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 ...

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 ...

THE PLEASURES I DERIVE from my days spent hunting each year are many. Whether it is the experience of observing and interacting with the natural environment, the time spent with family and friends ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s during those hunts, however, in which if we look closely, we might see a few flaws in our retriever’s game.

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 ...

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 ...