How do you choose among so many bird dog breeds? Well, the first step is thinking about your needs. What do you hunt? How often do you hunt? Will you train the dog yourself? Will a new dog be a family ...

Terry Franck (left) and his dog Rocky and Kent Chesmore and his dog Harper comb through a vast field of switchgrass on Jan. 10, the last day of the 2024-25 pheasant hunting season. A four-hour effort ...

I love gun dogs, which means I wouldn’t walk a pheasant or quail field or sit in a blind without one. Dogs make every hunt. On some days they cast perfectly and handle every bird with ease. On others ...

To prepare the famous pheasant under glass dish, you first have to get a pheasant. Well, that’s been a problem for me this fall. I went bird hunting with my son a couple of times. The dogs did their ...

Before you move on to the latest news from the Seahawks, would you be so kind to allow me a couple of minutes to brag about my dog? Sure, everyone is proud of their dogs. Whether the dogs are hunters, ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Before Isaiah Osborne signed up for the military at age 17, before he went into active duty after graduating from New Ulm Cathedral High School, and before he was a crew chief on a ...

The thing about old hunting friends is that despite politics, religion, economic status, team or school affiliations or any ...

While late-season pheasant hunting can be productive and is often rewarding, it can also be dangerous for our dogs.

Getting old brings many irreversible life changes. Most of those changes I’ve taken in stride as unavoidable. But, the ...

RANDOLPH COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is accepting applications for a youth wingshooting clinic and pheasant hunt in Randolph County. The clinic will take ...

This story, “Better Pheasant Hunting Alone,” was originally published in the October 1984 issue of Outdoor Life. Over the past several years, I’ve kept records on more than 100 pheasant hunts. During ...