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Pine Shadows News
February 3, 2012
Hunting report from the Dakotas: In for training, this is Bailey, a Dove x Buster pup
about a year old. She just completed her first pheasant hunting season with
the Skjei family in North Dakota. Bailey was in the field 43 of the 93 day
season and was personally in on the harvest of 89 roosters and 4 sharptail grouse. She hunted with a group of springers
that tallied over 250 pheasants during the fall. What a grand little
springer! Facebook users; We
encourage you to: friend Mark and LIKE Pine Shadows for other current updates and photos. News Notes: ·
See
a Spear x Wallace pup, Oakley,
on page 18 of the current issue of USA Hockey magazine ·
A
great photo of Morgan and Tanna appears on page 48 of the Fall
2011 Ruffed Grouse Society
magazine. ·
See
photos of Pine Shadows springers and read about last fall’s Women’s Hunt at Pine Shadows Daybreak in
the special fall hunting issue of the Pheasants
Forever Journal, page 45-46. ·
A
number of video clips can be seen of the Pine Shadows dogs. Check into
You Tube to watch these videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/Pineshadows1 ·
Take
a moment to LIKE
Pine Shadows on Facebook. ·
Take
a look at Pine Shadows, the feature kennel in the current issue of Today’s Breeder by Purina. See the article online. January 31, 2012
This is his new pup, Nixon, which is just beginning his schooling, and appears to have
what it takes also. Chris is indeed a trialer, but he always takes his dogs ruffed grouse and pheasant hunting. January 22, 2012
While at the PF state convention we visited with
our old friend Dave Nomsen, Pheasants Forever Vice
President. He’s our man in Washington
with the inside track on the farm bill. Dave brought with him from D.C. Dave
White, Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, who delivered a
keynote address full of hope and accomplishment for natural resources in
compatibility with modern agriculture. Regarding habitat and wildlife Chief White’s
message was, “We can bring them back in harmony with ag
production.” It was gratifying to hear from a
“bureaucrat” who is winning some of our battles. We know the ring-necked pheasant is a very
hardy species. Individually the pheasant has a number of daily threats, but
the population as a whole has only two super threats, weather and government. January 21, 2012
We not only need people to carry shotguns
and go pheasant hunting but we folks with information, action, and passion
like these hundreds of wonderful PF volunteers here at dinner tonight. We can use social networking as a
strengthening tool. http://pineshadows.com/news.html January 20, 2012
Be sure to include some
young folks with your hunting and fishing. Whenever you come to Pine Shadows
bring your children and grandchildren. We enjoy their
visits. January 18, 2012
She is my third generation
of springers, I won’t say she’s the best because the others were outstanding
as well, (when I bought her you said you remember Allie, from Jerry Barrett), they are all unique, more than
any other breed I think, that’s why we always stick with springers. Anyway,
her long legs, energy level and perfect pleasing attitude make her a pleasure
to live and hunt with. Thank you for her and just
wanted to let you know she is well and happy. David Muchow |
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January 16, 2012
Mark and Sophie, I noticed some of the
other owners' pictures of their springers in action on your Facebook wall. The girls and I decided we
needed to let you know what Charlie
has been doing in the field. Now that it finally snowed, we were able to take Charlie out hunting snow flies. Yes, snow flies. After all, Charlie’s a bit more "artistic" than the other dogs and pheasants, ducks, and grouse are too easy. As you can see from the attached pictures they are very hard to find in the snow since they are white. However, Charlie was able to point and flush out a couple. We managed to fill our tag for today. If you look closely at the shovel you will see there are 3 snow flies.
We are looking forward to taking him out to WY to hunt Jackalope later this summer. Hopefully, we can introduce the female that we get this spring to this style of hunting as well. Earl and Molly Sichterman January 15, 2012
Escaping Minnesota winter
as it finally arrives; Steve Krueger leaves this week for his annual Texas
swing of the springer spaniel field trials.
Thor will be competing in
the Amateur All Age, while his young roommate, Rebel, begins his trialing career in the Puppy Stakes at these
three events. We wish them safe
travels and great performances. Photo: Pine Shadows RW Rebel and Steve January 13, 2012
Grant’s Rigby will be twelve this year. He
put in another good season of hunting including ducks on the Nokasippi to Daybreak sloughs with Grant’s daughters. Here
he proudly presents a brace of grouse he and Grant took out of the North
Woods last month. January 12, 2012
Hey Mark these are some pictures from opening day in
Colorado, It was amazing! The first guy limited out by 7:30. Chester has turned into the most
amazing dog and the only thing i can take credit
for is Sit,Come,Stay.
He even hunted ducks with me over decoys in early October. Hope you guys are doing great and I really enjoy the
pics that get posted. In the pics, Chester
is the black and white springer and Radar
who's 12 but doesn't know it and has a huge hunting problem, is the White and
Liver and I'm the guy in the yellow shirt. Charlie Cooper
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January 7, 2012
No snow
here in Minnesota, 40 degree temps and good cover. It made for a great
day of dog training and telling stories January 4, 2012 Happy New Year to all. As we wrap up 2011 Morgan Sophie, Joannie and our staff think about the
upcoming year including new puppies, spring trials, Saturday training and the
new people we can meet and the regulars who come by all the time. Our Daybreak season has ended for 2011 and we are planning new and exciting things for the 2012 hunting season with habitat projects, spring bird releases, housing upgrades and hospitality amenities. Saturday Training begins this week. Stop by for some good eats, conversation, and training. We have two litters in the
kennel right now with Zell pups
born December 20 opening their eyes yesterday. Pilot pups are 6 weeks old and heading to new homes in another 4
weeks. January 1, 2012 Happy New Year.
Pilot’s
pups, just over a month old, are getting acquainted with the Place Board. December 26, 2011 Mark... I just had to drop you a
note about our remarkable day in the field today. I was invited to hunt
Viking Valley with individuals from Atlanta, New York, Cleveland and Mpls. I did not carry but was able to work Beth. She was 14 of 15 with one
bird mid-air. We had one water retrieve, one she broke thru the ice,
one on the ice that could still run and Beth
kept sliding by(that's the one we lost) and the one
I am most proud of - she kept going back to a klump
of grass when we were probably 15 yards past it with the line, so I stopped
the guys and sent her back and sure enough out blast a rooster.
She is much better than her handler and at 2 1/2 she is amazing. You
have never heard me say that before I'll bet. I AM the proud owner of a
Pine Shadows partner..... Merry Christmas... brad |
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December 24, 2011
God bless December 22, 2011
Saturday training days will
start in January and will go until the trial season starts in late March. If
you are thinking about training or are looking to keep your dog in shape
throughout the winter, schedule some time to visit Pine Shadows. December 20, 2011
Morgan and our dear friend
Dan Langhans, youngest and oldest handlers
competing at the recent ESS National Open Championship in Michigan. Photo
thanks to Mary Kemper of www.essft.com . December 12, 2011
We were witness to the
lunar eclipse Saturday morning at Daybreak. See the entire
album on the
Pine Shadows facebook page. December 6, 2011
These last few days Morgan
has been fine tuning the springers he will be handling in the National Open
Championship. With him are Wallace, Gromit, Turner, and Neala. Wallace and Gromit are owned by Ryan
Lamberg. Gromit
is making his first trip to the National while Wallace has some experience as Morgan placed him fourth in the
nation two years ago. Turner,
owned by Bob Schulke, makes his first appearance after posting a fine trial
season, recently placing second at the Iowa trial. JP Martin’s Neala has been
performing very well having earned her Amateur Championship this fall. The National Open is being
held in Onested, Michigan and will begin this
Saturday morning. Morgan and JP are leaving with the dogs early
Thursday. We wish them safe travel and
great performances at the trial. You can follow the trial on the ESSFT site. |
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December 5, 2011
Jetta Mark: Two in an hour on public
land in Minnesota. The energizer bunny still has it. :) Brobergs December 2, 2011
Other members of the
NMESSC: Gromit
handled by Ryan Lamberg also competed in the National Amateur last week as
well as Tracie Wilson with Sota. Both had good series work but did not get called in
the fifth series. Paul Johannes and Gem
had a good showing also. Ed Zahler with Prez attended
his first National and received his first time participant pin,
likewise Joe Stallman with Cannon
had his first. Another Northern Minnesota Club member, Jeff Johanns was on
the National Gun Team for the National Amateur. It is quite an honor to be
asked to be on that team. November 28, 2011 The National Amateur
Championship begins today in Nebraska. Good luck to all, especially to our
NMESSC members and their springers who are competing. More Daybreak fall hunting
picture albums are being added daily to our facebook
site. Check it out at this link, Pine Shadows facebook. November 21, 2011 Mark...just finished the
second half of my SD license near Summit, SD. 2days of sun and one day
of 6" of snow and wind. Beth
has got it. She may not be the brightest bulb to come out of all your
hard work, but she is mine. We hunted with 4 other dogs, all
pointers. Beth was able to
steal some finds from the pointers but all got along. Beth had 15 retrieves, one from 125
yards across a plowed field. She never gave up a bird to other dogs
this trip and I was complimented by the guide for her behavior and quartering
when his dogs were 20 yards ahead of her. There was a professional
photographer in the group that captured some pictures of Beth that made me quite emotional. If you remember, this if
the first hunting dog I have ever had since me and the cat went hunting when
I was growing up in SD on a small farm. Life is good, Beth is good, and I wish you a
bountiful Thanksgiving....thanks for all your help...brad November 20, 2011 Morgan is on his way back
from the East Central Iowa field trial this afternoon with both the first and
second place winners of the Open All Age Stake. He handled JP and Linda
Martin’s Neala
to the blue ribbon and Bob Schulke’s Turner to the red ribbon.
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November 15, 2011 More hunt reports: Hi Pine Shadows, Ron Broberg Mark: Once again Joey Mae had a terrific hunting
season with 15 grouse retrieves along the North Shore and 25-30 retrieves
with rooster pheasants. While she still remains a devil dog at times
(probably because of her master), I am very pleased to have her with
me. Thank you! Tom Reaser
Mark: I just wanted to thank you,
Morgan and all of your team for an unforgettable experience last week. I’d
heard of this kind of experience before but really had no idea of how much
fun it would be. Between the camaraderie of fellow hunters, the patience and
professionalism of your staff, the cuisine from Jake and Mary and of course
the pure joy of watching your 4 legged stars flush birds, it was truly a
wonderful 3 days. On behalf of all of us at Bay State, we wish you the best
in your endeavors both at Pine Shadows and with your dogs and hope we get to
meet again in the not too distant future. Best Regards, Brian Rothwell November 12, 2011
Eric became aware of the
contest through Pine Shadows Facebook. Besides the Pine Shadows huntsmen
and springers Eric and his brother are hunting with Minnesota Bound
personality Bill Sherck and his associates. RSP is
filming the entire weekend for stories to be presented on Minnesota Bound, Due North, and Pheasants Forever Television over the next year
and a half. We had a fabulous hunt
today, hunting the Elm River Valley. We will head to our miles of cedar tree
rows and CRP tomorrow. Look for new photos from Daybreak on the Happenings
Page. November 10, 2011 News from Southern Iowa: Hey Sophie and Mark, I just returned from a couple days of duck hunting in Riverton, Iowa. Our dog Pen Pen was awesome (turns two years at end of month). This was his first full-on duck hunt with several gunners, other dogs, and yes the first of the Mallard migration. I was nervously excited to get going, and he did great. Earlier we've done training type hunting at our place: small blind, small water.
Lots of retrieves both seen and blind. So pleased! Another great dog from your Kennels.
Have a great autumn.
Tommy Ghrist Murray, Iowa November 8, 2011 Our pheasant hunting at Daybreak proves to be an
excellent experience for our springers, young and old. They become familiar
with travel, both long distance and field, communal living in the camp,
performing for a variety of handlers, proper manners and discipline in the
field, and happily smiling. Here’s a photo of Marco, a Reacher x Turner 8 month old pup, taking his first drink from a plastic
bottle. ·
October 30, 2011` Another nice day on the
prairie. After church we hunted again with Don and his pup Jack. Nailed three nice birds from
good finds, good flushes, good retrieves. No Million
Dollar bird this day though. Arriving today were folks
from the Wheat Growers to hunt with us for three days. Also in camp overnight
is Mark Maddox, Ripley and Thicket’s owner. He is on his annual
travel to Canada for wingshooting. His family flew
up from Alabama and he is meeting them tomorrow. Morgan has had Ripley and three of his pointers in
for training for the past several months. October 29, 2011
The special rooster had a contest
leg band. Don wins $100 and a chance in a drawing for a million dollars, see
contest details at http://www.milliondollarbird.com/
More NMESSC members
performing very well at field trials this fall: Ed Zahler
and Prez
placed second in the Amateur Stake of the Minnesota Trial and Lyn Swartout and Scout
placed second in the St. Croix Valley Puppy Stake. Congratulations. October 23, 2001
We have a new Field
Champion in the Northern Club! Congratulations to Neala and JP Martin in winning
the All Age Amateur Stakes at the Minnesota Trial this weekend. This is Neala’s (a
daughter of Dansmirth Tomahawk and Pine Shadows I Spied-Her) second blue ribbon this month which
earned her Amateur Field Championship.
All of Opener was great –
friends, families, weather, dogs, birds, fellowship, laughs, smiles,
memories. We thank our guests for choosing Pine Shadows Daybreak, our hard
working huntsmen, our fine chefs, the steady performance of our springers,
and you for your continued interest and support of Pine Shadows. Remember, TWO weeks
remaining to enter the contest to win a free hunting trip to Daybreak this
fall. Pine Shadows Daybreak, Ron Schara’s Minnesota
Bound and the Aberdeen CVB are partnering to bring you this great hunting
adventure. You merely have to enter the contest before the end of October.
Details are found on the Minnesota Bound website. Enter today! |
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October 15, 2011
Tonight a
sirloin roast dinner followed by another moonlit campfire and some
football and some Nascar. Tomorrow we go
again. Follow us on Pine Shadows
Facebook October 14, 2011
Follow the crew this
weekend on Pine Shadows Facebook October 13, 2011 The Ruffed Grouse Society
has been conducting its annual National Grouse and Woodcock hunt in Grand
Rapids each October for the past 30 or so years. Basically a fund raiser
banking over $100 grand annually, the hunt provides an even bigger wealth of
information on these birds. Imagine a study done for three decades on the
same grounds, analyzed by wildlife biologists, with all kinds of data
recorded from flushes to gender to habitat to crop content to current weather
to seasonal weather – amazing.
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October 11, 2011
Thanks for the advice on
the K-9 Top Coat. Ordered one for Hutch
and used the first few days of Pheasant Season. At first I thought it
might be too small but after reading the lit that came with it, was much more
comfortable with the size. And Hutch
seems to really enjoy it as well. When I get it out, he just sits and
wants to get "dressed". One word - BRILLIANT.
We were working some old tree rows on
Saturday and without it, I am sure we would have been going to the Vet
already. Plus he already has hit some old abandoned barb wire and the
coat looks like it has been through some combat but the dog is fine and that
is a testament to it. A couple of other hunters
happened to drive up and noticed Hutch
in the Top Coat, stopped and were asking me questions about
it. Gave them the web-site. They too have had experience
with trips to the vet and really liked what they saw so hopefully they make
the purchase. Thanks again for the great
advice. Good FRIENDS don’t let
their friends cheer for the Sioux, Packers, Wild
…….. October 10, 2011
Congratulations to JP
Martin and Neala
in winning the Amateur Stake at the St. Croix field trial. October 7, 2011
Our huntsmen are guiding
the guests into action with each drive. Besides ringnecks,
we pushed up a couple sharptails, (not in season
yet), quite a few deer, and one muskrat. Morgan is back home preparing for the St.Croix
field trial. We hope to see the continued good showings of the northern club
dogs. Congratulations to NMESSC trialers Ed Zahler guiding Prez to a blue ribbon and Traci Wilson handling Sota to the
third place award in the Amateur stake last weekend. Remember you can win a FREE
hunting trip to Daybreak. Enter on the Minnesota Bound website. October 3, 2011
September 30, 2011
Pine Shadows Daybreak, Ron Schara’s Minnesota
Bound and the Aberdeen CVB are partnering to bring you this great hunting
adventure. You merely have to enter the contest before the end of October.
Details are found on the Minnesota Bound website. Enter today! |
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