2008 Spring Country Vet Gundog Challenge

Okoboji Game Farm held their fourth Spring Country Vet Gundog Challenge March 8^th.  Just as always, the competition was fierce; the dog was work amazing.  Seventeen teams competed on the brisk wintry day in either the pointer or flusher division.  Each team consisted of two persons and one dog in search of five pheasants in twenty or fewer minutes.  Points are earned for birds found or pointed, retrieves, birds bagged, remaining shells, and remaining time. 

            Ted and Dave Hedlund (pictured) of Hinton with Dottie won the pointer division, while Gregg and Joel Warland with Sinder (pictured) of Fort Dodge came in a very close second.  Winners of the flusher division with high points for the day were Jeremy Andreasen of Mt. Pleasant and Jordan Andreasen of Lincoln, NE with Sammy (pictured).  Both are former Spirit Lake residents.  Second place flusher winners were Jim Farmer of Sioux Falls and Lonnie Brandt of Spencer with Barney II (pictured).  Besides plaques for the division winners, each of the participants earned door prizes.  The top award, a female chocolate lab, was won by Jim Farmer.

Jordan and Jeremy Andreasen with Sammy                                     Jim Farmer/Lonnie Brandt with Barney

Gregg and Joel Warland with Sinder    Tom and Dave Hedlund with Dottie

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