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The Italian American Job

As a third-generation descendant of poor Italian immigrants, I have had firsthand experience with the famed culture of frugality for which they are known. This includes some unconventional culinary habits practiced as part of their peasantr.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: May 18, 2026

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How to Write Hunting Dog Ads That Actually Get Calls

A lot of folks think if they’ve got a good dog, it’ll sell no matter what.
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By: gundogcentral
Posted: April 17, 2026

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How to Promote Your Hunting Dog Kennel

If you ask most kennel owners how they promote their dogs, you’ll hear the same answer: “I post them when they’re ready.” That approach might work once or twice, but it doesn’t build anything long-term. The kennels that consistent.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: April 17, 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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Getting to the Point

My journey with pointers began like many of my adventures—with curiosity, a measure of daring, and a willingness to chase an idea as far as it would take me. If it was an Icarus sort of thing, I can’t say I regret flying too close to th.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: September 21, 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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Rabbit Massacre

After eating my way through the holidays last year, I desperately needed some exercise, so when a couple of my buddies said they wanted to go pheasant hunting, I called my friend, Casey, who’s got access to thousands of acres of prime hab.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: July 13, 2025

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Initial Point

My Mississippi farmstead begins and stretches north and east from a big slab of granite known as the Initial Point of the Choctaw Meridian, which is an established survey monument, one of only a dozen or so in the United States, established.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: June 16, 2025

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Two Men and Two Mules

This is a true story. It is set in a time of many transitions, including in Sussex County, Virginia, the transition from mules to tractors in the cultivation and harvest of peanuts. The time was 1945. The characters were Richard Spain, just.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: May 3, 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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My Invention

I have always been blessed with just the right amount of intelligence to get neck deep into something, but never enough intelligence to get out successfully. This was one of those occasions. It involves two bird dog bitches and a dummy, me... more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: October 15, 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