Sand and Shinnery
I felt a slight nudge on my left elbow as I “worked the horns” in an attempt to draw in a whitetail buck out of the oak thicket. I turned ever so slowly, then followed Craig Archer’s pointing hand. “Buck, three-year old!” whispered he. The buck was charging in jumping...
The Fire Pit/Grill Combo Built to Last a Lifetime
Rugged Construction Built to Last a Lifetime Unlike a typical fire pit, the unique set up of the PauHana gives you a sturdy steel directional bowl! On those fall or winter nights when it’s all about the warmth, you can use the removable elevation brackets which allow...
Announcing Our 2019 May June Issue
Features: An Artist in Big Game Country The sporting artist is the rare bird on the trail. Oliver Kemp The Birth of a Fisherman You never get over the sight of your first bluegill. Michael M. Dewitt, Jr. Our Best Friend The dog’s life was a mystery, but when they were...
Teenager fights off grizzly thanks to luck, courage and pepper spray
A Montana teenager found himself up close and personal with a grizzly when the bruin attacked him while he was hiking alone. According to authorities, the teen used bear spray to thwart the bear attack. But it wasn’t before being pinned face-down by the bear that the...
After more than 160 years, the elk are coming back strong
The wind tore through me like shattered glass, but I was too excited to care. I was standing on the top of a mountain that had once been stripped for coal and natural gas. Now I looked over thickets of pine and brush, green and gold grasses and verdant shrubs. In the...
RMEF Warns of Colorado Wolf Reintroduction Ballot Initiative
MISSOULA, Mont.—The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is signaling a warning about an organized ballot initiative effort just underway in Colorado seeking to forcibly introduce gray wolves into the state. “To be clear, RMEF strongly opposes the forced introduction of gray...
CSF Praises Senate Confirmation of David Bernhardt
The U.S. Senate confirmed David Bernhardt to serve as Secretary of the Interior on a bipartisan vote of 56 - 41. The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation (CSF) has strongly supported this confirmation process from the beginning, emphasizing to Senate leadership that...
The Only Available “Holland & Holland Royal Deluxe Flight”
As Mr. Kolander correctly comments, artistry and firearms have walked side-by-side for centuries. Kings, noblemen, and great military men of their era have all desired something to set their weapons apart. They required the finest craftsmanship and appreciated the...
The App Aiming to Hook More People on Fishing
While things weren’t looking promising for hunting in the 2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, the same report revealed fishing recruitment efforts were enjoying far more success. From 2011 to 2016, fishing participation grew...
SCI President Babaz Responds To Anti-Hunting, Anti-Science Bill
Safari Club International President Paul Babaz today issued a statement that points out the lunacy of a bill that has been introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives that, if passed into law, would harm the very wildlife it purports to want to help – all in the...
Volunteers Contribute $24 Million in Value to RMEF Mission
MISSOULA, Mont.—How valuable are volunteers for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation? In 2018, the value of their donated time and labor equates to $24.1 million. “The monetary value of $24.1 million in time and labor is staggeringly impressive, but honestly what our...
And the Winner is . . .
This week the Sporting Classics team selected one name from the more than 3,500 entries we received for the Bergara B14 Timber Giveaway and we are happy to announce Robert Elam as the winner. Thank you to all who entered. We appreciate your ongoing support of us here...
Poaching Can Be Hazardous To Your Health
A skull and pants were the last vestiges of his existence. On Thursday, April 4th, park rangers were combing South Africa’s Kruger National Park for a fresh set of human remains. It was the second day of the search. Late that afternoon, they found the surprisingly...
Dallas Safari Club Joins the Boone and Crockett Club’s 30th Big Game Awards
MISSOULA, Mont. - The Dallas Safari Club has joined the growing list of sponsors for one of North America's longest-running celebrations of big game conservation and management - the Boone and Crockett Club's 30th Big Game Awards, scheduled for August 1-3, 2019, in...
New Zealand 6.5 Creedmoor Tests
First appeared on Ron Spomer Outdoors “Accidental New Zealand 6.5 Creedmoor Tests” could be the title of this article. I hadn’t planned on hunting the world’s largest antlered red stags, tough mountain tahr, and “moose-antlered” fallow deer with the little 6.5mm...
Marty Fischer Launches New Wing and Clay Radio Series
Marty Fischer, one of America’s best-known outdoor personalities has launched a new weekly internet-based radio series called Marty Fischer’s Wing & Clay Nation. The show is broadcast LIVE every Thursday at 6 pm Eastern – 3 pm Pacific on the Voice America Variety...
2019 Reader Survey
In order to entertain our online readership for years to come, Sporting Classics Daily is conducting a brief online survey! This will help us make improvements to the existing content and prioritize new stories for the future. The survey should only take about 5...
Remembering Lefty Kreh
Kreh was a Greatest Generation angler, a man who met Castro and Hemingway, who taught celebrities how to cast, who survived Anthrax and who fought at the Battle of the Bulge. Click here to read more.
Colorado Sheriff Willing to go to Jail Over New ‘Red Flag’ Gun Law
Colorado is on the verge of passing a law that will allow officials to take guns away from people a judge deems dangerous. 10 WBNS Columbus Ohio reports some law enforcement officials say that’s unconstitutional and they wouldn’t enforce it, even though it could land...
SCI To Move Dates Of 2020 Convention
Safari Club International has great news! We are finalizing arrangements to hold the 2020 Annual Hunters' Convention February 5-8 in Reno, Nevada, rather than the previously scheduled dates of January 15-18. “I want our members and those interested in attending the...
Last Minute Boar
The close of hunting season was upon me, and I had yet to field test Nosler’s M48 Liberty rifle in their hot new .26 Nosler chambering. Chuck Wechsler, my editor here at Sporting Classics, arranged a last-minute hunt for us at Buck and Boar, Troy Ayer’s preserve near...
Dorsey Pictures Named Outdoor Industry’s Only Global 100 Production Company
Denver, CO – Dorsey Pictures (http://www.dorseypictures.tv/), the world’s largest producer of outdoor lifestyle television, has been named to Real Screen Magazine’s annual Global 100 list...
SCI’s Cyrus Hunter Baird Honored By American Conservation Coalition
Cyrus Hunter Baird, Safari Club International Manager of Government Relations, has been named to this year’s “30 Under 30” list selected by the American Conservation Coalition, EarthX and the National Audubon Society for his work in the conservation world. “The...
Poachers Are Not Hunters
Safari Club International supports legal, regulated trophy hunting and condemns criminal poaching of wildlife. Hunting and poaching are not the same. One is good for wildlife and the other is bad. Yet there seems to be confusion in the media about the difference...
Turnbull Announces New Winchester 1892’s Joining Finished Family of New Firearms
Turnbull Restoration has added two new Winchester 1892 lever rifles to their existing line of Turnbull Finished Firearms. The new rifles are in deluxe takedown configuration and are chambered in .44-40 Win and .45 Colt. “Our earlier Model 1873 and 1892 Turnbull...
Tarpon Fishing During Peak Migration: Bahia Honda Sporting Club
Bahia Honda Sporting Club is your Florida Keys destination to exclusively fly-fish for Tarpon. We fish when the fishing's best, at whatever time of day. We commonly split up the day, breaking back at the lodge for lunch and some time out of the sun, then return to the...
Makeshift Turkey Call
@johnny_d_hill using that makeshift turkey call in Florida this morning.
Running & Gunning With Henry Rifles In Africa
How do you make a safari even more exciting than it already is? It’s easy. You hunt with Henry lever actions and iron sights that force you to stalk into an animal’s “personal space”. Join us in May as we run and gun on the dark continent in real time as we put the...
4 Cartridges
Gun season was approaching and I had to decide which of my deer rifles to carry opening weekend. I had made good use of my “ heavy for deer” rifles on pigs during the off season, but had been unsuccessful, again, during bow season, so I did not want to handicap myself...
Cats in the Cactus 2
“Cat tracks!” said I, pointing at bobcat spoor in the soft red sand. “Maybe earlier this morning.” Chris Treiber nodded an affirmative. We followed the tracks fifty yards before the cat walked onto a solid rock shelf overlooking a brushy creek bottom. “Let’s walk back...
New Handgun Column Coming to Sporting Classics
Before we begin running my bi-monthly “Sidearms for Sportsmen” column, I figured it would be prudent to define what these short articles will contain. I also want to provide my background and experience in law enforcement, hunting and reloading to add some perspective...
Conservation Funding and Firearms
I am standing inside the Smith & Wesson factory in Springfield, Massachusetts. A headset protects my hearing from the rumble of industry, while the voice of my tour guide bleeds through via radio. Through a fuzzy static, he explains that much of the factory...
Sportsmen’s Alliance, New Mexico Coalition Save Trapping on Public Land
New Mexico House Bill 366, introduced by Rep. Matthew McQueen(R), was tabled in the House and is dead. HB 366 would have banned any person or government agency from trapping on public land with very few exceptions. The Sportsmen’s Alliance worked with a strong...
Tough Decisions
“Don’t know where that critter went,” said Juan in perfect English. “He was standing just to the left of the gray rock with the yellow algae that looks like a circular target. Obviously, he’s gone. Don’t know if something spooked him when I walked up the hill to come...
Cold Snap
The spring creeks are dead this winter. Not fishing slow or tough; literally dead. Killed by one of the hundreds of wildfires that ravaged Utah in 2018. This particular fire burned from mid-September up to the opening of the deer hunt. The Forest Service could’ve put...
Gordy & Sons Develop new Bespoke Hunting Gun, in Partnership with Rizzini
HOUSTON – Gordy & Sons has unveiled their new range of bespoke, yet affordable Rizzini shotguns – a project which has taken a year to come into fruition. Custom designed by Gordy & Sons retail director Mike Burnett, the new bespoke Rizzini game guns are...
Krieghoff 2019 Gun of the Year – “Abraham Lincoln”
Described as “a gun for the ages”, Krieghoff’s 2019 Gun of the Year honors the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Authorized Dealer Double Guns of Nashville worked with Krieghoff in designing a unique and lasting tribute to a man whose legacy...
BLM Will Pay You to Adopt a Wild Horse
This originally appeared on at Buckrail.com WYOMING – As part of the Bureau of Land Management’s effort to find good homes for wild horses and burros removed from public lands, the agency this week began offering new financial incentives to encourage qualified people...
The re-emergence of Rigby’s Rising Bite shotgun
After a break in production of over 100 years, London gunmaker John Rigby & Co. is set to unveil its first new pair of 12-bore Rising Bite shotguns in Europe next week. After being officially introduced in January at Safari Club International (SCI) Convention in...
Bipartisan gray wolf delisting bill introduced by Enzi, Barrasso
WYOMING — US Senators Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., introduced bipartisan legislation Thursday that would delist the gray wolf in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of...
Sportfishing Industry Mourns the Passing of Industry Giant, Darrell Lowrance
Alexandria, VA – March 18, 2019 – On behalf of the sportfishing industry, the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) extends its sincere condolences to the Lowrance family on the passing of Darrell J. Lowrance, founder of Lowrance Electronics, Inc., who brought early...
Poulin Auction Company 4-Day Premier Firearms Auction
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DeFoe Slams Door On Hometown Bassmaster Classic Victory
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — For decades, it seemed almost impossible for an angler to win the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods in his home state. Now it’s happened four times in six years. Tennessee pro Ott DeFoe, who makes his home in Knoxville,...
Hogging the Choctaw
Bringing right hand’s index finger to lips, Travis Benes cautioned "quiet" then pointed with his left hand in the direction of tall grass less than twenty yards distant. I nodded, quietly set up my shooting sticks, rested my Ruger revolver pointing in the proper...
Brandon Bates Harvests Great Montana Archery Bull – Redemption
Brandon Bates heads back to Montana for an archery elk hunt. He's not searching for a trophy or record book bull, he's searching to find redemption in the field, whatever that may be.
Nominations Now Accepted for the Trinity Oaks Lt. Paul Silber Award
SAN ANTONIO (March 11, 2019) —Named after a dedicated solider who overcame the limitations resulting from combat wounds to have a meaningful life after war, the Trinity Oaks is currently accepting nominations for the 2019 Lt. Paul Silber Award. The award recognizes...
Magnum Cartridge Magnum Bullet? Go Ahead Punk
This article first appeared on RonSpomerOutdoors.com You can’t blame Clint Eastwood’s character for all magnum cartridge misconceptions. They’ve been around for at least 100 years. And will probably remain for another hundred. But that shouldn’t stop us from trying to...
Is a .410 Enough for Turkey Hunting?
With Spring Turkey season just around the corner, we wanted to test the viability of a .410 bore shotgun for turkey hunting. Our Single Shot .410 Shotgun is chambered for up to 3" rounds and weighs in at under 7 pounds. Let us know what you think about turkey hunting...
Announcing the Winner of the Traeger Pro-Series Grill
Congratulations to Otto V of Redondo Beach for winning the Traeger Pro-Series Giveaway. Be sure to follow and subscribe to Sporting Classics Daily for your chance to win our next prize!
Heidelbauer Handcrafted Duck Calls
My duck call, The Mallard Toller, is a quality, high-end, custom-made call requiring 10 to 12 hours of labor each. It has many attributes that can’t be found in other calls. It possesses complete tolerance meaning that the sound will not break, squeal, or stop up. It...