Hunting Dogs

Training tips and stories from the field for hunting dogs and their owners.

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8 Life Hacks That Will Make Your Dog Hunt Better and Live Longer, According to a Vet

By Natalie Krebs

The 4 Most Underrated Hunting Dog Breeds

By Jennifer Wapenski, Joe Genzel

We Hunted a Renegade Black Bear in Arizona’s Rimrock Country

I Got Within 10 Feet of This Giant Black Bear Last Season. Now My Hounds Were on His Trail Again

By Carl T. Johnson

The Ultimate Guide to the English Lab vs American Lab

By Natalie Krebs

4 Hunters Explain Why Their Dog Breed (and No Others) Is the Best

By John Devney, Bob St. Pierre, Vickie Lamb, and Tom Davis

The Duck Dog Who Wouldn’t Abandon a Retrieve, Even If It Killed Him

Meet Juice, the 7-Year-Old Lab from Louisiana Who Fetches Bullfrogs

By Natalie Krebs

How to Turn a Rescue, a Couch-Potato Lab, or an Off-Breed Pup into a Hunting Dog

By Jennifer Wapenski

‘Planting Birds for Your Pointer, That’s Gone.’ A Vague Provision in the Farm Bill Would Make It Impossible to Train Your Hunting Dog

I Was Bowhunting in Old Mexico with the Legendary Lee Brothers When Tragedy Struck

By Delbert L. Chears

Photos: Meet the Renegade Hunters Who Are Skiing into the Backcountry with Their Bird Dogs

Photographs by Peter Wadsworth, Story by Ashley Thess

Remembering Crown, the Very Good Duck Dog Who Retrieved 42 Species of North American Waterfowl

By Kris Millgate

I Joined a Horseback Posse to Track Down a Cattle-Eating, Dog-Killing Black Bear

Quick-Thinking Guide, Volunteer Firefighters Rescue 30 Bird Dogs from a Burning Kennel

Halo Collar 5 Review: The Collar Every Dog Owner Needs

By Scott Einsmann

Wild Hogs Nearly Killed Me, My Buddy, and His Dog Deep in the Jungle of Hawaii. It Was the Most Fun I’ve Ever Had

By Lyman Nichols Jr.

The Vanishing Legacy of Southern Rabbit Hunters

By Robert DeWitt

Mountain Man Ben Lilly’s Infamous Showdown with a Mexican Grizzly

By Frank C. Hibben

10 Epic Photos of the Fearless Safari Dogs in South Africa

By Tyler Sladen