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Elkhorn Lake Hunt Club, Inc. 4146 Klopfenstein Rd  Bucyrus, OH 44820 

 

Kelly Spiegel works the Bucyrus GE plant as machine mechanic evening shift and guides at Elkhorn in his free time with his German Shorthair Pointers Nikki and 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 Eric is on staff at Elkhorn full time. (see below)

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Meet the Elkhorn Guides and Staff

          Our Elkhorn guides January 1, 2009: (back) Glenn, Ewing, Ed, Matt,

(kneeling) Sam, and Capt. Steve and Candy, Paul, Kelly and Bert

Bryan Buurma ◄ has been a guide at Elkhorn Lake Hunt Club since 2000, 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 and daughter. In his spare time from hunting, fishing, and training his dogs, he plans to expand his kennel and sell puppies to hunting families.    

◄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 over 25 years. Ewing specializes in English and German shorthair pointers as a guide, trainer and breeder with over 45 years experience.

Paul Smith (pictured in group photo at top of page) 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.

 

Matt Auck is here to meet your needs as part of the Elkhorn Staff. ► Matt guides with Labrador retrievers.

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.

\ Gerry Ranker and his golden retrievers Gauge and Beau will work to provide a fine quality hunt for you. 

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Ed McCleese of M & M Masonry, helps us with his labs Jake, and  Molly. 9

\Bert Royce supervises our cleaning room facilities to provide a top quality birds for the dinner table. His son Adam is also on staff here at Elkhorn.

Eric Spiegel has been on staff at Elkhorn since high school. Ü

 

All of our staff are here at Elkhorn Lake Hunt Club to see you have a great time. Thanks.