First Season Series By Bob and Jody Iler For us, the most exciting and rewarding part of gun dog training is to watch that pup that didn’t know anything turn into one that has the “eye of the [...]
by Jeff Leggio I brought home a male Brittany pup on June 22, 2016, after picking him out of a litter of a dozen from a breeder in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. Ned was a very bold, [...]
by Arvil Baker, Kentucky Last summer I brought home a seven-week-old chestnut ticked Llewellyn setter. My grandson Finely came to see the new pup. I said, “Fin, what are we going to name him?” [...]
by Rick Bohning “You have to hit this bird,” I croaked to my friend Gregg. Because I knew that when this day came, if it ever came, I would need to watch the dog while someone else shot the [...]
by Wade Saunders, Oregon It was a warm, sunny day early in the chukar season. I was hunting through some rimrocks high above the Snake River. I had brought my six-month-old pup along to watch my [...]
By Dave Smith This update to our 2017 Upland Gamebird Hunting Forecast incorporates the results of late summer upland bird population surveys. These surveys measure the recruitment of young birds [...]
POINTING DOG POINTERS By Bob and Jody Iler Just what the heck do we mean by “yard work,” anyway? With pointing dogs, we refer to the basic commands of here (come), heel and whoa as yard work. In [...]
Strange Days By Tom Davis 2017 Upland Gamebird Hunting Forecast By Dave Smtih GEMS: Michigan’s Grouse and Woodcock Jewels By Drew VanDrie First Point Essays Anticipation of the Season’s First [...]
By Bob and Jody Iler In our “super-size it” society of today, more is often considered better. More money, more possessions, more leisure time. And though it’s great to have extra cash, lots of [...]
July/August 2017 The Mansion on the Hill Part 2 By Tom Davis The Traveling Wingshooter Nebraska By Matthew Bluett The Empty Collar By Travis Thompson A Different Bird By John Shewey What [...]
