America’s most popular gun dog, the Labrador retriever, is bred for the water, yet it’s also equally at home in the uplands and in the house. Labs make great all-purpose hunting and family dogs, and ...

Golden retrievers came from Scotland back in the 1850s and ’60s. (Photo/Ric Ergenbright/Danita Delimont/Adobe Stock) Labs descend from the St. John’s water dog, a breed developed in Newfoundland as a ...

There’s no better dog than your own. Four dedicated sportsmen and women explain why their own hunting dogs are the best breed around, and no other breed will do. My long-standing love affair with ...

The first retrieve Crown checked off the list was a drake mottled duck in 2016. His last was a cinnamon teal in 2025. Between those two birds, there were nine years and 40 other species brought to ...