October of 1999 found my lab pup, Mercury, and I hidden on a small southern Minnesota slough awaiting the noon waterfowl opener. It was a blazing hot day, the temps hovering in the mid-80s under clear ...
Greg Cahlik enjoys a day in the field with his Labrador retrievers. Like most bird hunters around Ohio, he knows the prime game birds - ring-necked pheasants, ruffed grouse and bobwhite quail - are in ...
ALONG THE RICE RIVER — The thermometer in the truck read 19 degrees when we pulled on waders and walked down to the water in the dark, but it felt much colder. Ice already covered the back bays on the ...