Growing up and throughout my early adult years I had the perfect setup; my cousin Chris, who couldn’t be closer to me if we were brothers, had the dogs. I didn’t have to take care of them, I could just show up and take them hunting whenever I wanted, which ended up being a lot! It’s safe to say that...
By now, if you’ve been following the DU podcasts and articles, you’ve probably at least thought about getting a bird dog if you don’t already have one. If you’ve done any research at all about some of the things you may need to get started, you’re probably extremely overwhelmed. Trainers, e-collars, bird launchers, training birds, WOAH… the list goes on and on.  ...
Everyone wants that perfect dog. That dog that listens the first time they’re called. That dog that sits patiently at the door and waits to be let out. That dog that doesn’t bolt at the first sign of freedom. And that dog that is walking nicely on a lead and not dragging the handler around. Here are some things I do with my dogs to...
I’ve been running hounds my whole life, 36 years. I got my first bird dog 9 years ago. If you, or God forbid my wife, made me choose one or the other I would be extremely torn. It’s amazing how different they are but the relationship is still the same. Hounds hunt FOR you while a well-trained bird dog hunts...
I am Ross Ellwanger, I have been running my family’s line of Bluetick hounds since I was born, it’s in my blood. I hunt bears in WI from July through the beginning of October and hunt bobcat from the time it snows until the snow is gone. I also try to make a trip out West every winter to chase...