I use a 12ga to 100 yards with buckshot and deaddog choketube but a centerfire rifle will be much more usefull and yes I know of quite a few places within 50 miles of dry*censored*es for dogs. I dont share to many places because they will be over hunted, I hit my favorite places no more than once every 2-3 weeks at most, usualy longer. Hunt the public land, theres dogs on all of it. Get out drive around and look for ag land that has hunting by permission, ask. It takes time and lots of gas money to search out good dog land to hunt, so most, like myself arnt in to much of a hurry to tell others about what they find. Good luck in your search and dog hunting. Ill tell you what, go towards Walla Walla, take a left on Dodd rd, its where TYSON beef is at now, follow it back behind the simplot land, all of what you see is open to hunt, plenty of dog, Ive shot my largest dog there. Oh yea, it is shotgun, bow, muzzy only land.