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 ...

A well-trained dog is a safe and happy dog. That’s why we tested the best dog training collars and the best GPS dog collars.

ELM CREEK — Dane Johnson can tell the dogs he is training apart just by their bark, even if the dog is 300 yards away in an enclosed facility. Between April and October, Johnson spends 12 hours a day ...

Deer-hunting season is underway in Virginia. But do you know the seasons for ducks, bears and migratory birds? What about fur ...

The other day, raindrops dimpled already wet grass as I walked into a field with four Labradors. This was in the middle of summer, and there were months to spare before autumn, when ducks fly and ...

October of 1999 found my lab pup, Mercury, and I hidden on a small southern Minnesota slough awaiting the noon waterfowl opener. It was a blazing hot day, the temps hovering in the mid-80s under clear ...

Before Isaiah Osborne signed up for the military at age 17, before he went into active duty after graduating from New Ulm Cathedral High School, and before he was a crew chief on a Marine rescue ...

It was a rainy morning in November and the small stand of public timber was filled with deer hunters. I typically come to this spot during the week, but this was a Sunday and the mud hole that doubled ...