Once you have hunted with a good retriever, you will want one as your own hunting dog. A duck dog lets you hunt places you couldn’t otherwise hunt—and take shots you wouldn’t otherwise take, for fear ...

Labs descend from the St. John’s water dog, a breed developed in Newfoundland as a fisherman’s working dog. Hardy dogs able to stand cold water, they hauled nets and lines in the water. Visiting ...

ON CASS LAKE -- The temperature hovers around 20. A northwest wind drives snow across a steel sky. And Gene Olson of Coleraine is right where he wants to be -- chest-deep in 35-degree water. Olson is ...

For many years, Chocolate Labrador Retrievers were trained for hunting and retrieving ducks and other waterfowl. Over the years, the breed has transformed a bit, and many modern families decide they ...

Duck hunters are traditional and proud of it. We’re also — how should I put this? — an opinionated lot. So by nature, we are susceptible to old myths. Certain ideas get passed around duck camps, ...

Bob Owens remembers when he first began duck hunting in northern Minnesota in the early 1960s. Something about it didn't seem right. "For the first two years I hunted up here without a dog, I'll bet ...

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