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Looking for a Pointer?

Few breeds have earned the reputation of the Pointer. Known for their speed, style, and natural bird-finding ability, Pointers have been a favorite among upland hunters for generations. Whether you are chasing quail across southern plantati.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: June 21, 2026

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English Pointer or Pointer?

If you spend much time around bird dog folks, you'll eventually hear the breed referred to by two different names. Some people call them Pointers, while others insist on English Pointers. For newcomers to the sporting dog world, that can be.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: June 20, 2026

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Hup or Sit?

If you've spent any time around working English Cockers, you've probably heard handlers use the word "hup" almost as often as they use a whistle.
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By: gundogcentral
Posted: June 19, 2026

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Do you need a Gundog Central Kennel Account?

Most breeders only think about advertising when they have puppies on the ground. The most successful kennels think differently. They understand that reputation isn’t built in eight weeks — it’s built year-round. When someone begins se.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: February 19, 2026

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A Broken Plate

After a long hiatus I have returned to a sport I loved for many years. As I turn my pups loose now and watch them sail across the south pasture, I reflect on the many turns in the road that placed me here.
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By: gundogcentral
Posted: October 12, 2025

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The First Point

Sammy hadn’t planned on buying a bird dog. Not yet at least.
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By: gundogcentral
Posted: September 8, 2025

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The Smith Setter Celebration

It’s tough to beat the warm days and cool nights of Georgia in the Spring. The high heat and humidity, the kind that drives field trailers in droves to the Dakotas, the Rockies, or Canada, hasn’t yet hit. The sounds of songbirds float o.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: July 6, 2025

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Tall Timbers: Burning Down the House

I’ve heard of folks figuring out the price tag on costs to raise wild quail, but I don’t know of anyone who has kept track of the amount of time that goes into the breeding, training and developing of a championship gun dog. Both are si.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: April 15, 2025

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The 2015 Florida Open All-Age Championship

All trialers know how sometimes and rarely things come together at a field trial to produce a magic event. So it was at Chinquapin Farm in January 2015.
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By: gundogcentral
Posted: February 3, 2025

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A New Grouse Hunter

Sam Scales had just sold his AI Startup to a consortium of Private Equity firms for $1 Billion (his share) and embraced a new-to-him sport: Ruffed Grouse Hunting. He brought to it the same intensity he had to the Startup. He was a math geni.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: December 23, 2024

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Danner Sharptail Hunting Boot Review

This is my review of the Danner Sharptail 8” GORE-TEX hunting boots. The day I received these boots in the mail and opened the box, my wife walked into the room. She immediately saw the Danner box and started telling me, for the fifth ti.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: December 8, 2024

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Booty Blevins and Marvin Means

It was 1946. The War was finally over, and Booty was back in Alabama after duty as a duce-and-a half driver and then infantryman at the Battle of the Bulge, mustering out as a corporal. Before the War, he had worked as a hand on Mr. Mayta.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: November 25, 2024

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Losing It

Harry Bain had been an all-age for-the-public pointing dog trainer-handler for thirty years. In that role he had lived in south Alabama, trained trial and hunting dog's mid-July through mid-September in North Dakota and traveled the major .. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: October 5, 2024

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A Dread Problem and a Solution

Sam Teel and Booty Blevins had been partners ten years, never had a fight. They argued some about how to fix a problem, but each knew that was healthy. They didn't make much money, but loved what they did for a living, training and handling.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: August 26, 2024