Platte Valley Hunting Retriever Club www.pvhrc.com Nov 1, 2017 Message From Your President 1 PVHRC Info 2 Annual Meeting Info 3 PVHRC Info 4 Judges/Handlers Seminar 5 Brags & Wags 6 Brags & Wags 7 Brags & Wags 8 Upcoming Events Completed 01/10 PVHRC Annual Meeting 03/03 Judges/Handlers Meeting Visit PVHRC.com for the 2018 Events Go to PVHRC.com/Calendar for detailed dates 9 HRC Conceived by Hunters for Hunters Affiliated with The United Kennel Club, Inc., & The Hunting Retriever Club, Inc. Message From Your President David Heldt Here it is November already. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and is always a good time to be thankful for our wonderful hunting dogs that we all have. I am sure most of you have done some hunting or plan on doing some as it is that time of the year. Hopefully you are having some success and those dogs are getting experience with retrieving at a real hunt. The board had a meeting this month on October 11 th. We are in the planning stages of our 2018 tests. The Upland test will be March 17 th and 18 th with the following weekend as a back up weekend in case of bad weather. Joe Olson will be chairing the Upland test this year. Our Spring test is May 19 th and 20 th and again we hope to have it at Indian Meadows. I will be chairing this test. The Fall test will be August 11 th and 12 th and we are working on the venue for this test. Mike Brockman will be chairing this test. Keep these dates open so that you can help with all it takes to put on these tests. We have contracted our ducks this year with a new place Mile High Gambirds by Milliken. And we should be able to get some from this place for our training days as well. Our annual meeting will hopefully be January 10, at 6:30 pm at the Fort Lupton Rec (Continued on page 2) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THIS NEWSLETTER IS THE 26th OF EACH MONTH. Materials received after the deadline will not be included. Submissions are subject to the editor s decision on inclusion and may be edited. Opinions are those of the various authors and may not express the official position of the PVHRC, Inc. Member contributions to this newsletter is encouraged
P a ge 2 center if we can book it again this year. There will also be some kind of food for everyone prior to our meeting. We plan on having a drawing of 3 - $50 gift certificates. Also remember it s time to renew your memberships for 2018. Lee Ann will be putting the new 2018 Membership Application out on our website so that if you want to send your membership in early you can do so. I know most of you wait and bring your payment to the annual meeting and that is fine. We are also looking for a few new board members for 2018. If interested please contact me. dr.heldt@hotmail.com The website has the 2018 calendar out for hunt tests in our regions. You may want to go check it out so that you have those dates saved for tests that you may want to run. Two of them have not confirmed there dates and have been marked tentatively. Willie Ratliff will be hosting a Judges/ Handlers seminar sometime in or March. When I get that date I will have Lee Ann update the calendar with it. We will be hosting it this year. Happy Hunting! David Heldt President PVHRC Members, The 2017/2018 hunting season is upon us and if you have any photos of hunt, please e-mail them to Curt Lacey @: curt. lacey@yahoo.com so that I can put them in the Wags and Brags pages. Thank you, Curt (Continued from page 1)
P a ge 3 PV ANNUAL MEETING JANUARY 20, 2016 6:30 pm Gander Mountain Open to all PV Members & Friends 9923 Grant Street, Thornton, CO Latitude: 39.877641 Longitude: -104.985512 ANNUAL MEETING Wednesday, January 10th 6:30 to 9:00 Fort Lupton Rec Center 203 South Harrison Ave Fort Lupton, Co 80621 www.fortlupton.org
P a ge 4 2/8/2017 PVHRC - Officers and Board - Tasks. (submitted by Mike Brockman) Many of the items below have very capable owners of the tasks, but helpers, new thoughts and ideas and task owners are always welcome and needed. 1. Hunt Test Staff a. Hospitality Chairperson - Assist the Hunt Chairperson with finding someone to organize the social meals (Venue, menu, cost, food purchase and prep, setup and cleanup, etc.) b. Raffle Coordinator Secure donation, propose what to buy, run the raffle. c. Bird Steward - Selecting bird suppliers, reserving birds, delivery to venue, daily care at the test, euthanizing/distribution to judges, cleanup, disposal, return of crates to supplier d. Hunt Marshall Recruit Stake Marshalls, organize and lead them. e. Gun Captain Inventory, clean, maintain and assure safe operation of all the guns. 2. Equipment Trailer - Parking, storage, towing, maintenance, inventory, cleanup, upgrade 3. Training day coordinator - Coordinate training days, develop training scenarios and assist with training. 4. Weeknight training coordinator Coordinate weeknight training events, develop training scenarios and assist with training. 5. Started class coordinator (Joe Olson) / helper Help Joe with the class and the training tasks. 6. Hats, T shirts, other - Determine what we want, evaluate suppliers, negotiate prices, feedback to Board, purchase, sell them at events. 7. Property - Find alternate / new venues for hunt tests: New venue for training days (single day, season long/permanent) 8. Website - Updates, thoughts/ideas about improvements 9. Outreach - Contacting other groups to see if they would like us to give dog demo s (Ducks Unlimited, DU Green wing, Pheasants Forever, Bass Pro Shops, Cabela s, other? 10. Marketing - Website analysis (AdWords, Google Analytics, etc.) 11. New projects and tasks as they become necessary Newsletter Email Addresses You are encouraged to use this distribution list to help form training groups, to inform others that you will be out training, and/or other training ideas/info useful to members. DON T FORGET TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT LINE However, this email list is not to be used for personal agendas or a soapbox platform. Your cooperation is appreciated by all! Next Monthly Board Meeting December 13th 6:30pm Open to all PV Members & Friends Sportsman Warehouse 11 West 84th Ave, Thornton, CO [Near I-25 & 84th Ave] JOE OLSON CHALLENGES Each member to invite one person to come to one of our training days, monthly meetings, or Hunt Test. We need new members involved to be a thriving club for years to come. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE PLATTE VALLEY FACEBOOK PAGE Facebook Link http://www.webfootcustomcalls.com
P a ge 5 Open to all HRC Members Region 13 - Platte Valley Hunting Retriever Club will be hosting a Judges/Handlers Seminar Date: March 3, 2018 9:00 A.M. Location: Fort Lupton Rec Center 203 South Harrison Ave Fort Lupton, Colorado 80621 www.fortlupton.org Handlers this is beneficial to you also. You will learn what the judges are looking for and the standards you and your dog are being judged. Contact Information: Willie Ratliff (303) 651-6642; iam4dux@aol.com Participants should be prepared to have classroom time in the morning with part of the afternoon set aside, weather permitting, to meet at the training grounds for discussion of some of the principals from the classroom setting.
P a ge 6 Hunting Season, 2017/18 Wags and Brags Brie Armstrong, 1st Elk Mike Brockman David Heldt Rich Jenke II
P a ge 7 Hunting Season, 2017/18 Wags and Brags Be very quiet, Kristi is hunting. Ryan Armstrong s dog Avery Mike Schwan s dog Louis Sadie Joe & Carrie Olson along with Sadie
P a ge 8 Hunting Season, 2017/18 Wags and Brags Raub Gliatta s Dogs Willa & Drifter Mike Brockman with Ozzie and Mojo Bill Jorgensen & Sophie Clair & Chip Getting Their Halloween On
Platte Valley Officers & Board Members PRESIDENT David Heldt dr.heldt@hotmail.com (970) 691-7532 VICE PRESIDENT Mike Brockman brockman0730@gmail.com (303) 589-6655 SECRETARY Kristi Goeringer sirflint@hotmail.com (720) 291-3586 This newsletter is published monthly by the Platte Valley Hunting Retriever Club. All rights reserved by the authors. For permission to reprint, contact the editor. Permission will normally be granted for noncommercial use, with proper credit to Platte Valley HRC Newsletter and the author. Unless a different author is noted, the editor writes all materials. TREASURER Lee Ann Heldt laheldt@hotmail.com (970) 231-6657 BOARD MEMBERS Eric Bergerson ebergerson@q.com (970) 482-8154 Josh Cook cook609@gmail.com (630) 546-2511 Dan Feighert dlf2hunt@yahoo.com (720) 236-2914 Raub Gliatta rgliatta@gmail.com (419) 677-9590 Steve Goeringer sgoerin@yahoo.com (720) 351-6513 Curt Lacey curt.lacey2yahoo.com (720) 849-4629 Ron Martin ron8030@gmail.com (720) 878-7112 Charles Swanson charles.swanson@colorado.edu (303) 562-4713 WEBMASTER Steve Goeringer sgoerin@yahoo.com (303) 351-6513 FREE MEMBERSHIP!! We are always looking for additional training grounds. If you bring contact information concerning solid training property that leads to us leasing the property, you will receive a finder s fee of a free year of PVHRC Membership for next year! Contact any of the PV Officers and Board with contact information. DATE 2018 Jan 10 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm March 3 9:00 am 4:00 pm Mark Your Calendars for 2018 EVENT PVHRC Annual Meeting: Fort Lupton Rec Center Judges/Handlers Seminar Hosted by PVHRC Fort Lupton Rec Center Visit PVHRC.com for the 2018 Events DATE 2018 EVENT