AKC Pointing Breed Hunting Tests

AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB LICENSED

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Open To All AKC Registered Pointing Breeds. A complete list of eligible breeds can be found at the AKC website HERE. Eligible breeds that have been granted Purebred Alternative Listing (PAL) are eligible to enter. All dogs must be 6 months of age or older on the day of the hunting test.

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2024 POINTING BREEDS HUNTING TEST DATES:

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Morning Test AKC # 2023440203

Afternoon Test AKC #  2023440204

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 Morning Test     AKC # 2023440205

 Afternoon Test     AKC # 2023440206

 

Bitches in season may only be run in the afternoon hunting tests and will be run after all other entered dogs in all stakes have been run.

 

ENTRIES WILL OPEN 8:00 AM Alaska Time on May 15, 2023

ENTRIES WILL CLOSE 7:59 PM Alaska Time on August 8, 2023

DRAWING WILL TAKE PLACE AT HUNTSECRETARY.COM 4:00 AM Alaska Time on August 9, 2023

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JUNIOR HUNTER, SENIOR HUNTER AND MASTER HUNTER CLASSES FOR POINTING BREEDS WILL BE OFFERED AT THESE TESTS

These Hunting Tests are held under the Rules and Procedures of the AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB (AKC). Tests are open to all AKC registered pointing breeds, including those that have been granted Indefinite Listing Privileges (ILPs).

 

RUNNING ORDER:

Dogs may be run in an order different from the order in which they are drawn when, in  the opinion of the Judges or Hunting Test Committee, such will result in a reasonable and  desirable saving of time or in the conduct of the event. This provision does not apply to  late arrivals. . 
 

BIRDS:

Quail and/or chukar partridges shall be used in the land series  of Senior and Master Hunting Tests.  Pigeons may be used in all series in Junior Hunting  Tests.

PRIZES:

Standard AKC Ribbons to all dogs receiving a qualifying score.

Regulations and Standards of Performance for AKC Hunting Tests for Pointing Breeds: RHTPNT