Grace Freese 9-month-old Springer pup

Pictures left Corey Cosper owner of Daisy and Heath Harter winning team for the Ohio Pheasants Forever 2 gun Hunt Challenge.

Left to Rt Corey Cosper, Daisy and Brad Harter the 2nd place team.

Don Hunter, an English Springer Albert & not pictured Mario placed 3rd at the Ohio Pheasants Forever 2 Gun Hunt Challenge.

The Ohio Pheasants Forever 2 Gun Hunt Challenge is held annually Elk Ridge Hunt Club. The best runs are the teams that got all four pheasants the fastest, with no extra shots on any pheasants, AKA a clean run fast! There is a flushing division and pointing division. In the flushing division is for any breed of flushing dogs, the pointing division any breed of pointers. In the flushing the were different flushing breeds but mostly labs and English Springer Spaniels. All the top team placements in flushing were not only English Springer Spaniels but Springer Spaniels from Hunter's English Springer Spaniels line. Daisy born April 12th, 2018 from Dakota & Pepper breeding and Albert born July 12th 2017, from Dakota & Camille breeding and of course is part of Hunter's Springers.

In 2022 Moxie flushed 178 pheasants, I shot and knocked down 117, she retrieved 115 birds. Moxie hunts very close to me, we hunt well together, she wants to please and we are best friends. She hunts close to me but in woods and tree lines shots are hard. Some retrieves are very long and in thick cover and I can't believe she finds the bird.

Moxie is smarter than most people I know and I swear she can read my mind. She is always with me or wife and shadows us. She notices every little thing and after I shoot watches the bird till it's down and then runs right to it. She is confident and game for any task. Her tail wags 24/7 and I know she's very happy.

Paul J. Ohio

Miss Ohio pictured to the right. Frank Roberts writes Miss Ohio beating them up special guest Kodiak.

October 8th Dot won the Ohio State Chukar Challenge last Sunday, there were 35 entries a big win.

This is Joe Granger I bought one of Hunter's springers a few years back and a recent pheasant hunt.

11/12/2022

Hey Don another good day hunting over Reggie doing a hell of job!

Dan Truitt

Don,

Moxie has all the confidence of a winner and reminds of Dot and Quinn in the effort she puts into hunting.

Paul Jarvis

Hi Don,

I wanted to let you know that Soleil is settling in really well. Kota is an awesome big sister! I thought I would share with you.

Lynne H. in PA 6/21/22

Don She jumped right in neighbors pool with his dogs Jack & Diana

6/29/22

Hi Don,

I wanted to let you know that Soleil is settling in really well. Kota is an awesome big sister!

Lynne H. 6/21/22

Deonte Beasley got this pup Benelli from me and she is out of Oreo & Dakota. Deonte & Benelli have done well competing in the Upland Classic Series with several nice wins & awards. Benelli is an Amateur champion. Congratulations.

Just thought I'd give a shout out to you to say once again great dog that you provided for us miss Ohio is her name and I have had several Springer's but none more birdie then this little dog thanks again Don to your attention to details on the breeding PS we're going to be in the market soon for a puppy if your breeding Dakota and Oreo please give us a heads up Frank Roberts South Jersey

November 2021

Don

This is a picture of Reggie out of pepper. Photo on left is Reggie when he was eight months old. Photo on right is Reggie just a year and a half, retrieves to hand and he is great on cripples. Shooting my limit of birds every day. Never had a dog this good, Great dog!!

Dan Truitt 814-440-0612

Birdie is on the Left she is from the November 2019 litter, her thing is Dock diving and this jump was her best during a NADD competition she was at 19'1", Annie is from the October 11, 2015 litter, both are very nose driven and both flush pheasant and pigeons with ease, they love it

Hi Don,

Remi is doing great! she continues to grow and is all puppy, she has a great nose for birds and rabbits!

thanks again.

November 2021

Jessie is doing great for a 7 month old pup!

Brian Keklak

Hi Don,

This is our Springer Cheyenne she is out of Dakota and she is so cute.

Stella Huff

October 2021

Hi Don,

Remi is doing great! she continues to grow and is all puppy, she has a great nose for birds and rabbits! thanks again.

Dixie doing what she does best......from Albert & Pepper.

Steve Dunsmore

Moxie has been ot three times for 13 birds and has found every one and retrieved all that I shot (I missed three that flew into the 8AM sun). Eager, confident and hunts like a champ. Learning fast and will venture out if I allow her to.

Paul J.

Deonte Beasley's English Springer is from Oreo & Dakota, and she is less than one year old. In the video the springer pup quarters within easy shotgun range, finds and flushes a chukar, marks and finds the shot chukar. The springer pup Benelli retrieves the shot bird straight to hand. Video is on a preserve in Virginia.

This is a slightly deceptive video because depth of field makes it look like things are closer than they are when they are not. It also makes it look like Moxie was going to by-pass me when returning with the bird and that is not so. I was on a slight rise in a road and turned to her. She did stop short of me to drop the bird but came straight towards me. It's the first time she didn't come to my hand and of course it's on video. She was maybe 30 ft away and was zig-zagging back and forth when the bird flushed. The bird dropped about 15 ft into tall (10 ft?) grass and she went right to the bird and retrieved it. What a good dog for a beginner.

Paul J.

Moxie (a 6 month old springer) did surprisingly well on her first day out with small hen pheasants. For the first bird she was excited and enthusiastic but wasn't quite sure how everything went together. She was chasing the scent of a bird but was sort of confused and then the bird flushed. Unfortunately, it flushed right into the bright dawn sun and I missed it.

On the second bird, she knew the scent and was tracking back and forth and leaping as Springers do. It was textbook beautiful and she flushed the bird. She watched it rise and fall into six ft high grass as I hit it. She ran to the bird but seemed a little confused. When I blew the whistle she came running back with the bird and put it in my hand.

She kept hunting in a zig-zag pattern and springing above the height of the grass and put up another bird. Then another. She knew what she was hunting, how to find it and how to flush it. This was way beyond expectation. She was already better than other dogs I knew.

Finally, one last clean flush in 6 ft high grass. She followed the bird in the air with her eyes and brought it back to my hand. She basically filled in all the how-to-hunt gaps on her first time out and moved into the beginning-intermediate category after only one trip out.

She gave 100% and had a wonderful time. We're going out again next week for a couple flagged birds and a couple hunted up birds. I'll try for pics then. The three sisters are all going to be champs.

7/28/2021

Don

I can't properly express how lucky I am to have been blessed with one of your pups. Her parents are Dakota and Leah. She was born July 2017. Her health and temperament are as perfect as they can get. Her name is Lexi. She maxed out at 32 pounds and is perfect exactly as she is. She is extraordinary!! Thank you.

12/16/2020

Hi Don

Hope you are doing well. I saw your post on Facebook, congratulations on the field / hunt trials. Dixie and I hunted Monday and Tuesday this week is PA, she did great. Its such a joy to watch her work and hunt. Attached are pics of her accomplishments from the last two days. Hope you have a enjoyable Holiday Season. Thanks Again for a Great Dog.

Steve Dunsmore

Another good year in North Dakota with our 3.5 year English Springer old out of Blue Willow and Baby Riley from Hunter's Springers

October 28, 2019

One of our springers doing a water retrieve on a live duck.

October 28, 2019

Benita Hanford our Springer Drogo's we are real happy with him considering he is only 8 months and this is his first hunt.

6/26/19

Richard Smulski with his 10 week old springer named Archie doing retrieves to hand.

January 01, 2019

Tanasi- 2.5 year old male pup from April 28th 2016 from Baby Riley and Blue Willow litter.

My little Tiffin turned 1 last week. She has had a year full of adventures. She attended puppy class where she tried environmental course, dock diving, agility and scent work. She has since been in beginner agility classes and we’ve rented the dock diving pool just because she loves it. Thanks to Don Hunter of Hunter’s Springers for such a great pup we love our little girl.

Jennifer Schmidt Bomardier

December 12, 2018

Don here is a picture of Carl Hanford and Major in South Dakota in October 2018. Major is now 7 years old and look forward to getting another springer pup from you in 2019

November 24, 2018

Hi Don, I thought we would share Duke's 1st successful hunt. This is from early November, his 3rd time out. Duke loves the outdoors. Following commands now that he no longer needs the tether.

Colleen and Pete

November 05, 2018

Hey Don here is a couple pics of Tucker from his first hunt today. Really did great starting to really click 1 Woodcock 2 Roosters

Clyde Warner

March 15, 2018

To: Don Hunter

Here is Bea. We got her from you this past August. Thoroughly pleased with her. She is a delight. Markings are all pretty much as you'd expect from a tri color. A few scatters of tan here a there on legs. They do not stick out and are nearly same as overall liver color which is very dark.

Clark Freese

June 13, 2018

Hi Don,
This is Don & Cindy Rau. We picked up one of your puppies on Wednesday. Huntley has been a great joy to our family. He is really smart learning commands and doing real well at potty outside.
Tks again for all the information you have given us.

April 02, 2018

The Kids LOVED HIM!
Thanks again for all your help. Kayla

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Sonny is a wonderful dog! So happy all the time, our family absolutely loves him!

March 11 2018

Our puppy Luna is now 8 months old. She is doing fantastic. She is a hard running/quartering dog with an amazing nose. She is retrieving to heel and hand every retrieve. Yesterday I took her out after a tower hunt and did a 1 1/2 hour hunt and we came up with 16 pheasants. This was after 4 guides and 21 hunters did the walk up after the tower hunt!!!!

Thank you Don for breeding such amazing Springers you are getting it right. Luna is in the house and is a great pet outside she turns it on.

Thanks Eric Koch

February 19, 2018

Hi Don,

Just wanted to send you an update on Valravn (we got her from u at the end of August) she is doing so good, she loves the kids, is very respectful of them and they love playing fetch with her. She is so eager to learn, and picks up on new commands so fast. Very high energy but that fits in perfectly with our high energy family. Thank you again.

Remy out of Dakota and Cleo at 10 months old did a very nice job on a pheasant hunt

May 01, 2017

Hey Don,

Here are some pictures and a short video of Tanasi from the ages between 4 months to 10 months old and he's from Blue Willow and Baby Riley. His first hunt was at 4 months old, and he retrieved 23 doves that day. If he wouldn't have retrieved everything in these pictures. I wouldn't have taken the pictures or called to brag on my dog. I am very pleased with where he is at right now. He really impressed me this season, and I do plan to keep working him through the summer. I hope you like the pictures. Contact me anytime you feel like it. Either way I plan to stay in touch with you, possible about a future pup.

Thanks,
Cody Moore

May 03, 2017

Hi Don,

I wanted to reach out to you on Maudie's first birthday. (She's one of Pepper's puppies.) We absolutely love our girl. Her personality is fun and energetic. She loves to run, swim, and chase down squirrels and rabbits. We cannot imagine our life without her, so we thank you for making it possible. Please enjoy the pictures below.

All best,
Patricia Hoar

Monday March 06, 2017

Hi, Hank is doing very well, he has started retrieving birds to hand and doing a wonderful job. He doesn't always want to bring them back but he does. They will be starting to work with him on quartering this week.

Thanks,
Barb Lambie

Sunday, February 19, 2017 7:54 AM

Don,

Just writing to let you know that Archie, from your July 19 litter, went on his first hunt today. He flushed 4 chukars and 1 pheasant on a local hunting preserve. He makes a good family dog and has the drive to hunt. Thanks again for being a respectable breeder.

Ana and Randy Kitts
Springfield, Ohio

Thursday, November 24, 2016

That's Savage on the left at seven months, just last weekend. He was part of the second place 2 dog team at the 1st annual Genes classic hunting tournament, I can speak from experience Don breeds some of the best springers out there. Not a great pic but that's Savage at 6 months old we picked up from Don with his first solo rooster and quail.

Corey Cosper

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Hi Don,

This is Joe Najm, we got Blaze from you last November. Attached photo of Blaze, took first place in a field trial Puppy category. He is one awesome dog. He found, flushed and retrieved 2 birds right to the hand. I will be putting him in more competitions and keep you posted. What a dog...so easy to train he is making me look great.

Thanks for a great breed

Joe Najm

September 15, 2016

Don,

Just thought I'd share a picture of Wyatt with you. He is becoming quite the flushing dog and we have killed 60+ pigeons over him in the past month or two. Steadying is the last process we need to accomplish. Hunting season can't come soon enough. Thanks for your excellent breeding. I couldn't be happier.

Ben Mey

July 24, 2016

Don,

Just a quick note to let you know that Sonny is working out well. We are really enjoying having a dog back in the house. He is a lover and makes sure that everyone has an equal opportunity for puppy snuggling. I have started to take him into the woods for short walks, he is very curious and enthusiastic. I think we have a winner. During the "puppy search" I had a lot of help from a couple of Springer Enthusiast's. They understood that I wanted a nice dog from someone who hunts. After we agreed that you were the right choice, I started to focus on Pepper's litter. Getting a black & white male puppy from Pepper was perfect. I'll let you know how the training goes.

Thanks for everything,
Bruce Baker

June 29, 2016

Don,

Here are some photos of Tiffin at two years old. She's simply a fabulous family member. Her temperament and personality couldn't be better. One day she's letting our 1-year old granddaughter pull her ears and the next day she's in the toughest brush flushing birds. Couldn't be more happy with her.

Aaron and Michelle Shipley
Lewis Center, OH.

Don,

This is Ruger that we purchased from you in January 2013. He was the most amazing hunting partner anyone could ever ask for. He showed incredible drive and skill with both waterfowl and pheasant in the field, and was still able to be a gentle house dog with my 2 daughters. We were so impressed with him, that we were happy to come back to you for our second male springer. Thank you so much and keep up the good work.

The Cosper family

5/04/2016

Hi Don,

I am keeping you updated about Blaze we got from you in December, Blue Willow is his mom. Blaze is one amazing hunter, he is now 6 months old and we had our second quail hunt. He is finding, flushing and retrieving to the hand the bird. In the field people were amazed for a puppy that young to retrieve perfectly. Soon will introduce him to chuckars and pheasant after.He is on his way to be one serious hunting dog. Great breed, keep up the good work Don

Regards,

Joe Najm

Don,

I wanted to send you an updated picture of our Annie. The one on the right is from our first day with her and the one on the left is from yesterday. We have had her two months now. She is the small one from Blue's litter. We have had her in puppy classes for the past three weeks. They people are very impressed with her and how smart she is. She does what ever they ask of her, they are having a group come check her out this week to see if she is a good candidate for Search and Rescue. They feel very strong that she is. I will keep you posted on that! Take care and thank you for such a great pup!

Nancy Conquest

December 7th 2015
Hi Don,

I just want to take the time to express my compliments to you on an outstanding experience in getting a puppy from you. You are so professional and compassionate about your puppies. We got the greatest puppy but more so enjoyed dealing with you. I would recommend so highly to anyone looking for that breed. We named our puppy "Blaze", I will send you pictures and he grows up and becomes a great hunter.

Thanks Don
Joe Najm
Strongsville, Ohio

Don,
Thought we'd share some photos of Tiffin at 14 months. I had her in the field last week and she was fabulous. We just live everything about her.
- Aaron and Michelle Shipley

Hi Don.
The girls, Daisy and Lilly, are the best dogs ever! Both have their unique personalities for sure, but they're smart, great with people, and love to play and run. Daisy, the younger one, lives to chase anything and everything. She is all about throwing herself off the pier to retrieve toys - she puts everything into it! Next year were going to see about getting her into some dock jumping competitions.
Hope all is well with you. So glad we found you when we were looking for a springer!
Kelly

We thinks only issue is that he does not know that he is a springer or dog. Have to say he is a lover. Wants to meet everyone and offer them a kiss. 58 Bob.

Mr Hunter
We bought this female pup from you a year ago (2014) when we lived in Buffalo. We have now moved to Texas and our Springer has acres to run around our horse farm. But her favorite place is our swimming pool. Here is a video of her swimming 8' down to pick up her frisbee. Incredible dog. People are blown away when they see this video.
Enjoy
Don and Lori Darks

12/30/14

Here is my boy and our buddy, his name is buck. He was as good as it gets. Keep us posted on the new litters.

Thanks Bill Hilbert

12/05/14

Hello, I have what I would call is Mr Miles grandson. I hope you don't mind my sending you a pic of his first pheasant this year. As you notice, he has the same look as Miles. We call him hunter at the time of this pic he is 5 months old. In Pa pheasant season, he was out 3 times flushing 7 birds, with 2 hrs each time. His mother, Abby, flushed 61 birds this season, our limit is 2 per day in Pa. Abby and Hunter are two of the best ESS I have ever had.

Thank for letting me share
Brian Baker

12/02/14

Don,

I hope all is well with you and your family. I just wanted to take the time to update you on the male springer we bought from you in September. Cosmo has more personality than we know what to do with some days :). He is mischievous, affectionate, and a constant source of entrainment. Recently, we bought a Christmas tree and he loves stealing the ornaments. Thank you so much for allowing us to adopt him. Our family wishes you a very Merry Christmas.

Thanks,

Chasity and Randy Channell
P.S. I attached a few pictures. I included a picture of our ornament robber.

11/29/14

Here is a picture of Major at South Dakota this fall. The bird she is holding weighs more than 5 pounds. We are going to have it mounted. Carl was unable to go, so Major went on a two week hunting trip with our trainer. She had a funny story to tell about him. They were through hunting for the day and were talking at the end of a field they had hunted. The dog was loose and running around. The looked over at some cattails that were waving around and the fuzz coming off of them. A minute later Major came out with a live rooster in his mouth and brought it over to Cindy. He had a great time and went around the house looking for her and whining the day after she left. Once again thanks for a great dog!

11/09/14

Hey man just wanted to let you know she did amazing on the way home and last night even slept in her new bed here are a few pics

thanks again.Greg

10/14/14

Just wanted to thank you again for providing us with such a great dog. Yesterday Carl took Major out hunting for the first time this season at Shepherd, Montana. Major flushed a pheasant but Carl couldn't tell if it was a hen or rooster. When the bird got out pretty far, Carl saw it was a rooster and shot but missed. He said Major came back and was barking at him. He thought maybe the shock collar had got stuck on, but it wasn't. He then realized that Major was scolding him for missing the bird. Carl thinks Major is the best hunting dog he has had. This is very high praise considering that our first springer, Duke, has never had any competition previously.

10/13/14

Don

Wanted to give you an update, the pup I got from you just finished her training and the trainer had nothing but great things to say about her. She was the first dog they took out with clients while they were training she was so good. They have asked me if they can use her during the year as their dogs wear down. I took her on her first hunt with me yesterday and she did great, ened up shooting 9 pheasants and 3 quail over her, I lost count of the number of other birds she flushed and we didn't get. Oddly she barks if she is tracking a bird.

Steve Breehl

9/14

Darron A. Scott from Florida (puppy shipped via American Airlines) Here are the pictures of our new edition Cleo Scott. We love her so much. Enjoying her company and wish we would have found you guys sooner.

Thank You & God Bless

27 Apr 2013

Hi Don.

I just wanted to let you know that Lilly is doing great! She is the best puppy we've ever had. She was house broken in no time, has not destroyed anything in the house other than the squeakers in all of her toys, and she has sooooo much character! I received my AKC papers the other day, and after reading those I know she has some of those true Springer qualities - she is the ultimate "velcro" dog. If she's not pushing herself up against you while she's chewing her bone or sleeping, she's not happy :) She loves our outings to the dog park - and she likes to play with all the dogs, but especially the bulldogs. She is definitely eager to please, and hardly ever barks. She is great with retrieving already - balls, frisbees, etc. My son plans to take her hunting, and will be starting some training with her this summer. He has a buddy whose dad trains hunting dogs for a living, so I'm sure they will be spending time at his place this summer.

Thanks so much for letting Lilly be part of our family!

Kelly and Christian Wood

Friday, March 25, 2016

Don,

I have not written you since we have received "Lucy" in July. She has adjusted well to condo life; is healthy and full of energy. She is a very friendly to all, both humans and other dogs regardless of age or size. She has her mother's keen scent of smell and eyesight. Currently we take her of daily walks along the hike and bike trail in Cuyahoga Valley Nat'l Park. At least twice a week we walk over 7 miles. In addition, our condo borders on a small woods where she runs and explore wildlife.

Regards,
Ira and Margie Mellinger

Friday, March 25, 2016

Dear Don

Stewie is turning 9 on Monday and we want to thank you for selling us the most wonderful, loving dog, mild manner and most of all he is an excellent bird dog. We belong to Glastonbury fish and game. Pheasants are stocked from October to December. Stewie favorite time of the year. Stewie never fails to bring back a pheasant on hunting day. Next puppy for sure will be from Hunters Kennels.