We, the editors and staff of Sporting Classics, are pleased to announce the magazine’s March/April 2015 issue, which focuses on early spring sporting pursuits alongside our regular lineup of quotable columns and unforgettable photography. Over the next several weeks, we’ll excerpt features from the forthcoming issue here on Sporting Classics Daily, but be sure to subscribe or pick up a copy when it hits newsstands March 4 and read the stories in full.
See the new cover below and read a portion of Doug Painter’s story “Pheasant Under Ice” here.
Features in the March/April 2015 issue:
“Pheasant Under Ice” by Doug Painter
Benelli put its new gun and several gun writers to an icy test at Brown’s Hunting Ranch.
Awards of Excellence
Our 15th-annual awards salute the best of the best in the sporting world.
“Three Bears!” by Al Gilliam
With bears staring him down, the author defended himself with courage and a heightened state of perception.
“Shoalies” by David Cannon
Smaller than smallmouths but full of fight, shoal bass are native only to a handful of streams in the Southeast.
“Music Boxes” by Mike Gaddis
Today’s bespoke paddle calls reign as instruments of unsurpassed form and function.
“Christmas Present” by Dave Vedder
The colorful flats around Christmas Island are the world’s best place to fly fish for giant trevally.
“Mossberg’s Next Chapter” by Doug Painter
The new line of Patriot rifles from Mossberg includes calibers for dangerous game.
“Hooked on the High Life” by Matthew Copeland
Even a short stay at this posh Colorado lodge can spoil your view of trout fishing—forever.
“Our Kind of President” by Worth Mathewson
Grover Cleveland didn’t let presidential politics interfere with hunting and fishing.
As well as columns by Russ Lumpkin, Mike Gaddis, Roger Pinckney, Robert Matthews, Mike Altizer, Ron Spomer, Dwight Van Brunt, Jim Mize, John Seery-Lester, Jameson Parker, JR Sullivan, Tom Davis, Jim Casada, Chris Dorsey, and Todd Tanner.
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Cover image by John Carroll Doyle.