Sharpen Your Skills As Well As Your Broadheads In Arkansas
Many bowhunters pour over the sharpness of their broadheads, the look of their arrows and the conditions of their bows. Some new locations provided by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission offer year-round opportunities to keep the rust off and keep your shooting form...
Autumn Harvest Art Show Oct. 5-6 at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park, NE
View work by nationally known artists from around the Midwest at the Autumn Harvest Art Show, scheduled for Oct. 5-6 at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park. This event, hosted by Prairie Images, will be held at the Peter Kiewit Lodge from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Oct. 5 and 9...
Arkansas Predator Control Permit Application Available Online
Arkansans wanting to reduce the number of furbearers on their property now have additional opportunities through a free online Arkansas Predator Control Permit developed by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Commissioners voted unanimously during their June 24...
Flying B Ranch, A Fin, Upland And Big Game Hunting Lodge
Follow the path of Lewis and Clark to the ultimate upland bird and big game hunting lodge with salmon, steelhead and smallmouth on the side. Nose thrust forward, the pair of German shorthairs, Otis and Trigger, romped back and forth through the heavy grassy thicket....
California Expands Statewide Sampling For CWD
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is increasing the scope of its monitoring and testing efforts for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in California’s deer and elk herds. “While California has never had a report of CWD, increased testing is needed to...
Utah Waterfowl Hunt Forecast
Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources has published its waterfowl hunt forecast. With the exception of swans (which require a permit from the hunt drawing), the rest of the waterfowl hunts in Utah are open to anyone with a Utah hunting license. You are also required...
Fishing Scotland
Mention salmon and grouse in the same breath and hunting and fishing Scotland instantly comes to mind. Gentlemen in snap brim hats, Norfolk shooting jackets, plus fours and wellies to the knees, best gun poised with loader at the ready, their eyes searching the brow...
Fabarm’s new L4S Sporting
Fabarm’s new L4S Sporting is a well-thought-out fusion, or merger, if you will, of a semi-auto target gun and a variety of the handling and “feel” characteristics inherent in a classic over-and-under clays shotgun. If that’s your cup of tea, this may well be your next...
NH Offers Free Introductory Fly Tying Courses
Registration is now open for the Let’s Go Fishing Program’s fall Introduction to Fly Tying courses being held on Tuesday and/or Thursday evenings in October and November. The classes will be held in Dunbarton and New London and will be taught by master fly tier,...
North Dakota Wetland Conditions Good for Duck Hunting
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s annual fall wetland survey indicates good-to-excellent conditions for duck hunting throughout the state Andy Dinges, migratory game bird biologist, said the number of duck hunting wetlands are up about 65 percent statewide...
Announcing Our 2019 Autumn Guns & Hunting Issue
Features: Seeing Doubles An extraordinary collection of Best double rifles. By Scott E. Mayer Black-Horn Buck The old buck seemed to be guided by mystical powers. By Archibald Rutledge Patron Power What better way to celebrate a lifetime achievement than with a...
Food Plots On Public Hunting Areas
Thanks to the work of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife biologists throughout the state, tractors are turning dirt to plant thousands of food plots on public hunting areas. Jake Whisenhunt, wildlife biologist for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission out of...
The Last Days of Ben Lilly
After the presidential bear hunt, Lilly went back to Texas and soon drifted across the border into Mexico, continuing his pursuit of black bears and cougars with a vengeance. He gained even more renown hunting the few remaining grizzlies in the Sierra Madre Mountains...
Missouri Quail And Pheasant Numbers Steady
With Missouri quail and pheasant hunting season starting Nov. 1, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) advises hunters that quail and pheasant production appears better than expected despite harsh conditions last winter and flooding this spring. Each August,...
New Regs Proposed In South Dakota to Combat Spread of CWD
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Commission have proposed new regulations for the transportation and disposal of deer and elk carcasses from other states and hunting units within South Dakota's known endemic areas where chronic wasting disease (CWD) has...
Make Hunting Safely The Priority
Watching the sun rise over a marsh is an awe-inspiring experience, a memory bank deposit that for many duck hunters is as valuable as the number of birds they bag. Yet, every year some duck hunters find themselves in bad situations, the result of falls into cold...
Three Keys To Good Shooting
Autumn is coming hard now. For those of us who follow the gun and dog, it won’t be long before the gnats and mosquitos are replaced by quail and doves and ducks and geese and we’ll be ready for some good shooting. This time of year I typically get a lot of questions...
Do Not Eat These Deer Warning
With archery hunting season beginning Oct. 1, the Michigan departments of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Natural Resources (DNR) are reminding hunters of the “Do Not Eat” advisory for deer taken within 5 miles of Clark’s Marsh in Oscoda Township due to PFOS...
Safari & Home Furniture Collection Raising the Bar
Sponsored Content Safari & Home continues raising the bar in sporting lifestyle décor with its bespoke furniture collection. Our client’s Owen bar stools are shown here with the walnut bar by Julian & Sons. We used the same walnut wood and Danish oil...
Sporting Classics With Chris Dorsey Celebrates #DeerWeek
This week, Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey returns to the Rocky Mountains for a free-range mule deer hunt. The episode is featured as part of Deer Week, a week-long celebration of the upcoming deer hunting season on Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel. Inspired...
New From Kent® Cartridge Fasteel® 2.0
SPONSORED CONTENT For over 20 years Kent® Cartridge has produced the Fasteel® line of steel shot waterfowl loads that are a favorite with many waterfowl hunters all over North America. Known for its high-velocities and ultra-reliable performance in all weather...
Flats Fishing Communities Rally To Provide Support For Dorian Recovery
On September 1, Hurricane Dorian stalled over the northern Bahamas islands with sustained winds over 185 mph – the highest windspeed of any Atlantic hurricane recorded at landfall. The resulting damage to the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama was catastrophic as the...
Nebraska Youth Lifetime Half Price Permit
In an effort to encourage young Nebraskans to participate in hunting and fishing, the Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation established its Youth Lifetime Half Price Permit Program. This program gives Nebraska youth age 15 and younger the opportunity to purchase a...
Learn the TORIC Advantage and Save $100
SPONSORED CONTENT Direct to Consumer Benefit TRACT Optics is changing the way you purchase optics. By selling direct, they are able to cut out the retail mark up and provide you with a higher quality product for a better price. Jon Allen and Jon LaCorte have spent...
An Artist In Big Game Country: “No Good.”
This is an excerpt from an article that originally appeared in the August 1910 issue of Outing magazine. “Going a hunting” has a ring to it of romance and adventure. As your enthusiast holds forth, you sense the mystery of the forest and the mountains and the...
Three Hunters Survive Grizzly Bear Attacks
Three hunters were injured Monday in two separate grizzly bear attacks on the west side of the Gravelly Mountains. The three survivors received moderate to severe injuries. Both attacks involved a single bear, but it’s unclear whether the same bear was involved....
South Dakota Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup And Arts Festival
The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) will host the 54th annual Buffalo Roundup and 26th annual Arts Festival in Custer State Park later this month. The Buffalo Roundup begins at 9:30 a.m. MDT on Friday, Sept. 27. The Arts Festival will run from...
The Signature Lodge
SPONSORED CONTENT The Signature Lodge north of Pierre, South Dakota, is the first sporting venue to ever receive a Beretta Trident and also voted Sporting Classic’s Lodge of the Year. But there is more to being an award-winning hunting lodge than just the...
Nebraska Has Great Opportunities For Youth Hunters
Nebraska youth hunters’ waterfowl begins Sept. 28-29 in Zones 2 and 4, Oct. 5-6 in Zone 1 and Oct. 19-20 in Zone 3. Duck hunting zones for youth waterfowl are the same as the regular duck season. The youth waterfowl season is for hunters age 15 and younger. No permit...
Beware The Beast Of Nchila
The mosaic of rolling woodlands mixed with open plains, marshes and switchback rivers make ideal habitat for Cape buffalo in the northwest corner of Zambia—including the “Beast of Nchila,” a rogue bull that had killed four of its own. Stalking a massive bull in a...
Leftover ND Fall Turkey Licenses Available Sept. 25
The 2019 fall wild turkey lottery has been held and more than 1,000 leftover turkey licenses remain in nine units, according to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Unsuccessful applicants will have a refund issued directly to their credit card. Beginning at 8...
A Man In Full: A Hunt To Remember
In August of 1886, Roosevelt set out with two companions for the Wyoming Big Horn Mountains, some 300-odd miles southwest of his Elkhorn Ranch. There was a prairie schooner wagon, a string of horses—saddle, pack, and draft. Barrels of water, flour, and lard, bacon,...
Arkansas Smallmouth And Trout
Billy Vanderbilt (left) found the smallmouth bass biting on the Spring River when he was out recently with guide Mark Crawford of Spring River Flies and Guides. Billy used an olive Woolly Bugger to catch the smallmouth. Trout are often what is most talked about when...
King of Beasts – A Study of the African Lion
My raison d’être often finds me capturing the wild and raw sides of nature, where just surviving the night is a landmark event. The tallest animal to walk the planet today is an old bull giraffe. Often standing 19 feet tall and weighing more than 3,000 pounds,...
Oklahoma Quail Generally Healthy
Preliminary data from trapping efforts last year indicate the northern Oklahoma quail are in good shape. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is working to assess the health of northern bobwhites in the state. In August 2018, 33 quail from five wildlife...
New Hampshire Ruffed Grouse and Woodcock Seasons Start October 1
The hunting season for ruffed grouse – New Hampshire’s most sought-after upland game bird – starts October 1 and runs through December 31. Woodcock season also opens October 1 and concludes November 14. Karen Bordeau, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s Small...
Free-Range Mule Deer on Sporting Classics TV
In this week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey we’re at a secret honey hole in Utah with a motherlode of free-range mule deer.
9 Tips For Tagging Game In Oregon
1. When tagging game in Oregon, log in to the MyODFW app before you lose cell reception. The MyODFW app works without cell reception, but you need to be logged in for your profile to come up and to be able to use the app out of cell range. Note that the original...
A Great New Dove Stool
Finally, September arrived after a long and Sahara-like summer in the South. But the 90s were still here last weekend, so it was nice to find a little shade for my dove stool at our opening day dove hunt. A few friends gathered on a large recently-cut corn field for a...
New Technology For Two-Dog Handlers
Today, Dogtra introduced the T&B DUAL, a revolutionary system that allows hunters, trainers and handlers to exercise total control over two dogs working together. The T&B DUAL comes as either a 2-dog system or a 1-dog system that can be expanded to 2-dogs....
Florida 2019-2020 High School Fishing Program
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) 2019-2020 High School Fishing Program offers high school fishing clubs or teams the opportunity to apply for the Florida Sport Fish Restoration R3 Fishing Grant. This grant program is focused on recruiting...
H-S Precision Rifle Remake
My H-S Precision SPL rifle is like that mousy girl you hardly noticed in high school. Then, after a year or two of blossoming at college, she comes back to town. Perky new hairdo, smart new clothes and a confident attitude to match. Wow! How did you overlook that...
Limited Wing & Barrel Ranch Memberships Available
Discover timeless traditions through membership at the ultimate private sporting club located in Northern California's wine country. Wing & Barrel Ranch, an exclusive members-only sporting club for the discerning outdoor and wine enthusiast set amid the...
Deer Season Opens In Parts Of New Jersey
The fall bow deer season opens Saturday, September 14, in New Jersey Deer Management Zones governed by Regulation Sets #4 through #8. First deer must be antlerless (except for youth hunters) through September 27; the season opens statewide on Saturday, Sept. 28....
Virus Causes Deer Deaths
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the first two cases of deer deaths from epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) in wild white-tailed deer in Minnesota. EHD is a viral disease that is spread by a biting insect called a midge. “All of our...
North Dakota Expects Better Upland Numbers
Pheasant, Sharptail and Partridge Numbers Up North Dakota’s roadside surveys conducted in late July and August indicate total pheasant, sharp-tailed grouse and gray partridge numbers are up from last year. State Game and Fish Department upland game biologist RJ Gross...
President Theodore Roosevelt on Mountain Man Ben Lilly
Roosevelt greatly enjoyed his time with Ben Lilly. He later wrote: “I never met any other man so indifferent to fatigue and hardship. The morning he joined us in camp, he had come on foot through the thick woods, followed by his two dogs, and had neither eaten nor...
Fabarm Elos N2 Allsport
Fabarm’s Elos N2 Allsport is a 12-gauge over-and-under ideally suited for many teenage shooters who need a “little less” than a full adult gun. The length-of-pull on the stock is 14 inches (adjustable as the shooter requires with easily replaceable pads) and the grip...
Rigby Art Releases Limited Edition Stamps
London gunmaker John Rigby & Co.’s new art department has unveiled three new limited edition stamps by talented in-house engravers Geoffrey Lignon and Saija Koskialho. Each collection of 50 stamps feature either a European roebuck by Finnish artist Saija or...
Caesar Guerini Revenant
In the gun trade, the highly skilled hands of a veteran craftsman have historically reflected the epitome of precision fit and finish along with the unmatched adornment of the engraver’s art. I have marveled, for example, at a fitter who, with no more than chisel and...