In over a hundred years, Outdoor Life has published thousands—tens of thousands—of stories by many notable storytellers. One of those is Frank Glaser, whose tales of Alaskan adventure were printed in the pages of Outdoor Life after they were put to paper by longtime contributor Jim Rearden. Rearden’s 1998 book, Alaska’s Wolf Man, re-tells many of Glaser’s tales, just as it tells the bigger story of one of the most incredible Alaskan icons. Along with becoming a legendary Alaskan, Frank Glaser was a passionate conservationist. He spent time as a market hunter, trapper, and federal predator-cont ..read more

If you’re a Western upland bird hunter, your most important piece of gear isn’t a light shotgun or a property-identifying mapping app. It’s a pair of serious wire-snipping pliers, which are like most defensive weapons: you simultaneously take steps to never deploy them while also hoping you have adequate time to put them to work, in this instance to free your dog from a strangulating coyote cable. The presence of a new breed of lethal coyote snares on public land in most Western states requires upland hunters—and mountain lion and bear hunters and rabbit-chasing houndsmen, for that matter—to p ..read more

Ask any two hunting dog owners and you’ll get at least three opinions on what makes a good dog. Anyone foolish enough to scratch down a “definitive” list, whether by breed, species hunted, or trial points obtained, is writing his own epitaph. But you’re not much of a dog owner if you don’t believe your dog is pretty darn good. Puppyhood, training, and sharing the field forge a proprietary sense in both parties. The magical link between two predators working together has a legacy that traces back to stone-tipped spears and prehistoric campfires. But is your dog among the elite? Luminaries of th ..read more

Natalie Krebs We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Best for Moderate Leash Pullers Gentle Leader SEE IT Best E-Collar for Family Dogs Garmin Delta SE SEE IT Best E-Collar for Hunting Dogs SportDOG 825X SEE IT If you’re a dog person then you know most things improve in the company of a good dog: walks, runs, drives, hikes, hunts, cold beers, and camping trips, just to name a few. By the same token, not much is more stressful than trying to wrangle a wild, leash-pulling, out-of-control canine that doesn ..read more

Brianna Barbour is roped up the 35-foot mineshaft with the bird dog in the back of her vest. Courtesy Tyler Sladen / Facebook If it wasn’t for GPS collars, a length of climbing rope, and the help of two friends, New Mexico bird hunter Tyler Sladen would have lost his youngest bird dog Sunday night. While he was chasing Montezuma quail on U.S. Forest Service land this weekend, Sladen’s pup, an English Setter, fell down an abandoned mineshaft. After finally locating her, the three hunters pulled off a successful rope rescue, and the dog walked away without an injury. “Tillo, she’s only seven mo ..read more

At first, the hunter couldn't tell what kind of shark had attacked his dog. elsahoffmann / Adobe Stock Canadian news outlets have reported an unconfirmed account of a Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Pepper dying after being bitten by a juvenile great white shark off the coast of Medway Head in southern Nova Scotia on Wednesday. The dog was reportedly retrieving a sea duck at the time. The hunter, who remained unidentified, relayed the shark attack in a written statement to SaltWire. He had been out for a few hours when he shot his second duck of the day, at roughly 9 a.m. Pepper had retrieved ..read more

Ringo is a cross between a Bluetick coonhound and an American English coonhound. Rocky Deel A family from Rural Retreat, Virginia, is offering a $1,000 reward for information on a missing bear hound who was taken from the side of the road by three women in a maroon van with Florida license plates on Saturday. Rocky Deel and his 11-year-old son Charlie had collected five of their six dogs after an unsuccessful day of bear hunting in Speedwell around Hale Lake when they realized the sixth dog, a “blue English” coonhound named Ringo, was nowhere to be found. Then they got a call from a family fr ..read more

Even if Leo wasn't the most accomplished hunting dog, he always looked the part. Kevin Farron “Did you hunt with a dog?” I was asked matter-of-factly.  This hadn’t been part of the questioning when I’d checked bears in with my state’s wildlife agency in the past. I paused, remembering new legislation passed in 2021 that now allows black bear hunters to use dogs. “Well, technically, yes,” I answered. “But for the purposes of your survey, no; I didn’t use the aid of dogs.” I received a confused look from behind the desk. “My black Lab was with me,” I continued. “But he’s more of a handic ..read more

Hashbrown plucks the feathers of a quail he just caught. Nick Kelley AS SOON AS Hashbrown launches from his arm, Tyler Sladen starts running. I follow, sprinting through the soft New Mexican sand, dodging cholla cactus and piles of trash, and trying not to lose sight of hawk or hunter. I can mostly keep up with Sladen, a 27-year-old Army veteran accustomed to running at high altitude. But Hashbrown is a different beast. In the time it takes the juvenile northern goshawk to soar half a mile across the hills, we’ve barely covered 80 yards. In the distance, Sladen’s buddy Kevin Jackson ..read more

Hunter, a smooth-coated Jack Russell terrier, licks the blood off a Cape buffalo he helped recover for hunter Zach Curtis. Tyler Sladen THE WOUNDS from his fight with a baboon weren’t fully healed when Bismark charged the Cape buffalo. We had spent the day trying to split two satellite bulls from the herd. I had been hired to photograph a plains- and dangerous-game safari in South Africa’s northernmost province of Limpopo, and I was shooting through my telephoto lens as one of the two bulls broke from cover and charged. The hunter shot the buff at 40 yards, then again. Bismark, a wire-hai ..read more