Time:   8:00 a.m. Registration Begins (please arrive by 7:30 a.m.) Cost:   Adult Dog – Pointers and flushers: Three birds run/15 minutes – $70 per run            Team Event: Two Handlers […]
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Gilbert R. Symons Chapter Dog Day
Spend this early fall morning getting your bird dog ready for the season. Fields will be booked for 50 minutes per hunter(s), with 10 minutes to turnover for next party. […]
WHY WE HUNT, Member Morgan Wolfe
” . . . and part of the reason I hunt is because I love the bonds that this sport creates. The bond between a man or woman and a […]
WHY WE HUNT, Member Payton Gunby
I grouse hunt because it’s in my DNA. Surprisingly, it doesn’t have to be passed down through genetics. Take a stroll through the grouse woods and you might find it […]
WHY WE HUNT, Member Stephen Faust
Our sport will die out if we’re not bringing in new hunters. In the sales world, we say if you’re not growing you’re dying. In the hunting world, the same […]
WHY WE HUNT, Member Noah Smith
The sun was making its way across a high top in the Nantahala Mountains, and the first rays of light hit the frozen windshield of my truck. The thoughts of […]
Why We Hunt, with Member Douglas B. Egenolf
Be careful . . . ruffed grouse will burn a passion into your hunting heart from which you can’t break free. Give me just a touch of cooler air and […]
Anyone Can Be A Grouse Hunter
No cookie-cutter template exists to define a grouse hunter. You don’t have to shoot a double-barrel side-by-side, run an English setter, and wear brand new gear to be a grouse […]
Why We Hunt, with Member A.J. DeRosa
We are living in a golden age of the grouse woods. I no longer see the ruffed grouse of the past, but a culture of today – young and old, […]