
Tom Keer
Background
Tom Keer is an award-winning writer, columnist and blogger who regularly writes for over a dozen outdoor magazines. He owns The Keer Group, a full-service, outdoor marketing company and hunts and fishes with his wife and children. Don't hold it against him, but he's a setter guy. Visit him at www.thekeergroup.com or at www.tomkeer.com.
Articles by Tom Keer

Working with Different Dogs
I’m a setter man. I’ve owned Irish setters and English setters, and some day I’ll probably own a Gordon setter. I like the way they hunt with their heads held high, their energy, and their biddable natures. Setters like people, and even better than that they like having a job...

Handing Over the Reins...or Check Cords
Time marches on, we all know that. A new generation grabbing the reins is exciting and terrifying, all at the same time. There is a bittersweet part of handing over the reins, the transmitters, and the check cords. The bitter part is that it means that we’re getting older. The...

How to Match Your E-Collar to Your Hunting Conditions
One of my dogless hunting buddies lives in the city. He's the guy who has all the new gadgets. I kidded him about all his new toys and he tried to explain it like this; he said he’s an “early technology adaptor.” Say what? In my “bird hunter's English,” I...
Other Senior Prostaff

David Molyneaux
Dave is a judge for AKC pointing and retriever hunt tests as well as the North American Hunting Retriever Assoc. During the summer months he conducts (Utility) North American Versatile Hunting Retriever Association classes on one of his advanced retriever ponds. To his credit, he has titled several AKC Master...

Mike Simmons
Mike has been training dogs for several years and competed with his personal dogs in UKC and AKC hunt tests. In addition, he trains client dogs for both gun dog (duck hunting) and all levels of hunt tests, both UKC and AKC. He isalso an HRC AA licensed judge in...

Vern Nowell
Vern is an accomplished outdoorsman living in Alaska since the age of 18. He has an eclectic background; he has been an Alaskan guide for small game, big game, and upland bird hunting. He has also made a living of training his own dog (a French Brittany) for his guide...
