The Greatest Hunting Dog Stories Ever Told

Lyons Press is proud to present our October 2021 title The Greatest Hunting Dog Stories Ever Told. All dogs live forever in the hearts of their owners, but hunting dogs take that love to new dimensions of affection. The dogs and their owners have worked together to obtain skills and understanding of the outdoor world where they thrive. From pointing breeds to retrievers and hounds, every canine in this collection showcases immense loyalty and great hunting prowess. For many hunters, the pursuit of a gamebird or animal is not the main purpose of going afield. The dog work—the radar-nosed probing of cover, the searching gait to check out fields, the retrieving of downed birds— is the real reason hunters have bonded with their dogs. The stories here are real accounts of hunting dogs in action. Although the dogs may be gone, the affection they provided and their performances in the field are everlasting treasures.

Lamar Underwood is the former editor-in-chief of Sports Afield and Outdoor Life and former editorial director of the Outdoor Magazine Group of Harris Publications in New York. The numerous books he has edited include Tales of the Mountain Men, The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told, Survival Stories, and War Stories and he has also written the novel On Dangerous Ground.