The editors and staff of Sporting Classics are pleased to announce the May/June 2015 issue, which focuses on summer sporting pursuits, alongside the magazine’s regular lineup of columns and 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 May 6 to read the stories in full.
See the new cover below and read a portion of John Orrelle’s new piece “Reflections on a Sporting Life” here.
Features in the May/June 2015 issue:
“Pilot” By Douglas Cutting
Flying fisherman Hall Watters was as unmatched as he was unrecognized.
“Loose Balls in Tight Cover” By Robert Parvin Williams
A charging Cape buffalo is no laughing matter.
“The Real Deal” By Robert Matthews
What separates this bird hunt from others is that it’s all real.
“My Old Man” By Chuck Fergus
You’re lucky if you have an old man—doubly so if he still hunts.
“Jungle Gold” Photography By R. Valentine Atkinson
There’s gold in these South American highlands—but it has scales, fins, and teeth.
“King of the West” By Dwight Van Brunt
Once elk hunting gets in your blood, it will stay with you forever.
“Dogs, Hogs, and Bobwhite Quail” By Michael Altizer
Hunting quail and wild hogs at Gilchrist Club is an intense combination.
“Reflections on a Sporting Life” By John Orrelle
David Hagerbaumer’s paintings unite gamebirds and landscape in perfect harmony.
“Uncle Crawford’s Twenty” By Duncan Grant Jr.
Every once and awhile, the stars align—and on this day, they did with me.
As well as columns by Russ Lumpkin, Ron Spomer, Mike Gaddis, Roger Pinckney, John Seerey-Lester, Michael Altizer, Larry Chesney, Bob McKinney, Dwight Van Brunt, Todd Tanner, Chris Dorsey, Tom Davis, and Jim Casada.
