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The Southern Minnesota Hunting
Retriever Association (SMHRA) was started in late 1997 to help hunters in
Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa train their retrievers.
SMHRA is dedicated to
educating hunters in the training and use of purebred hunting retrievers
as a tool of conservation and as all around hunting companions.
A trained retriever will not
only flush more birds in the field, it will also find more of the birds
that the hunter knocks down. The finished retriever can be handled
by the hunter to birds it did not see fall as well as trail wounded ones.
These birds would be lost without a trained dog. Thus, the hunter's
retriever becomes an effective tool in conserving game.
SMHRA believes in the testing
of retrievers. That is why SMHRA is affiliated with the American
Kennel Club (AKC) and supports the efforts of the North American Hunting
Retriever Association (NAHRA) and the Hunting Retriever Club (HRC).
The testing of retrievers
maintains a proven genetic pool of hunting retrievers. AKC, NAHRA
& HRC Hunt Tests are preserving the working instincts of our
retrievers for future generations of hunters.
The Southern Minnesota Hunting
Retriever Association provides an informal and relaxed forum for hunters
and retriever owners to meet each other. SMHRA does this through
club meetings, newsletters, training days and seminars.
SMHRA is also committed to
assisting area conservation groups and gun clubs preserve our hunting
heritage.
SMHRA's ultimate goal is to
obtain property for club training grounds. This property will
provide the cornerstone of SMHRA's effort to educate the hunter. A
club's training grounds becomes its center of activity and provides the
opportunity for each member to have a finished retriever.
SMHRA is a member of the Greater Minnesota Hunting Retriever
Association and the Master National Retriever Club.
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