Pictures and Profiles of Guides

Bryan Buurma ◄ has been a guide at Elkhorn Lake Hunt Club for eight years, has hunted Brittanies his whole life, and ran dog trail events for several years. He is part owner of Buurma Farms, Inc. of Willard, Ohio where he resides in with his wife, daughter, and three Brittanies. In his spare time from hunting, fishing, and training his dogs, he plans to expand his kennel and sell puppies to hunting families.

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Guides and Staff appear in no particular order on this page– only in the order that they responded to me. They are all great staff to have on board, and we are proud to be associated with them.

◄Glenn Kuenzli retired from the Timken Co after 38 years of service as a maintenance electrician and has been hunting bird dogs since the early 1960s. He has an English setter and three German Shorthairs that he is using at the present time. He says, “ I really enjoy watching the dogs work and it gives me great pleasure when they do a great job, and the hunters compliment me on how they hunt.” He also raises a litter of puppies once in a while to enjoy.

Ewing Miracle, ►shown with his English Pointer Lily, is one of the original Elkhorn guides. Starting with Charlie Baehr in 1982, he has guided consistently for 25 years. Ewing specializes in English and German shorthair pointers as a guide, trainer and breeder with over 45 years experience. He looks forward to seeing old hunting friends and meeting new hunters again this year.

Kelly Speigel works the Bucyrus GE plant as machine mechanic evening shift and guides at Elkhorn in his free time with his German Shorthair Pointers seven-year-old Nikki and two-year-old Pepper. Kelly says, “As your dog handler, my job is to see that you have fun, to present you with opportunities to be successful, and to make sure you look good… even if you miss.”

Kelly and his dad Max have also done much of the woodwork in the clubhouse and Kelly’s youngest son Erik came on staff at Elkhorn full time this summer.

Ed McCleese of M & M Masonry, helps us with his labs Molly, Jake, Rosy and Lucy.

Captain Steve Swaisgood of Island Fever Charters on Lake Erie will give you a delightful bass, walleye, or perch fishing experience from April to Fall. He guides during our hunting season using his pointing labs. He also provides high quality taxidermy until April, by which time he will have your pheasant mount or deer head back to you.

Paul Smith uses his two Brittanies Dutch and Cole to provide a top notch hunts at Elkhorn. He currently works as a carpenter besides sharing horse-showing experiences with his wife Treva, daughter Montana, and son Remington.

Sam Ballou, and Matt Auck are here to meet your needs as part of the Elkhorn Staff . Bert Royce supervises our cleaning room facilities to provide a top quality birds for the dinner table.

Our helpful, proficient Elkhorn guides are here to help you enjoy your hunt. From 2006: Matt, Glenn, Joe, Kelly, Bryan B and Capt. Steve

Middle: Mike, Ed, Paul and Brian B.

Front: Ewing…… Sam and Candy