have been the top derby stake of the year with the 15 entries 11 or 12 of them were in the top 25 in NBHA point standings at the time of the trial.

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NOMINATE YOUR LITTER IN THE 30TH NBHA FUTURITY AND WIN

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Entries were small this year but all of us had one thing in common. We wanted to spend time in the field with our dogs and have a good time. The Grasslands can be a wonderful venue but this year the National Forestry Service really messed this up. They double booked the property with a marathon run that had some 300 runners. We saw runners all day long it seemed like. This created an issue when we were five minutes in to each brace there seemed to be joggers hauling our dogs off. Some dogs fell victim to this but we seemed to make the best of it. The scouts had their hands full. It�s a walking trial and the dogs know to go with folks on foot.

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The original plans were for this event to start on Wednesday March 5th and conclude on Saturday the 8th with our National Open Championship starting on the following Tuesday. It seems that the global warming seemed to have not cooperated with us having wind, rain, and sleet, ice, and snow as far south as Houston, TX. We were unable to depart on Monday as planned from freezing rain in Houston, TX. Departure moved to Tuesday after lunch after the weather warmed up and the ice on the road had melted. Arriving late to Arkansas with the roads in Arkansas starting to freeze back up were not in too bad of shape. It seems that everyone arriving had delays with the weather and road construction on I40 thankfully all arrived safely.

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The 2014 National Bird Hunters Association National Open Championship was held March 11 through March 14 in Patrick, South Carolina at the esteemed H. Cooper Black field trial grounds. After a day of qualifying, marked by extreme weather and inspired dog work on championship worthy grounds, there were six dogs and a deserving stand by qualified to run in the championship. When the wind finally lay down and the Carolina sand had settled, Cock N Fire Maggie, handled by Jerry Raynor, had deservingly won the championship and an exciting and memorable field trial championship was concluded.

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The NBHA Midwest Regional CH was concluded on April 12th, 2014 at the Greenwood Pointe Shooting Preserve near New Franklin, MO. The trial was hosted by the Missouri Bird Hunters Association. This Championship was originally scheduled for Feb. 7 and after two postponements due to heavy snow, ice and single digit temperatures, April 11 was agreed upon. The weather was certainly better for the handlers but probably not for the dogs as it reached the 70's both days along with sun and wind.

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