If you want your hunting dog to be ready for pheasant hunting this fall, now is the time to be in the field. Training dogs and having them be physically fit takes time and practice. On-Point ...

Pointing dog breeds were originally bred as gundogs, typically used for finding game. When a pointing dog sniffs out game, they go “on point”, freezing in position, lifting a paw and aiming their nose ...

Each fall, for the past dozen years, my brothers have made the trek to Minnesota to participate in the waterfowl and pheasant season. Although there are a lot of similarities to our experiences during ...

STURGEON LAKE -- Riley and Ruger eat up the grassy countryside, loping elegantly across the landscape at a farm near Sturgeon Lake. A pair of pointing dogs, they winnow the air for molecules of quail ...

It’s sometimes easy to forget, while watching your Golden Retriever or Beagle snoozing on the couch, that most breeds of dogs were originally developed for specific jobs, and no matter how lazy your ...

There are 32 recognized breeds in the American Kennel Club (AKC) Sporting Group. These dogs are athletic, trainable, and love the outdoors. Many make excellent gun dogs, or as they are commonly called ...

Grouse hunters are a notoriously opinionated bunch. Put more than two of them in the same room and sure as sunrise they’ll find something to disagree about. More likely, they’ll find lots to disagree ...

This fall, the two best hunting dogs I have known will head into their respective seasons as older dogs. Winchester, a black and white English setter who lives for the mountains and first brought them ...