Wildlife Forever Announces the Winners of the 2020 State-Fish Art Contest
Wildlife Forever and Bass Pro Shops are proud to announce the winners of the 2020 State-Fish Art Contest. A distinguished panel of judges selected winners from over 5,000 entries received from 47 states and 32 international countries. On May 18th, judges from around...
Sir John Seerey-Lester 1945-2020
John Seerey-Lester, one of the giants in the world of wildlife art, died on May 19 after a short battle with cancer. A resident of Osprey, Florida, John was born and raised in England, then relocated to America in 1980. He loved his adopted country and became a...
Must-Read Mysteries for the Sportsman Reader
Keith McCafferty headlines a list of talented mystery writers whose protagonists are gun- or rod-toting sleuths caught up in murder and mayhem. Reading has always been an integral and important part of my life. Mine was a blessed boyhood, one where I grew up in a home...
Wyoming Wildlife Calendar Photo Contest Opens May 4
Submit your Wyoming wildlife photos to be featured in calendar and magazine The first Wyoming Wildlife Calendar Photo Contest provides shutterbugs an opportunity to have their images in the 2021 calendar, which is printed as the November 2020 issue of the magazine.In...
Like an Honest Dog: A Tim Flanigan Book Review
Like an honest dog, it’ll be the standard by which you compare all other upland hunting books. It’s the highest level of praise for a handler to call a dog "honest." By that handlers mean every time the dog points there is a bird under his nose. Honest dogs work hard,...
Reading Season
This has been a big season for books. You’ve undoubtedly caught wind by now of the Sporting Classics book on famed outdoor illustrator (and Hemingway pal) Lynn Bogue Hunt, Lynn Bogue Hunt: Artist, Angler, Hunter. It just so happens that I scribbled the text for it,...
Nominate your “hero” to win one of 25 belts during this five week give-away
African Sporting Creations is offering a $10,000 First Responder Crocodile Belt Give-Away throughout the month of May To recognize and celebrate those who have gone above and beyond to support our community in its time of need, African Sporting Creations is giving...
Peter Beard’s Exotic Eye — His Life and Death
The unlikely life, art and death of legendary artist and adventurer Peter Beard. Peter Beard was a hard man to peg. A photographer of wildlife and beautiful women, a writer, an ethnologist, explorer, hunter, naturalist, conservationist, ladies man, married man, wise...
Pretty Fly for a Tie Guy
Tim Borski is making a career from the same inspiration that compelled him to leave Wisconsin and head to Florida more than 30 years ago. Tim Borski stood looking at spring snow, nine inches of heartbreaking fluff. The day prior had been in the 70s, and he had caught...
An Excerpt from “Big Grizzly by Bow”
As it appears in Alaska Bears: Stirred and Shaken by Jake Jacobson The weather had recently turned colder, but we’d had no big winds for some time, so the willows still retained a lot of their leaves, which made visibility a bit less than ideal, but the project was...