Gun Dog Magazine

1 week ago | gundogmag.com | Brad Fitzpatrick

Turkish guns have become popular in the States over the last couple decades, primarily because they are affordable. But not all Turkish firearm factories provide products of equal quality. Some Turkish import guns are plain cheap. Others, like the Spandau Premier Field, offer good quality at an attractive price point. Boxlock over/under actions have been around for over a century, and there’s no secret recipe on how to build these guns.

4 weeks ago | gundogmag.com | Kali Parmley

If you’re anything like me, you live out of your truck come fall. Between dogs, hunting and dog gear, first aid and safety equipment, and more, your truck needs the proper organizational system and accessories to safely get you and your pups in and out of the backcountry. Here’s my go-to truck system and kit. I was tired of digging to the bottom of storage bins or crawling in the bed of my truck for a loose piece of gear—the Decked Drawer system came to my rescue.

1 month ago | gundogmag.com | Andrew McKean

Dr. Ruthann Lobos keeps a high-performing yellow Lab that gets ripped and ribby by the end of eastern Colorado’s pheasant season every year. Like most Labs, when Finn isn’t running wide-open on prairie birds, he’s obsessed with his food dish—especially what’s not in it.

1 month ago | gundogmag.com | Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley

If you peek toward the back of my refrigerator, I can almost guarantee that you’d find a jar of rendered duck (or goose) fat hiding among the jumble of duplicate condiments. In my kitchen, duck fat is a versatile ingredient that I’m able to swap with butter, oil, or schmaltz in nearly all recipes. If I’m feeling very decadent, I’d sear venison steaks in duck fat instead of oil/butter.

1 month ago | gundogmag.com | Josh Tatman

It is a warm day, and my dog has been running hard. Ahead, muddy road ruts are filled with rainwater. The scene is dotted with fresh cow pies, and the puddles are rimmed with green slime. This oasis hardly seems appealing to me, but before I can call her back, my dog has made a bee-line to the water. She greedily laps from the morass before reluctantly returning to slobber on my hunting pants. Wild water sources abound in the covers where we bird hunt.