Hunting Photos

	Thomas and Champ after a morning hunt. Charles, Thomas's Dad, stated Thomas and Champ worked together as a team and recovered all the birds shot. Champ exceeded their expectations for his first season of hunting and they are looking forward to training and expanding Champs skills over the summer. Congratulation Thomas and Champ for a job well done.
	Thomas and Champ after a good hunt. Thomas did a great job handling Champ on the retrieves. Champ is learning to work as a team after all the birds are down and it is time to pick them up.
	Bo retrieving his first bird from the boat on open water. Bo has learned to retrieve from the boat and be recovered onto the baot without losing the bird. Bo has learned his spot to ride is on the platform behinf John's seat. John stated Bo is now an extended member of the family and a pleasure to own and hunt with.
	Bo retrieving a Wood Duck form his tree stand. John has Bo working from the tree stand and returning to the tree stand before releasing the bird to hand. Great Job John in taking Bo in and making him a hunting partner and family companion.
	Sadie on her first hunt to North Dakota. Sadie and her family had a great time and Sadie performed very well. Sadie retrieved around 60 birds for the week. Keith stated he focused on Sadie's work and not letting her break. Good job Keith and Sadie.
	Dave and Boone finished their first Dove hunt together. Dave stated, any time there was a shot, he immediately began scanning for birds. He aced ALL of his retrieves. We only had to retrieve one ourselves, and that is because I did not want Boone to go thru the massive thorn brambles necessary to retrieve it. Good job Dave and Boone.
	Patrick took Duke on an early season goose hunt. Duke was steady laying down beside Patrick while the geese locked in and commited to the decoys. They had a guad on the ground with one runner. Patrick no'd Duke of the dead birds and ran a blind on the cripple in excess of 250 yards. Duke handled the cripple with no problem. As you can see by the picture the hunt was a success and Duke was a perfect hunting partner. Good job Patrick and Duke.
	Mitch took Briley on her first hunt after her training at RWR Kennels. Mitch reported the hunting was real slow with Briley getting only one retrieve on a Mallard. However, Mitch used the down time to teach Briley how to launch and return to her porch. He stated even though the birds were not flying the hunt was a success because Briley learned a lot of what goes on in a real hunting blind.
	Richard and Delia hunted Mocha on the opening day of Goose Season, September 1st 2007. The birds where there with about 250 geese roosting on the pond we hunted. For two weeks the geese have flown east from the pond at sun rise in flights of 40 to 50 birds. We set up in their normal flight path and waited. Leave it to the geese to decide today was the day to switch directions. The first two flights went south , the second flight went west and the third flight went north. The final flight to leave flew east. Mocha sat like a lady and when the shooting stopped she did a beautiful job retireveing the four geese we got.
	Millie's Dad Jose Stated "Millie" on her first dove hunt, worked great....she was very steady to the gun shot and very eager to go bring the birds back to me, so she can get ready for her next retrieve. She completed 27 retrieves as she saw the bird fall, she is not sure or as you would put it she is confused on a blind retrieve, but as I walked her thru the field telling her to find the bird, she was very eager to follow my directions on getting the bird; Other than that she is great in the handling and obedience part, also she responds well to the whistle and honors other dogs retreve well.....in other words I'm very happy with her performance and with the training she received at your kennel; Looking forward to sending her back to you for her continuing education in February.
	Bob and Dave hunted tank on opening day of goose season. Tank had seven beautiful retrieves on geese and chased down two cripples. One cripple was on the pond and kept diving on Tank. Tank dived with it and surfaced with the goose in his mouth. Tank was remotely sent as the hunt started with a stalk and a jump shoot.
	Duane Barnes and Drake spent 7 days hunting in Arkansas. Drake retrieved 79 birds in 7 days. This is Drakes first hunt since he completed his intial four months of training and winning his AKC Junior Title. Duane stated Drake was steady to shot, did a wonderful job retrieveing all his birds, and handled on several blinds. Though his blind work is rough due to his limited time in training he did handle. Drake will be coming back to finish his AKC Senior level training. Note: Drake returned to training the following spring and went four for five and got his AKC Senior title.
	Allan Clark and RWR's Max Hunter SH spent 5 days hunting in Canada. Max retrieved a total of 60 Geese and 30 Ducks during the week. The picture to the left is one days hunt for Max. Allan stated Max ran a 300 yard blind on two whistles and many blinds in excess of 100 yards.
	RWR's Max Hunter SH on the prairie in Canada. Max did a beautiful job on this hunt as you can see by the birds at his feet. Max is an AKC Senior hunter.
	Last Saturday was the north zone youth season. Mitch Parish took his 12 year old son (name is Hunter) and Cash. Hunter shot a limit of six ducks by 9 a.m. and had two doubles. Cash made 4 great marked retrieves and handled perfectly on two blinds. .
	Zandy Mohler running Sienna on a retrieve during one of her first goose hunts in western Maryland. Sienna did a beautiful job marking, handling and retrieving 8 Geese on this hunt.
	Sienna sitting with her Dad after a very successful goose hunt. Zandy stated Siennna loves to hunt Geese and does not have a problem handling them.
	Ponce's Miss Hunter MH and her Dad, Jeff, on opening day in eastern North Carolina. The weather was 49 degree's with winds exceeding 20 MPH As you can see by the bird count Hunter had a very nice first hunt. Hunter was a perfect lady in the blind.
	Ray Bell and Bell's Double Dutch Brownie SH Brownie hunted for 4 days and retrieved 90 birds. 74 of them were mallard drakes. Several were triples and some blinds. Brownie performed perfectly.
	With eight hunters in the blind Cocoa was in the water constantly. The hunt lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. The bird count was 24 Blue Bills and 2 Buffo Heads. It is to bad the daily limit on Blue Bills was three. The temperature was 42 degrees and the swells were two and half feet.
	With four hunters in the blind Smokey got a lot of quick retrieves. The hunt lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. The total bird count was 12 Blue Bills, 1 Wood Duck and 1 Merganser. The temperature was 11 degree's with a wind chill at Zero. Smokey had ice on his fur most of the morning.
	The Blue Bills were flying this morning. The hunt lasted 35 minutes. The temperature was 15 degree's and the New River was iced over. Belly and Reload split the retrieves and both got in some good honoring.
	Dew and his hunting partners ensured Anni's first hunt was a succes by getting their limits. Anni had 18 retrieves her first time out. Dew stated Anni was calm in the blind and great as a hunting partner. Way to go Anni.
	Dan and his hunting buddy Gus had a beautiful evening hunt together. Gus retrieved eight (8) Green Wing Teal and two (2) green heads Mallards. Of the ten (10) retrieve's eight were marked retrieves and two were blind retrieves. The early October season is Gus's first hunts since his four (4) months of training was completed in the middle of September. So far Gus has retrieved five (5) Geese, one (1) Dove, ten (10) Mallards, and nine (9) Teal. Not bad for the start of his first season and he is only 11 months old. The best is yet to come. Good hunting Dan and Gus.
	We had two hunters this morning but the birds were not flying. It was a warm 50 degrees with calm water. We had five Blue Bills fly into the decoys and got all five. The total bird count was 5 Blue Bills and 2 Common Mergansers.
	This was the last day of the season and we had seven hunters in the blind. The swells were three to four feet. The temperature was 30 degrees. The wind was 10 to 20 knots. Our bird count was 21 Blue Bills and 2 Buffo Heads.
	We had two hunters this morning. The winds were 15 knots gusting to 25 knots. The swells were between two and four feet. The temperature was 40 degrees. The total bird count was 6 Blue Bills and 6 Buffo Heads. The hunt lasted just over two hours.