Bob Barbo is known as a duck hunter. His family cars have never seen the inside of the ga­rage. It is reserved for two duck boats and vast piles of decoys. His dog is a Chesapeake and he shoots a ...

That for some people a ruffed grouse is just another bird of the forest, or perhaps dinner on a plate, while for others it is an object of mystery and adoration, is never more evident than during the ...

The original caption read: Dogs aren't too successful in finding sage hens on the dry plains but they're handy for retrieving cripples. “Just a thousand miles away from home-and a-waitin’ for a train.

The season for hunting grouse began mid-month for those still willing to look for one. There exists a suggestion implicit in the small and vanishing population that grouse, male and female, have been ...

BILL: I stumble across your writings on the Internet from time to time. I recently read your column from 2006 concerning a bad outlook for grouse season. Will the same hold true this year? I am a ...

It is true that few sporting endeavors are more physically challenging than busting through thick stands of aspen, oak, ash and gray dogwood, while following a good dog in search of ruffed grouse.