These are the best hunting dog kennels we tested over the last few months. Best Overall: Gunner G1 Kennel. Best Budget: EveryYay Going Places Folding Dog Crate. Best for Trucks: Lucky Duck Kennel.

The good news? If you’ve done your homework, it’s hard to go wrong according to experts who cumulatively have seen, trained, trialed and tested thousands of hunting dogs. Dokken’s Oak Ridge Kennels.

Keeping your dog in shape, engaging their nose, and simulating hunting situations are great offseason training activities, according to Jake Kline of JK Pine Creek Kennels.