Watch: Tough Hunt for Moose in Newfoundland
Shane Jones hunts moose on Newfoundland in a grueling hunt on 'The Rock,' and stalks within range of a massive bull.
The Tail of the Mangy Mutt
It was my very first hunt with Lacie, and I said to the plantation manager, “Could you please put out twelve quail, two chukars and two pheasants, and all as singles in a small field.” He replied, “We have a small training field that is planted with sorghum. But you...
Sables Are Hard to Hit
In this article for Outdoor Life, Jack O’Connor revels in the name given him by the natives, Medala Pala Pala “Old Man Who Can’t Hit a Sable,” but in the end he manages to silence his African critics by taking a fine bull.
The Russell Chukka
The Chukka fills that "what-should-l-wear" gap between a loafer and a boot. Comfortable and light for everyday wear but with enough height to keep out dirt and sand. Slips on and off easily and laces quickly. The Chukka's many uses will make it your favorite daily...
The Brook Trout’s Province
Newfoundland and Labrador’s crystal-clear waters teem with brook trout, a telling testament to this unspoiled land.
The Cost of Hesitation
The old saw, “Good things come to those who wait,” rarely applies to hunting trips.
Leopards are Different
Of all the African big game animals, Chui the leopard is the most beautiful and exotic – even in death.
Sporting Classics TV Season 6 Episode 5 Trailer
When bobwhite quail populations in West Texas plummeted in 2010, concerned hunters took notice and banded together to fund research to find a solution to the mystery. Now the efforts from the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation are bearing fruit for wildlife in...
Menace On Flat Water
Hazards from beasts in the bush are no match for daily perils along Africa’s waterways!
Father’s Boats
He fished for panfish, bass, and maybe, just maybe, a muskie.
Ruffed Grouse Are Not Gentlemen
Ruffed grouse are survivalists, like anything wild. Keen masters of escape, Houdini had nothing on them. I’ve had them use the back door too many times to think it’s chance. And when that door is covered, they fly out the side window. I am convinced they thumb their...
Getting Socrates Drunk
Stuck for a name, we had it when Uncle Harry christened the stray pup “Socrates,” given his proclivity to poison himself. Worse than a baby in a bathroom cabinet, right from the git-go he liked stuff he shouldn’t and revealed a fatal attraction for everything liquid....
Sporting Classics TV Season 6 Episode 4 Trailer
The world’s most watched outdoor television series embarks on an unforgettable safari adventure in Tanzania as Chris Dorsey and Steve Hicks hunt myriad plainsgame on this week's episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey on Outdoor Channel. The two intrepid...
Mr. Detwiler: A Ghostly Grouse Hunt
Who was this strange old man who handled a shotgun like no one I'd ever seen? When I first saw him, I tried to duck back into the pines, but he raised his hand in greeting and I was stuck. All the while he was coming on over through the hawthorns, I cussed under my...
Birds on the Wing
“When you have shot one bird flying, you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.” Before I was old enough to own a gun, wild game came to me via a boyhood...
The Parson Lied
First published in the April 1939 issue of Hunting & Fishing magazine, and then in Tales of Quails ’n Such in 1951.
The Day Momma Killed Corky
It was an act of violence rougher than anything Hemingway ever wrote about – the blood-curdling screams made me sick to my stomach. But about that time I hooked a monster bluegill... A Southern Tall Tale Excuse me, gents. Jimmy Shakes here, nice to meet ya. I couldn’t...
A John of All Trades: Winchester’s John Olin
Whether gundogs, shotshells or firearms, John Olin always sought to create the best.
Hemingway’s Pilar – Chasing Billfish and German U-boats
Papa called her Pilar and she was a fishing machine, a 1934 Wheeler Playmate, custom built to his specifications in a Brooklyn boatyard. She was 38 feet at the waterline, with a low-cut transom rigged with a roller for sliding fish aboard. She held a ton of ice, had...
An Excerpt from “A Toklat Grizzly Comes A’knockin'”
In seconds a section of wall was gone and the bear was on its way in.
The Golden Age of Sporting Art
Harrowing encounters with big predators. Life-threatening disasters. Dramatic, last-second rescues. All of these dynamic situations were almost commonplace during the golden age of sporting art. From the turn of the twentieth century through the 1940s, action-oriented...
The Ultimate Quail Gun. Really!
Quail Unlimited’s best-of-the-bunch 28 gauge shotgun modestly named “The Ultimate Quail Gun”
Sunset Bear
I visited that spot for the rest of the season, and it was like returning to the scene of a crime and every time the sunset forced me to leave, I felt a terrible weight on my shoulders.
Joseph Thomson: Mystery Man of Africa
Over the course of the 19th century, phenomenon sometimes referred to as “the opening up of Africa,” hunters and explorers, along with a solid sprinkling of traders, were in the forefront. They pioneered the way into the interior and their tales of grand adventures,...
Sporting Classics TV Season 6 Episode 3 Trailer
Get ready for an epic adventure in Greenland as Chris Dorsey and friends hunt eider and muskox in this week's episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey on Outdoor Channel. The team of Dorsey, Terry Graunke, Steve Farris and Charlie Potter navigate through...
Hunting with Babe Ruth
One word said it all — the greatest baseball player ever, a man who batted big and lived bigger. Babe combined incredible charisma with athletic genius. He hit like a dreadnought, was outspoken, uninhibited, profane, occasionally arrogant to teammates, often unruly...
Hunting Tuskless Elephants in Zimbabwe
An exciting, relevant and timely story about hunting tuskless elephants in a Campfire Communal Concession in Zimbabwe.
Griffin & Howe’s All American Rifle
It can be argued that a rich and storied history may well be a company’s most valuable asset. No matter how great the legacy, though, like any inheritance, it can easily be squandered. Some outfits, for example, simply sit back on their haunches hoping that the glow...
The Guns of Royals
Doug Tate explores some of the guns used by royalty when activities such as going on safari were a rite of passage for this class.
Remembering Grandpa Joe
I flat-out worshiped Grandpa Joe. His folksy wisdom, the wonderful times I enjoyed in his company as a youngster, and what he taught me when it came to living close to the good earth endeared him to me. He died a half century ago, and in fairness and from hindsight, I...
Sporting Classics TV Season 6 Episode 2 Trailer
It is an epic celebration of ducks and geese at the top of the flyway as Chris Dorsey and friends hunt waterfowl in Saskatchewan. Catch the action on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey every Monday at 12:30 pm, Tuesday 7:30 am, Thursday 2:30 pm, and Sundays at 4:30...
One American’s Dream
Even as a Marine stationed in Afghanistan, Alex Russo never stopped dreaming of becoming a waterfowl guide. If there are any two places on our diverse planet more dissimilar than Kabul, Afghanistan, and Aberdeen, South Dakota, I can’t imagine where they could be. The...
Fishing with Ordinary American Heroes
The old war wound nagged at him as he waded the stream.
Man-Eaters: Tiger, Tiger, in the Night
Elsewhere, man-eaters were quickly shot. In Corbett’s India, they kept killing. Deeply rutted pads and a cleft across the right forefoot distinguished the prints of the eldest cat. The toes were also exceptionally long. By February 1929, the tigers – by their sign an...
Rowe’s Master Storytelling Shines In Debut Anthem, ‘Something To Stand For’
At a time when social media has become the national shorthand, it’s especially captivating to hear a good story—if for no other reason than it seems nearly a lost art. No one knows the value of stories better than Mike Rowe, and few have ever delivered them with more...
The Wyman Boot
Ideal for trapping, hiking, fishing, and hunting in remote places.
SCTV with Chris Dorsey Returns to Outdoor Channel for 6th Season
The world’s most watched outdoor television series returns for its sixth season on Outdoor Channel on Monday, July 1st. The series will air every Monday at 12:30 pm, Tuesday 7:30 am, Thursday 2:30 pm, and Sundays at 4:30 and 10:30 am (all times ET) through the end of...
Tiger McKee Estate Firearms Auction
Firearms from the estate of Tiger McKee slated for auction beginning June 30th on gunbroker.com. A group of select custom and heirloom firearms from the estate of well-known author, tactical instructor and custom gunsmith Tiger McKee will be auctioned on...
Remembering Legendary PH Harry Selby
by Joe Coogan In June 1952, Robert Ruark and his wife, Virginia, arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, to fulfill Rurak’s long-held dream of hunting big game in Africa. He’d nurtured the dream from as far back as he could remember, certainly, back to the days when his...
A Healing Place
It was the day of his birth, the genesis of his sixty-third year, and it had been a good one. It could have been celebrated anywhere in the world, as so many times before it had. But not today. Not this time. Today, it had been spent on the small streams near home,...
Driven Birds in North Devonshire
Driven birds with good friends in a countryside too beautiful to be real.
The Clarendon Club
A forgotten hunt club rises from the ashes and a young cancer survivor enjoys every moment.
Hunting Retriever Club: Celebrating 40 Years
Happy 40th Birthday HRC! I rolled down the window when I saw the cloud of smoke billowing out from behind the food truck. It didn’t matter that there weren’t many restaurants in Bono, Arkansas, ’cause this one smelled great. There was a man sitting at a picnic table...
Watch: When Dangerous Game Charges
A look at four hunts for dangerous game - Cape buffalo, brown bear, elephant, and hippopotamus - all ending with a heart-pounding climax as the animals charge at the hunter. View more videos just like this at Chris Dorsey's Outdoor World on youtube. Chris...
Dog Eyes: Windows to the Soul
Gaze into the eyes of a dog. When they are deep and clear, when they pulse for the hunt like bellowed coals and the reflections in them flash like lightning with the restless lights of life on fire. And where do you find tranquility? A restoration of spirit, a calming...
When the Turkeys Busted Loose
Me and Poach and the Window Wizard, walking this scrubby sheep pasture west of town. Sheep got buck teeth and clip the grass right down to the dirt. Canada thistle and prickly ash take over, tight clumps around the boulders the glaciers brought when they came and...
Ben Lilly The Last Mountain Man
After the honorable David Crockett of Tennessee, Ben Lilly was said to be the greatest bear hunter in American history. He reputedly killed more bears with a knife in hand-to-hand combat than Ol’ Davy ever attempted to “grin” down. In truth, Ben Lilly no doubt killed...
22 Creedmoor and Friends
Debating the merits of “deer cartridges” has heated as many hunting cabins as have potbellied stoves. Most such disputations are ignited by calibers from 24 through 35, but if you want a barn burner of a conflagration, toss a 22 centerfire onto the embers. In the...
Ducks Unlimited To Launch $3 Billion Campaign
On the heels of the great Dust Bowl of the infamous “Dirty Thirties,” duck hunters from across North America came together in a remarkable effort to save their beloved waterfowl. The extended drought across the Great Plains and elsewhere highlighted the importance of...
Give The Gift Of Outdoor Adventure For Father’s Day
For many hunters and anglers, the first memories in the field come from moments shared with their fathers – the pre-dawn wake-up nudge, breakfast sandwiches in the car, instructions whispered to nervous ears, and photographs that freeze time and capture memories...