Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reed Carlson with his new bird dog Harley. He found Harley at a shelter in Wasilla, Alaska, and the dog was out hunting with him ...

Thistle, who was co-owned by Julie Harris of Hermon and Ann Short of Acton, demonstrates one of the exercises Julie used with her to teach retrieving from the water and retrieving to hand. The ball ...

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, ...

Game bird hunters depend on their dogs. Each dog is carefully trained to sniff out the birds, vigilantly sending them to flight and then watching intently as their masters take a shot. When birds are ...

HELENA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced a bird-dog training license is required for people training bird dogs with wild birds or "birds not raised in captivity." Officials say if ...

The whole scenario was just one set of tests part of the Helena Valley Gun Dog Club’s weekend of field training for bird dogs. Bramblett, who has been a member of the club for about five years, was ...

Quincy, co-owned by Julie Harris of Hermon and John Short Sr. of Acton, had some one-on-one training time with John on this July 2015 morning in Acton. John is sending Quincy out to find the bird he ...