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HOW TO TRAIN DURING A LONG WINTER

December 22, 2021 by Ruffed Grouse Society

Training Tips from NAVHDA Dog Handlers by Nancy Anisfield with Tracey Nelson, Blaine Carter and Kyle Hough Winters are long in the north country. Once our post hunting season reflections […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Dogs Tagged With: bird dogs, hunting dogs, navhda

Cold Weather Strategies That Will Keep Your Dogs Safe

December 6, 2021 by Ruffed Grouse Society

by Seth Bynum, DVM The sting of a strong prairie wind bored through heavy nylon, nipped across the tightly-woven fibers of merino wool and threatened to snuff out what little […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Dogs Tagged With: bird dogs, hunting dog health, hunting dogs

Purely Dogs – Prepare for the Worst

November 9, 2021 by Ruffed Grouse Society

by Lisa Price Never before did I prepare for the worst things to happen, but then a couple of them did, and I upped my game. There are oodles of […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Dogs Tagged With: bird dogs, hunting dog health, hunting dogs

Training Tips from NAVHDA Dog Handlers

October 14, 2021 by Ruffed Grouse Society

LET NO GAME GO UNRETRIEVED by Nancy Anisfield and Rob Shaw Every bird-dog-owning grouse and woodcock hunter knows that finding a downed bird in thick cover is no easy task. […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Dogs Tagged With: bird dogs, dog training, hunting dogs, navhda

In Mixed Company

October 7, 2021 by Ruffed Grouse Society

by Brian Koch When I was a teen, my older cousin Chris got a jet-black solid muscle of a Lab named Porsche. I don’t recall the specific circumstances, but life […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Dogs Tagged With: bird dogs, hunting dogs

Don’t Let the Feet Be Your Defeat

June 1, 2021 by Ruffed Grouse Society

Foot care can save your season by Lisa Price Covers magazine – Summer 2019 I tried again to persuade my friend Chuck: “All I need you to do is hook […]

Filed Under: Covers Magazine, Dogs Tagged With: bird dogs, canine health, hunting dogs

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE – ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH TECHNOLOGY

June 28, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH TECHNOLOGY Maybe it is just that I have gotten a little older, but during the last grouse season it seemed birds flushed and accelerated away from […]

Filed Under: Habitat, Hunting, President's Message, Read Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, birds, conservation, dogs, Grouse, Grouse Camp Tour, grouse dogs, grouse hunting, gun dogs, guns, hunting, hunting dogs, rgs, rgs magazine, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, shotguns, technology, Woodcock, woodcock hunting

WHY WE HUNT, Member Don Mallicoat

June 22, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

I don’t remember the first bird I shot. But I do remember when I knew I was a bird hunter. As a burr-headed boy of about 12, I was walking […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt Tagged With: bird hunting, grouse hunting, hunting, hunting dogs, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, Why We Hunt

WHY WE HUNT, Member Stephen Faust

May 24, 2017 by Ruffed Grouse Society

Our sport will die out if we’re not bringing in new hunters. In the sales world, we say if you’re not growing you’re dying. In the hunting world, the same […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Hunting, Mentored Hunting, Read, Why We Hunt Tagged With: american woodcock, American Woodcock Society, bird dogs, dog, dogs, Grouse, grouse dogs, grouse hunting, gun dogs, hunting, hunting dogs, mentor, mentored hunt, new hunter mentor program, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, ruffed grouse society magazine, Why We Hunt, Woodcock, woodcock dogs, woodcock hunting

Training in the Dog Days of Summer

July 22, 2016 by Meadow Kouffeld

Working your dog in the off-season with training partners helps ensure you get the most out of your fall. Working your dog in the off-season is a good way to […]

Filed Under: Dogs, Hunting, Uncategorized Tagged With: american woodcock, dog, dog training, dogs, draathars, english setters, Grouse, grouse dogs, grouse hunting, hunting, hunting dogs, pointers, ruffed grouse, ruffed grouse society, setters, training, upland, upland hunting, wirehaired, Woodcock, woodcock hunting

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