by Dave Smith The 21st century version of the good ole days of upland gamebird hunting was a grand era. From 2007-2010, hunters experienced the finest upland bird hunting of the last 50 years. [...]
Bird hunters can be difficult to shop for. Not only because of personal taste, but because they usually already have so much stuff already. But as we all know, bird hunters with pointing dogs [...]
With the season drawing closer and closer, though it can’t come soon enough, we start to turn our thoughts from summer days to a focus on preparing for the hunting-filled autumn – what [...]
Training Dogs with Rick Smith (July/August 2015) By Rick Smith & Sharon Potter In every dog’s training, there comes a time to ask the dog to work out away from us at a distance. This is [...]
Early Birds on the Prairie By Larry Brown, Gun Dog Forum Columnist Let’s say your thing is hunting grouse and woodcock. Then let’s add that you’ve learned—maybe quicker than I [...]
Analyzing Our Dog’s Traits By Frank Jezioro We spend hours, weeks, and months with our new pups in preparation for that first day, that first season in the converts in search of wild birds. [...]
September/October 2015 Volume 23, Number 5 Features September’s Song by Tom Davis Southern Michigan Woodcock by Bob Gwizdz 2015 Upland Gamebird Hunting Forecast by Dave Smith Analyzing Our [...]
Part I (July/August 2015) By Tom Huggler, Eastern Encounters Columnist If you own enough pointing dogs over a long period and are very lucky, one day will come along a partner so talented that [...]
Since the Orvis Cover Dog contest made its debut in 2009, Orvis and its customers have raised over than $1 million to help fund canine cancer research through a partnership with the Morris Animal [...]
POINTING DOG POINTERS By Bob and Jody Iler We want our young pointing dog puppies to have their head in the field. In fact, in the early stages of training, as we introduce our pups to birds and [...]
