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Every issue features one NorCal hunting dog and the story behind it. Send us yours and we'll put it in front of the whole pack.

Scout

Issue #13 · Aug 30

English Pointer · 10 months

Already holding steady on planted birds at ten months. Her owner says she pointed a butterfly at eight weeks and never looked back.

Belle

Issue #12 · Aug 23

German Shorthair · 14 years

Fourteen seasons in and still holding point. Slower to the field these days — but nothing gets past her nose in the first hour.

Tule

Issue #11 · Aug 16

Chesapeake Bay Retriever · 5

Named for the marsh she works. Broke ice on a January goose hunt and delivered to hand like it was a September dove.

Rio

Issue #10 · Aug 9

Labrador · 3 years

A rice-country Lab who sits through a finish and still wants the third bird. His owner says the ditch is the only place he is patient.

June

Issue #9 · Aug 2

Brittany · 4 years

Quail in the morning, a nap in the truck, and a point she will hold until you trip over her. Small dog, serious job.

Hank

Issue #8 · Jul 26

German Shorthair · 6 years

Pheasant, the occasional dove, and a bad habit of finding the bird in the thickest cane. Six seasons and he still acts like the first.