Changes in Dog Training
Bill and I cantered through the piney woods, and when we came to the clearing, I reined my walking horse to a stop. “You...
Scattershot
How to Improve Your Duck Shooting
In the early days of sporting clays, some clubs set stations where you sat in a tippy boat surrounded by decoys while they threw...
Fabulous Pheasants
From a distance, I saw Rick’s springer push the bird into the air. The pheasant staggered at the shot, dropped a leg and kept...
Preventing Soft-Tissue Injuries
Is that just a little limp or hitch in the gait, or is your hard-charging bird dog about to succumb to a season-ending soft-tissue...
Brains Before Brawn
Not that long ago it was customary to wait to train a gundog until it was a couple of years old. Maybe the thought...
Browning A5 Hunter 20-Gauge
John Moses Browning’s Auto-5 set the standard for semi-automatic shotguns. Introduced in 1902, the long-recoil Auto-5 enjoyed an illustrious run until it was discontinued...
The Traveling Wingshooter
In my career as a shooting instructor and guide, I have had the opportunity to travel to a good part of the wingshooting world—14...
Prepare to Peak: Getting Your Gundog Ready for the Season
In mid-April 1996, the night before Patriot’s Day, Jeff Doyle told me he wouldn’t be at the dock at 3 am to go fishing....
‘Re-Booting’ An Upland-Boot Guide
Putting upland boots through the paces With upland hunters, there’s no piece of gear that takes a worse beating than boots. When pushing through...
FAIR Iside 702
Every upland hunter should have a 28-gauge side-by-side. Not only is the gauge plenty for most upland opportunities, but also guns chambered for it...
The .410: More Than a Bore
Among your shotgun “collection” you probably have some 12-gauges, a 20-gauge or two, perhaps a 28-gauge and, if you don’t have one already, may...
Can You Hear Me Now? The Three Ts of Canine Communication
Mike Stewart, the founder of Wildrose Kennels, which specializes in breeding and training Labrador retrievers, says that one of the secrets of dog training...