An Old Man’s Memories of August
This fisherman's fairytale is far from folklore... A true story of giants, fairies, heroism and romance stay alive in an old man's memories. Once upon a time long ago and far, far away, there was a boy. “Wait,” someone will shout. “That sounds like an elementary...
A Fascination With Fly Rodding
From the time I was first able to tag along without completely impeding his fly fishing, Daddy let me accompany him on short after-work outings to nearby trout streams in my native Great Smokies. My father was a dedicated fly fisherman and one of those wise mentors...
Brays Island is “Home Sweet Covey” for Dorsey
Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey celebrates the sporting life in the Lowcountry in this week's new episode. Dorsey Pictures announces that this week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey – the most watched outdoor TV program in the world – celebrates the...
Bob Timberlake’s “Lilly” Available for a Limited Time!
Now is your chance to own a Bob Timberlake sketch and support the educational and research efforts of the Boykin Spaniel Society. Lilly was Bob Timberlake’s first Boykin spaniel, which quickly became a family member and his favorite hunting dog. Unfortunately, she...
11 Lost Hunting and Fishing Photographs from Yesteryear
Unearthed images from the past.
Up Close and Personal
There’s no better show than a gundog chasing a grouse.
A Black-Maned Lion
I realized no matter how long I lived or what future hunts might bring, nothing else would ever compare. Such it is when one takes a lion. It seems customary for those who write about hunting lions to begin by citing influences of others gone before. They will first...
Funny Fish
These fish will test your patience, your tackle and your sanity. Funny Fish, such as skipjack tuna or Spanish macks, are reliably unreliable. These late summer fish are funny as in crazy. The start of summer football two-a-days usually coincides with the arrival of...
Into Africa—The Return of Safari…Now What to Wear?
It’s time to plan and act—embrace Africa and she will sink her claws into you and never let you go. But what on Earth to wear? From South Africa’s Kruger National Park to the Eden of Botswana’s Okavango Delta to the vast plains of the Serengeti, travelers are ditching...
A Salute to Speed in the High Plains of New Mexico
Walther Arms’ Krogh and Osborn chase pronghorn in this week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey Dorsey Pictures announces that this week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey – the most watched outdoor TV program in the world – features a...
Fisheries Professionals, Partners Work Together to Save Salmon from Extreme Heat
Despite the hazardous heat, staff and partners worked together to safely transfer 348,000 spring Chinook and release another 7.15 million juvenile upriver bright fall Chinook salmon so they could make their way out to the Pacific Ocean before river temperature hit the...
M&M World-Renowned Shooting School and Hunting Lodge
M&M Hunting and Sporting Clays' world-renowned shooting school and on-site hunting lodge make for the perfect shooting adventure. SPONSORED CONTENT M&M Hunting and Sporting Clays is owned and operated by three generations of the Matarese family. It is...
A Visit to the Award-Winning Rio Piedra Lodge
Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey Visits Award-Winning Rio Piedra Lodge as Part of SCI’s "Share the Impact" Auction Officials from Dorsey Pictures announce that the encore presentation of this week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey – airing Saturday...
Can Field Trial Dogs Make Good Hunting Dogs?
So you don’t want a field-trial dog. Are you sure?
Magnum Velocity Bags Shooters, Not Game
It's a fact that magnum velocity and terminal projectile energy don’t matter much. So why do we have all these magnum velocity cartridges? We hunters often like to point out that magnum velocity and terminal projectile energy don’t matter much because the game we take...
Four Incredible American Gun Dog Breeds
American gun dogs are some of the finest in the world. These four represent some of the best and brightest breeds the country has to offer.
Once Bitten, Twice Shy: The Scope Bite
Arguably worse than any snake bite, when the rifle scope bites, it’s only a matter of seconds until the blood and the tears start to flow. There are seven venomous snakes in my home state of Oklahoma – the copperhead, the cottonmouth and five different species of...
Visit the American West…in Nashville
Paderewski Fine Art & The Sportsman’s Gallery Presents The West: Trimmings, Trappings, Feather & Fur Paderewski Fine Art & The Sportsman’s Gallery, Ltd. is pleased to announce the opening of The West: Trimmings, Trappings, Feather & Fur, on view in...
Mamba By Any Other Name
It had happened so incredibly fast. The snake had bitten him before he could even think of reacting. And now he was alone, a wave of nausea wracking his entire body. He was going to die.
A Dorsey-style Family Vacation in the Amazon
This weekend on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey, Dorsey and family wrestle with river monsters from the southern hemisphere. Officials from Dorsey Pictures announce that this Saturday’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey – the most watched outdoor TV...
Legacies Lost and Found: The Ithaca 20 Gauge
The lost Ithaca 20 gauge of his boyhood would be the only thing he could leave to his daughter to pass on the legacy...or so he thought. Michael wiped the sweat from his brow with an old grease towel from his grandfather’s workbench and slumped to the floor. He had...
White Bass the Most Fished-For Species?
The white bass (sand bass) gets my nod as one of the most popular species to be targeted by the largest number of anglers. Here's why. If a survey was given to fishermen across the south and southeastern states and the question posed, “What do you consider to be the...
Don’t Sell Pronghorns Short!
Pronghorns offer one of North America’s finest sporting opportunities. Spotting and stalking these high-plains drifters is just plain fun! Confession, at least in open form, is said to be good for the soul. With my particular soul being in dire need of the slightest...
Candid Cameron’s Countdown to Hunting Season
This Weim Wednesday, Cameron feels the heat of summer and starts his two-month countdown to bird hunting season – his favorite time of year. Look at the calendar and you will note it is July, so that means one thing — hunting season begins in about two months. Trust...
The Birth of a Fisherman
You never get over the sight of your first bluegill or redbreast. Maybe that's why we always return to the ponds and waters of our youth. It was shaping up to be a day for the Daddy Diary. I was sitting, legs swinging carefree, on the well-worn dock of the family...
Eagles, Bears and Kings on the Alagnak River
In Alaskan backcountry on the Alagnak River, the myth of wilderness in the form of a fierce, wild, strong King Salmon is just a cast away. Alaska. The Alagnak River. July. As from my boat I watched eagles, ospreys and bears hunt along the river, I realized that man...
Traeger Blackened Bass Recipe
Contrary to what many anglers believe, bass can be quite tasty—especially with this recipe!
Man vs. Moose: A Fight to the Death
An infuriated, full-grown bull moose, with eyeballs of most spiteful fury and making mighty lunges straight for you, is absolutely terrifying. It was in the forests of lower Canada, in front of a glowing campfire after a day of fascinating sport with the Salmo...
Homecoming Week for “Sporting Classics With Chris Dorsey”
On this week's episode, Chris Dorsey returns to Wisconsin to hunt ruffed grouse and woodcock with Ruffed Grouse Society. Officials from Dorsey Pictures announce that this week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey – the most watched outdoor TV program in...
Of Stealth and Ruffed Grouse
Cutting out the friendly chatter on a grouse hunt helps bag more birds, but what about hunter camaraderie?
Keeping the Legend Alive: Sir John Seerey-Lester
Suzie Seerey-Lester sits down with our Sporting Classics editors and shares insights about Sir John Seerey-Lester you won't find anywhere else. Renowned wildlife artist Sir John Seerey-Lester, "The Godfather of Wildlife Art," is known for his immersive paintings...
Candid Cameron Goes Glamping
Cameron the Weimaraner has spent the offseason "glamping" in a cozy travel trailer that will make a great mobile hunting lodge come fall! I, Cameron the Weimaraner, have written numerous times here about my love of all things outdoors to include: hunting, fishing,...
Swahili Words to Live By on Safari
Not knowing the local language on vacation can be embarrassing. Not knowing the local language on safari can be deadly.
Ethical Hunting: Making the Most Precise First Shot
Precision is at the heart of ethical hunting, and Swarovski's EL Range with tracking assistant helps to ensure the most precise shot. SPONSORED CONTENT Haphazard hunting and shooting is the bane of the existence of the sport as a whole. In order to preserve the...
Trophy Room? Or House of Memories?
Some call their sporting lairs "man cave" or "trophy room." But my very core contorts at either of the two, for this house is neither. It is a house of memories. I have a trophy house. Built it myself from beetle-killed pines, lightning-struck oaks, storm-damaged...
8 Essential Rifle Skills
Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
Worth the Wait: Roosevelt’s Grizzly
Theodore Roosevelt waits over an elk carcass for a monster griz.
Five Add-On Animals for Your Next Safari
African safaris are like Clint Eastwood movie titles: You’ve already spent a fistful of dollars. Why not a few dollars more? Consider tacking on these species the next time you travel to the Dark Continent.
It’s a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird…Or Is It?
A turkey hunter encounters a mockingbird with an impressive vocabulary, imitating quail, bucks and hogs. But one sound sent the hunter running. After poring over a topographic map all winter, I finally drew my X on an out-of-the-way piece of public land. It was going...
Hunting 500+ Pound Black Bears in “North Bear-olina”
This week on Sporting Classics TV, Chris Dorsey hunts the North Carolina coast in pursuit of some of the largest black bears on the continent. Officials from Dorsey Pictures announce that this week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey – the most watched...
6 Great Fishing Gifts for the Traveling Angler
For the angler with perpetual wanderlust, nothing says you love them more than these gift selections designed with the traveling fisherman in mind. The opening line in Norman Maclean’s classic, A River Runs Through It, is perhaps the most memorable distillation of the...
Fishing the Island of the Dead
Fishing a reef known for its monstrous fish…and its reputation for driving men to madness.
Baitcasting — Teach Me, Oh Jedi Bassmaster
You don’t need the powers of “The Force” to learn how to throw a baitcaster. Here are a few helpful tips if you want to start baitcasting. An idiot fishing buddy of my acquaintance claims that you aren’t really a man if you haven’t learned how to throw a baitcasting...
In the Bahamas, Returning Anglers are Met by Hungry Bonefish
The Bahamas are open for business. In his latest Forbes column, Chris Dorsey shares how angling tourism helps our neighbors. As radical sabbaticals go, leaving a 30-year career in the finance world to build a bonefishing lodge in The Bahamas is more than a...
Two for Two: Selous’ Double on Elephants
The author makes a perfect double on elephants during his famous African wanderings.
The Perfect Sous Vide Venison Backstrap
Using a blowtorch and hot water to prepare venison? It’s not only possible, but delicious.
Candid Cameron: The Perfect Pup Pajamas
Hoomans enjoy the cushy life, but so does Cameron the Weimaraner, who loves to cozy up in his favorite pup pajamas. As I am lying on the couch and guarding the house, I see commercials on TV for all kinds of hooman beds, pillow, sheets and pajamas. Hey, stop there, I...
The Declination of a Bowhunter
For any hunter, fancies flip and flop and morph. Change seems a common entity. As a bowhunter, my lifelong hunting journey was no exception. A green vine, thumb-sized and flexible, served well for the bow – in those tender years of boyhood. A three-day life maximum...
No Such Thing as a Bad Day Fishing
In all my years of fishing, I’d been skunked, sea sick, rained on, parched and humiliated. But never could I remember a bad day fishing. I was sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic wondering how I had allowed myself to get in such a frustrating situation. Like all of...
Hunting Africa with a Falling Block Rifle: The Dakota M10 Single Shot
The romance of the falling block single-shot rifle has never been lost on me. The courage to trust my hunts to one sometimes has been. If you’ve ever seen that photo of Selous sitting in his camp chair beside two Kori bustards with his falling block rifle leaning...