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.
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...
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,...
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...
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.
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...
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?
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...
Nymph On The Bitterroot River
Young love, it seems, can survive even the worst of hard knocks.
Creating a Painting: John Seerey-Lester
Many things go into the creation of a painting.
The Stare
As a dog, I have a method of communication that sends a clear message — The Stare. You hoomans have many ways to communicate — like writing, smoke signals and Morse code. I noticed, nearly all of you rarely speak any more and spend most of each day staring down into a...
Firmo Fracassi – Renaissance Man
Using only simple tools, Italy's Firmo Fracassi achieves astonishing detail in his bulino-style engravings. If suffering is a muse for artistic genius, it came early in the life of Firmo Fracassi. Born in 1939 in Tavernole, a village nestled in Italy's alpine hills...
Anglers in Bolivia to Strike Gold
Is this the world’s greatest freshwater gamefish? Hop a Cessna Caravan and leave the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia and its 2.5 million inhabitants and it isn’t long before you’re swallowed by millions of acres of untrammeled jungle. The forested hills and valleys...
A Growling In the Rain
Sensing something wasn't right, the lion popped his head out from behind the tree. Instantly, his big eyes blazed like coals and he issued a deep, rumbling growl. It was a hot and dry September day in Tanzania, just south of the little village of Loiborserrit. We left...
The Good Life
Crisp, clear air and cold water are the sources of life. It is a life implemented with guns and flyrods, populated by beautiful birds and dogs and fish stippled with rose-moles bright as neon. It is a life of vast grassy space where dogs can run to their heart's...
In the Light
The most profound influence on color, of course, is light. Without it, a prism is little more than a chunk of glass. Northern tribes like the Inuit have many words to describe what most of us simply call "snow." The irony of such a vocabulary lapse — one English...
The Cameron House
As Mike explained who he was and pointed up the hill to our home, the woman then exclaimed “oh, you live with Cameron!” I have written several times in the past about how dogs have plans to move in and take over your house and life — just as I have done at Mike’s...
An Ocean View
Billfishing was the perfect pursuit for a man endlessly intrigued with saltwater watching. Saltwater at first sight was Al Barnes' epiphany. Its many manifestations dazzled the boy newly arrived at the fishing village of Port Isabel on the Texas Coast and became the...
Wren & Ivy Father’s Day Sale
Father's Day Sale: 20% off all Wren & Ivy products! Founded out of a common love for the field, Mississippi-based Wren & Ivy specializes in gear that marries classic style with modern function for the sporting lifestyle. Click Here to View All Legacy Gun...
Maybe You Do Some Fetching
If a dog goes on point or keeps moving away from where you are, take note... Once Mike and I were hunting a huge field where soybeans had been grown but had been harvested. OK, I was hunting and Mike was dragging along behind. He needs to keep up, hunting is a...
Artist of the Adirondacks – A.F. Tait
Tait worked hard at his craft, his sketches, his technique. It was this essential labor that helped him, when his imagination called, rise to the occasion. American landscape and genre painting of the late 19th century, in which Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait excelled, is...
Clear Visions and Moody Hues
"I'm not trying to record history or paint from an historical perspective. I don't particularly care about the rib on an over-under. I'm capturing a mood." If James B. Robinson wrote scores for movies, which he does as an offbeat hobby, the mix would be eclectic....
What To Feed a Sporting Breed Puppy
SPONSORED CONTENT: The puppy stage is over in what can seem like the blink of an eye. That means you have only a short window to support a puppy’s development. Feeding a puppy food that provides nutrition with comprehensive benefits from the start is key. What you...
Jack O’Connor’s 7×57 Mauser Rifle Auction
Jack O’Connor’s Engraved 7x57 Mauser Rifle Now At Benefit Auction Crafted in 1954 by legendary gunmaker Fred Wells for Jack O’Connor and backed with rock-solid provenance, the auction of this important rifle provides an opportunity to own a historic firearm while...
The Lunatic Express
The gruesome exploits of the maneaters, together with those of Lieutenant Colonel John Henry Patterson...form one of the most fantastic tales in the annals of African adventure. In the 1890s Britain's far-flung empire covered a quarter of the globe, including a number...
Git Out There and Take the Dog
As you make plans to get outdoors, remember to include your dog. It must be the rules of life in Montana — everyone has a truck and a dog, and where the truck goes the dog goes. I believe Montana leads the nation in trucks on the road with dogs inside. OK, some...
Gunwerks Releases NEXUS
Gunwerks has released its latest cutting-edge of technology rifle — the NEXUS. This rifle system from the engineering minds at Gunwerks is the next step in the evolution of the Long Range Rifle System. Designed to be a "truly future proof rifle system," the NEXUS from...
The Time and The Wounded
A man of lesser conscience would have it easier. Regret and self-hate have plagued Casey every day, almost every waking hour, since the shooting. Casey Ryan's bull elk crowds his study. Not many days had passed since the exciting hunt that he hadn't thought of it....
Poetic Soul On Painted Sea
John Doyle sees the ocean as one of the last frontiers where man can test his courage. John Doyle once showed me a photo from his boyhood in the mid-'40s. The picture was of him, standing next to a string of five largemouth bass that his father had caught on a fly rod...