Hickory Run Chapter of NAVHDA

Members

By-Laws

Policy Manual

NAVHDA National
Info

Code of Conduct

Sponsors

Conservation Partners

NEPA Ruffed Grouse Society

Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of the Hickory Run Chapter will be held in the upstairs conference room at Cabela’s in Hamburg, PA on Sunday, January 26th, 2025. The Executive Council meeting will be held at 11:00 AM and the general membership meeting will be held at 1:00 PM (13:00 hrs.).
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


September Training, Picnic photos by Renee Stoll, Field photos by Barbara Brookman

Hickory Run NAVHDA - Officers and Training Committee

Executive Council

Marlene Lopes - President

Nicholas Turner -Vice President

Floyd Miller - Secretary

Rich Brookman - Treasurer

George Nichols - Director

Sharon Merkel - Director

Mark Frederick - Director

Test Secretary - Melissa Turner

Training Committee

George Nichols and JohnSalter
Co-Coordinators

Including Executive Council Members

Axel Waldkirch

Mark Blasko

Lonnie Maywald

Andrew Uhler

Mike Bigus

Roger Allen

Doug Harris

Robert Thigpen

Michelle Thigpen

Steve Skoransk

Rich Johnson

James Snyder

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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