More from the Field

prairie_sky

I didn’t know this part of South Dakota existed. It doesn’t by much—the wide spot in the road that is…»

buy_puppy

This past winter was mild and a local trap club is quite close, making it easy to get a few…»

irish_water_spaniel

“Beannaithe” (Blessed) is how the old Gaelic hunters in Ireland viewed the Shannon spaniel that later became known as the…»

First Year Puppy Issues

A good friend of mine recently shared a closely held secret: his Brittany, then just 8 months old, was creeping…»

GUDP-130400-LIT-01_Up

Let me begin by saying I’m pretty skeptical of the “magical” theories being thrown around nowadays for choosing a puppy.…»

1war

When you’re starting over, there is no better partner than a good retriever. Recently, I had the pleasure of hunting…»

5bp

In the days before France became known as the cradle of artists and the center of the fashion world, it…»

GUDP-130200-SF-01

With proper care, you can still hunt your aging dog. It seems like yesterday that your dog was a puppy…»

gun dog

Covey, my springer spaniel, bounds left to right and then right to left in easy shooting range, covering ground and…»

GUDP-121100-GUN-05

The key to good wingshooting requires two things, a consistent gun mount and a shotgun that shoots where you look.…»

GUDP-121100-PO-06

It’s been repeated so often, and for so many years, that nearly everyone now accepts it as gospel: too many…»

gsp1

I’ve seen German shorthaired pointers all over the world,” was the answer Frank Fisk gave to this question: “In the…»

Flushing-on-command

Problem: I have a 1-year-old female yellow Lab. She retrieves well, has good distance control and knows commands. When hunting…»

Dog-in-blind_001

The game of “hide and seek” often comes to mind when I’m duck hunting. It seems that in the field,…»

Flat-coated-retriever_001

Once upon a time, when English gamekeepers reigned supreme on the estates of the nobility, they needed a dog that…»