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 ...

Choosing a hunting dog can be a daunting task. Do you want or need a flushing breed or a pointing breed? A big bold brush buster or small pocket rocket? Male or female? A dog that runs big, or a close ...

Hunter Mike Alford hopes instinct will set in when he takes his year-old golden retriever, Tucker, for his first hunt in December. He's been working on getting the dog acclimated to the sound of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lokie hops out of the truck and, nose to the ground, hustles through the sagebrush searching for the scent of a bird. The small black lab has already made her morning run in the dog trials. This ...

Coyotes are fun to hunt, but running coyote dogs make pursuing these smart, crafty predators that much more rugged.

Looking back over the history of hunting and conservation in North Dakota, there's never a shortage of topics warranting a double-take. Even the contemporary populations of Canada geese, and realizing ...