Ontario Grouse Championship

[Tim Tufts]

ONTARIO GROUSE CHAMPIONSHIP
Sponsored by the Venango Grouse Dog Club
April 6th or 7th to conclusion based on number of entries

Marienville PA
Drawing Wednesday March 29th, 8:00 PM
At the home of the Secretary
Entry Fee: $135.00
(All funds in US Dollars)
To be run on native grouse & woodcock. Continuous courses. One-hour heats.
To be eligible dog’s must have a placement in an Open Derby or Open All Age Stake
Dogs are entered at the risk of their owners.
The club assumes no responsibility for loss or injury to animals or people resulting from any cause
Purse $2000.00, 80%-20% if runner-up named
Judges: Neville Knowles London Ontario & Al Partington Norwood Ontario

Championship entries to:
Tim Tufts (secretary)
8075 Maynard Rd. Orono Ontario
L0B-1M0
1-905-983-5465
[email protected]
<b>All entries must be confirmed by email</b>
(Make cheques for entries payable to the secretary )

[fishhawk]

This looks like a interesting event. Is there no where to hold it here in Ontario?

[Cass]

I think they'd be hard pressed in southern ontario to find sufficient wild bird numbers and land to hold it

[terrym]

Kind of sad really that we can't provide a venue in Ontario. Still it would be interesting to watch this trial.

[Sharon]

It's a great time. That championship has a long wonderful history. It's all walking so book a motel room and go watch some fine dogs work. I'd be there if I wasn't waiting on hip and knee surgery.

Get your dog placed in an open derby trial this Fall Terry (Your new dog is capable) and take it to the Championship next year.

[terrym]

It's a great time. That championship has a long wonderful history. It's all walking so book a motel room and go watch some fine dogs work. I'd be there if I wasn't waiting on hip and knee surgery.

Get your dog placed in an open derby trial this Fall Terry (Your new dog is capable) and take it to the Championship next year.

Hhhhmmmmmm.........

[Ugo]

It used to be hosted in Ontario around the Walkerton area. The lands were terrific however the scant opportunities for grouse finds made placing a bit
challenging. It is heart-braking to se a dynamic performance by a classy relentless dog go unrewarded simply because there weren't any grouse for the dog to find! It had to be moved.
I find it interesting how the USA which has exponentially more hunters than Canada can have so many wild birds. Down there hunting is treated like a resource. Here it is run like all other aspects governmental - the $$$$$ flow is uni-directional.

[ninepointer]

It used to be hosted in Ontario around the Walkerton area. The lands were terrific however the scant opportunities for grouse finds made placing a bit
challenging. It is heart-braking to se a dynamic performance by a classy relentless dog go unrewarded simply because there weren't any grouse for the dog to find! It had to be moved.
I find it interesting how the USA which has exponentially more hunters than Canada can have so many wild birds. Down there hunting is treated like a resource. Here it is run like all other aspects governmental - the $$$$$ flow is uni-directional.

That's pretty much what I tried to convey in my written comments to the Province in response to the MNRF's proposed Small Game Management Framework. Some of us were excited when we heard that a small game strategy for Ontario was (finally!) coming, but the document put out by the MNRF was highly disappointing to say the least. There was nothing truly new in it, no genuine improvements to what the MNRF has been doing to-date (which is nothing) to manage small game, including upland birds. It was just a bunch of policy buzz-words to make the politicos nod their heads in approval and to baffle the masses with bull-.

[fieldtrialer]

May be the culture within OMNR should change?

[fieldtrialer]

Please DO NOT get me started. LOL