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Meet Our Cover Photographer RJ catches up with John Hafner, the talented photographer who captured the shot on the cover of our August/September 2024 issue. RJ: How do you approach photography? [...]

Intangibles By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. Play with your Food By Tom Keer Working Together By Matt Toth Multiple Marks By Charlie Jurney The Problem Dog By Steve Smith Departments Training Champions [...]

Features All Good Things By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. Field Trials & Hunt Tests Matter By Tom Keer If You Finally Get Invited… By Steve Smith Treasuring Farm Pond Waterfowl By Chris Smith [...]

Table of Contents Challenges By E. Donnall Thomas Jr.   HRI and the Preseason Workout By Tom Keer   The Fine Art of Manipulation By Steve Smith   Force-Fetching Continued By [...]

Features Sixty Years of Wood DucksBy E. Donnall Thomas Jr. Is The Lodge Life for You?By Steve Smith Finding DucksBy Chris Smith Target AcquiredA Photo Essay Fixing Water HandlingBy Charlie Jurney [...]

Judges explain how to better prepare to pass your next retriever event By Larry Saavedra Photography by Quick Dog Productions As retriever hunt test competitors, we have a lot more in common than [...]

Table of Contents  Features  ObligationsBy E. Donnall Thomas Jr. HandlingBy Charlie Jurney The Future of Ruffed GrouseBy Dave Smith Conservation and the New Farm BillBy Greg Hoch Perfecting the [...]

Table of Contents   Features  Training Day By E. Donnall Thomas Jr.   “It’s All About the Dogs” By Janet Wood   Making Sense of Scent By Steve Smith   Steadiness By Charlie Jurney [...]

Features Hot and Cold By E. Donnall Thomas Jr.   Fixing a Gunshy Dog By Charles Jurney   The Traveling Wingshooter Did You Get the Most From That Trip? By Steve Smith   Training [...]

The last few years have offered some of the finest chukar hunting in the last three decades. The 2016 chukar harvest in Nevada was the sixth best since 1992, Utah boasted stellar numbers for [...]