Archive for February, 2011

Pete Does Good at the National!

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

We’re so proud of Ch. White Powder Pete. He put on a heck of a good show at the 2011 National Championship on Thursday afternoon! Pete had three excellent dug up finds and ran a great race for the time he was down. Colvin elected to pick him at about 90 minutes when he saw that his shoulder started bothering him. Pete was injured during his bid at the National Championship last year, incurring a small bone chip. This was his 7th time competing at the National! Thanks to our friend, William Smith for scouting Pete.

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Pete with William Smith at the breakaway at the 2011 National Field Trial Championship.

Pete is owned by Mr. Bert Wimmer of Rockville, Indiana. His son-in-law, Doug Burgess, also from Rockville, made the trip east to Tennessee to watch Pete compete in his last field trial. He will be ten in May. The Wimmer family decided to retire Pete after eight and a half years of competition. We were so pleased Doug got to see him do such a wonderful job!

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Colvin flushing for Pete on his second find.

The Wimmers have graciously allowed us to keep Pete here with us. We are very grateful to them as we are very fond of him.

Ch. White Powder Pete’s most important wins:
Runner-Up – All-America Quail Championship, 2009
2nd – Carrol County Open All-Age, 2008
2nd – Dixie Open All-Age, 2008
Winner – Pelican Open All-Age Classic, 2007
Runner-Up – Manitoba Open Chicken Championship, 2006
Winner – Missouri Open All-Age Championship, 2006
Winner – National Free-For-All Championship, 2006
Winner – Southern Championship, 2006
Runner-Up – Southern Championship, 2005
Winner – 69th Pheasant Futurity, 2002

At the 2011 National Championship!

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Three Davis Kennels dogs qualified to compete in the 2011 National Field Trial Championship. This is the 112th running of the event held at the historic Ames Plantation in Grand Junction, TN. All three dogs were drawn to compete this week. Phillip’s Time Line owned by Rick Stallings of Matthews, AL made his bid Monday afternoon and Patriote, owned by Gary and Sally Lockee of LaGrange, TN ran yesterday afternoon. The weather was hot and dry and birds were not moving. We are proud of the valiant efforts of both Joe and Jim. Joe had one find during his grueling two hour and fifty minute bid though he hunted every step, handled perfectly and had a strong forward race. Jim, too, had an great forward-handling all-age race and finished the three hours bird hunting. He had two finds and one unproductive. Thanks to our friend Larry Huffman for scouting Jim and good luck to him when he competes in the 9th brace with Whippoorwill Radiance.

White Powder Pete who is owned by Mr. Bert Wimmer of Rockville, IN competes on Thursday afternoon. Hopefully birds will be moving by then giving Pete an opportunity to show his stuff! This is Pete’s sixth bid for the title of National Champion. Thanks to our friend William Smith who will be scouting Pete for Colvin.

For information on the National Field Trial Championship, visit: Ames Plantation

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Phillip’s Time Line (Joe) with scout, Mazie Davis

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Larry Huffman with Patriote (Jim).

Thanks to Vera Courtney for the photos!

Ch. White Powder Pete on the Cover of Camilla Magazine!

Saturday, February 12th, 2011

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Our very own Pete graces the cover of the new Greenville, AL monthly publication, Camilla Magazine! The folks from Camilla were here last fall doing a story on Davis Quail Hunts. We haven’t read it yet but we’ll have copies soon!

Ch. White Powder Pete and kennel mates, Ch. Patriote and Ch. Phillips Time Line will be competing in the 112th running of the National Field Trial Championship in Grand Junction, Tennessee which begins on Monday, February 14. The drawing for the Championship is today and will be posted on the Ames Plantation website (Field Trials). To follow the day by day running and see photos, visit the Ames Plantation site here.

European Style Tower Pheasant Shoots ~ March Special

Saturday, February 12th, 2011

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We’ve updated our website “The Hunt” page to include information on our European Style Tower Pheasant Shoots and Mixed Upland Hunt of Quail and Pheasant (available in the afternoons following the tower pheasant shoots). We have great group rates and are offering a March Special: bring a group of 9 – 20 people for a European Style Tower Pheasant Shoot and include yourself in the group for free! Call Antlers & Anglers for details at 205-969-2065.