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It was a late stop in a hotel room for a quick sleep before continuing the road trip the next morning. Arms loaded with bags and dog gear, the executive decision was made to leave the kennel in the car. “She’ll be fine, it’s late, and we’re all tired anyway.”  Famous last words. And so began the longest night ever spent in a hotel room. The poor  German longhaired pointer  pup, used to the comfort...

There is this famous dog. He has signed hundreds of autographs, and I have them all.   He has hunted  border to border , three states wide. He must have over ten thousand retrieves.   He’ll get you out of any jam. When a “Lassie” look-a-like walks by, he just lifts his leg and then looks up at me—he knows. I like to think he sees me as his biggest fan.   He even did my taxes one year. He’s seen it...

The off-season. That dreaded long span of months between the end of last season and the new season to come. What is a poor upland hunter to do on the off-season? Sure. There is spring  turkey hunting  and even summer bass fishing, but how does a self-respecting and dedicated upland hunter, like you, get his or her wing shooting fix? Enter the Eurasian Collared-Dove ( Streptopelia decaocto ). Euras...

Let it be known before we get into the finer details of training a pointing dog on the barrel: I’ve found no concrete source identifying the first person who tipped over an old oil barrel and figured it would help set a foundation for their young bird dog. However, I  can  speak of the foundation that I’ve observed, learned, and implemented from friend and  Hall of Fame legend , Bud Moore. Bud has...