Congratulations to Irv Stark, winner of Sporting Classics recent REC TEC Trailblazer RT-340 Wood Pellet Grill Giveaway. The Trailblazer features REC TEC’s Wi-Pellet WiFi Technology and two built-in meat probes that plug directly into the Trailblazer for precise...

When your crossbow fails, try and try again.

We discovered a wealth of gamebirds and grand bucks! “Pheasant, behind!” shouted Cody Mohler. I turned, shouldering my 20-gauge Ruger Red Label. But before I could get on the long-tailed rooster another flushed, this one much closer to where I had my shotgun pointed....

With Montana's bow hunting and upland game bird seasons opening Sept. 1, remember that slow moving, quiet or game-calling, scented and camouflaged hunters will soon be sharing the landscape with the state's even stealthier bears that may be stalking similar prey. It...

So… we might be nuts. We’re buying an off grid ranch.  Well, my wife and I already know we’re nuts, so this latest move just confirms it. At the age when most Baby Boomers are cashing Social Security checks, wintering in Arizona, and trying to remember what it was...

BESSEMER, Ala. (Sept. 7, 2018) — Steyr Arms is celebrating the fall deer season with a month-long Big Buck Down! Giveaway program that will award an amazing prize package every 10 days in September. Each prize package will be highlighted by either a Steyr or Merkel...

Salt Lake City, Utah: The U.S. Senate passed Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator Martin Heinrich’s Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act by unanimous consent yesterday. The legislation, S. 1417, will help expedite important habitat restoration...

SPOKANE, Wash. — A judge in Washington has issued an emergency order blocking the state from killing members of a wolf pack that have been preying on cattle. The Department of Fish and Wildlife had announced Monday morning that it would immediately begin efforts to...

From the latest 2018 September/October issue of Sporting Classics Magazine, on newsstands now! Not a subscriber? Click Here! Going off-grid just got a bit more luxurious with this go anywhere base camp. When the grim reaper finally figures out that I gave him a fake...

September 4, 2018 (Washington, DC) - With countless places to roam and enjoy the great outdoors, Americans are taking advantage of these opportunities, and as they go, spending significant dollars. New economic reports by Southwick Associates reveals more than 53...

In partnership with the coalition of organizations, businesses and fish and wildlife agencies that make up the Alliance for America’s Wildlife, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is working to advance legislation that would direct $1.3 billion in much needed funding to...

On August 25, Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Member the Honorable John McCain passed away at the age of 81. As a proud member of the CSC and representative of Arizona, Senator McCain supported multiple bills to help protect and advance hunting, angling and the...

These videos are making a splash on social media, and carrying the message of sustainable use to the general public.

Partnership will protect and improve 1,600 acres of wetlands and grasslands.

Mountain bluebirds. Scruffy muleys shedding gray for brown.  Standing ovations. Colder than I expected; seeing my breath, rubbing nipped ears, stretching complaining toes. End of April. Weather in the Rockies is quixotic, if nothing else. “Don’t like the weather? Wait...

LARAMIE, WY-2018 marks a new chapter for Weatherby, Inc. as the company will be relocating to Sheridan, Wyoming. Already, Weatherby is engaging with the community by committing to a Hunter-level sponsorship for the 2018 Wyoming Women's Antelope Hunt at the Ranch at...

A decade or so ago, from the close of deer season until the onset of warm weather in late spring, hunters from across the country would pour into the Lone Star State. They were coming to take advantage of the awesome wild hog hunting that takes place from the dense...

However, USFWS survey says most populations remain above long-term averages. From Ducks Unlimited MEMPHIS, TN – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) today released its report on 2018 Trends in Duck Breeding Populations, based on surveys conducted in May and early...

We’ve all heard of gators snatching dogs and cats that wander to close to their waterholes. In this case, the gator was more interested in the dog owner than the dog. A woman in Hilton Head, a beautiful sea island along the South Carolina coast, was walking her dog...

Iowa is considered by many to be one of the premier white-tailed deer hunting destinations in the United States. Dreams come true in the Hawkeye State every year as hunters consistently harvest mature, corn-fed bucks that reach well over 200 inches. Getting a tag,...

Apparently, we have ignited quite the fire storm on social media and Instagram over the upcoming September/October cover featuring Allie Butler and Katie Van Slyke. Contrary to our modus operandi of publishing now and apologizing later, that admittingly has at times...

This article originally appeared on buckrail.com. JACKSON HOLE, WYO – Several national news outlets have taken notice of an Idaho Falls woman who heroically carried a large and injured dog six miles back to her car from an 11,000-ft peak in Wyoming. Tia Vargas, 40,...