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 chap. Visit him at www.thekeergroup.com or at www.tomkeer.com.
Articles by Tom Keer
Holding your Children’s Attention When They Are Young
When my daughter and son were younger, they both wanted to be firefighters. That passion came about after our local Fire Chief Joe and his crew visited their school. The demonstration included an inspection of the fire engine, the helmets, the axes and pike poles, and the siren. I thought...
5 Ways to Improve Hunting Photos
Let me be honest: I am not a professional photographer. Over the years I’ve been fortunate to capture some good images, but it’s been luck of the draw. As a writer I’ve been blessed to work with a lot of excellent photographers and they have kindly offered me some constructive...
Handing Over the Reins...or Check Cords
Time marches on, we all know that. A new generation taking the reins is exciting and terrifying, all at the same time. There is a bittersweet aspect to handing over the reins, the transmitters, and the check cords. The bitter part is that it means we're getting older. The...
Other Senior Prostaff
Shawn Kinkelaar
Shawn Kinkelaar was born and raised in the town of Effingham in central Illinois. Kinkelaar grew up hunting quail and pheasant over pointing dogs with his grandfather and uncle. He began field trialling in the early 1980s and in the late 1980s he began working for and with several of...
Ed Gover
Owner of Real Deal Retrievers, a kennel which offers basic and advanced dog training, Ed has been training for over 10 years and has been a professional trainer for the last 5. Ed enjoys training hunting dogs as well as running UKC hunt tests. He is an avid outdoorsman from...
Mike Wieben
I've been a wildfowl hunter since a young age, growing up in the farming lands of south central Minnesota with the family yellow labrador. Starting with small pond hunts and now onto large waters for those diving ducks. Just after secondary school, I joined the Dokken Family at Oak Ridge Kennels in Northfield...
