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 ...

Beagles are built for rabbits. They are small yet sturdy. Short enough to dip under briars, yet rugged enough to chase a scent track all day.

There’s something special about the unique bond hunters have with their dogs. When it comes to rabbit hunting, there’s nothing better than hearing an excited beagle baying on a fresh trail. In my ...

Some outdoor activities stimulate the senses more than others, like an elk bugling, the gobbling of a mature tom, the honking of a flock of geese or the quacking of mallards on the wing. There’s much ...

Beagles and bunnies go together; they always have. They also bring families together. Lancaster's John Houser, 46, learned rabbit hunting from his great-grandfather. When Houser described the ...

From left: Joe Fodor and my sons, Bobby and Park, start hunting on Joe's farm in Medina County, Ohio. Homer the beagle trails the trio. Some mornings are made for hound-dog music and this one in late ...

HAZEN -- NASCAR has nothing on a good rabbit race. The highly anticipated event took place Feb. 8 in Prairie County on a farm owned by Harlan Caviness, proprietor of Caviness Cattle and Quail. The ...

It seems reasonable when God was creating the animals of the earth, he’d have made beagles right after he made cottontails. Without the cottontail, why would a beagle have reason to live? Actually, ...

For almost as long as he can remember, Bob Benedict has been chasing beagles that were chasing rabbits. It’s really no mystery why Benedict is so smitten by these gentle little hounds. Once heard, ...

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 ...

Back into time we go. As I get older, I reminisce a lot. I was thinking about the sport that used to be of rabbit hunting. With Easter just past, I guess it got me to thinking about rabbits. Back when ...