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How To Use Food To Train Your Hunting Dog
How To Use Food To Train Your Hunting Dog
Videos
April 21, 2014
Scott Linden explains why and how he uses food to train his hunting dogs.
Road Kill Bill Would Make Claiming Animals Simpler
Road Kill Bill Would Make Claiming Animals Simpler
Posts
April 19, 2014
A bill to simplify the road kill claiming process and allow more people to keep dead animals for food, bait or pelts is on its way to becoming Michigan law.
Keep Your Pointing Dog Steady
Keep Your Pointing Dog Steady
Posts
April 16, 2014
Obscuring your dog’s view of the action might encourage him to move so he can watch the proceedings when you want him to stand still.
Chefs And Foodies Become New Hunters
Chefs And Foodies Become New Hunters
Posts
April 16, 2014
A number of kitchen fundamentalists are picking up a gun or bow and heading into the woods.
Honorable Bird Hunters Dispatch With Grace
Honorable Bird Hunters Dispatch With Grace
Posts
April 12, 2014
It is kind and humane to dispatch your quarry as quickly as possible. Honor your birds and our sport with a little attention to this important detail.
Five Land Management Tools You Should Be Using
Five Land Management Tools You Should Be Using
Posts
April 09, 2014
Food plots for deer are terrific, but there are other management tools you will need to maximize your hunting opportunities.
Essential Gear For Every Bird Hunter
Essential Gear For Every Bird Hunter
Posts
April 02, 2014
Don't start a hunt without the confidence that comes from knowing you have all the necessary gear.
Utah Asks For Help In Raising Pheasants For Hunt
Utah Asks For Help In Raising Pheasants For Hunt
Posts
March 26, 2014
The agency is asking Utah residents to adopt the chicks in May and raise the birds until fall, when they will be released into wilderness areas established by the division.
Tips for keeping your legs healthy during long bird hunts
Tips for keeping your legs healthy during long bird hunts
Posts
March 15, 2014
It starts with minimizing the strain on thigh and calf muscles by stepping over, not on top of, logs and rocks.
Spring wild turkey hunting licenses remain in North Dakota
Spring wild turkey hunting licenses remain in North Dakota
Posts
March 13, 2014
North Dakota hunters who didn't land spring wild turkey licenses in the lottery drawing have a chance to try again for a permit.
Revise your dog training lexicon
Revise your dog training lexicon
Posts
March 07, 2014
Sound-alike conflicts are a major bugaboo. Many of our commands can sound like names. Call your setter "Beau," and he might "whoa" when you want him to hunt on.
Wildlife agency balances desires of deer hunters
Wildlife agency balances desires of deer hunters
Posts
March 05, 2014
There was a time when it was rare for someone to kill a buck, and the greatest sin a deer hunter could commit was to shoot a doe. Now, as a general rule, hunters can't shoot enough does and we are debating issues such as buck limits and antler restrictions.
Wild turkeys struggle to survive harsh winter
Wild turkeys struggle to survive harsh winter
Posts
February 26, 2014
Wisconsin's wild turkeys are struggling to survive this year's harsh winter.
Breaking your gun dog's boredom
Breaking your gun dog's boredom
Posts
February 25, 2014
Make a list of skills you think you have down pat. Then add another column with ways to make them harder, in increments, and you'll keep your dog firing on all eight cylinders.
Slow your dog down to find more birds
Slow your dog down to find more birds
Videos
February 16, 2014
Scott Linden and "Buddy" discuss ways to effectively slow down your dog and flush out more birds.
Open up your pattern and bag more birds
Open up your pattern and bag more birds
Posts
February 14, 2014

If you’ve patterned your shotgun, you know an improved cylinder choke at 30 yards only makes a pattern about three feet in diameter.
Minnesota Becoming an Outdoors Woman program turns 20
Minnesota Becoming an Outdoors Woman program turns 20
Posts
February 11, 2014

The DNR has just released its 2014 catalog of events for the program, which offers a wide range of hands-on learning opportunities for women and their families who want to learn how to hunt, fish or develop other outdoor skills.
Use a hitch to speed up dog training
Use a hitch to speed up dog training
Posts
February 10, 2014
The basic concept is that a dog will stop — and stay stopped — when he feels pressure on his flank. The hitch applies it.
Bird-dog lovers descend on Milwaukee
Bird-dog lovers descend on Milwaukee
Posts
February 10, 2014
Seventy to 100 dogs representing about 40 breeds are expected at the parade that kicks off the National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic.
Indiana help available for game bird habitat
Indiana help available for game bird habitat
Posts
February 07, 2014
Indiana landowners who want to help boost the state's dwindling quail and pheasant populations can get state reimbursement for their expenses creating habitat for the prized game birds.