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The Hunting Dog Top 20 Chart
The Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever puppy, number 107 on the AKC list, but number 1 at Pheasant Fest. One needed only attend National Pheasant Fest 2011 last weekend for proof that nothing draws...
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Meet My First Bird Dog!
The quest for "Sprig," the author's first pup, was chronicled in Pheasants Forever's "My First Bird Dogs" series. The serious search for “My First Bird Dog” began at Pheasants Forever’s National...
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Dog of the Day
It’s a long way from Montana to Minnesota, but provided they don’t go bust, you’ll see Pheasants Forever member Todd Wirthlin and his Pudelpointer, “Tana Montana,” representing the breed in the Bird...
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Go-To Gear of the Pheasant Hunting Experts
In my previous life in professional baseball, I worked with ballplayers who exhibited incredibly strong affinities to particular brands and models of gloves, bats or cleats. Some of those affiliations...
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Record-Breaking Year for PF Youth Events
A successful youth event in Johnson County, Kansas. Photo by Aaron Atkinson The past year was a record-breaking one for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever youth events. In recent years, Pheasants...
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My Pheasant Fest Agenda
National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic plays to the weaknesses of upland hunters: dogs and shotguns, and not always in that order. PF File Photo Pheasants Forever will celebrate its 30th...
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A Pheasant Hunter’s Christmas List
Christmas came early for “Bubba,” Don McCormick’s large Munsterlander. Photo courtesy Don McCormick. In the spirit of Twelve Days of Christmas, here are my top gift ideas for that tough-to-buy-for bird...
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See the Complete National Pheasant Fest 2014 Seminar Schedule
Rick Smith is one of many legendary bird dog trainers presenting at National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic. Before heading to the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee for National Pheasant Fest &...
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National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic Show Guide A to Z
National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic runs Friday, February 14th through Sunday, February 16th at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. In addition to more than 300 exhibitors, there will be seven...
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Top Reasons to Attend National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic 2015
As a jack-pine-savage (Duluth, Minn. native) living and working in Iowa for the past five years, chapters always seem to remind me of my “northern” heritage with the following joke- “What’s the best...
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