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Yankee Chapter Annual Meeting

Kittery Trading PostJanuary 4, 2015

BDE CHANGES TO COME

Next year, we will put out eight issues of the Barking Dog Express instead of twelve, doubling up on four months to lighten the workload on the newsetter staff. Look for email updates on events and chapter business -- we don’t want anyone to miss anything! Here’s the newsletter calendar for 2015: ISSUE APPROX. MAIL DATEJan/Feb January 1Mar/Apr March 1 May May 1June June 1July/Aug July 1September September 1October October 1Nov/Dec December 1

Note: The Nov/Dec issue is the only double is-sue to mail the first week of the second month.

Please send us your photos and stories -- we love to hear from you and are always looking for material. Send up to three pho-tos and stories no more than 400 words. Besides your hunting and training stories, please share recipes, tips, dog humor and anything else you think the Not Your Nor-mal Chapter folks might enjoy. Send them to [email protected] by the 20th of the month. Thank you all!

I know I said this last year…and the year before…and definitely the year before that…

“It seems like only yesterday I was talking about opening day!” I hate how fast hunting season has zipped by. Those days of anticipating the flights of the woodcock, whining about too many colorful leaves on the trees, and, as usual, how cagey the Ruffed Grouse continues to be! I was very blessed with hunting season 2014 and all its adventures. Time spent in the woods with my three dogs, family and friends is the best! Tera, 12.5, Raven, 9 and Tiza 4.5 shared so many memories, or should I say, they created my memories. My goal was to shoot a bird over each one at least once in a day. I never achieved that goal but it wasn’t their fault, should I say! I love watching Tera, my oldest hunt so hard for me. She warms my heart!

A moment I will not forget was with Tiza in South Dakota. She had a breathtaking point on a pheasant. I put my gun down and grabbed my camera. Terry Wilson says, “I bet you don’t do that in the grouse woods!” As a matter of fact, Terry, I sure do! The pheasant waited, usually the grouse does not. “Thanks Terry, for making that awesome shot!!!” Tiza fetch!! Love my life!

Thanks for letting me share a few special moments of my 2014 season. Most are etched in my memory but some I can look at forever. Right Terry!? Got some to share? Keep them coming! We love them all!

Grouse hunting continues thru December so don’t give up. Duck hunting on the coast is in full swing with inland waters freezing and all those ducks and geese heading to the coastal waters. Keep having fun and hope all your training is pay-ing off.

Also, hard to believe it is Yankee Chapter Annual Meeting time once again. Kittery Trading Post has graciously, again, provided us with a meeting room on Sunday, January 4th. Judie has forwarded you motions and items of discussion for NAVH-DA’s Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon. Please let me know if you have any input for these items. We will discuss these at our meeting. I hope to see lots of you for our meeting in January. It is always great to catch up with friends. We will be electing officers for Vice President and Treasurer and Directors of Gunning, Testing and Test Secretary. Please let me know if you would consider helping out our chapter by holding an office. Please, also let me know if you have any chapter business to discuss. E-mail me please: [email protected].

Lastly, looking forward to 2015, I would like to see the chapter continue its long tradition of supporting our youth, our next generation of hunters. I feel the Yankee Chapter was very instrumental in NAVHDA International recognizing the impor-tance of getting our kids involved. It was chapter member, Ann King, making the first donation to the Kenny King Fund in her husband’s memory that started us down this wonderful path. Kenny and Ann King’s daughter, Sarah, was our first Conservation Camp attendee in 1995. Upteen wonderful children later and sev-eral lifetime hunting licenses, be proud Yankee Members and keep up the awe-some work! We are definitely “not your normal” chapter!!! --Patti

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welcome new member!

$ treasurer’s report

chapter business

Change of postal address or email address? Don’t forget to let us know! Send any changes to Judie at [email protected].

The balance in the checkbook is $10,697.72. We had no income or ex-pences in October and none are expected for November. The Yankee Chapter Money Market savings is at $17,733.59 as of 10/31/14. The BB/KK account was $1,384.20. The BB/KK CD came due for $3,773.64 and was added to the savings account bringing the total in the BB/KK fund to $ 5,158.31 as of 10/31/14. -- Cindy Tracy

Reminder: Chapter dues are due January 1, 2015. The membership form is under Documents on our website: www.yankeen-avhda.com. Print it out and mail to Cindy Tracy with your check. Here’s to another great year of Yankee Chapter training, test-ing and Not Your Normal fun!

The NAVHDA 2015 Annual Meeting will be hosted by the Pacific Northwest Chapter in Portland, Oregon, January 16-18, 2015. Please review the motions and discus-sion issue emailed to last week.We will be discussing motions and items of discussion at the Yankee Chapter annual meeting in January. If you cannot attend the meet-ing but have any questions or comments, please contact Patti Carter: [email protected].

smiles & successes for yankee chapter hunters...

“Broken shmoken. My trigger finger still works!” -- Jared GordonMatt Lorello’s Dylan & her 1st duck.

Matt McDermott with Forest and his first two ducks.

Suzi Moore’s Jilly may be getting on in years, but she’s still on her game.

Turn the page for more Yankee hunting photos... David Braun, Remillie Norsworthy & Gabby,

heding out to hunt at Howe Brook.

Condolences to Bill and Cindy Tracy who said goodbye to Hunter, aka “Captain Cranky,” on Nov.15th. He will live on in their hearts and memories.

Dorothy McCarren and her daughter Sydney and son

Gauge fromWoolwich, ME

Nick Racioppi, Bruno, Jason Carter, Autumn, Gritta, Ella Carter, and Matt McKenney -- all smiles!

Congratulations to Ella Carter who re-ceived High Honors on the Mt. Ararat Middle School Honor Roll!



Still more photos on the next page...

Bill Collins sent in this photo of Gretchen, Trout and Abbey and their super success in the north woods.

Patti & Blaine Carter, Nick Racioppi, Terry Wilson & Nancy Anisfield found this double decker outhouse during a South Dakota pheasant hunt.

Three breed line-up at Betty and Donie Blackman’s camp.

Mike Rinaldi, guided by Blaine and Jason at Mer-rymeeting Kennels, was in the right spot at the right time. Mike shot the 212 pound buck right through the heart and it collapsed 75 yds later.

Smiles all around for Zoe and Beth Cormier during Zoe’s first hunting season.

Rick Affuso’s Oak pointed this moose, but much to Rick’s dismay, she wouldn’t retrieve.

Gritta, Ella and Autumn joined in Jason Carter’s trophy shot of this beautiful turkey.

Mark Morneau & Oakley did a 400 yd blood track through a swamp to help their neighbor (at camp) find this spike horn he had shot with his bow.

Brad Varney’s Mooney is quite proud of his retrieve.

Betty Blackman and Laddie. Check out the big brace on Betty’s leg -- not easy to hunt with!



Bob and Debbie Brey’s Emma & Tanna and a great day with the woodcock.

Sable was so happy with this woodcock that Rem Norsworthy let her carry it all the way out before posing for the photo.

Joe Wadleigh’s Rosie on her first woodcock exposure. “Running along and her nose spun her around like a little pretzel.”

Suzi Moore’s pup Gaia with her first grouse.

Terry Wilson’s Rudder was proud to hold this South Dakota rooster for a photo op.

Patti Carter’s Tiza, fall foliage and a woodcock.

Sue Morton celebrated her first wingshot grouse with Mica.

Andy Baker and Smoka. Good doggie, nice grouse!

New member Dorothy McCarren’s dog Citori looks pretty content with this duck.



from our director of training... Blaine CarterBUILDING THE FOUNDATION

by Patti and Blaine Carter

Your cuddly new puppy has arrived, and you have big plans and goals ahead. Excited? You’ve read every book on training you can get your hands on. That in itself could be a big problem! Online chat has you walking in circles, buying way more “stuff” than you ever will use, and feeling totally confused. Still excited?

One book says to do nothing for a year, another says wait six months, and yet another says start training yesterday. O boy! Take a deep breath and call your NAVHDA breeder as he or she has already done the homework for you through years of education and training. Your breeder will help you establish a solid training plan. Having a concrete, well understood plan that fits both you and your dog will allow you both to move forward with your training goals. You will need well learned skills to fall back on when your dog and you, too, get confused. It is VERY important to build your dog’s confidence – the foundation – one skill at a time!

Foundation skills are the solid base that you can go back to when things don’t go as you planned. Remember, dogs learn through rep-etition and positive outcomes of behavior. Read that sentence once more please! Consistent performance of skills will build a founda-tion that helps your dog gain confidence with increased desire to perform the task at hand.

Be aware! Confused dogs lose confidence. Dogs that “get it” work with attitude and confidence. Do not be afraid to go back to a skill your dog performs with attitude and success to rebuild confidence. It is never too soon to get involved with a training group and NAVHDA chapter. Watch, listen and learn!

WHAT IS A RELEASE COMMAND?A release command is a verbal command that releases your dog from a behavior. The release command is not praise. It is a word that gives your dog permission to do something desirable.

cranky yankeesThis column offers advice by Nick Racioppi and Jason Carter about Maine’s hunting laws and regulations. The Cranky Yankee’s are not lawyers. They give their best interpretation of often complex laws. Is there a hunting regula-tion you don’t understand? A situation in the field you weren’t sure how to handle? Send the Cranky Yankees and email and let them look into it for you: Jason: [email protected] Nick: [email protected]

Q and A: 1. SIDE ARM WHILE HUNTINGCan you carry a side arm under your jacket without a concealed firearm permit? As our law book states, hunters and trappers are exempt while engaged in hunting and trapping. Therefore, hunters and trappers may carry a loaded handgun which is not in plain sight (i.e. under their jacket) so long as they are engaged in hunting and or trapping.

2. DISTURBING TRAPS Ever feel like destroying the traps that catch your dog? It is a violation of law for a person to take or disturb any trap or any wild animal found caught in any trap without the consent of the trap owner. Any person convicted of disturbing traps, in addition to any pen-alty which may be imposed by a court of law, will not be eligible to purchase any license issued by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for a period of three years!!!

3. MOLESTING MUSKRAT OR BEAVER HOUSEDo you have beavers making a mess of your property and you want to remove a dam? Be warned that it is unlawful to damage, molest or destroy a beaver house, a muskrat house or den or a beaver dam.

remember when you’re shooting: get a clue before you see blue!


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pause to consider paws...Here are some interesting tidbits about dog paws from “Paw Power” by Mark Herwig, published in the Pheasants Forever magazine, Fall 2014.

--The scales on a dog’s pads are angled back like a snake’s for traction.

--When running, the four toes really spread out which is why a paw print can be twice the size when the dog is running compared to walking.

--The small pad further up on a dog’s front leg, or carpal pad, is used for additional traction when dropping or descending slopes, as the foreleg is lower to the ground.

--Dogs have scent glands on the bottoms of their feet for tracking and marking territory.

As Mark writes about his dog, “Of course, one of the most endearing behaviors exhibited by a dog and his paw has nothing to do with hunting, but rather communication with his master. ...Sometimes when sleeping near, he’ll reach out with one paw and touch me to make sure I’m there. Surely, a dog’s paw is as much connected to his heart as to his leg.”

pulled goose recipe from Jessica Barker

We met someone in Jackman that shared this and Mike/I had pulled goose sandwiches with sweet potato fries. DELICIOUS!There were sauteed onions in it too. I would probably add sauteed peppers as well. Bon Appetit! ~Jessica~Bone meat off breast.Trim all fatty and silver tissue.Soak in salt water over night.Rinse meat off.Place in slow cooker.Cover ¾ with apple cider, the rest with red wine.Set on low temp. for around 7 to 8 hours.Remove meat and pull apart with forks, like pulled pork.Drain slow cooker and return meat adding barbecue sauce,and seasoning. Mix and warm for about 20 to 30 minutes.

Notes: The person who gave me the recipe slices the onion in half then cuts into rings and puts it into the pot first, then meat, apple cider, and wine. She also said she only LOW cooks for about 5 hours as our slow cooker gets hot. And you can turn the meat rubbery if over-cooked.

There’s nothing like a smiling shorthair, unless it’s a grinning Gritta GSP!



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8x10” oil painting, framed 12.75x14.75”, entitled “Musk and Lace”; $80.00. Contact artist Remillie Norsworthy. Home phone 207-764-0162 or [email protected].





President: Patti Carter 33 Simpson’s Point Road, Brunswick, ME 04011 207-725-8229 [email protected]

Vice Pres: Nancy Anisfield 1067 Silver Street, Hinesburg, VT 05461 802-482-2561 [email protected] Secretary: Nick Racioppi 55 Hedge Bridge Road, Woolwich, ME 04579 207-442-7252 [email protected]

Treasurer: Cindy Tracy 37 Eider Lane, Topsham, ME 04086 207-725-4562 [email protected]

Dir. of Testing: Jason Carter

Dir. of Publications: Judie Bayles

Dir. of Judge Development: Dave Trahan

Dir. of Training: Blaine Carter

Dir. of Gunning: Matt Lorello

Test Secretary: Tom Barks

Dir. of Grounds: Dick Dilley

Delegate at Large: Bill Tracy

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pheasant florentine½ C Italian seasoned fine dry bread crumbs¼ C dried grated Parmesan Cheese8 boneless, skinless pheasant breast halves½ C scallions, chopped2 Tbsp butter2 Tbsp flour1 C milk or half/half1 (10 oz) pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry4 oz diced cooked ham (about 2/3 C)

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine bread crumbs and cheese; coat pheasant lightly with mixture. Arrange in 9x13 baking dish coated with cooking spray. Set remaining crumb mixture aside. In a pan, cook onions on medium high in butter for 3 minutes or until softened. Reduce heat to medium. Stir in flour; then stir in milk all at once. Cook and stir with whisk until thickened and bubbly; continue to cook and stir 1 more minute. Stir in spinach and ham. Divide and spoon mixture over each pheasant breast, pressing lightly into pheasant. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Spray crumbs with cooking spray.Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes. Check for doneness. May need another 10 minutes depending on size of breasts. Do not overcook.

Adapted by Jessica Barker from a Chicken Florentine recipe by Susan Nicholson, Atlanta-based cookbook author.




