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...
How to Eat an Elephant: One Bite at a Time
Once upon a time there was a campground in my town that was used by the Boy Scouts. Every summer, hundreds of scouts gathered there, learning to set up tents, build fires, and cook meals. They didn't just work though. They had fun as well. They'd go swimming and...
Too Many Moose? Just Add Wolves!
Four Canadian wolves were recently captured and transported by helicopter from Ontario to Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park. covering an 894-square-mile island in the US Great Lakes, to deal with the burgeoning moose population. Scientists also hope to bolster a...
Medicated Feed May Stem Quail Decline
A half-dozen hunting seasons have passed since wildlife researchers sniffed out a solid connection between parasites and the mysterious vanishing act of bobwhite quail that occurred across the rolling plains of West Texas in 2010. The finding has since led to a number...
Saskatchewan Fishing DIY
As a youngster growing up in very rural northeast Texas, I remember reading about fishing remote lakes in Canada in outdoor magazines. The image of a group of fishermen setting around a campfire, enjoying a shore lunch of fried walleye or pike stuck in my mind. I...
Spring Warehouse Sale – Collector Editions with Dust Jackets
Order Online or by Phone: (800) 849-1004. Sales End April 30! Classic Carmichel CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW Featuring nearly 400 pages of hunting adventures and firearms expertise by Jim Carmichel. These are not just stories by a well-traveled adventurer—they are pure...
Trinity Oaks’ Thumbtack Ranch Hosts Field-to-Table Weekend for Austin-Area Boys
SAN ANTONIO (March 6, 2018) — Trinity Oaks, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded on the premise that active participation in the outdoors is a powerful, healing, and fundamentally life-changing experience, teamed up with the Hill Country Chapter of the Quail...
The Peter Hofer Special .410 Double Shotgun Drilling with Hidden 17 Hornet/HMR Rifle Barrel
In America, you would be hard-pressed to find a more magnificent collection of fine shotguns than at the Safari Club International Convention, held this year during the first week of February at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. One of our perennial...
State Youth Coon Hunting Championship Celebrates 25th Anniversary
When all the points were tallied and the last dog rounded up at the end of the night following the annual South Carolina Youth Coon Hunting Championship at the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ James W. Webb Wildlife Center in Hampton County, Jace Shuler of...
RMEF works with landowner to provide access to huge National Grassland in North Dakota.
Covering more than one million acres, the Little Missouri National Grassland in western North Dakota is the largest such grassland in the United States. However, getting to it is a real challenge in places because of surrounding pieces of checkerboard private lands....
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Dawn of American Deer Hunting Volume II
A fascinating new book featuring 400 vintage photos of whitetail hunters from yesteryear. Whitetail hunting is truly a unique American tradition plied first by early settlers, immigrants, pioneers and later American patriots who often died for their nation when...
Reflections
A brisk northerly, cooling breeze carried blood-red and sun-yellow leaves to an already leaf-littered forest floor. The aroma of fresh earth turned by a black bear melted with sweet scent of pines, but also with the faint odor of a musky rutting whitetail wafting...
HOLTS 19th March Auction
Lot 475 - From the Household of Louis XVI AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF 60-BORE FLINTLOCK IVORY & GILT-MOUNTED TRAVELLING PISTOLS, UNSIGNED, circa 1770 and in the renaissance style, with blued round tapering 5 1/4in. barrels (some dark staining), moulded, engraved and...
A Look Back at Essential SEWE
“If SEWE 2019 is any indicator, the tourism industry should have a great year.” – SEWE President and CEO, Jimmy Huggins. According to the SEWE team, this year surpassed last year's record-high attendance and sales. “Our retail, restaurant and hotel partners reported...
Wyoming Preps to Defy Feds with Grizzly Hunt
WYOMING – No stranger to flaunting state control over federal oversight, Wyoming lawmakers passed legislation that would by all intent allow a grizzly bear hunting season even as the animal is under federal protection. It remains to be seen whether Senate File...
2019 Awards of Excellence
Sporting Classics 17th annual Awards of Excellence salute the best of the best—those companies and individuals whose products and services are having a significant and long-lasting impact on our sporting lives. Nominees for the 2019 awards were submitted by our senior...
Borrowing Gator Eggs
One day while in high school, my daughter suggested she was considering a major in wildlife biology in college. Since college majors are something one should try on for size before buying, I suggested we spend a day in the field with Walt. She agreed. Walt Rhodes and...
The Hipster Invasion
We stood in the elevator, he and I, and from a distance one would think we were friends. We both had Filson bags, wore L.L. Bean boots, and Carhartt jackets. The only visible differences were that he sported a moustache and a beard while I was clean shaven, and my...
A World War II Veteran Carried Special Memories of the Outdoors to the Very End
By Brent Lawrence, a public affairs officer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Region in Portland, Oregon. My Dad passed away on Dec. 22nd. A 90-year-old World War II veteran, he had a stroke on Halloween morning and it significantly affected his ability...
St. Croix Rod Celebrates 60th Anniversary of the Iconic Premier Series
Park Falls, WI - In an industry where fishing rod models seem to come and go, the story of St. Croix’s Premier series (casting and spinning) is an exceptional tale of creativity, rebirth, and longevity. In fact, 2019 marks a celebratory 60 years that the rod has been...