An overcast sky, a temperature in the low 30s and a week-old snow that was anything other than pristine made for the ideal conditions for an early-winter pheasant hunt. For the two Labrador retrievers ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Bird dog emeritus Buck, a lost or abandoned Labrador cross who had the good fortune to be found 15 years ...