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Winchester Awarded “Best Of
The Best” From Field & Stream
AUG 30, 2010 08:31P.M.
Winchester Awarded “Best Of The Best” From Field & Stream
Winchester Ammunition
East Alton, IL – -(AmmoLand.com)- The Winchester Ammunition
Ballistic Silvertip lead-free bullet recently received the “Best of the Best”
Award from Field & Stream magazine.
The truly innovative lead-free load takes varmint hunting to a new level,
using fragmenting copper core technology to incorporate a lead-free
bullet in both .223 Rem. and .22-250 Rem. in the Ballistic Silvertip line.
This technologically advanced bullet brought to you by Winchester and
Nosler features a gilding metal jacket and a plastic tip to reduce tip
damage and promote long-range performance. The fragmenting copper
core is engineered to explode on impact.
“We are truly honored to receive the “Best of the Best” from
Field & Stream,” said Dick Hammett, president of Winchester
Ammunition. “We work hard to offer the most innovative
ammunition and we feel the technology behind this bullet is
evident on impact. It means a great deal to us for our
ammunition and hard work to be recognized by such an
outstanding publication.”
The Winchester Ballistic Silvertip lead-free product line will meet the
increased customer demand in regions with lead-free regulations, as well
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as the growth of varmint hunting across all parts of North America.
For more information about Winchester and its complete line of
products, visit www.winchester.com.
Field & Stream Magazine’s Best of the Best Award
Winchester is Proud to be a Leader in the Shooting Sports
Winchester Ammunition pledged $500,000 to permanently endow the
NRA’s Marksmanship Qualification Program, thus becoming the
exclusive sponsor of the officially renamed Winchester/NRA
Marksmanship Qualification Program.
The Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program is a self-
paced shooting development program. Open to adults and youngsters
alike, the program measures an individual’s shooting proficiency against
established par scores in 13 courses of fire across three disciplines:
pistol, rifle and shotgun.
By supporting the Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification
Program, Winchester is providing everyone the chance to explore the
benefits that hunting and the shooting sports have to offer.
To learn more about the Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification
Program, please call 800-672-3888 ext. 1505 or visit
www.nrahq.org/youth.
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Winchester Awarded “Best Of The Best” From Field & Stream and endorse the pro-gun Sharron Angle!

Tags: Ammunition News, Awards, Best of the Best, Field & Stream, Over her eight years in the Nevada legislature, Angle stood 100% in favor
Shooting Industry News, Winchester of the Second Amendment, and was a steadfast leader in protecting the
constitutional liberties of all Nevadans. Reid, on the other hand, has
been a steadfast OPPONENT of the right to keep and bear arms, having
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Gun Owners Nationwide Must • To see Senator Harry Reid’s anti-gun record, please see:
http://gunowners.org/is-harry-reid-pro-gun-or-anti-gun.htm
Rally To Defeat Harry Reid
AUG 30, 2010 05:56P.M. GOA has been exposing Reid’s record for months, and has even set up a
special section on our website to expose his record. During this time, we
Gun Owners Nationwide Must Rally To Defeat Harry Reid have seen Reid’s numbers drop, while Angle has surged in the polls — in
Help Sharron Angle Defeat Harry Reid. fact, she overcame what was at one time a 20-point deficit during the
primary to win the nomination in June.

Angle and Reid are now in a dead heat, as the Rasmussen polling firm
shows the two candidates are tied at 47 percent.

ACTION: Please ask the NRA leadership to endorse Sharron Angle in

the Nevada Senate race — as she is an extremely pro-gun advocate.
Encourage your family and friends to contact them as well.

Gun Owners of America You can call the NRA at (800) 392-VOTE (8683).

Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com)- Thank you, everyone, for your Gun Owners of America
hard work over the last few months. Because of your lobbying efforts, the 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102
NRA has decided NOT TO ENDORSE anti-gun Senate Majority Leader Springfield, VA 22151
Harry Reid in his contest against Sharron Angle. Phone: 703-321-8585
FAX: 703-321-8408
As you may remember, GOA had alerted you last month to press reports www.gunowners.org
indicating that the NRA might endorse Reid.
About:
Followers of the Wall Street Journal read on July 2 that: Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a non-profit lobbying organization
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The chief lobbyist for the National Rifle Association made an interesting gun owners. GOA sees firearms ownership as a freedom issue. `The only
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It’s not that they might endorse Reid – because they might, said chief
lobbyist Chris Cox – but that the issue doesn’t appear to be as much Gun Owners Nationwide Must Rally To Defeat Harry Reid
about the records of Reid and Angle, but rather the specter of a Senate
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GOA asked you to contact the NRA and to urge them NOT TO ENDORSE
Reid. Well, as of last week, the NRA officially announced that they would
not endorse him!

This is extremely good news, because it makes it more likely that gun
owners in Nevada will now be able to make a more informed decision in
November. Now, if we can just encourage the NRA to take the next step

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complex interrelation between individual rights and the outdoors. The
EPA Declares It Cannot same statement being celebrated as a win for the firearms community
should also serve as a call to action for anglers to continue to
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AUG 30, 2010 02:04P.M.
“As there are no similar jurisdictional issues relating to the
EPA Declares It Cannot Regulate Traditional Ammo agency’s authority over fishing sinkers,” the statement reads,
“EPA-as required by law- will continue formally reviewing a
second part of the petition related to lead fishing sinkers.”

If you’re strictly a shooter, Friday’s decision is certainly reason to

celebrate. If, however, you also love to fish, you still need to speak out
against acceptance of any portion of that petition.

The Environmental Protection Agency will continue to accept public

comment on the petition- this time directed specifically to the fishing
tackle issue – until September 15. You can find more information that
can be included in your comments related to fishing sinkers by clicking
here.

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Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com)- Last Wednesday, VSSA put out

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the call to gun owners to contact the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) and urge them to reject a petition submitted by the Center for
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lead ammunition.

By Friday, things had changed dramatically.

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It was no longer just something being talked about in the firearms media Laser Pistols To Replace Air
– the story had been picked up by the mainstream media including US
News and World Report, Investors Business Daily, and The Weekly Guns At London 2012 – WTF?
Standard.
AUG 30, 2010 01:56P.M.

According to sources close to the firearms industry, the EPA had received
Laser Pistols To Replace Air Guns At London 2012 – WTF?
tens of thousands of emails from gun owners and sportsmen and by
By Lee Min Kok
Friday afternoon,EPA assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical
Safety and Pollution Prevention, Steve Owens, announced that EPA was
rejecting the petition only two days after opening a comment period
saying: “the agency does not have the legal authority to regulate this
type of product under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).”

But, according to Jim Shepherd of “The Shooting Wire” an online

newsletter, that was not what really had the gun rights community
cheering. It was the clause following that explanation: “…nor is the
agency seeking such authority.” 2010 Youth Olympic Games

For shooters and sportsmen, this decision has at least for now laid to rest London - -(Ammoland.com)- Laser guns have shot their way into the
the fear that the administration would find a way to move against guns modern pentathlon competition at the 2012 Olympics.
that didn’t employ what has been demonstrably proven to be the political
suicide in most of the nation-gun bans. The technology was showcased at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG),

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replacing the standard pellet-firing air pistols for the first time in the Laser Pistols To Replace Air Guns At London 2012 – WTF?
sport’s history.
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Said Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM)
president Klaus Schormann: “We will have laser shooting for
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countries in the world can compete in our sport.”
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“We spoke to a few of the female athletes after their

competition (on Saturday) and not one of them had a bad
thing to say about the guns.”

Said YOG girls’ champion Leydi Laura Moya Lopez of Cuba:

“It’s already easier in a way because it’s lighter.” (ASSN: They
should consider replace the metal in weight lifting with
plastic dumbbells)

It marks the second major change made since the 2008 Beijing
Olympics. The sport had already combined its two final events – running
and shooting – into a single run/shoot finale.

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Kim Dae Beom, 18, triumphed in yesterday’s final to become Asia’s first
Olympic medallist in the sport. “I can’t believe this. It is really a gift from
the heavens,” he said, after finishing well ahead of silver medallist Ilya
Shugarov of Russia.

He had trouble getting used to the gun. (ASSN: if he can’t Shoot a Gun
what is he competing for?)

Said the South Korean, who had practised with his new weapon only a
few days before the competition: “The shooting was faster and I got
nervous.”

However, he is also convinced that the future of the sport lies in the laser
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About a month ago I was with my wife shopping. We went into our local
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WalMart here in Fredericksburg. While she went on into the store I
happened to linger near the entrance checking out the videos for rent. I
habitually open carry (H&K .45) and was doing so that day. I noticed that
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the elderly woman greeter was observing me and seemed a little nervous.
Open Carry & The Walmart
She approached me and asked if I was a police officer, to which I replied
Greeter that no I was not. She then responded that she did not think that guns
were allowed to be carried in the store.
AUG 30, 2010 12:04P.M.

She said, “I know that you cannot return guns and ammunition” and I
Open Carry & The Walmart Greeter
told her that I believed that to be the case, but that open carry as well as
By VCDL Member: Frank Mattero
legal concealed carry was not prohibited by Walmart, especially at this
store as I was a frequent shopper here.

She asked me to wait a moment while she went and checked and I told
her that it was not a problem I would wait. A few minutes later she
returned and told me that I was correct and we had short cordial
conversation on why I carry a gun.

As I was about to go into the store and join my wife, she thanked me for
being so understanding and to enjoy my shopping.

Her final comment was “please don’t go berserk while you are here.” I
assured her that I would not. [PVC: I would have asked her to do the

same ]

About:
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non-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to defending the human
rights of all Virginians. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a
fundamental human right. Visit: www.vcdl.org

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Deer Breeders Co-Op Joins the
American Deer & Wildlife
Alliance
AUG 30, 2010 11:25A.M.
Deer Breeders Co-Op Joins the American Deer & Wildlife
Alliance
American Deer & Wildlife Alliance
AUSTIN, Texas --(Ammoland.com)- The American Deer & Wildlife
Alliance (ADWA) is pleased to welcome the Deer Breeders Co-Op as its
newest partner in promoting the deer and wildlife industry.
The two organizations will work together to promote the deer industry
and increase youth participation in the outdoors.
“The Deer Breeders Co-Op is one of the fastest growing deer
associations in the country and we are very excited to
welcome them as a new member to the ADWA,” says John
Meng, president of the American Deer & Wildlife Alliance.
“The DBC is extremely family-focused, and they understand
the critical need for all of us to work together to educate our
youth on the importance of land stewardship and wildlife
management. If we fail to instill within our children a sense
of value and understanding in the outdoors, we will fail to
ensure that our hunting and agricultural traditions are
around for future generations. We’re glad to have the DBC’s
support and we look forward to working with them.”
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Deer Breeders Co-Op
Founded in 2008, the Deer Breeders Co-Op (DBC) works with
organizations and state wildlife agencies across America to foster better
habitat, hunting regulations and deer conservation programs that lead to
a vibrant and thriving deer industry. In addition, the DBC provides
collective bargaining and greater purchasing power for producers and
professionals working within the deer industry, and their families.
To that end, the DBC constantly works with insurance firms, feed
companies and many other merchants to ensure its members receive the
best possible prices for products and services important to their
businesses. For more information, visit www.DeerBreedersCo-Op.com
“The ADWA has been an outspoken advocate for the deer
industry and youth participation, and we are pleased to
support their efforts,” says Robert Williams, president of the
Deer Breeders Co-Op.
“They have many youth outreach programs, including a
growing FFA initiative that is introducing FFA students and
teachers to deer farming. Our organization is strongly
dedicated to family and we know that our children are the
future of our industry. We must help educate them whenever
and wherever possible, and we’re eager to work side by side
with ADWA to achieve those goals.”
The American Deer & Wildlife Alliance is a non-profit organization
working to promote the deer and wildlife industry and to preserve our
American outdoor traditions. As a part of its public education efforts,
ADWA produces Points Journal, a full-color magazine covering industry
news, wildlife management issues, products and services; Spikes
Magazine, a quarterly youth publication distributed to summer camps
and public libraries across the country; and www.iHuntAmerica.com
website, a comprehensive search engine for hunting ranches, game
preserves and outfitters.
ADWA also sponsors Keith Warren’s Deer & Wildlife Stories, a nationally
broadcast television program on the Pursuit Channel, and the Outdoor
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Patriot (www.OutdoorPatriot.com), a monthly podcast which features

commentary and industry guests.

• To learn more about the American Deer & Wildlife Alliance or for
membership information, visit www.deerwildlifealliance.org or call
877.331.8607.

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, the American Deer & Wildlife Alliance

is a non-profit organization dedicated to the growth of the deer and
wildlife industry, and to help educate consumers and the youth on the
conservation issues which effect deer and wildlife as well as the industry.
For more information on the American Deer & Wildlife Alliance, call
877.331.8607 or visit www.deerwildlifealliance.org.

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welcomes WBLF-AM in State College, PA as the fourth radio station to
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AMMOLAND.COM He asked me to show my firearm so I slowly moved my left hand and

lifted that side of my shirt by grabbing my shirt near the top. Do not lift it
Police Gun Owner Interactions from the bottom as that puts your hand very close to your firearm. The
LEO removed my firearm and placed it on the rear of the car, he also
While Carrying Concealed removed my wallet and handed it to me. I removed my license and CHP
AUG 30, 2010 10:02A.M. and handed them to him. He took my firearm with him to run my
license. He returned and handed me back my license and CHP which I
Police Gun Owner Interactions While Carrying Concealed put back in my wallet and laid it on top of the car (again, no hands on
By VCDL Member, Tony Johnson the body).

The LEO removed the magazine from my firearm and handed it to me.
He ejected the round that was in the chamber (I carry with one in the
pipe). The round ejected and fell at his feet. I politely asked him if he
would like for me to pick the round up for him and he said he would. I
did so and held it in my hand. He complimented my firearm, as it is one
of the smallest 9mm’s available today, and we continued to chat for
several minutes about its performance, cost, etc.

He was very friendly, and didn’t give me a ticket either. The main thing
that made this a polite encounter rather than a disaster is the fact that I
took most of the stress out of his experience. My step-dad is a retired
Virginia State Police officer, and I have other friends and family that are
or were LEO’s. When a LEO stops a vehicle he or she is literally placing
themselves in the position of being a potential target.
Virginia Citizens Defense League

Encounters with LEO’s are not the time to hold a 2-A protest. Most of
Covington VA - -(Ammoland.com)- This is the account of the first time
them are just doing their jobs and want to go home to their families alive
I was pulled over by a LEO while carrying concealed.
at the end of the day like the rest of us. In addition, every LEO that I have
asked said that he or she wished law-abiding people carried concealed. If
I had just finished making a night-drop deposit at the bank of about
we understand encounters with LEO’s to be what they are (i.e. somebody
$3,000 when I proceeded home around 11:45 pm. I lived in Pulaski
just doing their job) and not what they aren’t (i.e. personal insults or
County, VA at the time. I noticed the LEO’s lights in the mirror and
attacks against us as individuals) we can all go home to our families alive
silently rebuffed myself for not having replaced my burned-out
at the end of the day.
headlight. One very important aspect of an encounter with a LEO,
especially at night, is to start things off properly, so I pulled into a well-lit
Tony
public parking area, rolled down my window, turned on my dome light,
turned off my engine and remaining headlight, and kept my hands on the
About:
top of the steering wheel in plain view.
Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer,
non-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to defending the human
He approached my car and asked me if I knew why he had pulled me
rights of all Virginians. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a
over. I responded that it probably was the headlight I had not replaced as
fundamental human right. Visit: www.vcdl.org
I had worked overtime that weekend. He said I was correct and asked to
see my license and registration. At that point I politely responded
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I was carrying IWB. He politely asked me if I would open the door from
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the outside and step out of the car. Note: never reach back inside the car
if a LEO suspects or knows you are armed. Why add tension to the
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situation? I reached through my own window and opened the door from
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the outside and stepped out of the car keeping my hands on the very top
of the door in plain view. He asked me where my firearm and wallet
were, and I told him I was carrying IWB in front on the left side and my
wallet was in my left rear pocket.

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Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

America’s Greatest Gun Dog Men
By Tom Davis
LINCOLN, Neb. –-(Ammoland.com)- The Nebraska Game and Parks
Presented by Bernard+Associates
Commission is using a new online tool designed to increase hunter
access to land where landowners seek more antlerless deer hunters.
Twenty years as a Sporting Classics columnist has enabled
the author to share unforgettable moments with some of
The Antlerless Deer Hunter Program allows hunters to register online
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and landowners to scan the database for hunters in their area, then
contact them by telephone or e-mail.

This program is available at OutdoorNebraska.org. Click on Hunting,

Programs and then Antlerless Deer Hunter Program to access it, or go
directly to http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/hunting/programs.asp.

“We hear from many hunters who have difficulty finding land
to hunt,” said Kit Hams, big game program manager with
Game and Parks.

“We also hear from landowners who say hunters only want to
shoot bucks or they do not feel comfortable telling hunters to
shoot does. This program has the potential to address both
problems with a mutually beneficial solution.”

Hunters provide the following when they register: name, address,

telephone number, e-mail address, counties and months in which they
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are willing to hunt, preferred weapons, and the number of deer they
want to harvest.

Landowners search the database by county and can see the hunters’ first
name, contact information and hunting preferences (county, month,
weapon).

“With 136 days of deer seasons and 250,000 permits and

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Sporting Classics Magazine
Columbia, SC --(AmmoLand.com)- Among the milestones that seems
to have flown under the radar of just about everybody is the one marked
by the current issue of Sporting Classics Magazine: my 20th anniversary
as the Gundogs columnist for Sporting Classics.
It was in July/August 1990 that my debut column, a piece on the
renaissance of the hunting cocker spaniel, appeared in these pages, and
while my memory’s a bit hazy, my recollection is that it was originally set
up as a provisional arrangement with the editor – then as now, Chuck
Wechsler – and I agreeing that I’d do it for a few issues and we’d “see
how it goes.”
Well, here we are 20 years later, so I guess it’s gone okay. While Chuck
and I have had our disagreements, as all writers and editors do, I don’t
recall us ever quarrelling about the substance of the Gundogs column.
On the rare occasions he’s tried to nudge me in a certain direction in
terms of content, he’s been able to make a persuasive argument;
otherwise, he’s given me carte blanche to take the column in whatever
direction interests me.
Or, to put it another way, he’s given me all the rope I need to
hang myself.
Just for the record, at this point I also have the distinction (if that’s the
right word) of being the longest-tenured columnist still writing his
original column. Of the five other columnists on the masthead when I
started, two – Shelly Spindel (Answers) and Joe Wilcox (Books) – have
gone to the Great Beyond; two – Cliff Hauptman (Fishing) and Terry
Wieland (Rifles) – no longer write for this magazine; and one, Michael
McIntosh, handed off Shotguns to another writer so that he could launch
a new column, Tales to Tell, and enjoy the freedom to muse upon
whatever floats his boat.
So I’m the Last Man Standing. The safest conclusion to draw from this, I
think, is that I quickly rose to the level of my incompetence and, against
all odds, managed to stay there.
Of course a hell of a lot of water has run beneath the bridge in the past
20 years. When I penned that first column I hadn’t yet met my wife –
and as I write this I’m counting down the days until I escort her beautiful
daughter, freshly graduated from the University of Wisconsin, down the
aisle, where I’ll give her away to a handsome 2nd Lieutenant in the
United States Army, an exemplary young man whose last name,
concidentally, is Davis. Tempis fugit, indeed.
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Needless to say, I’ve reaped any number of rewards from writing this
column. It’s opened professional doors, helped get my name on books
like To The Point, The Orvis Book of Dogs, and the entire Why
Dogs Do That series . . . The list goes on.
By far the best part, though, has been the opportunity it’s given me to
meet and spend time with some of the greatest, most accomplished
breeders, trainers and all-around dog men of the 20th century. The
living legends, the Hall-of-Famers and history-makers on whose
shoulders today’s pointer, retriever and spaniel people all stand. To me
they embody a Golden Era, a time when giants strode the earth –
whether they did it on two legs or four.
There’s also this:
Invariably, the older generation of dog men have much better stories to
tell. For example, when Joe DeLoia, the revered professional trainer
from Duluth, delivered the future Hall of Fame Labrador retriever
Massie’s Sassy Boots to the kennel of Frank Hogan in the late-1940s, he
and Hogan got into a dispute over the price that had been quoted for the
dog.
How did they settle it? By shooting a round of skeet!
One of DeLoia’s clients was George Murnane, the head of the august
investment banking firm Lazard-Frères. (This was back when
investment bankers actually cared about making money for their
clients, not just lining their own pockets.)
“Mr. Murnane never dialed a phone in his life,” Joe recalled. “He always
had his secretary do it.”
Early on, Murnane told DeLoia “When you do something for me at my
suggestion or direction, you are my guest portal-to-portal. But
understand this: I don’t want you eating wieners and charging me for
steak.”
Joe repaid this trust by buying a black Lab puppy on Murnane’s behalf
that would become Spirit Lake Duke, a two-time National Retriever
Champion.
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Bob Wehle: No one held to a higher standard as a sportsman and a dog
breeder.
Then there was Orin Benson, who made his name as a retriever trainer
(and is in the Retriever Hall of Fame) but could, and did, train literally
any critter he could get his hands on. Bears, otters, wolves, you name it.
One year while he was hunting in Wyoming he took a day off and visited
some of the watering holes in Sheridan – with a cock pheasant perched
on his shoulder like a parrot. He didn’t pay for a drink all day.
At one time Benson had dogs from 31 states in his Wisconsin kennels,
and during the off-season he traveled from Boston to L.A. on the sports
show circuit. A New York sportswriter, awed at one of Benson’s
demonstrations, gushed that his dogs “would bring back anything but a
bald man’s hair.” Hollywood royalty beat a path to Benson’s kennel –
Roy Rogers parked his camper in his driveway – but while he had more
than a little P.T. Barnum in him, there was steak behind the sizzle. His
greatest dog, Black Panther, was for many years the all-time high point
field trial retriever, and his success during the formative era of retriever
field trials (when British trainers dominated the sport) paved the way
for other legendary American-born pros like Cotton Pershall and Charley
Morgan.
No one I’ve met embodied more pointing dog history than Earl Crangle.
He knew James Avent, Hobart Ames and Nash Buckingham; he
competed against the likes of Clyde Morton, Chesley Harris and Jack
Harper. When he was only 22 he won the National Pheasant
Championship with the pointer Tarheelia’s Lucky Strike (who was later
featured on the cover – the cover! – of Life magazine). M.G. Dudley, the
owner of the fireball English setter, Hillbright Susanna, gave Earl a check
with the payee line left blank and told him that if anyone thought their
dog could out-bird “Dot,” he had $1,500 that said they were wrong.
There were never any takers.
The great boxing champion Carmen Basilio was one of Crangle’s best
friends, and when Basilio fought Sugar Ray Robinson at Yankee
Stadium, Earl sat ringside next to Ernest Hemingway and Joe DiMaggio.
At the rematch in Chicago a few months later Earl found himself sitting
next to Leo Durocher and a guy from Hoboken named Sinatra. Earl
trained a hunting dog for Jack Dempsey, and whenever he went into
Dempsey’s restaurant near Madison Square Garden, “The Champ” would
greet him by name and make sure he got the best table in the house.
It was such a thrill to listen to men like these tell their stories.
As someone who’s always felt he was born too late, it was a
window onto an all but vanished world.
I was privileged to watch the great spaniel trainer Dave Lorenz handle a
dog in competition on one of the last occasions he entered a field trial.
He was a hard man to get to talk about his career and his
accomplishments, although they spoke eloquently for themselves: four
National Springer Championships, 15 National placements overall, 23
Field Champions. After my column on Lorenz appeared, I got a letter
from a younger pro who told me that Lorenz – a man he held in awe –
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had gone out of his way to help him when he was starting out. That’s the
kind of class Dave Lorenz had.
Still, no one exemplified class, in every word and deed, like Bob Wehle
did. No one hewed to a higher standard as a sportsman and a dog
breeder; no one was more generous to those he considered deserving (or
had less time for flatterers and bullshit artists).
I treasure the time I spent in Bob’s company, walking puppies (while he
flicked his ever-present wing-on-a-string to evaluate their pointing
style and intensity), talking about the past, present and future of Elhew
Kennels, and simply relaxing in the rustic, cottage-style homes he and
his lovely wife, Gatra, shared in Alabama and upstate New York.
There are two honors I’ve received in my lifetime that I’m terribly proud
of. One was being asked by Bob to contribute a Preface to his book
Snakefoot: The Making of a Champion. The other was being asked
by Gatra to speak at Bob’s memorial service. The latter was perhaps the
toughest assignment I’ve ever had –nothing I said could have done
justice to such a man – but I managed to make it through without
breaking down. Then, on the way out (Earl Crangle was with me), we
stopped to say goodbye to Snakefoot, and when the old champion
tottered out of his kennel and pressed his gray muzzle against the wire,
the emotions I’d held in check came out in a flood.
It was the same a couple winters ago when I finally met W.C. Kirk, the
trainer and handler of the dog that burns brighter in my imagination
than any other: Johnny Crockett, the last English setter to win the
National Championship. I’d wanted to meet Mr. Kirk for 40 years – it’s
not stretching things to say he was one of my boyhood heroes – and
when he opened the door of his home outside Bowie, Texas, and greeted
me in his kindly drawl, the words wouldn’t come. I had to turn away, pull
a handkerchief from my pocket, and try to compose myself. My eyes, you
see, had unaccountably filled with tears.
That’s funny: They’re doing it now, too.
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