Training Tips
Here's how we make the most of each hunt

Craig Leair
1 article
With ten years of training experience specialising in German Shorthairs and yellow Labs, Craig currently works as a guide and lives on a 750-acre game preserve that raises over 40,000 pheasants, chukars and Huns annually. Wern Valley Sportsman Club allows him to constantly train dogs in a bird-rich environment, resulting...

Ben Busby
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Ben Busby has hunted since he was old enough to walk. He was fortunate enough to have a mother and father who introduced him to hunting at a very early age. He harvested his first whitetail deer with a 12-bore out of a garden chair at age 10. From...

Matt Mates
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I’ve hunted upland game birds from North Dakota to Northern Maine, spending most of my time in my home county of Michigan. My love for pheasants dates back to my days as a youngster, first chasing them with our Labradors, German Shorthaired Pointers, or the occasional contact while running beagles...

Bob Ford
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Bob has hunted with beagles from Alabama to the Quebec border in pursuit of swamp rabbits, the eastern cottontail, and hares. He has owned beagles since 1985 and trains his hounds year-round, sometimes competing in field trials, but always conditioning his pack with an eye looking forward to the...

LTC Jim Morehouse
6 articles
Raised in the Finger Lakes area of New York State, Jim was involved in hunting and bird dogs from an early age. Upon graduation from university, he joined the US Army in 1967. He served until 1989, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After his retirement, Jim and his wife...
