Boykin Breeders in Virginia

[Daniel G Rainey]

My Boykin was 2 Monday and goes to the vet. Thursday to have her hips x-rayed for OFA certification. She hunted sharptails, prairie chickens, and pheasants in South Dakota at 9 months. This fall after dove season we were invited by a fellow PGCA member to join him in Vermont for woodcock and ruffed grouse. Later we met in South Dakota for prairie grouse then on to Wisconsin for more grouse.( retirement is fun ) I live 7 miles from Prairie Wildlife an Orvis endorsed shooting preserve. I enjoy shooting, but sometimes I just pick up for the tower shoots. Bay my Boykin picked up over 100 birds in 2 shoots last weekend and we go again this weekend. That is priceless training ! During her 2nd. year she has over 300 birds retrieved about 75 of them flushed. I love my Boykin but there are some duds out there. There are no brilliant breed of dogs only brilliant dogs within that breed.

[Sterling]

I agree that retirement (semi in my case) is like a "new leash" on life...pun intended.
In my case turkeys remain the primary passion with quail a distant second .

I think it is a wonderful gift that folks like us are blessed with health sufficient to allow hunting well past retirement age.

Hopefully that won't end any time soon!!