Hill Springs Hunting Retriever Club

Hill Springs Hunting Retriever Club Hill Springs Hunting Retriever Club is the newest HRC club in Region 9. Located in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas

🐶REMINDER🐶Mrs. Juli Bottjen is hosting a LADIES only training day, this Saturday the 27th, focusing on the mechanics of ...
06/25/2026

🐶REMINDER🐶

Mrs. Juli Bottjen is hosting a LADIES only training day, this Saturday the 27th, focusing on the mechanics of hunt testing, handling a gun at tests, and answering any questions about HRC and UKC affiliations.

This is sponsored by Sixty Days Retrievers and Hill Springs Hunting Retriever Club.

Things To Know:
- FREE TO ALL LADIES
- NO REGISTRATION
- DRINKS AND SNACKS PROVIDED
- COMMENT BELOW IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND

Address to Farm:
In your Google Maps type in “Sixty Days Retrievers”

This is for any lady, for all experience levels, whether you own a dog or not. We would love to have you out, for a day of fun, running dogs, and learning the HRC fundamentals.

If you have any questions send me a direct message or comment below.

If you know someone that would like to attend please share this with them.

See You Saturday!!

Our pass rate numbers are in for our June 20/21 hunt test.Started : 90%Judges: Gary Holmes/Randal ManorSeasoned : 83%Jud...
06/24/2026

Our pass rate numbers are in for our June 20/21 hunt test.

Started : 90%
Judges:
Gary Holmes/Randal Manor

Seasoned : 83%
Judges :
A : Cody Grisanti/Bobby McGhehy
B : Eric Noel/Sean Clark

Finished : 70%
Judges :
A : Jimmy Brown/Roger Morton
B : Michael Bullien/Stephanie Bullien
C : Linda Brewer/Lisa Neel

Great job to ALL handlers and dogs on earning passes this weekend. There were some well placed, challenging tests.

Some snapshots from our June 20/21 hunt test.
06/23/2026

Some snapshots from our June 20/21 hunt test.

This little guy went 6/6, this weekend, with his Started dogs.  On his way to becoming a pro handler!
06/23/2026

This little guy went 6/6, this weekend, with his Started dogs. On his way to becoming a pro handler!

06/23/2026

Thank you to this year’s sponsors. These sponsor dollars go directly back in to the club to purchase ribbons, pay for judges lodging etc.

🐾What a weekend for our club, our club members, and our community!🐾Without the final numbers, we had somewhere over 453 ...
06/22/2026

🐾What a weekend for our club, our club members, and our community!🐾

Without the final numbers, we had somewhere over 453 dogs this weekend in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas.

We had three full forty dog finished flights, two thirty-plus dog seasoned flights and a forty dog started flight.

There is a huge list of folks to thank, that took time out of their weekend, away from their families, to help make this event run as flawlessly as possible!

We had a ton of positive comments about our kids, dads, and coaches running the sites.

Thank you Thayer 15U baseball team and all of the individual kids that stepped up to help us out. You ALL did a fantastic job and we appreciate you helping us this weekend.

We also want to thank J&J Farms and Joe Flynn for allowing us to utilize parts of their farms. With the extra dogs and flights of dogs we could not have pulled it off with out Joe allowing us to use one of his ponds. So, Thank You to all of the land owners. We hope everyone left the property better than they found it.

Our judges and site coordinators/marshalls are as listed:

Started : Gary Holmes/Randal Manor alongside Dennis Figge’ and Fred Smith knocked out 80 started dogs this weekend! Great job gentlemen!

Seasoned A : Cody Grisanti/Bobby McGhehey alongside Matthew Huff and Jeremy Brown!

Seasoned B : Eric Noel/Sean Clark alongside Jeremy Brown/Matthew Huff

These seasoned judges setup excellent seasoned level tests!

Finished A : Jimmy Brown/Roger Morton alongside Ty Capps and Brian Aston

Finished B : Michael Bullien/Stephanie Bullien alongside Chris Figge

Finished C : Linda Brewer/Lisa Neel alongside Ty Capps and Brian Aston

These finished flights were 40 dogs strong and these judges and coordinators worked their tails off to setup quality tests and get these dogs ran in a proper time frame! Great job to all of our Finished judges.

Lastly, their are so many behind the scenes people to thank, that make runs to town for ice and drinks, putting together site snack boxes for the kids, making all the lunches for the kids, selling merchandise, answering questions, not to mention the paperwork and points receipts and the list goes on.

Our President Cole Flanagan burning up all of his cell phone data the last three weeks just to get last minutes entries and scratches.

Nena Flanagan for assisting Cole with all the paperwork and answering questions all day at the headquarters tent.

Tina for making all the town runs, making all the lunches, snack boxes etc etc

And everyone of these club members from sunrise, to well after dark, taking care of last minute things to make sure the next day starts off smooth and on time.

Our club is growing in to a well oiled machine and we are blessed with some of the best spirited and hardest working members in HRC.

Last but not least, as always, we want to thank each and every handler, dog owner, pro trainer, and amateur trainer for choosing to come run our test. We saw license plates from Texas, Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. HRC operates on these folks’ time and money and our club really works hard to take care of you when you are here. We hope to have you back in the future.

Our Next Scheduled Test Date :
- September 26/27

Day 2 Site LocationsStarted : Same Location as SaturdayJudges : Gary Holmes/Randal ManorSeasoned : Both A and B flights ...
06/21/2026

Day 2 Site Locations

Started : Same Location as Saturday
Judges : Gary Holmes/Randal Manor

Seasoned :

Both A and B flights will follow signs all the way around the farm. Follow the signs and orange poles just like yesterday.
A Judges : Cody Grisanti/Bobby McGhehy
B Judges : Eric Noel/Sean Clark

Finished :

A : Same location as Saturday.
Judges: Jimmy Brown/Roger Morton
Brian Aston is your site coordinator

B : Across highway on land. Follow the Finished B signs behind the shop, gate will be open to park.
Judges: Michael/Stephanie Bullien
Chris Figge is your site coordinator

C : Same location as yesterday. Starting on water. Follow the Finished C signs.
Judges: Lisa Neel/Linda Brewer
Ty Capps is your site coordinator.

The calm before approximately over 400 dogs show up this weekend. We can’t thank each and every handler, pro trainer, am...
06/20/2026

The calm before approximately over 400 dogs show up this weekend.

We can’t thank each and every handler, pro trainer, amateur trainer and owner enough for choosing to come run our HRC weekend hunt tests.

We spend an enormous amount of time on focusing on the intricate details, in the property, taking care of our handlers, and taking care of our judges.

We look forward to shaking hands and seeing everyone tomorrow. It has been a daylight to dark day set up day, polishing up some grounds and making sure everything is staked down and ready to roll in the morning.

Please be considerate of the PRIVATE ground you are on, pick up any and all trash, be considerate of the land owners and their grounds. We are very much appreciative of what they allow us to run dogs on for the weekend.

See everyone bright and early in the morning, with a positive attitude and thankful mind to be running our dogs on some beautiful grounds.

Good Morning from Hill Springs HRC!We welcome our judges in today and can’t wait to shake some hands and meet some new f...
06/19/2026

Good Morning from Hill Springs HRC!

We welcome our judges in today and can’t wait to shake some hands and meet some new faces!

Safe travels to all of our club members coming in today and our judges!

06/18/2026

Thank you FNBC, of Salem, for your 10 cases of water. It will be very much appreciated this weekend!

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Mammoth Spring, AR
72554

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