I would guess it was some sort of BIRD-dog Bench Show/Field Trial based upon the breeds I see in the pictures at the link below.
Looks like they held it there in 2025 and just may not have the 2026 recent pictures and winners posted, yet? Maybe they do this a number of times throughout the year in the same location?
West Kentucky Field Trial Club
https://americanfield.com/result?result_id=1449
WEST KENTUCKY STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
https://www.stateparks.com/west_kentucky_state_wildlife_management_area_in_kentucky.html
My best guess. :)
Hi, Diana! Thanks, yeah, I went all through the info. I could find via the link you sent me, and beyond - no luck.
The West KY WMA does have multiple dog events each year, now, but as I recall the manager once telling me, in an e-mail, the sponsoring groups vary. He has done a lot of work to bring these events in, quite successfully. I don’t know of any other State conservation area in the region that gets this much of this type activity, except MAYBE the “World Shooting and Recreation Complex” near Sparta, IL, into which the State of IL has plowed probably 20x the money, and utterly fails to promote the place properly.
I might drop an e-mail over to the manager of the West Ky WMA: I was thinking, when I saw all that activity around the WMA ponds, that I was glad I hadn’t made a trip over there to do some fishing. Maybe he can set up a sort of ping / mass e-mail to let people know in advance the dates that the WMA will be busy with dogs and their owners / handlers, enthusiasts, etc..