Author: Eric Munden

The 2025/2026 season is a wrap for the Wildland Pointers! We spent more time hunting last fall and ended the season with 11 shooting dog placements across 2 states, including Wayne being awarded Runner-Up Open Walking Shooting Dog in Michigan. Lola, Chuck, Cece, and Nick also placed in multiple Open and Amateur stakes. Earlier this spring we also decided to fully retire Lola after her 32nd career placement at the Grand Valley FTC in March. She now gets to enjoy the retired life enjoying the camper!

What a 24/25 season for the Wildland Pointers! 22 placements across 2 states including Wayne getting two Runner Up Championship titles, Chuck winning multiple shooting dog stakes and being named day dog in the US Complete Open Invitational, Caroline and Lola winning multiple times. On top of that Cece, Georgia, Nick, and Winston placed in multiple derby stakes and were able to get amateur and open qualified. Now it’s time to enjoy the summer and start wrapping our heads around having 8 shooting dogs!

Wayne strikes again being named Runner Up Champion in the Region 4 Amateur Championship held just before Mother’s Day at the Oakridge Pointing Dog Club. Wayne ran in the 7th brace of the championship in the heat of the day. He finished as strong as he started scoring 4 finds with the first being on a covey. He’s certainly been hitting his stride at the right time as this was the last championship until Fall. Thank you to the judges and to everyone who worked behind the scenes to run this event!

A companion amateur derby stake also ran in conjunction with the championship. Conditions were pretty tough for the derbies running in hot conditions with little wind. Nick ran in the second brace and was awarded third at the end of the running. He had a forward searching race and scored three finds during his run. To see the full write up check out the link below.

https://americanfield.com/results/result?result_id=1604

Wayne broke the ice this past weekend and was awarded the title of Runner Up Champion in the AFTCA Region 2 Walking Championship held at Warriors Mark Shooting Preserve. Wayne scorched the course with a large forward hunting race scoring 7 finds during his run! To see the full write up check out the link below.

https://americanfield.com/results/result?result_id=1536

We are trying something new in 2025. We’ve been thinking about blogging our dogs progress for quite a while and decided to take the leap. We appreciate you stopping by and look forward to sharing with you!