10 Questions with Chris Dorsey
Sporting Classics TV new series with Chris Dorsey airs Mondays at 3pm, Thursdays at 11:30 am, Saturdays at 12:30 pm, and Sundays at 11 pm. 1. What is one hunt everyone should try once in their life? A: The one that they thought--perhaps for many years--they'd never be...
Essential Alligator Gar Research Underway In Oklahoma
Alligator gar reach an enormous 13 feet long and fatten to a plump 300 pounds. Lake Texoma lies over the Texas - Oklahoma state line. This boundary water is enormous. Denison Dam backs up the Red and Washita rivers for miles. The swollen arms of several tributary...
A Cast Of Characters Hunt Africa
Field Dispatch from Jason Vincent Africa- Undisclosed location June 24, 2019 8:45pm Local Time Yesterday was a great day. After being wind beaten and coming back to camp empty handed on Saturday, we decided to shift gears and head through a very deep canyon to survey...
SC Interviews: Francois Botha
An interview with Francois Botha, a South African who has fly fished and guided around the world. In this episode Francois takes Chris Dorsey on a unique excursion on the Yucatan Peninsula – fly fishing for piranha! Coming soon, the launch of Sporting Classics TV with...
The Great Western Loop Tour
Dispatch 16, June 21, 2019 The night in Glendive, and the cold medicine have me feeling much better this morning. We eat breakfast in the hotel, load everything in the car, and jump in... only to drive across the road. Sitting on a corner within rock-throwing distance...
Announcing Our 2019 July/August Issue
Features: Roosevelt’s Last Hunt A close encounter with an angry bull moose. By Duncan Dobie Bear Hunting in Japan An exciting turn-of-the-century bear hunt deep in the forests of Japan. Outing magazine, 1895 The Chair on the Tree They were bound to the land and...
Daily Contributor Wins National Award
Wichita, Kansas – Gabriella Hoffman’s Op-ed that appeared in Sporting Classics Daily last fall, “Judicial Review Shouldn’t Trump Wildlife Management,” has won first place in the Professional Outdoor Media Association’s 2019 Pinnacle Awards. Presented last week at the...
New Training and Hunt Experiences From Gunwerks
Join us on our home turf outside Cody, WY for an exclusive combined Long Range University and late season cow elk hunt on the private Wood River Ranch and in the surrounding Absoroka Mountain range. Learn More A day of long range training at the Gunwerks facility,...
RMEF Supports Returning Gray Wolf Management to State Wildlife Agencies
MISSOULA, Mont.—The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation fully supports removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife as proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). “Gray wolves have exceeded recovery goals in many states, including...
Detroit Campaign Targets Illegal Gun Purchases
As part of an ongoing national effort to help prevent illegal “straw” purchases of firearms, the National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are reminding the Detroit public that stiff penalties are in...
SEWE Supports Carolina Billfish Classic
The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition is proud to support the Carolina Billfish Classic with SEWE partner Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina. As the third leg of the SC Governor’s Cup Billfishing Series, June 19-22, 2019, the CBC marks an exciting time for anglers in...
Plan to expand hunting, fishing in wildlife refuges revealed
OAK HARBOR, Ohio (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday announced what it called a major expansion of hunting and fishing in the nation’s wildlife refuges. The plan affects 1.4 million acres (5,666 square kilometers) on federal public lands, including 74...
Bird of Prey: Evocative Film Reveals World’s Rarest Eagle
Ithaca, NY—The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s debut film, the award-winning documentary Bird of Prey, is now available on iTunes, Amazon, and Vimeo. With fewer than 800 Great Philippine Eagles remaining on Earth, the film tells the moving tale of a small but devoted...
Scenic Elk Country in Montana’s Swan Valley Conserved, Improves Public Access
MISSOULA, Mont.—An important migration corridor for elk, grizzly bears, Canada lynx and other wildlife is now permanently protected and open to public access in Montana’s scenic Swan Valley. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the Lolo National Forest worked with a...
Win a One-of-a-Kind Skinner from Woody Handmade Cutlery
CBS News Originals Covers Truth About Hunting
Last week, CBS News Originals aired a segment titled "Trophy Hunting: Killing or Conservation" featuring a number of hunters and wildlife conservancy managers who detail the crucial role hunters and hunting revenue play in funding antipoaching efforts, conserving land...
DSC’s new podcast, “Untamed Heritage” has just launched
We are proud to announce our "DSC's Untamed Heritage" podcast went live Tuesday morning, with GREAT success! We have been accepted by Google, Stitcher (thru blubrry.com) and are awaiting word form Spotify, I-Heart and Apple and we should be there by next week, at the...
Sidearms For Sportsmen: Walther PPQ M2 Review
Striker-fired polymer framed pistols…they’re everywhere. And let’s go ahead and call a spade a spade; polymer means plastic. Plastic framed guns are what we’re talking about here! Because you’re reading this on Sporting Classics Daily, I already know who you are...
An excerpt from Epiphany On Kodiak
Soon, I had the two hindquarters and one front tied onto the pack board. I was continually looking up and around for the bear. I was more than just a little twitchy, mind you. As I began to tie on the second front quarter, I looked up again to gaze into the stare of a...
Slow, Heavy Bullets Win!
From RonSpomerOutdoors.com Heavy bullets win over lighter, faster bullets in our recent survey. I asked if you preferred larger calibers and heavier, slower moving bullets or smaller diameter, faster projectiles for hunting. In other words, do you think big bullets at...
SEWE Installs Monumental Sculpture Exhibit In Mount Pleasant, SC
The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) curated and installed an outdoor monumental wildlife sculpture exhibit at the Mount Pleasant Waterfront Memorial Park in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The sculpture exhibit at Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park is...
Nosler’s Mountain Carbon Rifle Cuts Weight, Keeps the Accuracy
The market for ultra-light, ultra-accurate rifles has grown from what was once a niche into a strong segment of the hunting rifle world. More and more people were opening their wallets to obtain the lightest rifle possible, but to obtain this level of weight,...
Walther Announces Sponsorship of Sporting Classics TV Series
Walther Arms, INC. is proud to announce their sponsorship with the upcoming television series Sporting Classics produced by Dorsey Pictures. The series will premier July 1, 2019, on Outdoor Channel and brings one of America’s greatest adventure magazines to the...
An Excerpt From ‘Night Of The Moose’
Snow and ice covered the road making driving hazardous and compromising the braking ability of all vehicles…and animals. Just past the Soldotna city limits, Charlie entered a curve and encountered a young bull moose standing spread legged in clumsy defiance in the...
A Grouse Hunter’s Dream: Finding My Perfect Ithaca Double Gun
“Think how pleased some old-timer would be if he knew that his pet [shotgun] is once more someone’s pride and joy.” ~ Gene Hill Most grouse hunters are sentimentalists at heart and dream of owning a good side by side, which was the gun of choice for the old timers...
Negrini Announces Partnership with Sporting Classics TV Series
New Series Will Debut July 1 on Outdoor Channel FORT SMITH, Arkansas - (May 29, 2019) INTELCASE Company, the exclusive distributor of Negrini luxury gun cases, announced their partnership with the upcoming television series Sporting Classics produced by Dorsey...
Annual List of the Top 10 Boat Names
Each year, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) tallies the most popular boat names. The tradition dates back a quarter century, with the list derived from adding up requests for boat name designs from BoatUS Boat Graphics. Each reveals something...
Botswana Reopens Hunting
The government of Botswana announced today that it will reopen hunting after a five-year suspension in big game hunting areas in that Southern African nation. A news conference to discuss details is set for tomorrow. "The ministry of Environment, Natural Resources...
Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus Puts Partisanship Aside for Annual Clays Competition
Nearly 30 Members of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus (CSC) - the largest bipartisan Caucus on Capitol Hill - joined the sportsmen's community and allied industry representatives for the annual Congressional Clays Competition. Held just outside Washington, this...
Tanzania: How Hunting Saves Wildlife
The conclusion of this three part series featuring Professional Hunter and President of the Tanzania Hunting Operators Association, Michel Mantheakis, exposes the threats posed when wildlife and wilderness conservation issues are based on emotion and political gain in...
Fathers Day Book Bundles
Get three deluxe, signed & numbered books for the price of one! Library Book Bundle Receive Horned Moons & Savage Santas, Legends Legacy and Nineteen Years to Sunrise just in time for Father's Day! Order today, valid while supplies last. BUY NOW $75 Writers...
Announcing Our 2019 Sporting Lifestyle Issue
Features: Man vs. Moose Fight to the death, armed only with a knife. By Charles Jacobus New York Was Far Away O’ Connor pursues a record ram in the land of Northern Lights. By:Jack O’connor Dream Homes for Sportsmen High Alpine Ranch- Wild Montana at its finest. By:...
Supreme Court Ruling Threatens Wildlife And Hunting
In an opinion released today, the Supreme Court ruled that an 1868 treaty between the U.S. and the Crow Tribe could give members of that tribe the right to ignore state hunting regulations and engage in the unregulated take of game beyond the borders of reservation...
New England Custom Gun introduces updated easy-to-navigate website.
New England Custom Gun Service, Ltd. specializes in top quality gunsmithing and restoration services to the sporting arms community, as well as high quality long arms, optics and gun components. We sell AyA, Blaser, Krieghoff, Mauser, Merkel, Sauer and others. Our...
Scoping Out The Burris Optics Factory. Eye-opening!
I recently took Burris Optics up on their slogan Find What Matters, and made a visit to their factory in Greeley, Colorado, to find out what matters to them. When I learned that Burris is headquartered less than an hour’s drive from my in-laws’ house where we’d be...
Live from South Africa
Sporting Classics Dispatch by Jason Vincent: Eastern Cape, 57 Miles NNW of Port Elizabeth, South Africa May 17, 9:15pm Local Time We were short a man this morning after John Hill had a bad reaction to South Africa’s fermented grapes of the red variety last night....
The New Krieghoff K-20 Victoria Empowers Women at Wing and Clays
If you ever shot a Krieghoff K-20 Parcours you might walk away thinking that this 20-gauge over/under is the best handling shotgun, period. That could be attributed to the Parcours approach that pairs barrels lighter than the standard model with the low-profile K-20...
Stand Out With The New Kimber Evo Sp
Enjoy 30 seconds with the new Kimber handgun.
No-Show Committee Hearing On Anti-Hunting Grizzly Bear Bill A Real Yawner
Safari Club International opposes a bill in Congress that would stop hunting of grizzly bears. The Congressional version of “what if someone threw a party and no one came” was in full force on Wednesday when House Natural Resources Committee - Water, Oceans, and...
If you’re into long range shooting, Gunwerks has your perfect getaway
Dismal River Club's world class long range shooting and training facility is the perfect place to tune your skills under the direction of our expert instructors. Dismal River's 5-star lodging and dining services make this one of our most sought-after training...
RMEF Celebrates 35 Years of Conservation
MISSOULA, Mont.—Thirty-five years after its founding on May 14, 1984, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) is celebrating decades of conservation success. “Quite simply, the growth and accomplishments of this organization are staggering,” said Kyle Weaver, RMEF...
The Sauer SL5 Inertia Semiauto is Light and Fast
Not a year goes by that a well-known firearms manufacturer doesn’t come up with a new model that peaks the interest of shotgun enthusiasts worldwide. In late 2017 that manufacturer was Germany’s oldest gunmaker, J.P. Sauer and Sohn (now owned by Blaser), as the...
Caesar Guerini creates art in steel and wood
Fine shotguns have always been the synthesis of art and function. Over the last 100 years some of the most iconic craftsmen have spent hundreds of hours hand sculpting steel, perfecting mechanical excellence and turning rare pieces of walnut into perfectly checkered...
Twenty Four Lions
A century ago, 200,000 lions roamed Africa. Today, fewer than 20,000 run wild. Twenty Four Lions will be the seed population that will reverse this trend in the Zambeze Delta , an ecosystem of over 2 million acres. Cabela's Lion Translocation from Twenty Four Lions on...
Compete in the Steyr Challenge for the Title “Toughest Hunters in the Alps”
BESSEMER, Ala. — Steyr Arms will be hosting the 2nd Annual Steyr Challenge, Oct. 5 in Seetaler Alpe in Austria, with teams from across the globe competing for the title of “Toughest Hunters in the Alps.” This competition is a combination of a more than seven...
The Wind Blows
It was at my family’s annual campout during Oklahoma’s black powder season one year that I developed my disdain for the cold. The air mattress I’d been sharing with my oldest brother sprung a leak in the night and when we woke up he was practically on top of me. “Hey,...
Africa’s ‘Last Great Wilderness’ in Jeopardy as Autocratic President Plans Mega-dam
First ran in The Telegraph It is arguably the Empire’s greatest legacy to conservation, the outrageous vision of a British poacher-turned-naturalist whose misanthropic cussedness would shape Africa’s largest wildlife sanctuary. Stretching across a swathe of woodland...
QDMA Commends Utah DWR Decision to Stop Deer Relocation
QDMA applauds the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources for its decision to discontinue relocating urban deer to open rangelands due to the risk of potentially spreading chronic wasting disease (CWD). “The majority of disease experts agree the quickest ways to spread...
G&F Super Tag close to raising $1M for wildlife in 2019
First appeared on Buckrail WYOMING – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is close to raising one million dollars in 2019 through the sale of Super Tag raffle tickets. The hunter-generated revenue supports programs that address Wyoming’s most pressing conservation...
Boone and Crockett Club; Legislating “Fair Chase”
MISSOULA, Mont. — According to the Boone and Crockett Club, more states are being forced to take a closer look at how information gained from GPS technology is being used to hunt big game species. The issue is making its way onto the dockets for some state legislators...