2013 Huntin’ Buddy photo contest

Our son DJ now has a new puppy, Bella. He and Bella will join Hayley (8 yr old Shorthair) and myself on many hunting trips in the future.

This is my 5 year old lab Oliver after a morning duck hunt in North Dakota in October 2012

lexie of rosemount with first rooster shot in dakota county during the 2012 season

Jon Strommen, owner of Tipper, took this photo of a proud dog with his birds. This was Tipper's first pheasant hunt, which took place in Central Minnesota.

Finding a good spot to let a dog run in the metro is tough. Finding an area like this is harder.

My 2 year old red lab Beau patiently waiting in the blind with me, on a early season goose hunt by lake of the woods

Drake, an 8 year old Labrador Retriever, spent a successful November day hunting with his human buddy, Kyle Wood, from Eden Prairie

Buck, 10 year old yellow lab, waiting patiently for the shot in a duck slough located near Isanti, MN

Casey just loves visiting the river and is always game to jump off this bank to retrieve anything !

Nova was a proud puppy after her first pheasant hunt, it was a mind blowing day for a seven month old puppy.

Ziva, of Champlin, in Sherburne County on 7/28/12 with a pen raised pheasant training for hunting season.

Early season wood duck hunting with Ami on the Mississippi

'Dreamer' after retrieving a mallard shot in the pond. 2013 in Georgia

Our 10-month-old Labrador, Dixie training before her first hunting season by our back pond September 2012

Rex my 3-year-old Springer Spaniel and a limit of roosters taken Dec 28th in McLeod County, MN. Snow, cold, and blustery winds enable Rex to thrive on pursuing late season roosters.

Phoenix (left) and Scout (right) patiently await the arrival of the 2009 Minnesota waterfowl season near St. Leo.

Grace 10 week old chocolate lab puppy, in our back yard Plymouth Minnesota, 4:30 PM on July 16 2013

"Deke" watching and waiting between flocks! Sept/2012

Miniture Brittany Hunting frogs and grouse on the Vermilion River with Owner Deek Fjeld

Remi. Late season Diver hunting off a classic point on Lake Johanna. Remi lived for late season hunting. Remi passed on at 15 last winter. Best hunting buddy ever. He will be missed but his memory lives on.

My lab Gauge on public hunting near my parent's farm close to Wilder MN.

Out on the boat for an evening of fishing, but he's still thinking about hunting.

Izzy, our 4 year old Lab, loves to hunt and duck hunting is her specialty.

Izzy waiting for morning ducks to come in

My English Cocker, Crunch. Ready to join the Marines, if they'd take him...

Ace and three of my friends worked hard to find these roosters near Redfield, South Dakota. Ace is a 6 year old German Shorthaired Pointer from 6R Upland kennels.

Our 3 year old black lab, Boone, retrieving a Canada goose in Polk County on October 27th, 2012.

This is my 18 month old male French Brittany Gunnar training with some quail on my property in Cloquet, Minnesota on July 1st of this year.

Yellow Lab sitting in brown tall grass in the fall with slight sunset behind her

Damon, my 15 month old field bred English Springer Spaniel on a June training day learning how to be steady to wing and shot for a future in field trials.

6 year old Hunter taking in the a sunset after a successful duck hunt in Itasca County.

Hachi (Hachiko) a 9 month old yellow Lab - on a training day at TKO Retrievers. Learning about birds and loving every minute of it. Hachi loves the water and the birds; we thought this picture shows a pretty happy pet.

Nikki, a.k.a. Meine, is my first Drahthaar and has been such a pleasure to handle and hunt with. Here we are enjoying a morning pig ring neck duck hunting in northern Minnesota

My black lab "Riggs" purchased from Armstrong Kennels after his first pheasant opener in Maynard, MN

Winter 2012 Ice Fishing (on Prairie Lake) Partner (female yellow lab with her tulibee)

Aspen (our 4 month old Labrador) sits upon a dock in Northwest Wisconsin, proudly displaying his retrieved "Bumper".

2 year old Duke waits patiently for the next flock of Woodies to descend on this favorite Northern Minnesota pothole.

These are my two labs, Corky and Fern after a late December hunt in Lincoln county located in SW MN.

Tia is half Border Collie half Assie Shephard and did a great job on her first pheasant hunting trip to South Dakota.