Hickory Run Chapter of NAVHDA

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NEPA Ruffed Grouse Society

2025 Training Dates: Please see the events page for more information on upcoming training, tests, and other events. May Training 2025: The May 2025 training clinic will be held Saturday May 3rd and Sunday May 4th. The training location will be at ACE/SGLs 119. IMPORTANT: Saturday training will not begin till 12pm, due to turkey season. We will meet at the pavilion on SGL 119 at 11:30 am. If you arrive earlier you may do water work at the pond but do not engage in field work until after 12pm. Sunday will start at 7:30am as usual. Birds must be ordered no later than midnight Sunday April 27th. For those not ordering birds please register by Thurs May 1st. To signup please use the registration form. Planned activities: Saturday- Bird Cleaning Seminar NAVHDA Summer Test: The Hickory Run Chapter will hold a NAVHDA Test August 2-3, 2025. This test will include NA, GDT, and UT. For full information and to sign up please see the full 2025 test details.
Training Documents: Below are documents available to assist members in preparing for our monthly training events. It is highly recommended that you review the documents in order to get the most benefit from training. The document is a list of Notes and Suggestions to help handlers prepare for training and how training is conducted. The Checklist is a list of items that handlers should try and bring with them for training days. The training committee asks all members to arrive at least 20 minutes prior to training on Saturday to help set up as well as distribute the training birds for the weekend. Hickory Run Training Notes and Suggestions Hickory Run Training Checklist


April Training, Photos by Barbara Brookman

Hickory Run NAVHDA

Executive Council

Marlene Lopes - President

Nick Turner -Vice President

Floyd Miller - Secretary

Britt Emmanuel - Treasurer

George Nichols - Director

Charlie Stoll - Director

Mark Frederick - Director

Test Secretary

Melissa Turner

Training Committee

George Nichols - Director

Marlene Lopes

Nick Turner

Floyd Miller

Charlie Stoll

Mark Frederick

Britt Emmanuel

Roger Allen

Rich Brookman

Doug Harris

Rich Johnston

Brian Kinney

Lonnie Maywald

Sharon Merkel

Steve Skoranski

Jim Snyder

Andy Uhler

Axel Waldkirch

Ron Seeman

Membership: Membership renewal for the Hickory Run Chapter of NAVHDA are due in January. New members are welcome at any time. Please send the completed application and Release of Liability forms along with your dues (see forms) to Floyd F. Miller, 131 Antler Lane, Kunkletown, PA 18058. Pricing is on the Application.

Welcome to the Hickory Run Chapter of NAVHDA International. The Chapter is located in the Allentown, PA area and will hold regular training sessions and testing events. The testing and the monthly weekend training will be held at a variety of locations. Learn first hand the various steps involved in training a versatile hunting dog.

NAVHDA training is designed to prepare the dog and handler for hunting and the NAVHDA testing. The training will include: pointing; steadiness to wing, shot, and fall; retrieval to hand from land or water; game tracking; gun sensitivity control; heeling; and backing or honoring another dog’s point.

Mission: The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to foster, promote, and improve the versatile hunting dog breeds in North America; to conserve game by using well trained reliable hunting dogs before and after the shot; and to aid in the prevention of cruelty to animals by discouraging nonselective and uncontrolled breeding, which produces unwanted and uncared for dogs.

Hickory Run Chapter of NAVHDA

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