Discussing the best hunting dogs for various game is kind of like arguing whether a Chevy or Ford is better: No one ever changes camps because they’re happy with what they’ve got. Still, we’re going ...

in the field can also get them into trouble. Every season, we handle dog injuries that come from encounters with porcupines, venomous snakes, and barbed wire, to name a few. To keep our bird dogs ...

Grouse hunters are a notoriously opinionated bunch. Put more than two of them in the same room and sure as sunrise they’ll find something to disagree about. More likely, they’ll find lots to disagree ...

CHEYENNE - I had a bird dog for about 24 hours last week. I have wanted to get a German shorthaired pointer, a Labrador retriever or just about any other breed of bird hunting dog for quite a while.

This story, “Her Grace,” appeared in the June 1981 issue of Outdoor Life. The new dog, a little white setter, had made the strike and she was rock solid. Ten cents would have got you a $10 bet she was ...

Last year the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources sold 230,000 resident small-game licenses, fewer than 10% of which were issued to women. Only a small minority of Minnesota women chase ducks, ...