The golden leaves of October lie crisp on the forest floor. The dog's bell rings merrily as the hunt moves from one likely piece of grouse cover to another. Suddenly, the bell stops. With high ...

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 in just a couple month's time. Duck season opened Sept. 1 for Reed ...

SOUTH OF BALL CLUB - In the woods of the Chippewa National Forest, with the late morning sun shining through mostly leafless trees, a beam of light enveloped an English setter named Tyler that was ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ROUTT NATIONAL FOREST —The hefty bird burst from behind a bush in a startling eruption of wings and feathers, muted shades of gray and white briefly visible ...

Grouse hunters are a notoriously opinionated bunch. Put more than two of them in the same room and sure as sunrise they’ll find something to disagree about. More likely, they’ll find lots to disagree ...

This story, “The Invincible Grouse Hunter,” appeared in the Nov. 1984 issue of Outdoor Life. OL occasionally published fictional hunting stories over the years. We are pretty sure — but not positive — ...

FLOODWOOD TOWNSHIP — This is what the Fries family looks forward to all year. Not 100 yards out from where we parked the trucks, Viper, their diminutive female Gordon Setter, was already locked on ...