Setters and Pointers in Advertising
“It was the time when hunting and fishing were as popular as video games and reality television shows are today. Let’s have a look at a few from the past 100 years.”
Taking the Sacred Beast
He caught a glimpse of something white among the herd, its body illuminated by the setting sun–he recognized the animal as an extremely rare white bison. The fall was changing into winter and the buffalo hunters were getting ready for the huge herds to gather on the...
The Art of the Shotgun
A selection of superbly engraved shotguns from the collection of Robert M. Lee.
Man-Killing Cougar
It was a cold, dull and dreary day, the 17th of December 1924, with the thermometer hovering around zero in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains of Okanogan County, Washington, when a man-eating cougar killed and devoured a 13-year-old boy. Reports from all over the...
The Magic Quarter
“Son, I’ve got something for ya,” said the grizzled hunter, poking our late November campfire and sending ember offerings and prayers to the Man Upstairs. I had known my friend ever since I was a tyke, and I always called him Uncle John, even though he was not among...
Sporting Classics TV Season 7 Episode 7 Trailer
This week, Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey features upland hunting at the spectacular Cumberland Estate - a Virginia property which has been meticulously restored. If there is heaven on Earth for quail hunters, this could be it. The series airs on prime-time on...
Musings On the Magic of Books
Ben Franklin, ever a reliable source of wisdom and insight on the human condition, once reckoned “the person who deserves the most pity is a lonesome one of a rainy day who doesn’t know how to read,” As someone who has derived a plentitude of pleasure from books over...
Put Down Your Book and Read Your Dog
Scupper was shaking so much that I thought he might spook the black ducks circling overhead. It was cold, there was some ice in the saltmarsh, but we weren’t out here long enough for him to be cold. Heck, it wasn’t even legal shooting time, so the only time he got wet...
Weatherby Model 307 Alpine CT
Adam Weatherby is a lot like his grandfather Roy. He’s willing to take a risk, to challenge the status quo, to make a bold statement in the rifleman’s world. And he’s made it with the Weatherby Model 307. While Roy went 20th century wild with extravagant speed and...
Race at Morning
William Faulkner (1897,1962) was both a literary genius and an avid sportsman. "Race at Morning," originally published in Faulkner's 1955 collection of hunting stories called Big Woods, reflects his belief that the pleasure of the hunt lies in the pursuit, not in the...
Sporting Classics TV Season 7 Episode 6 Trailer
This week, Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey features a unique hunt for giant red stag and elk in Oklahoma for two experienced hunters. It's a New Zealand hunt without the jet lag! The series airs on prime-time on Thursday at 10pm ET, with additional airings every...
Eddie Bauer: A Brief History
Bauer set out to create a jacket – he ended up creating a successful and innovative company and helping win World War II.
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction: Over $22 Million in Sales and Multiple World Records
The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction once again affirmed its leadership in the Western art market, realizing over $22 million in sales with 96% of lots sold while setting multiple world records at its July 26, 2025, auction. Leading the sale were works by Maynard Dixon,...
Creel Empty, Heart Full
Far too often we as sportsmen become blinded by the end result of a hunting or fishing trip. Blinded so that we miss much of the beauty and adventure of the journey. I recently went on a fishing trip that yielded and empty creel, yet was filled with rest, adventure...
Hunters’ Adventures: Our Reason for Being
For the true hunter, the adventure never ends. Instead, it permeates our lives and becomes a reason for being. Montana's big game opener just came and went. I spent the day working through miles of good country and didn't see an antler, not even a porcupine-gnawed...
Gundogs And Snakes
When it comes to gundogs and snakes, know your enemy and be prepared. For many of us, September means the first hunting of the season: doves, teal, prairie grouse. September also means warm if not downright hot weather—and the need to be aware of the health risks...
Supporters Of Appointment To Lead The US Forest Service Say He’s The Right Man To Reshape The Agency
Little confirms that you’re the right choice for the Trump Administration quite like an attack piece by the New York Times. For Idahoan Michael Boren, an appointment to serve as Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, a job that would put...
A Copper Sky
“Not unlike the shine and hue of a newly minted penny!” The remark came a voice beneath a properly worn and worn well brown felt hat. “Spect there’s a harsh wind blowing across the western plains. Likely will be getting here around near dark, about the time Venus...
Keeping the Uplands Alive During the Off-Season
These tips for making the most of your off-season time help get you out of the house and prepare for the upland bird hunting season ahead. Sadly enough, the upland hunting season has been over for some time. We pass the days reliving those memories in the field...
Dear Deer
Dear Deer, Why do you make me chase you? If you only knew what I had to go through, the trials I must endure, the obstacles I must overcome in order to spend time with you, you would throw your hooves up in the air and surrender out of sheer pity. First, I have to get...
Accepting the Torch: Daughter Takes Giant Eland on Her First African Safari
Taking our daughter on her first African safari was, for the three of us, the ultimate hunt.
“No-Bake” Exploding Clays for Off-Season Fun
Crafting your own exploding sporting clays makes for a fun and simple way for you and your family to make shooting season last all year long. When our clay target exploded in a puff of orange smoke my oldest son turned to me and said, “Hey, wait a minute, what was...
Sporting Classics TV Season 7 Episode 5 Trailer
This week, Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey pairs two waterfowl fanatics as host Chris Dorsey and guitarist Steve Farris enjoy the world's greatest duck and goose hunting destinations, and we help celebrate a unique real estate transaction in Nebraska. The series...
A Close Call in Muktesar
The long search for the man-eating tigress was coming to an end and the hunter was poised to bring a permanent halt to the killer’s reign of terror.
Mourning the Miramichi
Three friends of mine were on the Northwest Miramichi at the beginning of August. They fished for five days and did not see an Atlantic salmon. Not an adult fish, a grilse, or a parr. For five days on a storied Atlantic salmon branch of the Miramichi they cast in...
Time To Streamline TSA Rules Around Flying With Firearms
The Trump Administration recently announced a review of TSA policies designed to simplify travel ahead of major US events like the FIFA World Cup, Olympics and America250 anniversary celebrations. America’s 83 million gun owners are hoping that review will include a...
Commissions for Better or Worse
Commissioning original artwork can be a dream come true ... or a nightmare. A renowned sporting artist discusses the pros and cons, for painter and collector alike. Can a collector order a piece of art to be conceived and executed to his own specifications, much as he...
Aiming At Night
Still in the dark about night vision and thermal sights and gobbledegook thereof? To enlighten... The feral pig appeared with the first stars. I was already hiking to the car. A quick sit steadied the rifle; but the reticle vanished in night’s shadows and the boar...
World Records Tumble at Copley’s 2025 Sporting Sale
On July 10 and 11, Copley Fine Art Auctions held its 20th-annual Sporting Sale. Consisting of 637 lots, the sale surpassed its $2.6 million high estimate, achieved a 95% sell-through rate, and once again set many new world records. Categories represented in the sale...
People Like Us Never Grow Up
I do not mean to sound bitter about this, for perhaps it is not the fault of the wet-eared young... This piece is being written in a bug-ridden swamp on the banks of the sluggish yellow Tana River, in northeastern Kenya, where the big elephants bugle and the baboons...
Sporting Classics TV Season 7 Episode 4 Trailer
This week, Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey returns to the Iberian peninsula for an unforgettable wingshooting and big game combo as Chris Dorsey and friends enjoy driven partridge and Ibex hunting. The episode is a celebration of the fantastic hunting culture in...
Carving Out a Duck Hunt
Tom Modin doesn’t see himself as much of an artist, but his hand-carved, hand-painted decoys say otherwise.
Uncle Jim’s Gun
“The Model 42 was his go-to gun to put meat on the table.”
Rogue Male: Ewart Grogan
There is a certain kind of man who can get away with damn near anything. They generally come from a line of charming rebels and often combine good looks with a devil-may-care attitude and a distaste for authority. Standing alone is their superpower, vanity their...
Summer Book Sale
Now through Labor Day, enjoy 50% off select titles during our Summer Book Sale! From thrilling adventures and classic deer hunting tales to timeless stories and epic African safaris, these books capture the spirit of the hunt and the art of the wild. Click Here to...
Respect
An acronym for hunting and living, as shared and taught by a loving grandpa.
Black-Horn Buck
Toward the close of a glorious day in late September, I had gone down to the river from home to roam the wilderness of a neighboring plantation. The noble house that once stood on the bluff overlooking the lower reaches of the Santee was burned more than a century...
Voodoo Sheriff’s Colt
We had a voodoo sheriff when I was coming up. He and Pappy were best friends. Ed McTeer turned to the black arts to extract confessions and make himself bullet-proof. It served him well one night when a desperado cut loose in some dim-lit island juke joint, five shots...
The Genius of Gene Hill
Hill could take the simplest of subjects and turn them into literary magic with a blend of wit, whimsy, and wisdom.
Sporting Classics TV Season 7 Episode 3 Trailer
This week's episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey features a tour of the pheasant belt as Chris Dorsey and Domenico Orzi take a road trip through South Dakota to hunt at three spectacular venues. The series airs on prime-time on Thursday at 10pm ET, with...
The Art of Pointers and Flushers
The wind shifted overnight, and those northerlies sure cut yesterday’s highs in half. Replacing the hazy hot and humid was dog running weather; mid 40-degree highs, moderate humidity and a consistent, light-variable breeze. Carried on the wind was more than scent, and...
Special 44th Anniversary Two-Year Subs, Only $44
It’s our 44th anniversary and you get the gift! From now until the end of July, you can get a 2-year subscription (16 issues) at 20% off our regular price of $54.95. Right now, enjoy a 2-year subscription for only $44! Already a subscriber? We’ll automatically extend...
Passing The Buck
First published in the November, 1974 issue of Florida Sportsman, this piece is included in Dickey’s Backtrack (1977). As he so often does, the author takes a mundane matter and has you smiling in short order. The biggest problem in going hunting is that you might...
Connecticut Shotgun RSP
Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Company makes and markets a stunning array of shotguns including the A-10, Revelation, Inverness, RBL, Model 21 in an over/under version as well as the traditional side-by-side and a dedicated modular competition gun that it calls the...
Three Classic Hunting Tandems
Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison in football. Chevrolet and Corvette in automobiles. Rodgers and Hammerstein in song writing. Cotton and blue jeans. Bacon and eggs. Certain pairings make both partners more than the sum of their parts, even among rifles and...
Discovering Uruguay’s Bird Hunting Wonderland
An orange and white Brittany named Mia slinks cheetah-like through cover, crouching motionless on her belly as she peers like a weathervane into the wind, nosing the scent of a partridge-sized bird known locally as a perdiz (partridge in English). The small game bird...
Binding An Elephant
The flight from Atlanta to Johannesburg provides those unwilling to embrace the charms of Ambien with ample opportunity to think. In point of fact, beyond ample. It offers a rare and uninterrupted block of time that is best used for pondering complex issues in great...
Sporting Classics TV Season 7 Episode 2 Trailer
This week, Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey celebrates the best of land, sea and air on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains as elk, mule deer, pheasant and trout are all in play at Elk Creek Ranch. The series airs on prime-time on Thursday at 10pm ET, with...
When the Hounds Bark Treed
“They’re treed! Let’s go, let’s go, lets go!” shouted my dad while taking off at a fast trot. I did my best to follow. My six-year-old legs were not long enough to equal my Dad’s stride, but I followed as best I could at a near all-out run. Soon, Dad was a hundred...
Florida’s Proposed Bear Hunt Pits Science Versus Emotion
After years of bear population increases and growing numbers of human-bear conflicts, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted 4-1 last May to open a limited bear hunt for the first time since 2015. Not surprisingly, the proposed season has...