Cranberry Country HRC

06/02/2026

Training Tomorrow (June3rd) at Ballys Gun Dogs. We will start setting up around 4 to 4:30 and go until evening.

05/27/2026

Training tomorrow afternoon at Bally's Gun Dogs. 4:30 to Sunset. The Cranberry Country Hunt Test is open and training/testing is in full gear across Wisconsin.

05/26/2026

Cranberry Country HRC opens up tonight for entries on huntsecretary.com. Please get your entries in at your earliest convenience. It seems that clubs in Wisconsin are reducing the number of Finished flights due to low entries so help us out by getting your finished entries in as soon as possible in case we need to make some tough decisions as well. Thanks everyone.

04/22/2026

The grounds at BGD are still drying out and we will resume training soon. NO training tonight but we look forward to seeing club members for group training soon. Please send in your dues to Anne if you haven't done so and plan on attending training. Have a spectacular spring day!

04/11/2026

IMPORTANT NOTICE
Cortney Bally has cancelled the training at Bally's Gun Dogs in Tomah for Wednesday April 15th as the water is over the banks of the ponds and the grounds are TOO soft for traveling/parking on without doing property damage. She will inform Jim O'Brien if 4/22 will work dependent on weather conditions and if the grounds dry out before then. Please check back.

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04/11/2026

Take a listen to the Upduck Podcast as Bill Kehoe and the moderator discuss the beginning of Badger State HRC and the other Region 8 clubs
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1uaTZEtcs9ByihMLmupdMr...

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04/09/2026

Wednesday Evening Training to start next Week April 15th @ 4PM weather permitting. I will send out a confirmation early next week to confirm time after I speak with Adam. We are grateful he allows club training on his beautiful property. Make sure to get your dues into Anne shortly if you have not already done so.
[email protected] for questions and an application.

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04/03/2026

Cranberry Country HRC will be holding two flights of Finished, one Seasoned and one Started hunt tests for each day on July 11 and 12 in Tomah. Please make your plans now and save the dates! Thank you.

02/20/2026

*** UKC Change to the Hunting Retriever Magazine ***
There will be a transition to digital issues of the UKC owned magazine. Instead of 6 hard copy magazines, UKC will publish two hard copies highlighting the Spring and Fall International Grands. The remaining four issues will be digital copies. See page 7 of the February/March issue of the Hunting Retriever Magazine for more details.
There is no change to the club reports for the Region 8 submission for the magazine.
Club reports are due to me NLT the 13th of each odd numbered month, so the mext deadline is March 13th.
Bill Kehoe
Region 8 Public Relations Representative

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01/26/2026

The 2026 Master Amateur Invitational will be held at the Madison Retriever Club grounds in Stoughton from June 21st to the 27th. The Master Amateur Retriever Club is looking for volunteers to ensure they can host a topnotch event here in Wisconsin. By supporting this event as a volunteer, you can take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to see outstanding dogs and handlers in action -- right in your own backyard! Whether you can help for a day or a week, please contact MARC Secretary Anne Millane at [email protected] and provide her with your name, email and phone number, availability and area of interest. MARC has many positions available -- test dogs, paid bird station workers, hospitality, etc. This is a great chance to help with a national retriever event and meet/work with folks from all over the country! Hope to see you in June!

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