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by Steve Smith Aside from the fact that you and I wouldn’t think of heading out to the swamps, marshes, bayous, bays, islands, rivers, inlets, and other likely ducky places without any [...]

By Steve Smith Men trifle with their politics,and they trifle with their careers, but they do not trifle with their sport. Try this—Walk into a tavern and announce in this order: “Anyone [...]

The Growth of Women Participation in Hunting Dog Events By Ryan Eder, Upland Gundog Association, Goldeneyes Retrievers Simply put, our hunting dog sports need to expand to survive. This means [...]

By Dr. Ben Character The Vet’s Office, June/July 2017 issue of The Retriever Journal By the time you read this, the transition from spring into summer will be well underway, and no doubt [...]

The Texas quail explosion is underway! Habitat plus rain equals quail. Four years ago, at the peak of a horrendous drought, Texas hunters experienced the worst quail hunting imaginable and [...]

The 2015 desert quail boom materialized, as projected, as a spectacular year for quail hunters in New Mexico. As such, anticipation was high for back-to-back bumper crops of Gambel’s, scaled, and [...]

The sleepers may be the destinations for prairie grouse and Huns in 2016. That prognosis stems from continued dismal sharp-tailed grouse production in North Dakota, the premier sharptail [...]

RUFFED GROUSE POPULATIONS IN THE LAKE STATES APPEAR TO BE ON THE LONG-ANTICIPATED RISE IN THEIR 10-YEAR CYCLE. MINNESOTA’S RUFFED GROUSE SPRING DRUMMING COUNTS WERE UP 18 PERCENT STATEWIDE THIS [...]

The 2016 chukar hunting story in a single word: Nevada! Once a decade or so, things turn just right with a combination of a mild winter, nice winter green-up, and good moisture throughout the [...]