Veteran daughters of Pennstar scored second and third respectively at the West Branch Grouse Trial, Open All-
Age, October 9, 2011. Jumpstart is owned and handled by Mike Spotts of Bloomsburg, PA and Spark’s Fly is owned by Gardner Stoker of Mifflinburg, PA. While temperatures were in the 80s, both showed their determination in hunting the heavy cover of “The Barrens” outside State College, PA. Both of these females have mulitple wins on these grouse grounds over the years. It’s satisfying to see dogs handled and trained by amateurs do well in open grouse dog competition. Jumpstart had just returned from NY where she, according to the judges, laid out the best race of the Region 2 Amateur Championship run in grouse cover.