I expect that my background with bird dogs is somewhat different than many PDJ subscribers. Although I grew up a small game hunter in Iowa (obviously including pheasants), my father, older [...]
Funny thing happened to me the other day, and oddly enough, it was on a turkey hunt. A turkeyless hunt, actually, as it turned out. I was leaning against a tree, listening to a couple toms gobble [...]
by Tom Davis, Editor-at-Large In A Hunter’s Road, Jim Fergus’s acclaimed chronicle of the 17,000-mile wingshooting odyssey he undertook in 1990-’91, there’s a passage in which he relates a [...]
Of all the important “firsts” that your pointing dog pup will experience, his first season will be the one most profound, the one most instrumental in his development as a bird dog. Here are some [...]
Q: My dog started off well during the season in terms of conditioning, but now, he seems not to be able to go as long during the day when we pheasant hunt. With cooler temperatures, [...]
Features There Aren’t Two of Him By Tom Davis The Partnership By Craig Kirsch The Survival of Big Red By Dennis LaBare The Final Stage By Steve Smith Cliffs, Cougars, and Coyotes By John Shewey [...]
by Bob and Jody Iler One of the most important commands your pointing dog learns is Come. This is the command that can save his life, teach him to reliably retrieve a bird to hand, and help him [...]
This update to our 2021 Upland Gamebird Hunting Forecast incorporates the results of late summer upland bird population surveys. This data measures recruitment of birds into the fall population, [...]
September 2021 By Bob and Jody Iler Our hot Iowa summer limits the opportunities to get our English Setter Bonnie over to our “farm” for a good workout. There, we have pasture acres for her to [...]
Upland gamebird populations are on the upswing in many regions of the country, but this will be a year to put in the extra homework and planning. by Dave Smith Upland gamebird hunters, as a [...]
