Mollygrubs and the Attack Rabbit

Mollygrubs and the Attack Rabbit

The sporting side of the Messer household boasted, to the eternal vexation of the perpetual busybody who insisted on dubbing herself “Caring Karen,” ownership of a veritable bevy of hunting dogs. There were pointers for dealing with quail, a Lab to handle retrieving...
The Bell

The Bell

The sound of the small brass bell was his link to three dogs and almost three decades of bird-hunting.

The Cull

The Cull

The common link spanning the wide chasm of wealth and status were the dogs.

Lost, Alone and Fighting to Survive

Lost, Alone and Fighting to Survive

Troy Galow hadn’t planned to hunt that January day a few years back. But a friend of a friend was looking to shoot a “cull buck”—a nice but non-trophy animal, basically—and Galow, who makes his home in Liberty Hill, Texas, and has a deer lease on a ranch in the South...
EP 160: Squirrel Hunting

EP 160: Squirrel Hunting

Click Here to Listen This week Luke and Larry talk squirrel hunting, skinning and cooking. They also discuss the upcoming white bass creek run, recent deer hunts, venison cooking, wild hogs and more.
One Versatile Beagle

One Versatile Beagle

Want a dog that can track rabbits, squirrels, pheasants, and wounded big game? Consider the beagle.

The Christmas Star

The Christmas Star

I thought the day would never end. The whole class had drawn on incessantly about every Christmas they had ever had, about every gift they had ever received and what they were wishing for this year. Each one was like a punch in my belly. Mrs. Priddy told of snow and...
Mars the Pointer

Mars the Pointer

He was all alone now, but the birds were still there. He was called Mars because new names can become scarce around a big kennel and someone had come up with Jupiter and with Mercury (shortened to “Mere” and “Jupe” for other pups). Later, he...
Never Give Up

Never Give Up

Feather serves as an object lesson in the art of not only living with a disability, but achieving goals that the rest of the world tries to tell you are unattainable.