A pheasant hunting rule of mine is to always go on the ... but it does seem like when I flush a pheasant in a brushy woodlot, it has a white ring around its neck more often than not.

It was the opening morning of North Dakota's two-day youth pheasant season ... and Sparky, a black Lab, round out the crew. Shadow's 11 years old, and his best days of hunting might be behind ...