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  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 [...]

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 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 [...]

by Dr. Dave Erlewein If you’ve ever owned a dog with allergy-based itching, your veterinarian may have used one of the cortisones during treatment. Cortisone is another name for cortisol, the [...]

A little bit of extra time at the beginning and end – of training, exercise, hunting, or play – can maximize performance and prevent injury. by Jason Smith Every athlete warms up. Layups, long [...]

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 [...]