Century-Old Hunting Boot Company “Pivots” Toward the Future
W. C. Russell Moccasin Co.'s ability to be nimble and reach customers in new and non-traditional ways has been the very lifeblood of their business. If there is one word we have heard used time and time again over the past several months, it is “pivot.” Businesses of...
New World Record Paddlefish Hauled From Keystone Lake — Again!
A new world-record paddlefish has again been pulled from Keystone Lake near Tulsa, Oklahoma less than a month after the previous world record was snagged in the same lake by a client of the same fishing guide. Angler Cody James Watters of Ochelata is the newest owner...
Top of the Flyway
This week on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey... It's a wingshooting adventure in North America’s waterfowl factory as brothers Chris and Joe Dorsey head to the prairie pothole region of central Alberta for epic duck and goose hunting with Ranchland Outfitters....
ICAST Presents 2020 New Product Awards
American Sportfishing Association held its 2020 ICAST show with 434 new products entered by more than 180 companies. American Sportfishing Association held its first “virtual” ICAST show in July. Despite not having the face-to-face interaction everyone enjoyed at the...
Dreams of Duxbak Days
One of my favorite quotations from noted sporting scribe and unofficial poet laureate of the bobwhite, Havilah Babcock, suggests “boyhood improves with age, and the more remote it is the nicer boyhood seems to become.” There’s wisdom aplenty in his words, and as I...
Outdoor Alabama Photo Contest: Submit Your Photos
The 2021 Outdoor Alabama Photo Contest will begin accepting entries on Monday, August 3, 2020. This year’s contest is a joint project between the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) and the Alabama Tourism Department. The deadline to enter...
One Family’s Quest to Save a Species…Through Hunting
The comeback story of one of the most unique antelope in the world Mention Ethiopia to a westerner and images of drought and famine come to mind, an impoverished land wrapped in tragedy and sadness where pity is a leading export. Thus, imagine my surprise as I land in...
Can You Identify All 9 of These Animal Tracks?
Whether hunting, camping or spending time in the wilderness, being able to identify animal tracks can help you become more aware of your surroundings and track down your game. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Answers: Grizzly bear Grey...
How to Make Your Own Cane Pole Fishing Rig
Making a cane pole fishing rig: A do-it-yourself project for sportsmen of all ages Several months back I wrote a piece for Sporting Classics Daily touting the virtues and versatility of cane poles as a fishing tool. What I should have done then was follow that...
Beginning Again Come July
"In every journey the road will bend. Who can know how the story will wend? To every beginning, there must come an end." Cliché? Maybe, but profoundly, as inescapable truths that bracket the birth-to-death limits of our being. In the between time, there is life....
Coming Soon to Sporting Classics Daily…
Sporting Classics Daily subscribers will now enjoy weekly classic stories, from our library to yours. Each Sunday, Sporting Classics Daily subscribers will receive an exclusive classic story from our library. From Robert Ruark, to Ernest Hemingway, to Theodore...
Simple Setup: All You Need to Start Fishing
The truth is that a stick, string, hook, weight and optional bobber is all it takes to have a fun evening of fishing at the lake. Visit any fishing tackle store and you might be overwhelmed with the selection of what is “required” to go fishing. There are lures, jigs,...
Boddington’s Best Buck
A large, dark brown bear appeared on the ridge above us. The sound of Craig’s one shot was all it took for that top predator to home in on us. Soon after being put ashore we jumped a huge buck at sixty yards that took off quartering away to the right. I told him to...
Wouldn’t It Be Great to Have a Permanent Puppy?
“Wouldn’t it be great?” Kjos said again, his blood up, completely dismissing the ducks, “To have a permanent puppy, to have first love over and over again?” The sun slept in that years-ago Utah morning over the Salt Lake marshes. Where Kjos and I were guests in an...
High Altitude Elk & Low Light Hogs
Catch the action this week on Outdoor Channel as Chris Dorsey heads to the high country of western Colorado to hunt the magnificent elk. Catch the action this week on Outdoor Channel as Chris Dorsey heads to the high country of western Colorado to hunt the magnificent...
Hunters’ Ear: How Hearing Loss Affects Your Hunt
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A Night With the White Goats
For rugged grandeur and soundless solitude, pursue the majestic white goats in their mountain haunts. Having hunted elk, sheep and other big game through the West in previous years, we were anxious to add a goat’s head to our modest collection. After many inquiries...
Quiz: Are You an Ultimate Survivalist?
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Alabama North Zone Dove Season 2020 to Begin Early
The North Zone Alabama dove season will open on Labor Day weekend this year, a week earlier than most people are accustomed to. Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Director Chuck Sykes wants to make sure dove hunters are not caught flat-footed this...
Beloved Duck Stamp Artist, Maynard Reece, Dies at Age 100
Duck Stamp and wildlife artist, Maynard Reece, died July 11, though his legend will live on through the artwork he created over the past century. Maynard Fred Reece was born to Waldo and Inez Reece on April 26,1920 in Arnolds Park, Iowa. After graduating from Earlham...
U.S. Helice Association to Host National Championship Tournament July 24-26, 2020
Shooters from across the U.S. will be competing to make the U.S. Helice World Team that will compete in Italy in the fall of 2020. Helice is one of the fastest growing shotgun shooting sports in America and is expecting about 80-100 competitors to participate in the...
Sporting Classics TV: Saskatchewan’s Wheeler River Lodge
In episode 3, season 2, Chris Dorsey and family travel to Saskatchewan's Wheeler River Lodge for bear hunting. This week, Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey features a family adventure far off the grid as Luke, Nate, Amy and Chris Dorsey enjoy a Saskatchewan cast and...
Why Women are the Fastest Growing Segment of the Population Who Hunt
This season more than one million American women will take to the field in search of dinner. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a 24 percent increase in cancer rates in men and 21 percent increase in women between 2010 and 2020. During the same...
Arizona Leftover Tags Available
Arizona hunters will have an opportunity to receive a hunt permit-tag for select 2020 deer, fall turkey and fall youth-only javelina hunts. There are 287 leftover hunt permit-tags available for general deer hunts, with most of those hunts being for antlered whitetail...
Oregon Illegal Fishing Guide Charged
A second Oregon fishing guide was cited for illegally guiding clients in western Oregon. This follows a similar citation issued last month to a guide in Tillamook County. Carl Burge, 40, of Carlton, had several clients ready to fish the lower Willamette River when he...
A Hoot to Shoot: High-Power Air Guns
Everyone was impressed with the power of 3,000 psi of compressed air blasting a big bullet down the bore. I had the opportunity to join outdoor writers Luke Clayton, Joe Arterburn and Doug Howlett for some east Texas hog hunting. The gathering was sponsored by Pyramyd...
The Sisterhood of Pheasants
Eight ladies, now all good friends, have a blast in the pheasant fields of South Dakota. If you can gauge how good of a day you had by the number of shells you shot, I had a blast. The sore stomach muscles from evenings of hearty laughter shared with new friends was...
A Little Known Disease that Can Affect Man and Dog
Two days after winning an 82-dog open all-age stake in the summer of 2016, Labrador retriever Stinger was barely able to walk... We’re all suckers for a comeback story, and one is, of course, Tiger Woods. Crippled by multiple injuries, his career in limbo and his...
A Soul-Searching Hunter Must Be Prepared For Surprises
In reflecting on the hunts of my past, I surprised even myself with hopes for the hunts still to come. It wasn’t long ago that my personal odometer turned 60. Other than a passing mention at an unrelated family gathering, no one seemed to care. That suited me just...
New Mexico Wildlife Crimes Net $74,000 in Restitution
On June 23, 2020, Sandoval County Judge James A. Noel ordered Cody W. Davis of Arnegard, N.D. to pay $74,000 in restitution to the state for poaching a trophy mule deer buck. This civil restitution included $20,000 for the mule deer which was killed out of season,...
The Great Jonesboro Squirrel Safari
We both hunched forward in the classic posture endemic to hunters worldwide when stalking dangerous game. And this was truly a dangerous beast. It was a Mahler-Besse Château Biré French Bordeaux Supérieur, vintage 1995, and I had been saving that bottle of wine for...
Granddaddy of Them All: The Sage Grouse
A symbol of the iconic West, the sage grouse fed pioneers and homesteaders and now provides challenging sport for hunters. It started with a wisp of a Brittany puppy that didn’t weigh much more than a sage grouse. My go-to bird dog, a wonderful, wacky male Brittany...
The Outdoorsman’s Playground
Argentina is famous for its unmatched volume of wingshooting and spectacular trout fishing – an outdoorsman’s playground like no other place on Earth. Argentina is known for its culture, cuisine, wine, tango, and for outdoorsmen Argentina offers what is perhaps the...
Safe Hunting at High Altitudes
When hunting above 8,000 feet, be sure to add time in your travel schedule to acclimatize for several days, especially if you are coming from sea level. I had just finished graduate school and, as a gift to myself, I had arranged to meet with friends in Colorado for...
Jaguars’ Jawaan Taylor Catches 400-pound Grouper
The former Gator caught a 400-pound Goliath grouper during a fishing trip last week. Jawaan Taylor, the Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle, now has an epic fish tale to tell his teammates when practice and the new NFL season returns. A viral video posted Thursday...
Back in the Saddle…After 44 Years
The hunting jacket collar was adorned with a band of gold wool, indicating that I had earned my “colors”—official membership with The Camden Hunt. I reached into the left, front pocket of my foxhunting jacket, a vintage black and grey-flecked wool frock made by...
Byme-by-Tarpon
In his struggles to get free, the silver king performed a series of magnificent, never-before-seen tactics. To capture the fish is not all of the fishing. Yet there are circumstances which make this philosophy hard to accept. I have in mind an incident of angling...
The Easy Art of Cricket Flickin’
He slowly pulled the hook, line and cricket toward his cheek, the pole’s tip bending back, and released the missile. Donald was my father-in-law way back in the ’90s. Or you could say it was the “past century.” He didn’t live to see the new hip millennial century....
A Hurricane, a Double Gun and a Pilgrimage
The hurricane roared through like a runaway train, like a Seaboard freight with a stuck throttle. Fifteen inches of rain in fifteen hours, wind a-hundred-plus-Jesus, tornados on the back side, it tore hell out of the piney ridges and swamp-ground hardwoods in between....
Copley’s Livestream Fine-Art Auction July 23, 2020
Copley Fine Art Auctions will host their Sporting Sale 2020 via Livestream on July 23 The sale, consisting of 294 lots, will offer the opportunity to take home world-class paintings and bird carvings. Auctioneer Peter Cocculuto will be conducting the live sale once...
Tennessee Conservation Raffle: Win Fishing Trip with Bill Dance
An angler’s dream fishing trip with the legendary Bill Dance is one of the outstanding packages available for a lucky winner in the 2020 Tennessee Conservation Raffle The fishing package is one of the seven priceless outdoor experience adventures put together this...
South Dakota “Snapshot” Photo Contest
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) has officially launched their new photo contest, Snapshot South Dakota. This department-sponsored contest will focus on capturing the beauty of our outdoor resources in South Dakota. The photo contest is open to all individuals,...
The North American “Amazon” You’ve Never Heard Of—And Why It’s In Peril
How the cradle of our continent’s bird life is being rocked When last September’s chilling news from Cornell University’s Laboratory of Ornithology hit press wires reporting a decline of some three billion birds across North America since the 1970s, there was one...
Oklahoma Man Snags Record-Breaking Paddlefish
Edmond, OK Angler Snags New State-Record Paddlefish at 146.7 Pounds The world record for paddlefish taken with rod and reel will likely fall to a giant 146.7-pound Oklahoma monster snagged at Keystone Lake on June 28 by James Lukehart of Edmond. The massive fish was...
Hunting Ocellated Turkey: Season 2 Premiere of “Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey”
The premiere episode chronicles a journey into the jungles of the Yucatan outside of Campeche, Mexico, to hunt the gorgeous ocellated turkey. The eastern wild turkey of North American is one of the great conservation success stories and hunters played a direct role in...
Superior Firearms at Double Guns of Nashville
Double Guns of Nashville has become a focal point of superior firearms selection, service, accessories and advice to hunters and shooters nationwide. We dodged tables of wood and stacks of boxes, along with assorted tools, brooms, electric saws and power cords as we...
Wisconsin 2021 Bear Hunting Application Period Begins July 1
The application period for the 2021 bear hunting season will open July 1 after the successful completion of legislative review. The application deadline remains Dec. 10, 2020. Applicants are reminded to be aware of the new bear management zone boundaries as their...
Hunters’ Adventures: Our Reason for Being
For the true hunter, the adventure never ends. Instead, it permeates our lives and becomes a reason for being. Montana's big game opener just came and went. I spent the day working through miles of good country and didn't see an antler, not even a porcupine-gnawed...
Good Dogs Buried
How many good dogs you gonna bury before one buries you? Blue weighed 90 pounds, with webbed feet big as biscuits, long legs and a deep chest, the biggest Lab bitch I ever saw, out of Tomahawk, Wisconsin, from a kennel of field champions. An undertaker gave her away....
Monarchs with the Curling Horns
"Ram!" It kicks you in the heart when you hear it hissed by your guide, or better yet, when you whisper it to yourself on a solo hunt. They surely do have a hold me, those monarchs with the curling horns. Always have, at least since I can remember. Over the years,...