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Back from the Brink

I now have my own tale of a brush with death. While the pages of Sporting Classics magazine are filled with tales of near-death battles between man and various beasts, I now have my own tale of a brush with death. No, I did not get charged by a Cape buffalo, trampled...

A Monster in Tigerland

Hunters and natives join forces to end a cattle-killer’s reign of terror.

McKenna Quinn: Elegant Ladies Outdoor Apparel

20% Off Limited Time Only! Made in Texas, McKenna Quinn is the premier shop for women's hunting and fishing apparel. Designed for comfort and functionality these top quality products are perfect for the sporting enthusiast both on and off the field. Click Here to View...

Dorsal Fins On the Cape

Was that a great white that swam by in the Cape Cod darkness?

In Silver Light: Painter Chet Reneson

The master who refuses to yield.

Luther Kelly Hall

“When fishing, we each have our own moments of terror, drama, introspection, and comedy.”

Sporting Classics TV with Chris Dorsey Premiere and Book Signing at New York Beretta Gallery May 3

Beretta Gallery USA is hosting an exclusive premiere screening of Sporting Classics TV with Chris Dorsey at their New York Gallery on May 3rd, 2023. The premiere of next season's hit Outdoor Channel series will celebrate the history and excitement of a classic driven...

Barbara Marks

Marks reflect culture, geography, and wildlife in her paintings and sculptures.

Shawn McAvoy

Sculptures that capture a deep respect for the natural world with every detail.

Vertical Gun Racks

This long gun rack fits all standard rifles, shotguns, muzzle loaders, ARs, AKs, scoped guns, BB guns, and airsoft guns. Great for display or concealment and easy access, these gun racks are the perfect gun storage and space saving solution. Made in the USA, the...

Wyoming Finest: William G. Smith

Paintings by the equality state’s favorite son.

The Rise of Hipster Hunters

A new brand of sportsmen has begun taking to the field. Hunting embodies many ideas — tradition, camaraderie, stewardship, self-reliance — but it has never placed much emphasis on staying abreast with movements or trends beyond the scope of the outdoors. And this, in...

NEW! Thunder Without Rain By Thomas McIntyre

New Release! Click Here to Buy Now “When you hear thunder without rain–it is the buffalo approaching.” This line from a Yoruba hunting poem conveys the magnificent power of the African buffalo, also called “God’s cattle.” Hunter and writer Thomas McIntyre has pursued...

The Legacy Of Ruth Leupold

But of all Portland’s personalities, Ruth Leupold was very likely the best known. In 1991, Ruth Leupold passed away in Portland at the age of 89. During her lifetime, Portland had its share of notable personalities — such as famed photographer/naturalist William L....

The Guns Of The Celebrities

In 1939, before the U.S. entered World War II, movie star Robert Montgomery enlisted in London for American field service and drove ambulances in France until the Dunkirk evacuation. In a break from helping British heroes, he acquired a pair of guns from James Purdey...

Maynard Reece’s Legacy Is Protected Habitat

In all of art history, never has there been a more venerable emblem of wildlife conservation than the tiny U.S. Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. Invented by an American sportsman during the Dust Bowl to protect habitat for migratory birds, revenue generated...

The Great Emu War

Ugly, shaggy, wide in the hips, quarrelsome, six feet tall, prone to grunting, sneaky as the cagiest Appalachian gobblers, with spurs that can rip down steel fences and a brain the size of a small walnut ... no, not your mother-in-law, but potentially a new game...

Buffalo Dream, Bison Nightmares

No time to fart or fumble, on my belly with a beast that had tried to kill a man only the day before. Willard Sumption had a buffalo ranch a little south of Aberdeen in that rolling country east of the Missouri breaks. Willard had one bad eye from the time two of his...

EUKANUBA Launches Ambassador Program

EUKANUBA is announcing its Ambassador program at the EUKANUBA GEAR UP Summit in Nashville, TN on March 7-9. Bringing together an influential group of top sporting industry professionals this program aims to educate on the research that goes into EUKANUBA's Premium...

NEW at SEWE 2023 The Sporting Showroom

Directly across the street from Brittlebank Park, visit the new Sporting Showroom at the re-imagined Charleston Marriott. Peruse the carefully curated exhibitors in a setting that allows for meaningful conversation. Showroom exhibitors include sporting and adventure...

SEWE 2023 Raffles

Go ahead and reserve your raffle tickets! SEWE has some excellent prizes in store — and Sporting Classics is spotlighting a few of them! ***Images link to corresponding page*** SEWE 2023 is kicking off! Get everything in order for your trip and see us there!...

Southeastern Wildlife Exposition 2023

Sporting Classics will be in attendance at the 2023 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) this coming February - here's what you need to get started! Whether you are looking for SEWE's Brochure, FAQ's, Raffles, Tickets or Hotels, you can begin — or continue — to...

Death By Night – John Seerey Lester

From Legends of the Hunt – Campfire Tales by John Seerey-Lester

Uganda Gold

Hunting the kob in the Jewel of Afria.

New Beginnings

You’re not really a Westerner until you’ve taken your first elk.

Roosevelt’s Game Preserve

Once barren of elk, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge now affords once-in-a-lifetime hunting opportunities.

First Side-Lever Over/Under Rising Third Bite Shotgun

For the first time ever, a rising third bite action has been paired with a side-lever over/under format. The new gun – produced first in a trio of 16-bores for a European customer – joins Boss & Co’s 1812 Edition family of guns that utilize a purpose-built bespoke...

Han Solo’s Blaster Sells for More Than $1M

The only surviving blaster originally used by Harrison Ford as Han Solo in “Star Wars: A New Hope” sold at Rock Island Auction Company’s August Premier Auction for $1,057,500. Han Solo’s blaster headlined the three-day event that drew international interest and...

A Letter to My Cousin

Written on a Sunday evening in Charlotte, North Carolina, this letter originally appeared in Sundown Covey (1986). The author dedicated his book to his grandsons “and all who share with us the precept that the hunting and the fishing are more important than the kill...

The Funniest Man I Ever Knew

The ground began to rumble and the toilet seat commenced to shake!

Helle: Quality Outdoor Knives Made in Norway

Helle represents the history and traditions of Norwegian knifemaking where both beauty and functionality go hand in hand. All knives are handcrafted using traditional methods and traditional materials along with some modern influences to improve the overall usability....

Dove Hunting in the Heart of Texas

There’s an old and much quoted saying that everything is bigger in Texas, and when it comes to football and dove hunting, that’s no lie. But for the sake of this story, I’m going to talk dove hunting in Coleman County. It has one of the highest dove populations in the...

What To Hunt

So, what to hunt? Everything with feathers! Mike sometimes says he thinks he needs to show me a picture of the bird(s) we will be hunting that day. OK, I get distracted because any and all birds are on my radar. I live to hunt birds. This is the time of year when...

Eric Forlee A Painter Charged with Life

And "charged" with life is exactly what he means. Incredibly, he has had no formal art training, yet he is considered by many to be among the world's best wildlife artists. He considers himself a cultural orphan, whose life experiences span three continents and...

Top Ten Hunting and Fishing Books

From conservation and historical accounts to fictional adventures, these books make for great reading whenever the season. If you’ve completed this list, make sure you browse our entire selection. Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and...

Getting There

I take my time with the old men now. I take my time with the duffers I find on opening day, swapping yarns and a thermos by 9am, or posted alone on a barren ridge no deer has crossed in more than a decade. They will tell me, whether I ask or not, that they don't much...

Hunting is a Marathon

Hunting is a marathon and Mike and anyone hunting afield with me needs to keep up! Hunting is a task that is not to be taken lightly. Once the door is open on the truck and I spring out faster than a jack-n-the-box, it’s like the Kentucky Derby — I’m off to the race!...

The Lady in Green

Everybody had now gathered but Steve. When questioned, the other drivers disclaimed all knowledge of his whereabouts or his peculiar behavior. But they knew perfectly of both. For a very long time we have had on the plantation a black man named Steve. For a generation...

The Baby Toddles

I think a dog’s pleasure in scenting game is certainly as keen as our seeing it. How many birds do you think there are in it?” I asked Jake. “Forty if there’s one,” he said. I believed him; for Jack owed me nothing, and he is not a farmer. To a farmer — at least, to...

The Bloody Side of Hunting

For me, this hunting season is becoming the season of cuts. If you think this piece will be about dead animals, read something else. The recent blood in hunting has been mine. From thorns to sharp rocks to barbed-wire fences, there are things in the hunting world that...

John Schoenherr Bold and Beyond

As both sportsman and art lover, my walls battle for either mounted heads or country scenes. Oddly, though, I own no wildlife art. Before visiting John Schoenherr I wasn't sure why. Now I am. Over the years, most wildlife has seemed partisan to me, as though the...

Why I Taught My Boys to be Hunters

It has always seemed to me that any man is a better man for being a hunter. I have said that my hunting has often been solitary; but that was chiefly in the early days. During the last 25 years, I have rarely taken to the woods and fields in the shooting season...

Night of the Leopard

As night fell, a dense bank of fog from the Indian Ocean pushed inland over the Mozambique coast, blocking the moonlight and cloaking the forest in darkness. Condensation that had formed high in the jungle canopy literally rained down onto the leaf litter below. Just...

Hunting is Like Work

I may need to charge overtime. Treats and a half, Mike! I wrote recently that fishing is like work, and I’m here to tell you that hunting is like real work. I have to climb mountains, trek down valleys, wade or swim across rivers and struggle and muscle my way through...

ETHOS Performance Shop Upland Shotgun

Benelli’s ETHOS Performance Shop Upland 20-gauge semi-auto shotgun with its Inertia-Driven System meets all the requirements. SPONSORED CONTENT Every quality upland shotgun should meet these requirements: be easy to shoulder, swing and point; easy to operate by feel...

Cole Johnson in Black and White

"You don't decide on a style...you do the work and a style evolves." Over the years, I have had the luck to interview some very talented wildlife artists. A number actually hunted, others did not. In the work of those that did, I discovered another quality, a...

First Season Expectations

SPONSORED CONTENT: You’ve built up to your pup’s first hunting season — but what should you expect from your young dog? The experts weigh in. Every sporting dog owner has high expectations for their dog. Social media is flooded with beautiful images of dogs on point...