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A Bear for the Ages

“George is here with us in spirit, and I have a feeling that everything is going to work out. In truth, I think it’s going to be magical.”

Randall McKissick – Lasting Impressions

To elicit thoughtful reflection ... to trigger an emotional response, these are the things McKissick seeks in his art. Of course you can't always tell a book by its cover — nor a painter by his paintings. Take Randall McKissick, for example. With just a casual glance,...

The Branding Iron

When their production lines weren’t manufacturing firearms, many gun companies turned to making a wide range of household items.

A Man-Killing Bear and Revenge

Almost every trapper past middle age who has spent his life in the wilderness has stories to tell about exceptionally savage bears. One of these stories was told in my ranch house one evening by an old mountain hunter, clad in fur cap, buckskin hunting shirt, and...

Dog Names

Well, there are now lists for everything — including popular dog names. I was surfing the web and looking for more stuff to order when a list popped up — the Most Popular Dog Names. I had to look — and could not find Cameron anywhere. Who made this list? On the list I...

Slamming Cuba

A belief in Avalon helped the author overcome years of fear and heartache.

Michael Sieve – Hunter’s Eyes Artist’s Hands

"I decided awhile back that I wouldn't paint any animal unless I'd seen it first.” It's a dangerous trap to fall into, but I'd formed quite a few impressions about Michael Sieve through his paintings long before I ever met him. You hear public figures complaining...

Belly of the Beast

Hunting elephants in cover so thick they can only be located by the rumbling of their stomachs.

Gear for Birdhunters

Happy opening day of dove season, America. Across the country, millions of bird hunters celebrate this unofficial holiday of sorts by heading to sunflower patches, milo fields and watering holes to test their wingshooting skills on one of the hunting world’s toughest...

Wilhelm Kuhnert – Rediscovering an Artist

The artistic legacy of Wilhelm Kuhnert, abridged by the first Great War and almost devastated by the second, is known to but a few wildlife art enthusiasts. On April 30, 1906, Wilhelm Kuhnert and his expedition of 80 porters were encamped along a wide river, less than...

Fishing is Like Work!

On the offseason I get to fish — a lot. But fishing (not necessarily catching) with Mike sure feels like work! Well, it has been a long hot summer of tagging along as Mike fishes. Now, I did not say he was catching — just fishing, har har! On the downside of these...

Preseason Training Tips from the Pros

Eukanuba Pro Trainers share key preseason training tips to help get your dogs prepped and ready for Opening Day and the autumn trial season. SPONSORED CONTENT Opening Day is coming in low and hot, and so is the autumn trial season. Pro trainers “plan their work and...

In Pursuit of Papa

Tracing Hemingway’s footsteps through his fishing days in Bimini.

To Bite the Bullet

Terror in the tall grass.

We Weims Can Run

Weimaraners can run at speeds up to 35 MPH. I was again surfing the web the other day — hey, I’m down to only 20 boxes of dog treats, time to reorder — and saw a dog speed report. According to the report, Weimaraners can run at speeds up to 35 MPH. We Weims can run!...

You Can Go Back

A father returns to Alaska to share the experience with his son.

Raymond Harris-Ching Thrilled By the Sight

Harris-Ching is one of the handful of artists who advanced the position of wildlife painting into a serious artistic genre. The ground is tinder dry, the air is suffocating — infuriatingly unlike air — more like the fug under a woolen blanket. Under the midday sun,...

Sunrise Fourteen Thousand Eighty Nine

A trout biologist muses on the path from his first whitetail hunt as a boy in Wisconsin to a pronghorn one on the New Mexico prairie.

Newsom’s New Anti-Gun Law

With the recent passage of California’s AB 2571, a law prohibiting the marketing of certain firearms to minors, Governor Newsom rode roughshod over constitutional protections. AB2571 is simply to advance the legislation that many feel will be nothing more than an...

Dealing with a Killer Elephant

The legend of a man-killing—and man-eating!—elephant that’s hard to pronounce and even harder to forget.

Naming Names

So I wondered do other governors go hunting? Yes, I found a list and now I’m naming names. I like hanging out with other celebrities — like me — and important folks. Governors are on my short list, so I was again surfing the web to the other day in search of treats...

Back the Brave

Join Trinity Oak on October 21, 2022, at River Ranch Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas for its “Back the Brave” fundraiser. River Ranch Stockyards is hosting the Trinity Oaks Star Kids (TOSK) program this October. TOSK is a special program for the children of our...

The Ghost Bear

Was it a bear, a man, or a devil that killed the hunter’s companion?

The Spotted Devil of Gummalapur

Kenneth Douglas Stuart Anderson (1910-1974) was an Anglo-Indian who spent most of his life in Bangalore, India. An avid hunter, he was fascinated by the subcontinent's big cats, and most of his tales dealt with the drama and dangers of man-killing tigers and panthers....

Old Three Toes

"Three Toes," said an old rancher, with a kind of reverence, "is the fastest, longest-winded wolf that ever lived." A smile swept across the craggy, weather-beaten face of Clyde F. Briggs as he read a telegram from the U. S, Biological Survey: "Advise when you can...

Francis Golden – That Golden Touch

Truly this is Golden's touch, to give us the moment tinged with feeling...[by] putting his own enthusiasm on paper with sensitivity and style. I am not a fly fisherman, but the experience of standing in a rushing stream casting to trout lurking in deep pools is...

Earning My Keep

Cameron the Weim — Hat Retriever Extraordinaire! I have written many times that I like hunting, pointing and retrieving birds. It’s the life of a top sporting dog — me. Now comes this new duty — hat retrieving. The other day Mike and I were at a high country lake —...

Sporting Classics TV with Chris Dorsey

This week, Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey proves that birds of a feather do indeed flock together as Chris is joined by friends and neighbors from Brays Island, South Carolina on a group trip to South Africa to enjoy some of the finest wingshooting anywhere on...

Life After Death

Poetic justice, I thought — that on the same mountain where I'd shot that bull in the heart before, I got hit in the heart. About mid-morning on a Montana mountainside the guide heard “Cody, just a minute.” He turned to see the hunter lean forward, then fall straight...

On Top of the World

Bowhunting polar bears where even angels fear to tread.

Benelli’s Over/Under 828U Sport

SPONSORED CONTENT Benelli's over/under 828U Sport shotgun features both classic and innovative modern design features. The design of over/under (O/U) shotguns has not changed dramatically for several years, and although improvements have been made, they have mostly...

Wild Impressions

"I want to leave something to the imagination...some mystery in the painting. I want to leave room for a viewer to participate." Jim Morgan reached over and picked up an old canvas goose decoy, one of several near his paint-spattered easel. His latest...

Go West Young Dog – On the Prairie

The prairie is a land of hopes and dreams for those who train field-trial pointing dogs.

Vista Lands Iconic Fly-Fishing Brand Simms

As all seasoned fly fishermen know, rivers tend to reach a kind of perfection in the waning light of the day. The drift boats have left the water, wind that foils a back cast often subsides and the mercury-like water of the river reflects the greens, browns and...

Meeting People Is My Passion

I am a people person — or dog that likes to meet hoomans. If I see someone on the road, it’s time to quickly move over and greet them. They could have treats, or bacon in their pockets. Yeah, I understand when some hoomans see a 90-pound dog with bright yellow eyes...

Mick Doellinger – Wildlife Sculptor

Mick Doellinger’s climb as a wildlife sculptor has been based on pure Outback adventure.

Lion on Foot

Following a lion on foot locks you into a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek with Africa’s deadliest predator. Armed with large, bone-crushing teeth and claws that grab like steel hooks, the African lion is one of the most formidable predators on earth. Lions are...

Under the Volcano

Fly fishing for sailfish and tarpon in Costa Rica . . . until the earthquake comes and the tsunami hits.

Sporting Classics TV: Denver New Episode!

Chris Dorsey has taken nearly 50 safaris to Africa and 30 trips to South America in pursuit of the greatest televised big game and wingshooting adventures on Earth… but one of his favorite hunting honey holes is just a short drive away from his home outside of...

When Nearly Everyone Was a Hunter

There was an era in which Main Street, Hollywood, and pro athletes all came together in the gamefields of America. Will it ever come again?

Venator Laurentian Estate

Covering some 22,000 square miles of territory just north of Montreal in the southern part of Quebec, the Laurentian Mountains consist of Precambrian rocks more than 540 million years old, making its soft peaks among the oldest in the world. SPONSORED CONTENT: Here,...

Stalk For A Wild Man-Killer

When he was in his 20s, both of his parents died. Turnow went home and ran the family farm for a while, but in such a shiftless way that his relatives were incensed. They, in fact, were among the first to whisper that maybe John wasn’t “all there.” In those parts, a...

Dig Here Dig There

I like digging for buried treasures. I’ve tagged along numerous times while Mike and his friend, Marlon, have gone into the mountains to dig for crystals. I hope they find silver and gold someday. Maybe some big nuggets that we could trade for a new shotgun or bigger...

Roasted Brays Quail and Foie Gras

Quail is a staple at Brays Island, and with the season starting in just a few months, we thought we would share a favorite recipe from our very own Executive Chef Bryant Withers. Roasted Brays Quail filled with wild mushrooms & Foie Gras Wrapped with bacon Yield-6...

The Sea Serpent

Who has not heard of the sea serpent? There was no educated man in the United States, at least, who had not read with wonder, not unmixed with awe, of the visits of this formidable animal to the coasts of New England. Nothing could be better authenticated than the...

Exercise-Induced HRI: Does Your Dog Need Help?

A gun dog’s drive may override his ability to know he’s overheating, so it’s up to every owner and handler to keep their dogs safe from HRI. SPONSORED CONTENT If you want your dogs to be sharp on Opening Day you’ll have to run them in the summer. But hot temperatures...

Huey Lewis on the Big Screen

Spend 20 minutes speaking with Grammy winner Huey Lewis and chances are good that two of the topics will include his life’s passions — music and fly fishing. If you land on the latter, be prepared to spend more than 20 minutes talking. Like so many people obsessed...