Hunting has been an integral part of human culture for millennia, not just for sustenance but also for sport. Over this time, various dog breeds have been developed and refined to assist hunters in ...

As an owner and breeder of a rare hunting dog breed, the Deutsch Langhaar, I get plenty of questions from fellow bird hunters who have never heard of, nor seen, the gun dogs I follow behind each fall ...

As long as we’ve known them, dogs have helped humans hunt. Some hunting dog breeds, like the American Foxhound, were perfected by humans over time to ensure the dogs could effectively track and roam ...

A good bird dog is an essential part of the pheasant hunting experience. Here are some of the reputed best breeds.

While most of us think of our dogs as beloved companions before anything else, many dog breeds have roles that go beyond family life, with specific characteristics, temperaments, and instincts that ...

The end of the trail after a long beagle-and-hare chase in the Michigan U.P. Mitch Kezar/Windigo Images Rabbit hunting runs in North America’s sporting blood. And what says “rabbits” more than a ...

In the time and place where I grew up—Sioux City, Iowa, in the 1960s and early ‘70s—hunting dog breeds didn’t live in the house, period. It simply wasn’t done. The proper place for a bird hunting dog ...