If you're looking for a good squirrel dog prospect.....

Gray's Lone Ranger is the SIRE of this litter!

UPDATE ON LITTER OUT OF GRAY'S LONE RANGER x MINNIE (local Barger Stock female)

Lewis Stinson & his Dad are selling several for just $100 a piece but 3 females are treeing on their own at 6 months old and the males aren't far behind. Lewis said they're all interested and game crazy! He's supposed to send me pics and I may go see them soon.

If anyone is looking for a good pup, call the Stinson's at 434-547-9894!!!

Check out this MONSTER!

Check out this monster shot out over Ranger and Daisy in North Carolina on Saturday. We had a great hunt down there and got some fantastic footage for our upcoming DVD. Stay tuned for more pictures!!!
This Southeastern Fox Squirrel made the 5 Gray Squirrels we bagged look TINY!!!

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I can develop a prescription for a single stand of trees or a comprehensive habitat plan that lays out exactly how to best foster your priorities and meet your needs for diverse habitats.

Even if you are limited in the amount of habitat changes you can make, let's talk about managing the wildlife populations directly to make the most of what you have! 

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Squirrel season is ramping up!

The leaves are coming down and I have been taking the dogs to the timber as much as I can with my schedule. If you haven't seen it already, we have a FACEBOOK PAGE (Gray's Mountain Feist). I regularly post pictures on there and hold discussions on the Gray's Feist MESSAGE BOARD about upcoming events, hunt results, landscape pictures and more.

Ranger got 5th place in the AM Squirrel Hunt at the Old Dominion Squirrel & Coon Club this weekend.

Daisy is coming out of heat and treed 12 in an hour for me the other day!

The young dogs are learning a lot and doing their share of chasing and treeing squirrels. Check out these pictures of Carson, Rosie and Colter!!!!!!

Updated the main website!

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Jess pointed out that it had been several months since I updated the main website. So, I did just that. Check it out and see what's going on and what squirrel dog prospects we have available.

The 9 month old female, Bella is a nice Treeing Cur that I have been working and she is available. More details on the website above.

Gray's Feist Videos on YouTube

Videos of Gray's Feist in action.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SquirrelHunterGray

http://www.youtube.com/GrayFeist

Another great report from VA this time

This young dog is called "Tex." He is out of the same little as Wyatt and Queenie (Six Shooter Simon x Gray's Prairie Daisy) that is doing so well for their age. I am glad to get these Gray's Feist pups into the hands of people that give them the opportunity for them to reach their full potential. Tex's new family is working him on squirrels, teaching him to track big game after they are shot and he is making his grandsire Gray's Trigger proud by learning to water retrieve!

Tex is a testiment to the versatility of the Mountain Feist.

Happy Hunting Grounds

Been doing some scouting during the early season for spots to hit after the leaves fall. Been finding good locations in the mountains while knocking "the rust" off of the dogs. It looks like we are blessed with another good mast year and decent numbers of young squirrels. Should make training a snap!

Ranger ZOOOMING back to me to check in.

Rosie listening for movement on the ground.

I have been rotating the dogs so everyone gets "woods time." The older dogs (Daisy and Ranger) need to sharpen back up. Carson needs to continue making progress and of course the pups have a lot to learn! All the young dogs are making leaps and bounds toward making squirrel dogs. I am VERY ready for the leaves to fall off to reinforce the good progress the dogs are making and tighten up the old dogs on tree.

The competition season is rapidly approaching and has already started in many states. We plan on traveling some this year to new areas and making sure to swing by some of the old spots. See y'all in the timber!

Report from a satisfied Gray's Feist hunter in NC

"Hey Marc, River Queen is ready for these leaves to drop! She is 14 inches tall and weighs 15lbs now. I've still taking her out in the woods a few hours everyday and it shows very well. She has been treeing on her own since Aug. 29th and the concept of "yard squirrels" is a joke to her, they don't last long! Our season opens in 11 days and I am really looking foward to turning her loose in the big timber. I'm hoping to start competition hunting her when she gets a little older."

*Her littermate brother is still for sale*

Gray's Wyatt Earp - Looking for a new home

Wyatt is out of good squirrel dogs with many great squirrel dogs in his pedigree. He's out of Six Shooter Simon x Gray's Prairie Daisy. Asking $300.

For those that wanted to see Rosie

Gray's Circle R Rosie - GRSQCH Jay's Joe Black x Riffe's Little Sadie

Updated Mugshot of Colter

Gray's John Colter - Out of GRSQCH Harris' Thunder Buzz x GRSQCH Harris' Goodtime Ginger

2011-2012 Regular Season Kick-Off

Hunted a couple times over the holiday weekend in rough terrain so it took me a while to get to each tree...  

One day, I hunted just an hour but made 8 trees but couldn't find any through the leaves. The next time I hunted, I was out for 2.5 hours and made 11 trees. On the second hunt I saw 3 (one bailed out and one timbered...the 3rd got in a den on me) and got 1. I hunted my veteran female Mountain Feist, Gray's Prairie Daisy.

Along with Daisy I had young dogs, Gray's Circle R Rosie and Gray's John Colter. These two are gonna be nice! Rosie even got a first tree on ol' Daisy!


Here it is, who's counting? ....ONE....

EPIC GAME FAIR!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=656U_7gEl7U

Gray's Bella Starr (Treeing Cur)

Bella is treeing easy squirrels and helping keep critters out of the yard!

Gray's Wyatt Earp - 15 weeks...more or less

Well, you can't really argue with that...

THIS IS SO TRUE!!!

Coulter and Rosie

Here are some updated photos of our youngest pups. We are very excited about their progress, they are chasing easy to spot squirrels and other game.

Rosie.

Coulter.

Coulter's ears do stand up... he is just hanging out.

Photos of Pup/young dog for sale

Here is a picture of the male pup we have left.  He has great coloring, great ticking as well. He is out of Simon x Daisy

Here is the female, Treeing Cur named Bella. She was born in January. Stump Lake Tarzan x Smith's Miss Bunny

Need a squirrel dog prospect?

Folks:

Some of you knew already, some knew it was coming. I'm moving. For the past year, the impending threat of budget issues dragged on and on to the point I restructured and reduced my number of dogs. Then, things sounded promising and with the time I had, I figured I could start some pups to offer folks. Well, the time is upon me. Instead of waiting any longer in uncertain times, I made a move to have a say in my future. I have a few phone calls to return as I was out of town all weekend. But, as of right now here is what I have available.


-1 male feist pup (Six Shooter Simon x Gray's Prairie Daisy).

-1 lightly started female treeing cur (Born in January 2011). Has treed easy squirrels and has been running loose on my farm.

-1 female feist (about a year old) out of Yellow Mountain Copper x Combs' China II. 


These are listed in the order in which I would prefer them to go to new homes. Just as an FYI.

Ranger's a daddy again!

Gray's Lone Ranger was bred to Minnie on March 29th. She is a good, 4 year old, local feist female that hunts out to about 200 yards. Around 25 pounds. Barger stock bred.

I heard from her owner today and she had 7 pups on May 27th! As close to a 50-50 split as you can get on 7 pups for male vs. female. haha! 3 solid black. 3 black and white, 1 brown and white.

For additional information about this upcoming litter, please contact Lewis Stinson at 434-547-9894.

Gray's Prairie Daisy Turns 4!

Just wanted to let y'all know that Daisy turned 4 on June 4th. Daisy is one heck of a squirrel dog that thinks I'm better than that sliced bread stuff. She is a good mother and reproduces her traits well. I look forward to many more years hunting this fine female feist. 

Check out her pedigree here - PEDIGREE FOR GRAY'S PRAIRIE DAISY (click)


She's come a long way.

McCrory Gardens, Brookings, South Dakota.

5th Place Squirrel Hunt - ODSCC (WTDA)

Quick Hunt - October 2010

2009 litter out of GRSQCH TRCH Banjo Joe's Squirt

ODSCC Bench Show (2011)

ODSCC Bench Show - Best Female

Snowy hunt in Estelline, SD.

First Squirrel...Oakwood Lakes State Park, Bruce, SD. It was -16F.

First gray squirrels (visiting VA from SD)

4 squirrels and a coon. Linn County, Missouri. December 2010.

Yum!

Jess fried up some squirrel out of the freezer from last season....MMMM....These are sorta like hot squirrel wings! Double-breaded with hot sauce. Woooweee!!!

We had some friends over for Memorial Day Weekend and ate way too much!

Future Squirrel Dogs!

Gray's Six Shooter Simon x Gray's Prairie Daisy (about 5 weeks old)

Future Squirrel Dogs!

YARD WORK!

I have been doin' some yard work with Rosie and Colter. If you have trained bird dogs, it is similar to working them on a wing.

Usually, I use weedeater cord to tie around the squirrel but I am out...Been weedeating!

You can use a squirrel tail to tease the pup and improve interest. The point is to get the pups to understand what you want them to smell for and chase when you take them to the timber.

This isn't something I do all the time, just to get a pup excited. As you can see from the pictures, they really like it!

A fishing pole is great if you are just using a squirrel tail.