The big news that everyone should be excited about is that the German Longhaired Pointer Club of North America is officially a club!  In November of 2007, founding members got things rolling with a new website, bylaws, and plans for a whole lot more.  Press releases have been sent to numerous outdoor media outlets to announce our arrival.  Already, a few articles have appeared.  So don't be surprised if you see a large advertisement soon in GunDog Magazine or the Pointing Dog Journal about the birth of our new breed club!  Please help us spread the news by telling your fellow hunting enthusiasts about the German Longhaired Pointer Club of North America.

The GLPCNA's first annual meeting will be held at the Regional Wyoming Game and Fish Department Office in Casper, Wyoming on Saturday, September 27, 2008.  As of now, a one-day meeting is scheduled, but if needed, we can also meet on
Sunday, September 28.  The agenda will include a breed show and breed show judge training, discussion of testing standards, bylaws, kennel names, breeding committee (including election of members to this committee), and officer reports.  Several presentations will also be included:  hip displaysia, 2008 GL breed show in Germany and GL's in Scandinavia .  Informal dinners and gatherings will be held at the Wichers' home on Saturday and Sunday evenings.  Food will be provided, but please bring your own beverages.

Sage grouse, blue grouse, chukar and Hungarian partridge hunting will be available.  Sage grouse season will be Sept 20-30, 2 birds/day, 4 in possession.  Sage grouse numbers and hunting should be very good to excellent. Blue grouse season will be Sept 1 - November 30, but numbers have been low in the Casper area the past few years and hunting likely will be poor to fair.

Huns and chukars open Oct 1 and good to very good hunting should be available 2.5 hours northwest of Casper near Thermopolis.  We will either be able to direct people to good hunting areas or personally show them.  Tentative plans are to hunt sage grouse Sept 28-30, then move to the dog-friendly Holiday Inn in Thermopolis (home of the world's largest mineral hot springs - bring your bathing suit!) on Sept 30 for partridge hunting Oct 1 and 2.  Detailed viewing information for Yellowstone and Grand Teton parks (5 hours from Casper) are available if anyone is interested (they are fantastic in late September, early October).

If anyone wants to hunt grouse prior to the meeting, information can be provided.  A list of dog-friendly motels in Casper will be provided as well as visitor information guides.  There are several very good museums in Casper (geology, history, art, others), a new Sportsman's Warehouse and good restaurants.  World class rainbow trout fishing is available in the North Platte River just above Casper and fishing outfitter information will also be provided.  Outstanding, up close viewing/photography opportunities for mule deer and antelope will be available on the outskirts of Casper.  

For more information on the 2008 GLPCNA Meeting as well as other opportunities in and around the Casper, Wyoming area, please visit the 2008 GLPCNA Meeting Webpage.