Pheasant hunting 2015 with the Von Meistern dogs was one of the most successful and fun seasons I have had: ever. The quantity of birds shot wasn’t the reason. Although enough birds were shot to eat Pheasant once a week for the last two and a half months and …
The Amazing Story of How Kaiser Came to Von Meistern
It was an amazing set of circumstances that brought Diamond Willow’s Kaiser Von Meistern to our home. Kaiser is the product of the outstanding breeding and training program at Sharp Shooters’ kennel. Arguably, the finest, most successful Versatile German Shorthaired Pointer kennel in the United States. Diamond Willow is Joe and Janet Renfrow, who owns, raised, and trained …
A Paradox: More Quality Bird Dogs, But Fewer Game-Birds.
The Sub-Title of this article is How Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources is Helping to Destroy upland Game-Bird hunting! In my never to be to humble opinion, recent times have brought an unfortunate paradox to the Game-Bird hunter : More quality bird dogs, but fewer game-birds. The best way to describe the paradox as unfortunate is to use an …
Hunting Flushing Versus Pointing Dogs
The subtitle of this Post could be An Evolution in my Preference for Hunting Dogs. Way back when I was just a lad living with my parents, they bought me a half Lab/half Weimaraner who was a flusher. When She died of cancer she was replaced by a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, who obviously was a flushing …