By Ryan Eder I often hear the no-no drill described as a lining drill, but in reality the focus of this drill is to prevent our dogs from flaring off of the line they are being sent. [...]
By: Ryan Eder The split drill is arguably one of the best and easiest handling drills to work on with your dog. There are a few different explanations of this drill out there, but I will [...]
by Ryan Eder As I waited in the holding blind to run my trusted hunting partner in his second HRC Finished test, I realized that it’s all too easy to overlook marking concepts that are relevant [...]
Winter Roosters By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. Far from the Madding – and Maddening – Crowds By Steve Smith Oh Bother, Oh Boy, Oh Crap By Chris Smith Small Party Pheasant Techniques By [...]
by Michael Taddy Author’s Note: I wrote this piece in 2005. Harley passed in 2014, and Maggie ages with each passing day, having turned 14 in July 2017. I learned an incredibly valuable lesson as [...]
By Dave Smith This update to our 2017 Upland Gamebird Hunting Forecast incorporates the results of late summer upland bird population surveys. These surveys measure the recruitment of young birds [...]
Birds Without Blinds By E. Donnall Thomas Jr. 2017 Upland Gamebird Forecast By Dave Smith Private Land, Public Access By Scott Linden On the Edge of Gray By Steve Smith Flooded Corn By Chris [...]
By Ryan Eder You can have the best marking dog in the world or the best handling dog in the world. But if he doesn’t sit, it doesn’t matter. Nothing can disrupt your hunt, or your quest for hunt [...]
by Chris Smith It seems everywhere in the sporting world, regardless of the innovations to every nuance of hunting and fishing, one constant message rings loudest: We need to get more kids [...]
by Steve Smith No matter how many we seem to remember making, true doubles on ducks over decoys are pretty rare. Not that they don’t happen, but to some people they seem to happen with a [...]
