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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...

Artist Chad Poppleton

The artist has already achieved a distinctive style for conveying the spirit of each animal in his paintings.

The Croc That Wouldn’t Die

I sat on the engine cowling, holding my rifle and studying the hideous design of the crocodile’s head. Then its eye opened.

Making a Martini

Custom gunmaker Ralf Martini brings out the “Best” in pre-war English and European gun designs.

Quack-Quack Candid Cameron

I admit to being an optimist. I must be to hunt with Mike because I am always hoping he shoots the bird down when I flush it. Often his errant shot misses, but I keep hunting because I know he will get his bird sooner or later — or make that sometime, har har! My eyes...

Where the Buffalo Roam

It’s possible to stick Australia’s Asiatic buffalo with a bow, but be prepared for painful stalks and saltwater crocodiles.

A Call For Africa

Three talented artists are creating a spectacular tribute to a legendary African river and its wildlife.

New! Argentina Wingshooting Past and Present

This lavishly illustrated book documents the best of Stuart Williams’ 40-year love affair with bird-hunting in Argentina. Stuart was preceded only by Hollywood actor Robert Taylor as one of hundreds of American sportsmen who have discovered the incredible, high-volume...

Luck Is Cheap Up There

Like the old song says, two out of three ain’t bad, especially on a bowhunt for elk.

How Much to Feed a Sporting Breed Puppy

Puppies are a lot of things. They’re curious, they take a lot of naps, and when they wake up they’ve got a tremendous amount of energy. They’ve got powerful appetites and are always on the lookout for the next meal. But there’s more to feeding a puppy than filling up...

Fire & Iron Damascus Steel

Modern smiths keep an ancient art alive.

Lessons from Large Pin Cushions

It’s a dangerous place outdoors. The world is full of dangers. You've got speeding cars, stinging bees, rattlesnakes that bite and more. Luckily I have Mike to walk the trails ahead of me and check for dangers — much like a very slow bodyguard, har har! Once, while...

The Elephant on the Mountain

Only eight short paces would separate the aggressive young rogue and his pursuers when they finally met in the dark of an African night.

What Are You Pointing At?

If the noses of gundogs are so incredibly discerning, why do they point so many things that aren’t birds?

Saskatchewan for Epic Waterfowl Hunting

Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey to Saskatchewan for Epic Waterfowl Hunting The world’s most watched outdoor television series heads to Saskatchewan at the beginning of the waterfowl migration in this week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey on Outdoor...

Summer Swims are Super!

Unfortunately for some dogs, summer means a prolonged down time. Summer is the time to explore everything — and get out there. My summer plans make up a long list of to-do things. On my list are fishing, hiking, camping, running, digging out gophers, chasing...