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You can trust to luck and hope your dog has a white tail. A safer bet is a bright, bold orange collar.

Illinois officials are extending the controlled pheasant hunting season at three state sites.

Some days, we just play. Explore new places. Or hunt. We go back to the easy stuff on the training agenda. Or practice old skills in new places. What we don’t do is focus on acquiring new skills.

None of this will help you shoot more birds or make your dogs steadier. But in the long run, you will be enriched by the memories you make, the friendships forged. The journey will rise a notch or two on your life list.

If the wind is right or your route allows it, hunt toward or away from water and you might get lucky. Or plan a route that hits water sources several times during the day.

Hunting, field trials, dog training ... each has a language all its own and understanding it will lead to more success.

Gov. Dennis Daugaard has announced the formation of a task force to find a balance between modern agricultural practices and wildlife-oriented land conservation.

Sure, clay target practice is good. But the rubber meets the road when you’re in the field. That’s where you need to put a bird on the ground for your hunting dog.

There's a population explosion of large, wild animals in the Virginia woods, and it's not the cute, doe-eyed kind that conjures images of Bambi.

The hunting seasons for pheasant, sharp-tailed grouse, Hungarian partridge and ruffed grouse close statewide on Jan. 5.

How Browning’s two newest semi-autos stack up against each other.

Oklahoma's Grand National Quail Hunt is about hunting, quail and economics.

ElRay Bridges currently has 13 varieties of pheasants, but over the years has raised around 24 varieties.

Bob Borman continues to cling to a dying tradition. He remembers days when little country cafes were filled with orange-clad hunters at this time of the year, when brushy fields were alive with quail, when the season opener was a major event.

A look at how the Meindl Perfekt hunting boot fits and performs.

Ohio hunters can set their eyes on ring-necked pheasants, cottontail rabbits and bobwhite quail as the state's small game hunting season gets underway.

An early fall storm that devastated cattle and sheep herds in western South Dakota spared most wildlife but did take a toll on pheasants.