Some things fit together so perfectly that when one of the components is missing, the whole thing seems out of kilter. Rabbits and beagles are one such pairing. You can hunt rabbits without dogs. Many ...

My son, Damon, and grandson, Zane, enjoy rabbit hunting. Rabbit hunting is much more enjoyable and successful with a good rabbit dog. In the past, they have used Zane’s dog, Karl, who is half beagle ...

GOODHUE COUNTY, Minn. — The circle of life for a hunted cottontail rabbit goes something like this: Rabbit emerges from hiding. Beagle sees rabbit or picks up scent and alerts hunter. Baying beagle — ...

As I slide Pastor Bob Ford a fresh PBR, I notice that his hands look like he’d just wrestled a meat grinder. The day before, Ford had shredded his hands on cactus and barbwire while chasing mountain ...

Oh them doggies. I love them so. The rabbit season is upon us, and beagles are the stars. Beagles with good bloodlines are born to hunt rabbits. “Training a well bred beagle is mostly correcting its ...

MUNDY TWP. — Yes, it is possible to hunt rabbits without a beagle or two, but it requires the hunters to spend some time jumping on brush piles to get them moving. So we discovered when a group of ...

TRI-LAKES AREA — Standing ankle deep in the blackwater bayou, I watch the swamp rabbit. I can hear, in the distance, two beagles hot on its track, but this bottomland creature seems unconcerned. The ...