How To Turn A 240sq. ft. Shack Into A First-Rate Outdoorsman’s Kitchen
At first glance, the little 12-by-20-foot building nestled in the trees behind the house might look just like a shack used to house lawn equipment and ‘stuff’ that will eventually wind up donated to a resale store. Once inside my little "Cooking Shack," the casual...
An Interview with Interior Secretary David Bernhardt
When entering Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s office in downtown Washington, D.C., I notice a beautiful trophy antler mount hanging above the fireplace. Bernhardt, beaming with pride, tells me the massive antlers belonged to the moose he harvested in Alaska's...
Importance of Youth Hunting on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey
Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey strongly encourages all hunters to mentor a youth this fall. This is a critical time for the sport of hunting, especially for the future generation of young men and women that must carry the torch. A recent survey by the US Fish...
45-70 And 7×57 Mauser Compared
From Ron Spomer Outdoors Comparing the 45-70 and 7×57 cartridges will raise eyebrows. Might even turn the air blue on some social media sites (apples to oranges!) I’ll be called everything from a dumb #$&*%! to an ignorant #+=$^@*. But we shall know the truth, and...
House Committee Hearing on “Cecil Act” Attacks Hunters and Undermines Conservation Efforts
Safari Club International vehemently opposes H.R 2245, the “Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies Act” or “CECIL Act,” which was the subject of a hearing today in the U.S House of Representatives’ Natural Resources Subcommittee on...
Premium Optics
Jul/Aug 2019 Optics Review The latest and greatest in riflescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes and other premium optics. Aimpoint Fully enclosed and sealed, the Acro P-1 is the only sight in its size category fully tested for shock, vibration, temperature span and...
Why the Shotgun Sports Can Be a Superior Way To Teach Ethics
A few years ago I experienced a moment that is now seared into my memory. The moment began inconspicuously. I and some of my Rocky Mountain Vintagers pals were ambling from station to station at Jerry William’s superb Quail Run Sporting Clays Club in Kiowa, Colorado....
Read More, Spend Less
Great American Hunting Stories A superb collection of stories that captures the very soul of hunting. Here, are some of the best hunting tales ever written, stories that sweep from charging lions in the African bush to mountain goats in the mountain crags of the...
National Shooting Sports Month
August is almost here -- otherwise known as "National Shooting Sports Month," designated three years ago by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). Whether through target shooting at a favorite range, plinking in a backyard with friends and family, competing...
Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation Bill Introduced in the Senate
(Washington, DC) - Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus Member (CSC) Senator Jim Risch (ID), and CSC Senate Leaders Senators Deb Fischer (NE), Martin Heinrich (NM), John Boozman (AR), and Joe Manchin (WV) were joined by fellow CSC Members Senators Lamar Alexander (TN),...
An excerpt from Huge Grizzly At Close Range
As it appears In ALASKA BEARS, SHAKEN AND STIRRED About three o’clock by my watch, which is actually solar midday in that latitude, I settled in at the edge of the cut bank next to Bruce. We had not seen a single big game animal so far that entire day. Bruce asked...
This Weeks Sporting Classics TV Episode
We’re headed off the grid to a secret location in the mountains of Utah. A free range Mule deer honey hole that you have to see to believe.
Sandhill Crane Hunting in Alabama
From Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources A new and unique hunting opportunity will be available for Alabama residents beginning in the 2019-20 season. Alabama will join Tennessee and Kentucky, to be the third state east of the Mississippi River to...
Win a Hunt with Chris Dorsey
Join, Renew, or Upgrade your SCI membership for a chance to WIN! Don’t just watch great hunts on Sporting Classics TV…. now you can be a star of the show! Safari Club International and Sporting Classics TV are teaming up to offer one lucky winner the opportunity to...
Tim Hall Woodcarvings
Tim Hall, the seventh generation of his family to live along the Kentucky River from the days of Daniel Boone, has always been close to nature. Hunting and fishing have been life long pursuits as well as trying to capture the beauty he sees in the outdoors. Tim has...
Vista Divests Savage For $170 Million
Savage Arms, the well-known “still made in the USA” brand founded 125 years ago, was purchased by ATK in 2013. ATK's outdoors brands that also include Federal Premium, CCI Ammunition, Bushnell and others, were housed under a spinoff — Vista Outdoor — in 2015....
This Weeks Sporting Classics TV Episode
The series airs on Mondays 3:00 pm Thursdays11:30 am Saturdays 12:30 pm Sundays 11:00 pm
Nosler Mountain Carbon Hits Sweet Spot of Weight, Accuracy
Mountain hunters are a special breed. Every item they pack on a hunt has a purpose. Because gear means ounces and ounces add up to pounds. And pounds… they eventually equal pain. From cutting the handle off of toothbrushes to scraping the rubber armor off a spotting...
Hybrid Bass to Be Stocked in many Indiana Lakes
Indiana Department of Natural Resources hatchery staff is stocking hybrid striped bass across the state for the benefit of Hoosier anglers. Hybrid striped bass, also known as “wipers,” are a hybrid species of white bass and striped bass. By hybridizing the two,...
With Fabbri in Italy
Castelnuovo I was stunned. Pleasantly stunned. Roberto Ferrata uncased his new titanium Fabbri 12 gauge shotgun and handed it to me. “I want you to use my gun today.” I received the magnificent firearm and held it as gently as if it were a newborn baby. Bringing it to...
A Day with Rachel Carrie
If you’ve ever seen a carpenter pick up a hammer, then you know what it’s like to watch Rachel Carrie pick up her shotgun. It’s hard to describe exactly, but there is a familiarity and nonchalance with tools that only comes from a lifetime of work. Like greeting an...
Traversing the Decades with John Tolmay
From a small boy feeding the yard dogs with his father on the ranch in Rhodesia to cowboy in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, returning home to Africa to establish his own cattle ranch, inadvertently becoming a professional hunter and now a successful self-taught sculptor,...
Sporting Classics Magazine Announces Sponsorship of Sporting Classics TV
Sporting Classics Magazine announced their partnership with the upcoming television series Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey produced by Dorsey Pictures. The series will premier July 1, 2019 on Outdoor Channel and brings one of America’s greatest adventure...
The Bearing Tree
The landmark was a reminder of purer, simpler days. Three years ago, on an opening day hunt in my home state of Oklahoma, I killed one of the biggest Rio Grande turkeys of my life. In fact, he was big enough to show off, so I hauled him across the street to where my...
Cape Buffalo Safari BlaserR8
From Ron Spomer Outdoors A cape buffalo safari can lead to an expensive addiction. Thomas Wolfe famously wrote “You Can’t Go Home Again.” But he didn’t say you couldn’t go on a cape buffalo safari again. And after the first, you’ll want another. And another… But it...
Montana Sportsmen Undertake Legal Action Against Forest Service
BILLINGS, Mont. – Maintaining traditional public access opportunities in the Crazy Mountains of Montana is the goal of a lawsuit filed today against the U.S. Forest Service by a coalition of conservation-based groups, including Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. The...
SCIF Pathfinder Committee Awards Elk Hunt for Terminally Ill Child
Jena Bartenhagen, a special young lady suffering from brain cancer, realized her dream of hunting elk when she received the Jackie Bartels Memorial Youth Hunt. Jena wanted to hunt elk for a long time but couldn’t because of debilitating hearing loss, physical...
SC Interviews: Stu Apte
Chasing tarpon on the keys with, many say, the world's greatest fisherman, Stu Apte. For many more exciting fishing and hunting adventures, watch Sporting Classics TV with Chris Dorsey, now on The Outdoor Channel. Times are 12:30 pm ET on Saturdays, and 6:30 am...
Sporting Classics TV with Chris Dorsey
Here's a sneak peak at the exciting new outdoors series, Sporting Classics TV with Chris Dorsey. The epic series launches July 1st on The Outdoor Channel. Times are 12:30 pm ET on Saturdays, and 6:30 am Saturdays, 3 pm Mondays, and 11:30 am Thursdays.
Storytelling is in Our Blood
In The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human, author Jonathan Gottschall writes: “Story is the grease and glue of society: by encouraging us to behave well, story reduces social friction while uniting people around common values. Story homogenizes us; it...
SCI Announces Sponsorship with Sporting Classics TV
Tucson, AZ - Safari Club International announced their sponsorship with the upcoming television series Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey produced by Dorsey Pictures. The series will premier July 1, 2019 on Outdoor Channel and brings one of America’s greatest...
Firearms from the Collections of 5 important Gunwriters now offered by Sportsman’s Legacy
A rifle that spent time in the hands of a legendary gunwriter like Jack O'Connor, Charles Askins or Tom Siatos would easily be the centerpiece of most collections. The same holds true for a rifle owned by a contemporary such as Todd Smith or an American Handgunner...
Congressional Amendment Threatens African Wildlife Conservation
Safari Club International strongly opposes Representative Vern Buchanan’s (R-FL-16) amendment to H.R. 3055, an appropriations rider which would prohibit the import of sport-hunted elephant and lion from Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. “We strongly oppose this...
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...