As I slide Pastor Bob Ford a fresh PBR, I notice that his hands look like he’d just wrestled a meat grinder. The day before, Ford had shredded his hands on cactus and barbwire while chasing mountain ...

There’s something special about the unique bond hunters have with their dogs. When it comes to rabbit hunting, there’s nothing better than hearing an excited beagle baying on a fresh trail. In my ...

Some outdoor activities stimulate the senses more than others, like an elk bugling, the gobbling of a mature tom, the honking of a flock of geese or the quacking of mallards on the wing. There’s much ...

DODGE CENTER — Here was my hare-brained scheme. Evan Blakley and I would hunt a small piece of woods and see how many rabbits we could flush, and perhaps even shoot one or two. Then we’d bring in Jack ...

Beagles trail them, bawling and yelping and yipping and wailing as they go. People who have never been rabbit hunting with a beagle hear that "music" and would swear the little dog is caught in a ...

It seems reasonable when God was creating the animals of the earth, he’d have made beagles right after he made cottontails. Without the cottontail, why would a beagle have reason to live? Actually, ...

Oh them doggies. I love them so. The rabbit season is upon us, and beagles are the stars. Beagles with good bloodlines are born to hunt rabbits. “Training a well bred beagle is mostly correcting its ...

HAZEN -- NASCAR has nothing on a good rabbit race. The highly anticipated event took place Feb. 8 in Prairie County on a farm owned by Harlan Caviness, proprietor of Caviness Cattle and Quail. The ...

My hunting buddy’s shouts were measured and rhythmic. He repeated the words over and again, giving emphasis when he stepped in, likely looking for pieces of cover. When he reached something he thought ...