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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...