Pheasant hunting is a long-standing fall tradition across North America and Europe. Hunters live for that heart-pounding moment when a pheasant bursts from the grass. But a good shot isn’t the only ...

Some of the weather we’ve had this summer sure played havoc on the offseason routine of an 8-year-old Labrador retriever. What at times seemed like monsoon conditions cut into training sessions with ...

An overcast sky, a temperature in the low 30s and a week-old snow that was anything other than pristine made for the ideal conditions for an early-winter pheasant hunt. For the two Labrador retrievers ...

With the pheasant opener this weekend, I've been thinking about dogs that are bred and trained for this special October day. Many seem to have internal calendars that whisper, "Get ready!" and dogs ...

Tom Brokaw with his Labrador, Red, on his Montana ranch. . Even at his busiest sitting at the anchor’s desk of NBC News for more than 20 years—longer than Walter Cronkite at CBS—Tom Brokaw managed ...

It took us about an hour, but we were finally on one. My black Lab Otis was charging hard from my right, head down low, ears perked forward. I was running (yes, running) forward to cut off what I ...

Last Saturday, our woodcock, grouse and pheasant seasons opened. Sadly, there just aren’t enough wild woodcock and grouse anymore for our large and concentrated hunting population. To the delight of ...

If you have done any pheasant hunting around Central Washington in recent years, you know it can be tough. Gone are the days of seeing 50 to 100 birds during a morning’s hunt. We won’t go into the why ...