Prois Launches Social Media Campaign #proispicoftheweek
Ever present on social media, Prois has launched a new grassroots marketing campaign called #proispicoftheweek. "We had the idea to have our staff and customers send us their hunting or outdoor photos featuring their successes while wearing their Prois gear. Selecting...
Precocious English Setter Puppy Hunts
First appeared on Ron Spomer Outdoors At the risk of sounding too self absorbed, I’d like to share the tale of Covey, my English setter puppy from Beirlsetters.com, hunting for the first time and getting her first bird — at the tender age of 3.5 months. I don’t...
Lefty Kreh Memorial Conservation Fund Established
Trout Unlimited has partnered with Bonefish & Tarpon Trust to establish the Lefty Kreh Memorial Conservation Fund, in memory of the legendary angler and instructor. "Lefty made us all better fly casters and did so while keeping a smile on our faces," said BTT...
Ruger Awarded Firearms Manufacturer and Innovator of the Year at NASGW
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is proud to announce that it has been recognized by the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW) as Firearms Manufacturer of the Year for the twelfth consecutive year and as Firearms Innovator of the Year...
Botswana President Welcomes Duke Of Cambridge’s Recognition Of Hunting As Conservation
British royalty is lending its voice to the choir singing the praises of trophy hunting as a conservation solution in Africa where anti-hunting eco-imperialists have dismissed the knowledge and ability of Africans to manage wildlife in their countries. Botswana...
New Hats From Sporting Classics Store
Blaze Cap with Camo Visor Sturdy polyester twill cap, matched with a brushed cotton twill visor for a smooth, soft finish. $19.95 Buy Now Khaki Cap Made with 100% heavy brushed twill cotton, the mid-profile, six-panel design will suit your weekend wardrobe perfectly....
R.I.P., Uno
Uno was not JUST a show beagle. When he entered the show ring he was Muhammed Ali in his prime, taking on and vanquishing all comers. He had Ali's physical attributes – a tremendous athlete – and his winning personality – a beagle “smile” and a happy bark that...
Lady to the Rescue
In 1912, in the southern part of the British Protectorate of East Africa (Kenya), a search party of two was coming to the end of its journey. The men were ER. M. Shelley and Lord Stafford, the Duke of Sutherland. They had left the main safari and gone south to look...
Well-known Knifemaker A.G. Russell Passes Away
Founder of Russell Knives, A.G. Russell III passed away Friday, October 12th. Born in Eudora, Arkansas in 1933, his great-grandfather taught him how to make knives when he was nine. Russell went on to make knives as a hobby and then a profession. His wife Goldie...
Deadline Approaching for Fundraising Project to Protect Threatened Coastal Birds
Coastal bird populations face multiple threats, including habitat loss and degradation, human disturbance, increased predation and sea level rise, and an innovative public-private partnership needs to raise $1.2 million between now and December 14th in order to take...
The Ultimate MSR
One of the coolest things about the Modern Sporting Rifle (MSR), built on the well-known AR-15 platform originally designed by Eugene Stoner, is the fact that the system is largely modular and can be assembled and modified by anyone possessing some basic tools and a...
Enjoy A Few Relaxing Minutes in Grouse Country
Uncle Perk’s Deer Lure
Originally published as one of his “The Lower Forty” columns in Field & Stream, this story is Chapter 29 of The Best of Corey Ford (1975). It is vintage Ford in not only the cast of characters but with wry humor and a disparaging poke at all the folderol...
Pope & Young Announces New World Record Bear
Chatfield, MN – In late September of this year, the Pope and Young Club brought together a Special Panel of Judges in Windsor, Colorado for a potential P&Y World Record Alaskan brown bear. Chris Cammack's enormous bear was shot on the Alaskan Peninsula in May of...
Big Five $1,500 Sweepstakes
African Sporting Creations offers the finest assortment of hand-made, safari-inspired products found anywhere. Whether you choose a set of their award winning African Shooting Sticks, an Arno Bernard knife, a pair of Courteney Cape buffalo boots, a hand-sewn leather...
Florida Man Arrested for Poaching Huge Buck
From Martin County Sheriffs Office Facebook page: Martin County Sheriff's Office tracks down Miami man who illegally killed a potential record class 23-point buck on state property. 54-year old Mario Palacio had no idea our deputies, who are also avid sportsmen, keep...
From Hunting Companion to Unsung Hero
Sporting dogs are prized for their temperament, intelligence and natural ability as hunting partners, but did you know they’re also treasured for those same traits as service companions? Here, the latest Purina Pro Plan Outdoor Wire issue explores the different ways...
2018 Ammo Review
Our 25th annual review of sporting ammunition that offer the ultimate in accuracy and dependability. Norma USA Tipstrike has set a new benchmark in terminal ballistics—the devastating effect that a bullet has on medium to big game. Precision engineered for optimal...
Bighorn Sheep Just One Feature of the 30th Big Game Awards
MISSOULA, Mont. (October 9, 2018) - The Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium in Springfield, Missouri, will be the site for the Boone and Crockett Club's 30th Big Game Awards exhibit and celebration in August of 2019. Today the Club is projecting that...
Elhew Says Farewell
“To All of Our Friends in the Sporting Dog Community…” It is with great sadness — but with the unshakeable conviction that we are doing the right and necessary thing — that we announce our decision to close Elhew Kennels and retire the Elhew “brand.” The Elhew prefix...
A Special Dove Hunt with Old Friends
During the past 56 years, give or take a year or two, I’ve hunted dove from the prairie of North Dakota to the brush country of Mexico. I’ve enjoyed some red-hot shoots and some hunts where just ‘being there’ was the reward. I’ve hunted with countless fine people and...
Never a Stranger
A new fly shop opened in town, so on the first available Saturday morning, one too hot to fish, I visited to meet the owner, talk fish, and pick up some fly-tying groceries. As I entered, I paused momentarily to let my eyes adjust from the glare outside. A large black...
A Visit to Florence, Post-Florence
After one week, folks here still feel the sting of a terrible storm and a tragic shooting.
Michigan Hybrid Sunfish Record Broken
STEVENSVILLE, MI - Southwestern Michigan has produced a new state record, breaking the old record set 30 years ago. Joel Heeringa of St. Joseph caught the hybrid sunfish in Lake Anne in Grand Mere State Park in Berrien County on July 9th. The record fish, which...
Excerpt from Blood Red Mackinaw by Ryan Stalvey
Inch by inch, the afternoon sun steadily dissolves, casting an orange and pink haze over the sparsely populated landscape of rural Pennsylvania. From the front window of a seedy boarding house, Curt Sloan peers through the unclean glass panes, then disappears back...
Judicial Review Shouldn’t Trump Wildlife Management
Taking a deeper dive into the Yellowstone Grizzly dispute. A federal judge in Montana recently ruled to reimpose Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections on grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). This motion comes after...
Illegal Poaching Puts Giraffes At Risk In Africa
Giraffes are among wildlife species adversely affected by increased illegal poaching in Botswana. This follows the banning of legal hunting there several years ago. The information was included recently during a presentation to the International Wildlife Conservation...
Excerpt from “Incoming” by Robert Parvin Williams
In the last light of the safari’s final day, Ian Batchelor and I followed blood and hoof prints into a thicket. The buffalo could not be much further: both shots had hit well, and we had already trailed him nearly half a mile. William, the tracker, crouched low just...
Kevin’s and James Purdey & Son’s 3rd Annual Game Fair
Preserving the Outdoor Lifestyle November 8-11, Greenwood Plantation Campus Thomasville, Georgia— Announcing, Kevin’s and James Purdey & Son’s 3rd Annual Game Fair, an authentic sporting lifestyle event on historic Greenwood Plantation Campus benefiting...
Roosevelt Fire: The Two Hunters Who Were Nearly Burned Alive
This article originally appeared on BuckRail.com SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYO – When Steve Knezovich and his son Dakota first saw what would become the baddest wildfire in the nation right now it was torching a few trees, no more than three acres. They noticed a wisp of smoke...
Introducing the Autumn Catalog from Sporting Classics
Introducing the Autumn Catalog from Sporting Classics! In it, you’ll find the latest items from our Sporting Classics Store, our new Knife of the Year, our new deer hunting book, and much more. Click HERE to view!
Big Win For Hunters: CA Governor Vetoes Anti-Hunting Proposal
California Gov. Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown Jr. vetoed a bill that would have prevented hunters from possessing and in some cases importing the named African species in the bill, including parts and products, lawfully harvested in Africa. "Safari Club International...
RMEF, SAF Oppose Yellowstone Grizzly Ruling
MISSOULA, Mont.—The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation disagree with a judge’s decision to vacate the delisting of the Greater Yellowstone grizzly population by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The ruling places the population back on...
The New Big Bore Air Gun: Nothing Like the Old Pellet Gun We Grew Up With
These powerful weapons are great for deer and hogs—even cape buffalo! In recent years, there has been a push to allow the use of big bore air rifles for hunting big game. Many states have already adopted regulations to allow big bores and many more are currently...
Fishing a Flood
The weather forecast said intermittent drizzle. Temperatures were up and the water down, so I thought it might perk up the fish a bit. I decided to wade wet. Little did I know just how wet. Late in the day, the sky unexpectedly flushed and visibility dropped to less...
Kent Cartridge Expands Non-Toxic Bismuth Loads Perfect for Older Shotguns
When regulations were implemented requiring the use of non-toxic shot for waterfowl hunters during the late 80s and early 90s, hunters were required to use steel shot in all shotguns used for hunting ducks and geese. Hunters who cherished using an older shotgun they...
You’re Invited to the Jim Shockey Classic This December
Play some golf in Myrtle Beach while honoring our military men and women.
Actor Killed By Stupidity
From our latest issue: An excerpt from "Actor Killed by Stupidity." by Jameson Parker Allan Seager once wrote that time makes fiction out of our memories. That would be a fine thing if time made us all heroes, courageous and stoic, solitary and enduring, riding off...
Announcing Our 2018 Guns & Hunting Issue
It’s that time of the year again. Hunters are heading into the woods in pursuit of big, small, and winged game, and it’s also the season when we publish our special Guns & Hunting issue. Dedicated to everything that makes outdoorsmen and women look forward to...
SCI Members Making a Difference
First in the Series Life Member - Olivia Nalos Opre Meet Olivia Nalos Opre, a Wildlife Conservationist & Advocate, International Hunting Consultant, International Wildlife Conservation Council Member, Television Personality, 2014 SCI Diana Award Recipient,...
Wyoming Officials Provide Details of Fatal Grizzly Attack
Casper Star Tribune JACKSON — The grizzly bear that caused tragedy high in the Teton Wilderness never let up from a full-bore charge before hitting the Jackson Hole outfitter she fatally mauled. When the approximately 250-pound sow bruin first came into view, pounding...
Rossi Issues Safety Warning
Several Rossi revolvers could fire if dropped
RMEF Wants Critical LWCF Funding to Continue
Land and Water Conservation Fund supports many outdoor pursuits
2018 Rifle Review
Our 25th annual review of sporting rifles and ammunition that offer the ultimate in accuracy and dependability. Howa HS Precision Rifle The HS Precision Rifle is constructed to fulfill the demands of today’s most uncompromising hunters. The stocks are built one...
Anticosti Anticipation
L’Île-D’Anticosti has many moods. When fog settles in from the Atlantic, it frowns. Yet on each spruce needle it leaves a diamond. As morning sun melts the mist, each droplet sparkles with increasing joi de vivre. You can see it in the deer. With such hesitancy they...
ASA Welcomes Release of First-Ever Government Statistics on Contribution to U.S. Economy
Recreational fishing and boating is the largest contributor of the core outdoor recreation activities.
Hunting is a Bear Necessity
Wildlife research supports black bear hunting in New Jersey
Barnsley Resort and High Adventure Company Create World-Class Shooting Grounds
ADAIRSVILLE, GA - September 2018 – Georgia’s award-winning Barnsley Resort has partnered with John Burrell’s High Adventure Company, America’s leading provider of high-end sporting adventures, to reinvigorate and elevate the shooting experience at Barnsley’s 3,000...
Ruger Mourns Death of Former CEO William B. Ruger, Jr.
Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. (NYSE: RGR) mourns the loss of William B. Ruger, Jr., former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Ruger. Mr. Ruger, who was the second CEO of the Company and the son of the Company’s founder, passed away this past weekend....
Kevin’s Southern Game Fair
The purpose of Kevin’s annual Game Fair is to share our love of the outdoors with the community, to benefit the heritage of our city, and support the preservation of the Longleaf Pine Forest and Bobwhite Quail Habitat of Thomasville, GA and surrounding areas. Please...