Death Wore A Lion Skin
The lion came in low and very fast, seemingly out of nowhere. Pete Barrett saw Henry Poolman knocked aside, and the next thing he remembered he was looking down at the top of the great cat’s head, and it had his left forearm between its jaws and was crunching down on...
Big Bad Bass
In the mysterious jungle rivers of Papua New Guinea swims a fish of frightening strength and size - a fish that can snap 80-pound mono like wet spaghetti and shatter the biggest mega-plug rod. And if you're not careful, it might even pull you overboard! After five...
Lowcountry Magic: Return to Brays Island
This week, Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey returns to Brays Island to celebrate the sporting life in the Lowcountry. Host Chris Dorsey and Brays Island neighbor General Walter Boomer invite Dan Flavin, Walther Arms' Jens Krogh and Sporting Classics' Wayne Nanney...
NEW! Wingshooting: The Art & Science
Wingshooting: The Art & Science A Bird Hunter's Professional Reference to Shotguns & Wingshooting Click Here to Order Today Bryan Bilinski, a seasoned, successful gunfitter and instructor in his renowned Fieldsport Wingshooting Schools, offers you all the...
Mollygrubs Messer: Of Pointers and Polecats
The Misadventures Of Mollygrubs Messer Episode 9: Of Pointers And Polecats Mischance, malarkey, and being the target of adolescent misfortune ran through the teenage years of Mollygrubs Messer like colorful thread binding the top of tow sacks. On one occasion,...
Weatherby Orion
As far back as I can remember, the Weatherby name has been associated with high-quality rifles. Roy Weatherby was one of the great innovators of his day, and an early proponent of super-high-velocity rifles. That’s how the Weatherby name was made! Roy is long gone...
SEWE 2024 Featured Artist
Kathleen Dunphy, Northern-California based artist, has been named the Featured Artist for SEWE 2024. Dunphy’s original piece, Family Outing, has been selected as the SEWE 2024 Featured Painting and is the subject of the official SEWE 2024 poster. The piece will be on...
Henry Donates Over $1 Million for Silver Anniversary
Gunmaker’s charitable branch, Guns for Great Causes, aims to give back and balance the narrative about firearm manufacturers. Last year, Henry Founder & CEO Anthony Imperato pledged to donate $1 million through its Guns for Great Causes charitable arm to celebrate...
Grouse of the Little Hills
I have always felt that the ruffed grouse is the wariest, the swiftest and the most beautiful gamebird in the world. The bronzed magnificence of old gobblers allures me; so does the gleam of sunlight on the tall and craggy antlers of the whitetail. Yet a hunting...
Africa Dreaming, Africa Planning
An African safari puts a historic spin on rifle and ammo selection. Seasoned hunters with whitetails, mule deer, elk, moose and bears under their belts begin looking askance at their 270s, 7mms, 300s and 338 magnums. They need something bigger. They need something...
The Spotted Hyena
The Spotted Hyena: A Study of Predation and Social Behavior Click Here to Order Today In this seminal study, Hans Kruuk redefines the image of the spotted hyena, not as a common scavenger, but as a complex matriarchal predator with links to human evolution. The...
2023 Guns & Hunting Issue
Our special 2023 Guns & Hunting issue is out now and features an amazing array of articles on fine shotguns and rifles, both from past and present. Click Here to View the Free Digital Edition Follow Stephen Wesbrook on a two-part series of American Hammerless...
First Deer
The following chapter is from We'll Do It Tomorrow by John P. Faris, Jr. In this collection of stories, John takes us along the creeks and rivers of his native Laurens Country, South Carolina to shoot mallards and wood ducks. He also tells of unusual yet successful...
Venison Loin Steaks with Shrimp Gravy over Garlic Cheese Grits
The following recipe is from Jim Casada's newest Venison Cookbook: From Field to Table. Featuring 400 field- and kitchen-tested recipes, along with dozens of sauces and marinades, that span the spectrum of venison cookery. From traditional favorites to gourmet and...
High Peril on Polychrome Mountain
For two bone-chilling days, he pursued the rams unrelentingly, from dawn to dark, scaling precipitous cliffs, inching across narrow ledges and sliding down icy slopes. March 9. While climbing the mountains the past few days, I had been uncomfortable because of warmer...
The Strangler Came Out Of The Sea
The blue sea was red now . . . and black. Black from the ink of the octopus, red from the blood of the swordfish. When we slipped into the harbor that night, we dropped anchor and secured. I’d been there before. It wasn’t anything to write home about. It was Puerto...
2023 Premier Firearm & Sportsman Auction
Richmond Auctions welcomes you to our 2023 Premier Firearms & Sportsman's Auction. This sale features nearly 170 lots of world class firearms including highly engraved shotguns, rifles and handguns from Browning, Winchester, Colt, A.H. Fox, Smith & Wesson,...
Deer Hunt Thanksgiving in West Virginia
This Deer Hunt Thanksgiving article originally appeared in the November 1898 issue of Outing by B.W. Mitchell Have you ever hunted deer? I do not mean in regions where all you have to do is to go out into the forest with your guide and wait till one walks leisurely...
The John Wayne Rifle: Winchester Model 92
John Wayne was a man of many westerns, but there was only one rifle for the Duke.
Levering Interest
Rediscover what six or seven generations of American outdoorsmen enjoyed for 150 years. The all-American lever-action rifle. Long may it reign. We Americans are delightfully inventive. We came up with baseball, basketball, the Boy Scouts, Broadway musicals, jazz,...
Never Give Up
Feather serves as an object lesson in the art of not only living with a disability, but achieving goals that the rest of the world tries to tell you are unattainable.
Up Front
It may take a right to the jaw or a secret whisper, but defending your honor (and saving your skin) is never easy when your arch enemy is bigger and faster than you are. It's not easy to be a native son of Texas, a Good Ol’ Boy, and not care a thing about horses....
Colonel Colt and His Pistols
For nearly two centuries, Samuel Colt's firearms have been changing the course of history. And the legacy lives on. By all indications, he never should have succeeded in life, and if he had listened to what others told him, the name of Samuel Colt would probably be...
Ghosts in the Ravine
I'm not a superstitious man. I’m not afraid of ghosts. It’s just a skull I tell myself, but contemplate my pale, frail host. Author's Note: While it appeared in the fall 2020 Guns & Hunting issue of Sporting Classics magazine, I wrote this little poem/story for...
RIA: Premier Firearms Auction Dec. 6th-8th
Scarce Sub-Gauge Selections Rock Island Auction Company’s December 6 - 8 Premier Auction in Bedford, Texas unveils a stunning selection of sporting arms from the benches of history's finest craftsmen, including a breathtaking trio of factory engraved Purdey & Sons...
Roosevelt the Rifleman
With horse and rifle he explored frontiers, indulging a lust that would transcend politics. “Every sense keyed up...I pushed forward the safety of the double-barreled Holland rifle. As I stepped to one side [to aim], the rhino saw me and jumped to his feet with the...
MOLLYGRUBS PART 8
Urination Tribulation Among the many hobbies of Mollygrubs Messer’s father was gardening. He found it relaxing and a welcome escape from a spouse who wasn’t about to dirty her dainty hands with manual toil in the good earth (or pretty much anything else, because truth...
Unveiling the Benelli LUPO
Unveiling the Benelli LUPO: A Precision Revolution in Rifles SPONSORED CONTENT: In the world of firearms, the name Benelli commands respect and is synonymous with innovation, reliability and cutting-edge technology. The Benelli LUPO rifle is a testament to this...
Ready to Go
As I have mentioned numerous times in these columns, I’m a dog on the go. I stand ready to move and head outdoors at the drop of a hat, or make that the mention of key words. While Mike thinks I’m just lying on the couch and sleeping, I’m observing and listening for...
A Door in the Woods
Though it was now past dusk and the forest was dark and still, I could see that, yes, it definitely was a door, alone, in the middle of the woods. “Good boy, Rex, easy now. Whoa on the bird!” The gathering gloaming of the approaching evening made it rather difficult...
Sermon from the Mount
Life had become intolerable, but Dan McMurry was putting forth his best face. Only two other creatures knew the extent of his misery. Dan didn’t count his wife as one of those creatures. She and Dan were in different stages of healing, different stages of denial, and...
MOLLYGRUBS PART 7
Bear Scare Notwithstanding painful and humiliating memories of an early Boy Scouts endeavor that landed Mollygrubs in a world of woe thanks to turning poison ivy leaves into ersatz toilet paper, he remained a loyal, enthusiastic member of the local troop. That was...
The Perfect Words
How he hoped that his son's first hunt would be just as memorable as his own 30 years ago. And now, as a chilling wind sliced through the canyon, the perfect words to calm the boy just wouldn't come. But something else would. Big blue eyes met mine; his lip began to...
Reaching Beyond Art
A growing number of artists are making contributions to our world that reach far beyond the framework of their paintings. Some artists are more socially significant than others, and it has more to do with how strongly they believe in human or environmental conditions...
Silencer Central Releases BUCK 30
Latest from Silencer Central and Buck Commander - BUCK 30 Suppressor Silencer Central has introduced the all new BUCK 30 suppressor in partnership with the Buck Commander team. With the classic deer hunter in mind Silencer Central designed the BUCK 30 as a durable,...
Swarovski Z8i+
Z8i+ — See more. Act faster. Enjoy everything the Swarovski Z8I+ has to offer along with a large and more feasibly obtainable eyebox for fast sighting. With a short zoom rotation of 160 degrees and the ergonomic TL+ throw lever, available in black and orange, this...
The Art of Clay McGaughy
Paintings by San Antonio’s premier outdoor artist.
A Short Ghost Story
An eerie tale for Halloween.
The Poet Laureate of Turkey Hunting
An overview of Tom Kelly’s published work.
Cold Mornings on the Little Choptank
It’s icy on the river, but with geese hovering above, it’s a mighty good place to be.
Pre-1930 Field & Stream Covers
Beautiful art from long-forgotten issues.
I Will Give These Pups My All
As we grow old together, I’ll be there to gather the joy from every moment of their lives.
The Walk
The following is a tale from Michael Altizer’s book RAMBLINGS—TALES FROM THREE HEMISPHERES about two longtime hunting buddies and one significant dove hunt. With more than 240-pages and 25 chapters this book documents the author's hunting and fishing journeys, from...
Row the Boat
Yikes, the other day there were snowflakes flying about. That can only mean the end of summer is at hand. It passed so quickly and this summer was one of many trips down rivers in the drift boat. I believe Mike needs to paint the words USS Cameron — or Battleship...
The Treasure of Simply Belonging
For restless years I harbored an unrequited craving for a 28 gauge. It came from reading too much Mcintosh, and misconceptions, perhaps, of life and love. In a hundred fantasies, the little 28 would come as breathlessly to shoulder as my high school heartthrob, a...
An Artist Apart
The type of paintings I most enjoy are the ones where I look and think, 'How did he get away with that and still make it work'? [Years ago,] on a Saturday morning in August, my husband Charlie woke me up to show me an ad in Sporting Classics. Dan Metz was selling the...
MOLLYGRUBS PART 6
MOLLYGRUBS GOES FOX HUNTING In the days of Mollygrubs Messer’s youth, fox hunting in the British Isles was a sport for the upper classes and involved fine horses, attire such as hard hats, high and highly polished black boots, hunt masters wearing red jackets,...
Changing Hunting Focus
Well, it is time to change gears and go in search of pheasants, sharptails and huns. I’ve been hiking in sage brush and through dense forests for the past month. The target on my treks and hunts — grouse. OK, Mike and his friend, Marlon, have managed to bring down a...
Fred Selous Heart of Steel
In the words of his contemporary and close friend, Teddy Roosevelt, Frederick Courteney Selous (1851-1917) was "the greatest of the world's big-game hunters." Certainly, there were few sportsmen of the late Victorian and Edwardian period who would have disputed the...
The Choice of the Artist
Nine wildlife artists talk about their favorite media — including tools of the trade — that have helped them earn nationwide acclaim. Watercolor by Morten E. Solberg Of all the painting media, watercolor has been around the longest. The first crude paintings on cave...