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 ...

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 no ...

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, ...

Wet weather and high soil moisture mean scenting conditions will be great for hunting quail with your bird dog, says Mark Zornes, small game biologist for the Arizona Game and Fish Department. But ...

The United Field Trialers Association held the Bill Roff Memorial Chukar Championship April 14-16 at Fairbanks Rod and Gun Club for about 75 dogs. Participants and their bird dogs of various breeds ...