10 Exercises to Help Minimize Gundog Injury
If you're regularly hunting with a canine companion, it's important to keep him healthy and fit.
What's Your Bird Dog's Best School Subject?
Pheasants Forever asked: "With students heading back to the classroom this week, we’re wondering what’s your bird dog’s best subject?" That got Kyle Wintersteen pondering the ways that dog training parallels grade-school subjects. Here's what he came up with.
Pointing Out a Good Bird Dog
If you love to hunt upland birds like pheasants, grouse and quail, there are some dogs that could give you a few pointers—quite a few.
Michigan Wolves Kill Five Hunting Dogs in Three Days
The first week of August was a gut-wrenching time for houndsmen in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where wolves killed five hunting dogs in three days.
Wyoming Bound: A Varmint Hunt with Winchester
Summer is an excellent time to bust out the varmint loads and put a hurting on small game. With that in mind, Web Managing Editor Shawn Skipper and some of the folks from Winchester ventured to northern Wyoming with the intention of putting the company's .17 Win. Super Mag. to work on the local prairie dog population. Get an inside look at the hunt with this gallery.
From Field to Frontline
Think German shepherds are the only dogs fit for duty? English springer spaniels and other hunting breeds increasingly are the dogs of choice for bomb sniffing, narcotics detection and search-and-rescue operations.
Will Fall-Like Weather Provide Early Duck Push?
Unseasonably cool August weather begs an important question: Will we get an early push of ducks?
One Dog to Rule Them All
If you haven’t the space, finances nor stamina to keep two hunting dogs—one that points, and one that flushes and retrieves—then get in line for a versatile hunting dog.
SportDOG: Good Reasons to Crate-Train Your Hunting Dog
Crate-training your puppy should be one of his first obedience lessons. Do you crate-train your dogs? Why or why not?
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