Wil-Nor Hunt Club, located just outside of St. Louis, Missouri, was one of our stops on our trip back to Colorado after participating in the 2009 AKC Gun Dog Championships.  Upon arrival one of the first people to greet us was Bill Kunz.  He showed us around the property and even let me take my good dog Solo for a couple of laps around their bird dog training field.  Solo was very happy to be out of the truck and looking for birds. Anything to stretch his legs.

Unfortunately we were unable to meet with Eric Varnadore, the proprietor of Wil-Nor Hunt Club, as he was competing at a NSTRA trial.  It's good to see people doing what they love and we hope Eric did well at the trial.  We did meet a good number of members who were glad to see us and tell me about their club.  They were excited to let me know that they had thousands of acres on which to hunt their favorite species.

Not only does Wil-Nor Hunt Club offer dog training and quail, chukar and pheasant hunts but the membership, as well as non-members, can also hunt Whitetail deer, turkey and rabbits. Not bad for what seems to be a very reasonable price.

You can go to their website at www.wil-nor.com and get all the information you need.

It was great to see everyone and get a taste for what it's like to be a member of one of the premier hunt clubs in Missouri.

Meet Remington. He's been busy hunting in Arkansas and Kansas with Russell, his son Andrew, and Russell's friend, Matt. Time spent training paid off handsomely this season. Here's what Russell Says: "Remington was whelped 7/7/07. He is already accomplished in both water foul and upland hunting. We call him the bird vacuum."






Andrew & Remington in Stuttgart, Akkansas


Russell, Remington & Matt Independence, Kansas


Russell writes: "Last upland hunt of the year. Lyons Kansas. Came up with goose by accident."

VC Neenah Creek's Autumn Boon takes a rest next to the rig after producing three North Dakota ringnecks for his owner, John Voight of Wisconsin.

Join us for the Rick Smith Foundation Seminar in Hudson, Colorado August 21 - 23, 2009.

Rick Smith believes everyone is capable of training their own bird dog and he has dedicated himself to helping people achieve this goal by refining the system that his father, Delmar Smith, started decades ago.

Check out the details HERE.

Dave from Colorado captured this moment with his Good Dog,Willy, on what will likely be the 11 year-old dog's last hunt.

One of our customers, a hunter, asked us if we thought he ought to buy Setter pup out of a Field Trial litter. The breeder told him that this particular pup didn't have the range or drive he wanted to see in a competative bird dog, and he thought the dog would make an excellent hunting companion.

How would you answer the question? Post your reply below.

This is Mitch, fifteen years old, with his hunting buddy, Jessie, a three year old Vizsla.
Hard to tell who's having a better time!