Living on the Flip Side
Sporting Classics writer Larry Chesney gets the scoop on legendary fisherman Flip Pallot in this Q&A interview LC: Are you planning to bring back Walker’s Cay Chronicles? FLIP: Well, I don’t know about that. I’m watching with great interest to see what’s happening...
Goose Hunt for the Girls
Sisterhood hunt in western Nebraska raises funds for a local breast health center. Sitting in a pit blind has its drawbacks. The daily scenes of the outdoor world are the greatest thrill of hunting. It’s like a real-life nature film playing out in IMAX 3D right in...
Bad News Buck
Sometimes bad news can bring good luck. On my second afternoon at Timberghost, morning rain clouds had drifted away and a brilliant autumn sun had turned the hardwoods into a particolored palette of red, yellow, maroon and gold. Head guide Mike Willems had just turned...
A Dog’s Tale
Of all the great moments I’ve laughed about and cried over, one keeps coming back. I’m glad to return to it as a reminder of his endless delight at life. I lost an old friend recently. Lando was as big-hearted as they come, a goer right to the end—a true companion in...
Looking Back Toward the Future
The indigenous hunting heritage of the Americas should never be forgotten. Perhaps it’s time we learn anew the lessons we should have learned generations ago—from those who learned them first. “Indigenous Peoples. First Nations. Native Americans. Indians.” There are...
Called Back Again by the Siren Song of Handgun Hunting
I sincerely encourage everyone with even the slightest interest to consider hunting with a handgun– the excitement of the stalk is magnified by a factor of ten. Life, or at least making a living, has a way of pushing us down sidetracks. After a time, we often find...
South Carolina’s Velvet Bucks: Hunt Them Now!
If you spend a good portion of your summer counting the days until fall deer hunting, here’s some good news. In the South Carolina Lowcountry, rifle season has already started! South Carolina rifle season started August 15. Yes, it’s a tad on the warm side, but not...
North Dakota Fall Turkey Hunting Applications Due September 2
North Dakota’s fall turkey season is set with 3,785 licenses available to hunters, 125 more than last year. Unit 47 (Eddy, Foster, Kidder, Sheridan, Stutsman and Wells counties), which has been closed to fall turkey hunting because of low numbers, is open due to an...
50 Years Later: Shooting Springfield’s M1A Rifle
With rising anticipation, I have just received the long box from Springfield Arms. A new M1A Standard Issue rifle. I am as excited as a kid at Christmas. As I ride back to the office to open this prize, the memories of 52 years passed are coming to the surface. The...
Solving an Environmental Crisis One Bite at a Time
What’s one man’s wild hog overpopulation problem is swine dining for another It’s so dark that I can’t see the end of the rifle I’m holding. Ahead is the enemy, a herd of perhaps 20 wild hogs that we can hear rooting, grunting and snorting like a rugby scrum. I peer...
Safe, Welcoming, Normal: The Cheyenne Ridge Signature Lodge
Get back to normal with a visit to the Cheyenne Ridge Signature Lodge, South Dakota’s wingshooting haven. SPONSORED CONTENT So far, the year 2020 has all adjusting to what many are calling the “new normal.” We’ve adapted, but often at the expense of the traditions,...
Beretta’s New Defense Training Gear
The new Beretta Defense Training Gear provides the maximum technical performance to the everyday tactical shooter and defense enthusiasts. SPONSORED CONTENT Uniting our proprietary BCMS Layering System with Polartec fabrics designed to improve thermal regulation,...
Helicopter Crash Takes Lives of Three Texas Wildlife Division Staff
A helicopter crash at the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area (WMA) took the lives of three Texas Parks and Wildlife Division staff. The team working for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) was conducting aerial surveys for desert bighorn sheep on Saturday. The...
Recipe for Chukar Piccata
Resident chef at Highland Hills Ranch, Keith Potter, shares his secrets to creating the ultimate chukar piccata. Ingredients 2 packages Chukar (total of 6 birds, or 12 breast halves) *quail or huns may also be substituted. 1 1/2 cups flour Salt and pepper for...
Maine Tips for 2020 Deer Hunting Season
The Maine deer hunting seasons are fast approaching. Take advantage of record high permit numbers and apply for your any deer permit today. Deer numbers in Maine are high in 2020, particularly in southern and central Maine where deer are as numerous now as they’ve...
Hunting in the High and Dry
The rugged desert mountains of Pakistan are home to two revered big game animals. Asia, the largest continent on earth, has fascinated Westerners since the dawn of recorded history and attracted bold adventurers and shikar hunters since Marco Polo reported of his...
Swarovski’s 1,000-yard Challenge
It's not about training snipers or preparing to shoot game animals at such distances, it is about the pure challenge and joy of marksmanship. America loves its riflemen. Whether the subject is frontiersman Davy Crockett, buffalo hunter Billy Dixon or the fictional...
Camp: It’s Where We All Want to Be
It’s about creating enough memories to carry us through the other ten months until the leaves turn colorful and we begin all over again. We sportsmen hang our hats in a lot of different places. Sometimes you’ll find us in fishing camps that range from beach shacks to...
Jackson Hole Art Auction 2020 Catalog Now Available
The Fourteenth Annual Jackson Hole Art Auction will be held September 19th, 2020, 12:00 p.m. MDT. Lots are on display and available for preview in person at the Jackson Hole offices for a full four weeks prior to the sale. View at your convenience; staff is happy to...
The Slam of Slams
This week on Sporting Classics TV... Hunting slams aren’t about collecting trophies – they are collections of adventures, forcing hunters to experience all that the sport has to offer and challenging oneself to achieve goals that were once beyond your imagination....
Arkansas Range Offers Deals for National Shooting Sports Month
August is National Shooting Sports Month, and the Dr. James E. Moore Jr. Camp Robinson Firing Range is making the most of it. With more than two months of shooting time under their belt since reopening the Dr. James E. Moore Jr. Camp Robinson Firing Range, Arkansas...
Youth Dove Hunts Provide a Gateway to the Outdoors
Online registration for Alabama's youth dove hunts begins August 10. The hunts will begin on September 5. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (ADCNR) Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) provides several youth dove hunt...
What My Daughter (and My Dog) Gave Me
It started with a puppy and an adventurous little girl. Every fire needs a catalyst and for me it was that orange-and-white ball of boundless energy and a daughter with an interest. Mesa was not my first Brittany—I’d had two before, but even with dreams of days in...
A Reel Chance For Good Fishing
Captain Rick was right. Like onboard bananas, the first-cast fish spells trouble. Kathy’s first cast of the morning—a live shad wiggling beneath a bright orange cork. The tide was rising and the minnow rode with the current along the edge of the submerged sandbar,...
Pheasant Enchiladas in Red Sauce
Resident chef at Highland Hills Ranch, Keith Potter, shares his recipe for delectable pheasant enchiladas. Ingredients (Serves 6) 12 breast halves pheasant 28 oz red enchilada sauce 14 oz diced green chilis 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 T. Fajita seasoning 1T. Taco seasoning...
Tips for Safe, Successful Archery Hunts
How to prevent injuries and prepare for a safe, successful archery hunt this season The general-season archery bull elk permits (which are unlimited) went on sale online on July 16. That archery hunt and the buck mule deer archery hunt begins Saturday, August 15 and...
Field-to-Fork Recipes with Rachel Carrie
In her new cookbook, Game & Gatherings, Rachel Carrie advocates a field-to-table lifestyle through her savory, delectable game recipes. Rachel Carrie is a passionate woman – passionate about educating people about the importance of hunting as it relates to...
Chasing Big Adventure with Sportsman Chris Dorsey
Thirsty for adventure, Chris Dorsey has traveled the globe hunting and fishing, while filming and writing about those same experiences. Chances are he is responsible for at least one of your favorite outdoor television shows and this week Chris joins us to talk about...
Nebraska Pilots Women’s Outdoor Subscription Box
A pilot program is providing Nebraska women the opportunity to purchase subscription boxes designed to help them develop and expand their outdoor skills. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, and Iowa Department of...
Meet the Tarzan Who Can Paint
For internationally acclaimed wildlife artist John Banovich, it’s about saving the planet one portrait at a time. It’s a good bet that wherever you find wildlife painter John Banovich, there will be a captivating view nearby. The globe-trotting artist is a study of a...
Birds by the Clouds
This week on Sporting Classics TV... Among globe-trotting American bird hunters, Argentina is widely considered the best wingshooting destination on the planet. With doves, pigeons, ducks and perdiz, a partridge-like bird, it's a magical mixed bag of game. This week...
Redefining “Fine” Guns: The Caesar Guerini Revenant
Caesar Guerini’s Revenant shotgun encompasses the most alluring aspects of the hand-crafted classics…at 1/5 the price. SPONSORED CONTENT What constitutes a “fine” shotgun? Is it simply a gun that was made by hand through countless hours of labor? Or is it really about...
27 Nosler Brings Modern Performance to the Timeless Caliber
The venerable 270 Winchester has been a mainstay on gun store racks, ammo displays and in reloader’s cabinets for decades. SPONSORED CONTENT Along with the 30-06 Springfield and 30-30 Winchester, these cartridges have anchored more deer than any others. But times...
Badlands Vario Pack Ready to Meet Any Western Challenge
Badlands designed its Vario Pack System to be the only pack you’ll ever need. SPONSORED CONTENT About the only constant in western hunting is that nothing is constant. Changing terrain, weather and the ever-elusive elk, blacktail and moose that call this region home...
Copley’s First Live-Streamed Auction Nears $1 Million
Chelsie Olney of Copley Fine Art Auctions says thank you to everyone who made Copley's first live-streamed auction a success. The sale, consisting of 296 lots, was 94 percent sold by lot and realized $957,000. The auction achieved several world record prices, thanks...
Henry Repeating Firearms Issues Recall of Henry Single Shot Rifles and Shotguns
Henry Repeating Arms Company announced that it is voluntarily recalling all H015-series Single Shot Rifles and Single Shot Shotguns manufactured prior to July 1, 2020. Henry has recently discovered a potential safety issue wherein, under certain conditions, it is...
An American Water Spaniel in Grouse Country
He owned an American water spaniel—the state dog of Wisconsin and one of just a handful of AKC-recognized sporting breeds of North American origin. It’s never a good sign when you begin a day of hunting pacing a veterinary clinic parking lot waiting for the place to...
How to Plan a Successful Fishing Trip
Having a successful fishing trip depends on how you plan for success. Planning will help regardless if your goal is to catch a state record fish, or escape from chores for the day. Remember that some days we catch fish on bare hooks, while others days we just go...
Driven Bird Shooting in Idaho
How the European sport of royalty has come to the American West What if you could enjoy driven red-legged partridge in stunning and steep terrain, the kind of presentation made famous in the hills of Spain…but without the jet lag? That was the notion of Lars...
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...
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....
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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,...