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Winter is an ideal time to work with your dog on control issues. Whether you have a hunting dog or just a playful house mutt, there comes a time when controlling your dog is critical to either protecting them from harm or becoming a better field partner. There are two commands that are absolutely essential. The [...]]]> http://www.huntingdogsreviews.com/controlling-your-dog-will-lead-to-better-hunting.htm
Mike Bridges can’t recall a time when there wasn’t a hunting dog around the house. His grandfather raised fox hounds and beagles, and growing up, Bridges owned a shepherd-collie mix that could tree squirrels with the best of them. These days, Bridges raises feist dogs, the traditional terrier-type treeing dog of the Southern mountains. Share This ]]> http://www.huntingdogsreviews.com/knox-county-man-teaches-feist-dogs-to-tree-squirrels.htm
Star-Exponent columnist Hope Smith’s op-ed Friday, “No matter what their purpose, dogs need our respect, too,” was a well written, thoughtful, and compassionate contribution to the opinion pages. Much to her credit, she directly but very diplomatically talked about her concerns over the issue of the mistreatment and neglect of hunting dogs. Smith kept the tone [...]]]> http://www.huntingdogsreviews.com/how-i-see-it-hunting-dogs-keep-being-mistreated.htm
The phrase “man’s best friend” may never have been so true as it is for turkey hunters — fall turkey hunters, to be precise. Hunters and dogs have been teaming up on fall turkeys in the mountains of southern Appalachia for generations. Due to a technicality in state statutes that classed wild turkeys as “big game,” [...]]]> http://www.huntingdogsreviews.com/hunting-going-to-the-turkey-dogs.htm
After four days of drizzling, misty rain and unseasonably cool weather the first day of the eastern deer season opened as one of those days outdoorsmen dream about. For the deer hunters who chose to have their hounds chase the deer the conditions couldn’t have been more ideal. It was damp enough that the deer’s scent [...]]]> http://www.huntingdogsreviews.com/deer-hunting-with-dogs-appears-to-be-on-the-decline.htm
ELK RIVER, ID. - A Worley hunter says three of his hound dogs along with a friend’s dog were killed by a pack of wolves last Thursday near Elk River, Idaho. Bear hunting is Bill Greenlee’s passion. He’s been doing it for decades and says success boils down to having the right hounds. And he was [...]]]> http://www.huntingdogsreviews.com/four-hunting-dogs-lost-in-wolf-attack.htm
FAIRCHILD - Rod Lein of Chippewa Falls opened a plastic case filled with battered bells. They look liked small, tarnished cow bells. Each had a different tone and a different origin. He picked one from Nova Scotia that Lucy, a 3-year old English pointer, would wear Monday afternoon on a training run. She is training for [...]]]> http://www.huntingdogsreviews.com/trainer-pointing-dog-prepare-for-competition.htm
KALKASKA — State authorities are investigating the shooting deaths of two hunting dogs owned by a Kalkaska man. Jon Otto was hunting on state land in southeast Kalkaska County Saturday afternoon, listening as his seven hounds barked, bayed and chased coyotes through the woods. He heard two gunshots and thought another hunter nabbed the coyotes [...]]]> http://www.huntingdogsreviews.com/dnr-investigates-hunting-dog-shootings.htm
The Pet of the Week at Fannin County Animal Control is a male Plott hound mix with a calm, friendly demeanor. Animal control officer Jeff Ferguson said he hopes the dog will be reclaimed by its owner, who may live near the Pinetree Drive area in Epworth where the dog was recently found. Share This ]]> http://www.huntingdogsreviews.com/plott-hound-mix-hunting-for-a-new-home.htm
Part of what makes hunting exciting is there are no routine outings. That unpredictability keeps us coming back. Last weekend for the opening of quail season we brought three puppies of three different breeds on their first hunt of the season. Share This ]]> http://www.huntingdogsreviews.com/roger-phillips-three-rookie-dogs-turn-a-routine-idaho-hunt-into-a-memorable-one.htm