Sporting Group. These dogs are athletic, trainable, and love the outdoors. Many make excellent gun dogs, or as they are ...

Before I ever owned a gun dog, I walked up pheasants on the family farm by myself. While I wouldn’t go back to hunting without a dog, I remember the special thrill of dogless hunting: there’s ...

Final Pheasant Hunting Tips The author and his dog after a successful South Dakota pheasant hunt. Photo by Alex Robinson. One of the things I like about pheasant hunting is that you can make your own ...

Athletic by nature, hunting dogs employ their keen sense of smell and their top-notch hearing to track down, flush out, and retrieve game alongside their owner on the hunt. Different types of dogs ...

On dogs in concert with surroundings: There is a lot of opportunity to duck and pheasant hunt (in Spirit Lake), deer hunt, basically do all the different activities in the outdoors. I wanted a dog ...

The best bred bird dogs have the hunting instinct branded into their DNA, but there must be birds available to work them on. For many bird dog owners, a good answer for this is the shooting preserve.

He said the birds are able to hide in thick brush and hunters usually can’t find them without the aid of a dog. “If you’re not into bird hunting, I highly recommend you find somebody who is ...

NEW YORK — U.S. dog lovers, say “benvenuto” to the bracco Italiano. The ancient Italian bird-hunting dog is the 200th member of the American Kennel Club’s roster of recognized breeds, the ...

From knowing where birds are being stocked to hunting with a bird dog, a state pheasant expert anticipates sportsmen and women will have a great season. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is looking ...