Brays Island Plantation Completes Remarkable Renovation to Historic Inn
The Inn and Carriage House at Brays Island Plantation reopened following a six-month renovation. The circa-1930 brick Georgian-style mansion, along with an adjacent carriage house, serves as a landmark property of the 5,500-acre residential sporting community situated...
Wisconsin Ruffed Grouse West Nile Virus Results
A final report examining the results from 2018’s ruffed grouse West Nile virus sampling effort has been posted. This report summarizes only 2018 data. Samples collected by hunters during the 2019 season were received by the laboratory and a second-year report will be...
Michigan DNR Seeks To Fill Vacancies
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is soliciting applications for open volunteer positions on the Eastern Upper Peninsula Citizens Advisory Council. The council is designed to advise the DNR on regional programs and policies, identify areas in which the...
Volunteers Needed For Bighorn Sheep Survey
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), U.S. Forest Service (USFS), and Society for Conservation of Bighorn Sheep (SCBS) are seeking volunteers to assist biologists with a bighorn sheep count in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties on Feb. 29 and...
Betsy & Boo-Boo
“Alright cub scout, close your eyes and hold out your hand.” I heard cabinet hinges squeak open and Frank rustling through some clutter above his reloading bench. It was evening in late July and we were in his garage. The overhead doors were open, and a drop of sweat...
CWD Control Permits
Landowners in specific townships in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula chronic wasting disease management zone can apply for disease control permits to help manage deer populations on their properties. Chronic wasting disease is a fatal neurological disease affecting deer,...
Jim Thorpe, Hunting Dogs, and the Half-time Show
Green Bay, New York, Chicago, San Fran and LaRue, Ohio: what do they have in common? NFL franchises. But it was the rural Ohio team that was perhaps the most unusual. Its legacy lives on in the halftime show—a show rooted in marketing hunting dogs. LaRue native...
The 7mm-08 Rem. Bests The .308 Win.
A popular and knowledgeable gun writer online recently published a weak embrace of the .308 Winchester as his choice for an all-round, do-everything rifle cartridge. Like the groom at a shotgun wedding, he said, “I do” more out of a sense of self-preservation than...
Horses I Have Known: Pack Train Broncos
Not all horse trouble comes from the animals you actually ride. In a pack train, horses are tied to one another with bailing twine so that if all hell breaks loose, the twine will snap and the animals will not get all tangled up—at least in theory. Helping to move a...
Applications For Oklahoma 22nd Annual Wildlife Youth Camp
A week full of fun outdoor activities, conservation education and camaraderie is in store for up to 35 lucky teens selected to attend the 22nd annual Wildlife Youth Camp. Applications are now being accepted for this summer's once-in-a-lifetime event. "Campers...
Passages
Passages is an unprecedented compilation of the best quotations from hunting, fishing and conservation books, magazine articles and poetry and it's yours free for subscribing. All of these excerpts, which run the gamut from poignant and insightful to delightful and...
NH Coyote Tests Positive For Rabies
The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department reminds residents and visitors that wild animals should be left alone, one reason being the possibility of rabies. The NH Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Laboratory recently confirmed that a coyote...
A Dozen For Down Under
The 2019/2020 fire season in Australia has been catastrophic. The latest figures estimate 46 million acres have burned, 36 people died and a mind-boggling loss of 1 billion animals including some species that are on the brink of extinction. These numbers are growing...
The Rhinoceros: Its Bird Guardian, And How It Is Hunted
The Bechuana of Southern Africa, if he be rich enough, purchases a gun wherewith to attack the dauntless black rhinoceros, much preferring, as any one who has a chance of seeing Borele in all his savage grandeur will at once understand, to send the messenger of death...
Venison Stew
Years ago, I fell into the habit of boning out all of the deer I was lucky enough to drag out of the woods. My Uncle Elton loved venison, and I always made sure he had a good supply in his freezer. Elton lived alone with two big dogs to keep him company – an...
2020 Wyoming Outdoor Hall Of Fame Awards
Three individuals who have made significant contributions to the Wyoming outdoors will be inducted into the 2020 Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame. Helen Roylance, Richard Guenzel and Duaine Hagen will join 63 past honorees. The induction ceremony takes place Friday, March...
Learn The Art Of Hunting
Did you know sportsmen and women play an important role in wildlife management? They advocate for conservation policies and fund a majority of wildlife conservation efforts. But fewer and fewer are engaged in the great outdoors. That’s why Tennessee Wildlife...
Extraordinary Makinson & Son .600 Nitro Express Available
Extraordinary Makinson & Son .600 Nitro Express, 1,100 hours of engraving by Adone Pozzobon, serial 600, 900-grain, one of the finest double rifles extant. As is sometimes the case with unique and valuable firearms, a degree of speculation and unintended...
Beware: Georgia License Site Scam
A scam license website has been detected by the Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Division. This site appears to be active in both North Georgia and on the coast. This scam website appears as an advertisement during a Google Search for “Georgia Fishing License.” The site...
Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey Reaches Nearly 6 Million Viewers in First Season on Outdoor Channel, Moves to Syndication
Officials from Dorsey Pictures, the world’s largest producer of outdoor adventure television and the only production company with outdoor DNA named to Real Screen magazine’s annual Global 100 list, announced that Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey reached more...
North Dakota 2020 Spring Turkey Season Set
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is offering 6,230 wild turkey licenses for the 2020 spring hunting season, 205 more than last year. Seven of the 22 hunting units have more spring licenses than in 2019, five have fewer and nine remain the same. Unit 21...
Tahr In The Other Land Down Under
Tahr abound among the towering peaks of the other “Down Under,” New Zealand. The challenge is getting close enough to make the shot. There is another “land down under.” Not the one you’re thinking of. It is, by any measure, far, far away from anywhere that you might...
Always Have A Predator Call
Q: Larry, I’ve often heard you say you never go hunting without having a mouth-blown predator call with you. Do you use it only to try to attract coyotes and the like, or, do you use it to call up other “critters”? A: What you heard is correct. I do indeed carry a...
The Appended And Annotated Gaddis-Webster Dictionary Of Sporting Lexicology
Noah Webster was obviously a learned man, dedicating his life to language, his name synonymous with “dictionary” in America, especially the “modern” Merriam-Webster version, published inaugurally within that notable ring from the human cambium, 1828. In the process,...
27 Nosler Cartridge Redefines .270 Performance
Nosler has taken the venerable .270 rifle caliber to a new level with the introduction of the all-new, 27 Nosler. Conceived as a 21st century upgrade to existing .270 calibers, the 27 Nosler delivers previously unobtainable downrange ballistics by pairing the...
Horses I Have Known: The Leaner
These are actually affectionate animals who like nothing better than to lean their full body weight against you as you are trying to mount, adjust their tack, load paniers, etc. Usually a friendly shove will set things straight. The difficulty occurs when the horse...
Public May Rent Hunting Equipment At University Of Nebraska-Lincoln
Hunting equipment now is available for rent by the public at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Outdoor Adventure Center. Rental has been offered to the university’s students for about a year, and recently expanded to allow the public to rent the equipment,...
Baptizing A Mule Deer Hunter
The cathedral of Utah’s game-rich mountains provides hallowed ground for a father-son foray into the heart of the game. The gentle foothills and mountains in this stretch of Utah are home to all manner of the state’s big game—elk, mule deer, black bear and mountain...
2020 Michigan Junior Duck Stamp Contest
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is accepting entries for the 2020 Michigan Junior Duck Stamp Contest administered by the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge in Saginaw. Entries must be postmarked by March 15. The USFWS has hosted the contest in Michigan since 1995...
Apply Online For MO Spring Managed Turkey Hunts
Missouri turkey hunters can apply online during February for 2020 spring turkey managed hunts through the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) website. Drawing results will be posted starting March 15. The spring turkey hunting youth weekend will be April 4 and 5...
Record Number Of Anglers Achieve Cutt-Slam
A total of 144 anglers completed the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Cutt-Slam in 2019. Established in 1996, the Cutt-Slam challenges anglers to catch the state’s four subspecies of cutthroat trout — Bonneville, Colorado River, Snake River and Yellowstone — in...
Chinchaga River Moose
Were you to dream a moose hunt, this classic north country wilderness would be the perfect place. It was the quintessential north woods moose hunt for five days. Wild, serene, beautiful and perfect for the huntress. But then it was the moose’s turn. One tends to...
North Platte Outpost
Some years back, I met a fellow sportsman whose duck camp also served as his family’s home, a sweet, to say the least, deal made possible by a good-natured and tolerant wife who, nonetheless, well understood that this convenient combination gave her considerable...
DSC 2020 Convention and Sporting Expo Wraps Up Sunday
Exhibitors at the Dallas Safari Club 2020 Convention and Sporting Expo reported quality traffic and brisk sales. Even with the threat of severe weather Saturday, the aisles were packed.
Banovich Personalizes “King” At DSC 2020
More Great Things From DSC 2020
There were many more great outdoors and sporting items we came across at the Dallas Safari Club Convention & Sporting Expo. Later today we'll be attending a seminar by Gil and Vicki Ash on improving your wingshooting and tomorrow one by hunting ethicist Michael...
DSC Convention Kick Off A Success
The Dallas Safari Club 2020 Convention and Sporting Expo is a great place to see the best the sporting and outdoor world has to offer. Here are some of the highlights we saw before lunch the first day.
Sabatti’s Saphire Rifle
Quick. Name an Italian hunting rifle… See? That’s the problem. While the Italians are famous for hot cars, hot women and fine shotguns (which can also get pretty hot on an Argentine dove hunt), they seem to have taken a terminal lunch break at the rifle factory. For...
Hornady Sets Shockey Signing Session At DSC Expo
Internationally renowned hunter and conservationist Jim Shockey will sign autographs from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, at the Hornady booth at the Dallas Safari Club Convention and Sporting Expo. The expo is from Jan. 9-12 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention...
Perplexed By Parallax
Q: I started hunting with a scope on my rifle about 40 years ago, initially a fixed 4x Weaver and then a 3-9x Redfield with duplex crosshairs. It’s interesting how hunting optics have changed since that time. Today, many scopes have as special side knob for...
Booking A Vancouver Bear Hunt
Q: Larry, I’m headed to the Dallas Safari Club Convention where I plan to book a black bear hunt, my first big game hunt beyond having hunted whitetail deer and wild hogs in Alabama for the past twenty years. I’d like to go to British Columbia’s Vancouver Island....
Henry Repeating Arms Donates More Than 120 Guns To Raise Money For Two Children Undergoing Cancer Treatments
Henry Repeating Arms President and Owner, Anthony Imperato, first learned of 3-year-old Sadie Kreinbrink a few months after she was diagnosed with Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma, a malignant childhood tumor requiring 66 weeks of chemotherapy treatment. When Sadie’s mother...
Georgia Birding Competition And Art Contest
Georgia’s 15th annual Youth Birding Competition invites resident children and teens to celebrate birds through a T-shirt Art Contest. A winner will be picked from each of these age categories: primary (pre-K–2nd), elementary (third-fifth), middle school (sixth-eighth)...
Upcoming MDC Waterfowl Workshops
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites waterfowl hunters to a series of public workshops around the state in January, February and March to gather hunter input about duck season dates and zone boundary locations for the 2021-2025 seasons. Participants...
Horses I Have Known: Zombie Horses, or, Dawn of the Living Dead
When a corral is not available, such as on remote wilderness hunts, the horses may be hobbled and cow bells may be attached to one or more animals to keep track of them and aid in finding them in the pre-dawn darkness. The gentle, rhythmic ringing of the bells through...
See Us At The DSC Convention!
Sporting Classics Daily invites you to stop by our booth #3750 this week while at the DSC Convention & Sporting Expo at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. This family friendly Expo is open to the public and will fill a record 800,000...
Nebraska Trout Slam
Nebraska truly is a state where east meets west and north meets south. The state has a great diversity of geography, climate, habitats, wildlife and fish. As a result, Nebraska anglers are blessed with opportunities to fish for a variety of warm-water, cool-water and...
Try Snipe Hunting — No Joke!
The folklore surrounding snipe hunting as a practical joke played on gullible, inexperienced campers has been around for so long that some people don’t realize snipe are real birds. But they are! This migratory bird overwinters in balmy Florida providing hunters with...
Online Applications Now Available for 2020 Joice Island Wild Pig Hunts
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is offering wild pig hunts in March and April at the Joice Island Unit of Grizzly Island Wildlife Area in Solano County. The 2020 Joice Island pig hunt drawings will be administered online exclusively. CDFW is...
Legends of the Hunt – Rogue
A gunshot and a scream shatter the still African morning air. A hunter is dead in his tent from a massive head wound; a gun in his hand. A white hunter and his gun-bearers rush to the tent followed by a sobbing woman close behind. It is the start of what will become...