HELENA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced a bird-dog training license is required for people training bird dogs with wild birds or "birds not raised in captivity." Officials say if ...

Game bird hunters depend on their dogs. Each dog is carefully trained to sniff out the birds, vigilantly sending them to flight and then watching intently as their masters take a shot. When birds are ...

When training pointers, Josh Miller isn’t opposed to using e-collars. He just uses them after all fundamental work has been done. Josh Miller Here’s a joke: What ...

Bird dogs don’t make time during winter, spring and summer for analyzing films and contemplating improvements to their game before the next hunting season. In fact, most bird dogs get little ...

A young waterfowling friend recently got a German shorthair and asked me what kind of upland shotgun he should buy so he could take his dog hunting. I said, “That’s the wrong question. You’ve already ...

ANIWA, Wis. (WSAW) - As cliche as it may be, this dog really is man’s best friend. “She drove me to wanting to be better for her.” Winnie has been by Mike Vaughn’s side 11 years now. Through the good ...

There are more designated bird dog training areas in South Carolina than residents may realize, and a state agency has just added three more to the list. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources lists ...

All gun dogs are special in their own way, but it's usually our first bird dogs that teach us the most important lessons.

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) – By age 18, Ben Garcia was hooked. “I bought a (Labrador retriever) in college (when) I was going to school in Greeley and started duck hunting,” Garcia said. “That’s how the ...

If you’re a dog person then you know most things improve in the company of a good dog: walks, runs, drives, hikes, hunts, cold beers, and camping trips, just to name a few. By the same token, not much ...