The New Kid On The Block
March 21, 2009

www.facebook.com/profile.php I'm very pleased to introduce Alexander The Great . Alex is a Drahthaar and is the new kid on the block at Windy Hill Outfitters . Drahthaars are a vary versatile , durable , hard working , loyal hunting companion . Alex Came from Tom Wilcox at Windswept Kennels out of Sioux Falls , South Dakota . Tom is a VDD Registered Kennel . We are very pleased and extremely excited to pick up our new puppy and start the bonding and obedience process .

March 20, 2009

        Bill Hughes grew up in Pittsburgh, Pa. and was been an avid hunter all his life.  Like several clients that come out to South Dakota, he had one particular goal or accomplishment that he was been dreaming about for some time.  When Bill was a kid he hunted wild Pheasants in Pa., but since the depletion of food and cover, there are no more wild pheasants.  So, like so many clients from Pa. they miss hunting the wild, elusive Ring Neck Pheasant. Bill mentioned several times prior to his trip that he has not shot a wild Pheasant in 40 years.  I think I mentioned to Bill that I hit 3 that week in my truck on the way to work, or should I say they hit me.  It is hard to believe that a wild Pheasant would fly from one field to another and smash into the side of my truck but It happens all the time.  Bill got his wild Pheasant, and more important, a taste of hunting the hard nosed bird again in South Dakota.  One of the first birds that flashed in front of Bill went down like a rock to his 12 gauge shot. Bill walked up to where it dropped and it was gone. It disappeared right in front of him and I could feel the disappointment in Bill's voice when he said, "It was right here."  But, it wasn't much longer when Matt Miller jumped a beautiful Pheasant out of the standing corn, and it flew right to Bill Hughes...this time he got his 40 year prize.