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Jeremiah Harston grew up in Bowling Green, Kentucky. His passion for hunting was developed at an early age when his dad would take him quail hunting with Pointers and Setters that they trained together. Jeremiah began turkey hunting when he was 14, and he has been chasing gobblers up and down the hills of Kentucky ever since. While in law school, a classmate invited Jeremiah on a duck hunt in the Wolf River Bottoms outside of Memphis, Tennessee. It was on this hunt that Jeremiah's obsession for duck hunting began. Shortly after that hunt, Jeremiah bought his first Retriever, Buckley. Jeremiah began training Buckley in hunt tests and field trials. Buckley started in hunt tests, where he attained several titles and passed the UKC-HRC Grand hunt test at 24 months old. Later that year, Buckley earned a second place in a Qualifying stake in a field trial, gaining the designation of being Qualified All-Age. In addition to being actively involved in Retriever contests and hunting, Jeremiah also enjoys spending time with his wife, Catherine, and his young son, Luke.
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David started upland hunting with his father at age 5 and was immediately hooked. At the age of 12, he was introduced to waterfowl hunting and today, it is his true passion. He spends four days in the field each week along with a month's vacation time hunting ducks and geese. David hunts in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York and Vermont on a regular basis and travels to the West Coast, Canada or Mexico annually. In the summer months, David is a competitive free diver and competes in spear fishing competitions. Since his first-place win in the 1997 Connecticut State Spear Fishing Championship, he has taken the top three places in the Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island State Spear Fishing Championships every year. In 2003, he and his Three-Man team won the United States National Spear Fishing Championship, beating 130 of the top competitors in the U.S.! David brings to the Avery Pro-Staff 25 years of experience and knowledge of waterfowl techniques over both land and water.
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Cray was born and raised in eastern Kentucky, where he was introduced to hunting at an early age by his grandfather. In his early 20s, Cray was introduced to hunting waterfowl, and it quickly became an obsession. Coupled with his love for Retrievers, he created Creighton Kennels Hunting Retrievers. In 1990, Cray began working with hunting dogs and since then, he has worked with competition Retrievers, gun dogs, companion dogs, service dogs, therapy dogs and search and rescue dogs. He also has handled and judged in Super Retriever Series events and was one of four to judge the inaugural World Retriever Championship. He believes that the future of hunting and fishing lies at the feet of the children, and Cray wants to teach and guide our children to a love and respect for the outdoors, our environment and our heritage. One way Cray is giving back is by volunteering as a Den Leader for the local Cub Scouts; he finds this work very rewarding. These experiences allow Cray to bring a wealth of hunting and Retriever training knowledge to Avery's Pro-Staff.
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