CAPT CRAIG KENT IS A FULL TIME CHARTER CAPTAIN OUT OF THE PORT OF MANISTEE MICHIGAN DURING THE SUMMER BUT AS THE LEAVES START TO TURN CONCENTRATES ALL OF HIS ENERGY TO PURSING THE RING NECK PHEASANT UNTIL THE SNOW GETS TOO DEEP.

    CRAIG HAS BEEN BIRD HUNTING BEHIND DOGS FOR THE PAST 35 YEARS WITH THE FIRST 25 MOSTLY CONCENTRATED ON THE RUFFED GROUSE AND WOODCOCK IN THE ASPEN RICH NORTHERN LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN.  THE PAST 7 OR 8 YEARS THE FOCUS HAS CHANGED WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF SOME FINE GAME BIRD PRESERVES IN THE AREA.

     OUR BIRD DOGS ARE OUR FAMILY WITH BRITTANYS OUR BREED OF CHOICE.  WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO BRITTANYS WITH A THIRD PLANNED FOR 2008.  THESE DOGS HAVE BEEN THE BEST BEHAVED AND MOST INTELLIGENT DOGS WE HAVE OWNED.

    MOST OF OUR HUNTING IS DONE AT LUTHER'S PHEASANT HUNTING LOCATED IN BUCKLEY MI.  WE HAVE BEEN HUNTING AT MIKE'S PLACE FOR 6 OR 7 YEARS AND HAVE FOUND HIS BIRDS TO BE THE BEST LOOKING BEST FLYING IN THE AREA.  HIS FIELDS ARE PLANTED EACH YEAR NOT JUST LEFT TO NATURAL GROWTH WHICH GIVES DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO DIFFERENTLY ABLED HUNTERS.  SOME FIELDS ARE PLANTED WITH NICE WALKING ROWS OF SORGHUM ON FLAT GROUND WHILE IF YOU ARE UP FOR MORE OF A CHALLENGE SOME FIELDS OFFER TALL NATURAL GRASS AND SLOPING HILLS WHICH WEARS OUT MOST BY THE END OF A HUNT.  MIKE IS ALSO VERY REASONABLY PRICED WITH BIRDS RUNNING $16 IN 08 COMPARED TO WELL OVER $20 FOR MANY PLACES IN SOUTHERN MICHIGAN.  MIKE ALSO HAS SEVERAL OTHER GUIDES AND FIELDS WHICH MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO BRING GROUPS AS LARGE AS 25 HUNTERS.