Once you own your first bird dog, bird hunting is never the same. It becomes deeper, richer, and more fully engaging. If you had to decide between bringing your dog and bringing your gun on a hunt, ...

My four-year-old Labrador had been on dove duty for a full week. Hatchet marked and retrieved mourning doves shot in the decoys, but mostly he was locating birds eager shooters had sailed among the ...

HAMPTON, Va. — Spring brings dozens of vulnerable bird species to nest around the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel expansion. A group of bird monitors and a few smart dogs are making sure they don't get ...

A young waterfowling friend recently got a German shorthair and asked me what kind of upland shotgun he should buy so he could take his dog hunting. I said, “That’s the wrong question. You’ve already ...

WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - Dogs can catch influenza directly from birds, Korean researchers said on Wednesday, saying their finding shows pets could play a role in future pandemics. Several pet ...