Both Labrador and golden retrievers consistently rank among America’s most popular dog breeds. Non-hunting owners love the friendly demeanors that make the two great family dogs. They are highly ...

Jim Weaver (left) of State College and his Brittany Spaniel, “Josie,” and Mark Blaschak of West Decatur with his Labrador ...

THERESA - Dense stands of big bluestem reached 5 feet high on the rolling, upland tract at Theresa Marsh Wildlife Area. As the dried plants shimmied in a westerly breeze Dec. 23, we had one chief ...

FINLEY, N.D. – It wasn’t the kind of weather anyone would choose for a pheasant hunting excursion, but the cold northwest wind that blasted the countryside last Sunday certainly made things ...

The rooster pheasant had given away his location by cackling and crowing lustily in a small meadow. We swept in where the bird had sounded off and in a drumbeat flurry of wings he rose from the grass, ...

In my lifetime bagging a limit of pheasants has gone from an expectation to a goal to a rare but extremely pleasant surprise. During the golden age of Iowa pheasant hunting, the 1960s and '70s, the ...