Once you have hunted with a good retriever, you will want one as your own hunting dog . A duck dog lets you hunt places you couldn’t otherwise hunt—and take shots you wouldn’t otherwise take, for fear ...

Discussing the best hunting dogs for various game is kind of like arguing whether a Chevy or Ford is better: No one ever changes camps because they’re happy with what they’ve got. Still, we’re going ...

The work it takes to train a dog to be a hunting partner is so worth the effort on so many levels. A lot of work goes into training and maintaining a hunting dog, but it’s a labor of love. When a ...

ALONG THE RICE RIVER — The thermometer in the truck read 19 degrees when we pulled on waders and walked down to the water in the dark, but it felt much colder. Ice already covered the back bays on the ...

BRAINERD — When duck hunting on public waters, opening-day hunters arrive in the pre-dawn, often an hour or two prior to shooting time, which is one-half hour before sunrise. The idea is to hopefully ...

Simply known as a “Toller” to fans of the breed, the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever hails from Canada, originally as a hunting dog. They were used to lure ducks and other waterfowl into range of ...

GUEYDAN, La. — The 2024 Gueydan Duck Festival has arrived, and while ducks are the star attraction, another animal is just as important—dogs. The loyal canines help hunters in duck hunting, such as ...

Hunt Family Nature Center in Springdale will host a hike from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday along the Yellow Rock Trail at Devil's Den State Park south of West Fork. The hike is three miles. Hikers will ...