Moco Retrievers

10/05/2021

Yeti came home from training this spring with an injury which put him behind where I hoped he would be. We trained hard all summer long to catch up and with him now 21 months old it was time to get him in the field. His first couple honker hunts in MN were slow but the last 2 days he has retrieved a bunch of geese and as you can see he’s got a bunch of retrieves. He’s done an incredible job!

09/05/2021

My goal this year is to share more of the stories behind my time in the outdoors. The gun in this picture was passed on to my dad and I by a gentleman who passed away in February this year. Though I knew him only a short time we shared a love of waterfowl hunting and gun dogs. I wish we would could have a few more conversations to talk about him working for a field trial lab trainer that had trained multiple national champions, his competitive trap shooting career and all the waterfowl hunts from days past.

I would never be content letting his old guns collect dust and the opening of our early goose season this weekend was the perfect time for this gun and I to start our story. Though we were not as successful as we hoped I know Steve would be proud to know this gun is still taking down birds. Here’s to opening weekend and keeping the tradition alive!

Thanks to the Minnesota Trapshooters Association for the write-up on Steve’s career!

08/31/2021

As summer draws to a close I can’t help but look back and smile at everything it’s offered.

11/04/2020

I went fishing to get away from these damn stickers but guess what.....

09/29/2020

09/27/2020

Early goose season was a good one.

09/27/2020

A 3-man limit in 45 min on opening day would not have been possible without the Alweld 1752 mud hull and the 37 EFI. The dog (yellow lab!!!) was the only one not impressed that we were hunting in 2” of water.

08/26/2020

Happy National Dog Day to Moco’s Cooler Than You “Yeti”! Enjoy your day in the office.

03/18/2020

Moco’s Cooler Than You “Yeti” going through puppy training at 14 wks old. Click on the website link in bio to watch videos of his training.

03/18/2020

Moco Retrievers Cooler Than You “YETI” going through our puppy obedience program and beginning gunner-thrown marks.

03/08/2020

Spring!

02/26/2020

Moco Retrievers is excited to welcome our newest pup MOCO’S Cooler Than You “Yeti”! The video shows what we’ve been working on in the 2.5 weeks he’s been here. I look forward to seeing what Yeti can accomplish.

Follow along as we train our newest black lab Yeti.

02/18/2020

Winding down the spring snow goose trip. We always seem to be just a tick off on our timing but still love chasing you these birds!

12/15/2019

Another great “Blaze Away” hunt in SD. The dogs are tired, the truck is covered in gravel road camo, and the Benelli Ultra Light needs a good cleaning. A guy can’t ask for much more!

10/12/2019

South Dakota sunrise and 52 pheasants later the boys weren’t ready to be done. Great first hunt for Moco’s Straight Cash Homey “Cash”!

09/29/2019

Early mornings in the marsh, rain, good bird numbers and the dogs making some great retrieves! Just like that early season in MN is done.

07/16/2019

Cash running a good land blind at a recent AKC Senior test. .bally.54

07/15/2019

Moco’s Straight Cash Homey “Cash” earned his AKC Senior Hunter title this weekend at the NDRC hunt test. He’s gone 8 for 8 on hunt tests getting his JH and SH titles in the last 3.5 mos. He’s always ready to work and one of the happiest dogs I’ve worked with. Off to run some HRC events..... .bally.54

06/30/2019

Third AKC senior pass for Moco’s Straight Cash Homey yesterday at the Lacrosse Amateur Retriever Club. Very high temps and challenging tests but Cash was in good shape all day. Extremely impressed with what Elements Nutrition pre-hydration drink brings to the table on hot days!!!

06/15/2019

Cash earned his 2nd senior pass at Central Minnesota Retriever Club yesterday. It was a challenging test and we were a little off our game, but we worked through it. For an 18 month old pup coming fresh off 4 days of big dog setups with Pat Burns and having already ran 6 hunt tests this spring you have to admire his willingness to work and his ability to keep his focus!

06/01/2019

Great few days on the water!

05/27/2019

Cash and I spent the weekend in Horicon, WI at the WAFTC hunt test. Incredible grounds, some new friends, and a very well run test. Cash went 2 for 2 coming home with a “JH” title and a Senior pass.

05/18/2019

Came across another fawn while out training today. The 2019 deer crop is strong!

05/13/2019

Just another day at the office hanging out at the water cooler.

05/13/2019

Absolutely perfect weather to train today and the dogs were on. Really fun to watch Cash step up marking game while running some binds tight to the guns. Pepper pinned all 3 marks and lined 1 of the 2 blinds.

05/03/2019

Sometimes being a bird boy is the best 2nd job you could ask for. Beautiful day to train retrievers and a great discussion on setting up marks!

04/30/2019

Moco’s Straight Cash Homey “Cash” is home from the winter trip! Looking forward to a summer of hunt tests and a fall full of hunting. Thanks for all the hard work on the winter trip!

04/29/2019

Put some dirt road camo on the old Navigator this week chasing turkeys and shot the RealmX outdoors tonight. Not the perfect group at 60 yds but after switching from left to right handed it’s a good start.

04/07/2019

Back to work for the Moco crew!

04/02/2019

Conservation means working to keep the balance of all animals and fish in nature. Predator management is an important part of keep our game bird and deer populations healthy. Thanks to all of you doing your part!

03/23/2019

Made it out to today. Still a lot of snow to melt, but water is off the road and there are signs of spring!

06/24/2018

Practiced like we play today. It was the first boat trip for Moco’s Straight Cash Homey “Cash”. Cash is from Bally's Gun Dogs breeding of Taylorlab Downtown Dusty Brown x Bally’s Best Blonde Joke. At 6.5 months he is coming along well and was able to handle some nice doubles from the boat. Hoping for some good things from this dog!

05/26/2018

Last weekend was a good one for Moco Retrievers. Pepper (Moco’s Just What the Doctor Ordered) earned her Master Hunter Title at just under 27 mos. She went 5/5 in Masters and was 13/14 through JR, SR, and MH.

Riggs and I attended a Pat Burns Elite Retriever Training seminar put on by Southern Minnesota Hunting Retriever Association (SMHRA). Great couple days for dog and handler.

05/11/2018

Thank you Travis Lund, Gordon Sclichting, John Guidice, Kip Dixon, GMHTA, and Central MN Retriever Club for putting on a great judges dialogue! As a handler the discussion on marks, test setup, and the feedback to us as handlers was great. Looking forward to more events like this in the future!

05/11/2018

Good weekend for Moco Retrievers with Moco’s Just What the Doctor Ordered “Pepper” getting her 4th Master pass at just 2 yrs old. Thank you Bally's Gun Dogs!

Pepper SH - master pass #4