Category: Mock Hunt Tests

Photos & Results from MSDA’s Fall Hunt Test Weekend

MSDA’s annual Fall Hunt Test Weekend at Rebel Ridge Farms was filled with sunny skies and great hunting. It included a Judges and Handlers Seminar taught by AKC Senior Field Rep Tom Meyer, a small afternoon Spaniel Hunt Test sponsored by the Flat-Coated Retriever Society of America, Pointing Mock Junior Hunt Tests, and two full days of AKC Spaniel Hunt Tests sponsored by MSDA.

Individual results for MSDA’s Spaniel Hunt Tests are posted on HuntSecretary.

Pro photographer Matt Toth took photos of the spaniel hunt tests. They are available at https://mtfieldsports.smugmug.com/MSDA-Spaniel-Test-914-915-2024.

Some additional photos of the events and of the Friday and Saturday spaniel hunt test ribbons ceremonies are on MSDA’s Flickr site at  https://www.flickr.com/photos/mdsportingdog/albums/.

Entries are open for Fall Hunt Test Weekend

MSDA’s annual Fall Hunt Test Weekend will be Friday September 13, Saturday September 14 and Sunday September 15 at Rebel Ridge Farms in Elkton MD.

Here is an outline of what is planned including: a Judges and Handlers Seminar, three Spaniel Hunt Tests, and a Pointing Mock Junior Hunt Test. That page also has links to detailed information and entry forms for all events.

2024 MSDA Fall Hunt Test Weekend

MSDA’s annual Fall Hunt Test Weekend will be Friday September 13, Saturday September 14 and Sunday September 15 at Rebel Ridge Farms in Elkton MD.

Here is an outline of what is planned including: a Judges and Handlers Seminar, three Spaniel Hunt Tests, and a Pointing Mock Junior Hunt Test.

We are still doing some final planning for the weekend so, even though you may see some events listed as “pending” or even “approved” on AKC and HuntSecretary websites, entries are not yet open. We expect to open entries for all Fall Hunt Test Weekend events no later than July.

    Save the date for Fall Hunt Test Weekend

    Planning is underway for the MSDA Fall Hunt Test Weekend, this year spanning Friday September 13, Saturday September 14 and Sunday September 15 at Rebel Ridge Farms in Elkton MD. It’s going to be packed with activities, potentially including:

    • Handlers’ and judges’ in-person spaniel hunt test seminar on Friday, with classroom time in the morning, a lunchtime panel discussion and guided observation of an actual hunt test in the afternoon.
    • Pointing mock hunt tests on Saturday with morning and afternoon braces.
    • Spaniel hunt tests, three in all, on Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday.

    Much more information will be available soon here on the MSDA website and in a future club newsletter. 

    2024 MSDA Field Events – Dates

    MSDA’s calendar of field events is filling up! Here’s what we are planning so far for 2024:

    • Bird Instinct Clinics Saturday and Sunday, March 2 & 3, as part of the annual Spring Event at Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship, MD. Details will be available in January.
    • AKC Spaniel Hunt Tests on Saturday and Sunday, April 20 & 21, sponsored by the Clumber Spaniel Club of America, at Mt. Ararat Farms in Port Deposit, MD. Although Clumbers will have priority, other flushing breeds are also eligible to enter. MSDA will be providing assistance with this event. (We will not be holding our own weekend of hunt tests this spring.)
    • Field Day, our annual FUN training day for bird dogs of all experience levels, will be Saturday, May 18 at Rebel Ridge Farms in Elkton, MD. More information and on-line registration will be available in late February.
    • Fall Hunt Test Weekend will be Friday-Sunday, September 13-15 at Rebel Ridge Farms. MSDA is planning three days of AKC Spaniel Hunt Tests PLUS an in-person seminar, on Friday 9/13, for AKC hunt test judges, handlers and prospective handlers. We’re still very early in the planning process for this weekend; we may add other activities. More information will be available later in the year.
    • Training Days for Flushing Dogs has been a huge hit over the past couple of years! Specific dates, locations and formats for 2024 are To-Be-Announced.