A Classic Camera Disguised as a Gun
True, it doesn’t look like a camera. But looking like a gun isn’t exactly inconspicuous.
Costa Creates New Sunglasses Style Using Plant Resin
The new Rafael style allows Costa to cut manufacturing-process emissions by as much as 40 percent.
Cold-Weather Eats
Wild game recipes from Sporting Classics’ Jim Casada.
Alabama’s Dirty Little Secret
It’s in the soil beneath your feet. Rich, black earth that produces nice bucks, nice bass, and really nice folks.
Train Kills 23 Elk in Montana
The animals were hit east of Helena, leaving a jumbled pile of bodies visible from Highway 12.
Hunting with the Maestro
He had been reading Jim Carmichel’s stories since he was a mere youth. And now they were here together, hunting bobwhite quail with as close a group of friends as he’d ever known.
Uncle Crawford’s Twenty
Every once in a while the stars align. That’s the way it was with the Parker Gun Company. And on this day, that’s the way it was with me.
Four Great American Rifle Cartridges
America may not have invented the rifle cartridge, but it’s went a long way toward perfecting it.
My Greatest Shot: Lob Shot
One of several great shots featured in Sporting Classics’ Guns & Hunting 2015 issue.
Those Coyotes Aren’t Coyotes
Eastern hunters may soon be faced with a super-hybrid of wolves, coyotes, and large breeds of dog.
The Red Gulf
Despite the rumors, there are plenty of red snappers and other gamefish cruising the Gulf of Mexico off Florida’s coast.
Wild Heritage: The Whitetail Institute
After revolutionizing bass fishing, the author revolutionized trophy whitetail hunting.
Announcing the Winner of the Blaser Short-Story Contest!
The winner will receive a Blaser R8 Professional S and a trip to the Blaser, Mauser, and J.P. Sauer factories in Isny, Germany.
Henry Donates Rifles for Cancer Treatments
Henry Repeating Arms has donated 42 special Golden Boy .22s to help raise funds for a two-year-old’s 42 cancer treatments.
The Well-Dressed Sportsman
Whether you want to look sharp or fend off the elements, you’ll find the best of both worlds in our annual review of new apparel, footwear, and accessories.
Beretta: First Blood
Three new tools helped kill and clean three beautiful ducks Saturday on the author’s first hunt using them.
Daring Exploits in Dangerous Lands
The following is a collection of excerpts from Wild Beasts, Birds & Reptiles of the World: The Story of Their Capture.
Announcing the January/February 2016 Issue of Sporting Classics!
The magazine has something gigantic in store for readers beginning in 2016, all in celebration of our 35th year in publication!
Hunting With Friends
The author remembers fallen hunters he has spent great times with afield. Though they’re gone, they still visit from time to time in his memory.
Gravel Mine Begins Operating Within Mile of TR’s Elkhorn Ranch
The epicenter for some of hunting’s finest literature is now within spitting distance of a mining operation. Theodore Roosevelt’s famed Elkhorn is now next door to a granite mine.
Great-Grandpa’s Guns
Sometimes the family member who introduces you to hunting does so long after they’re gone.
Top 20 States for Deer-Vehicle Collisions
Technically the Top 23: Three positions resulted in ties.
Hunter Finds Explosives Cache in National Forest
A deer hunter discovered explosives along a trail in Mark Twain National Forest in October. Officials destroyed the cache, but recent events are leading some to think they were meant to be part of a terrorist plot.
Braden’s Buck
The author’s nephew killed his first white-tailed buck in October, and neither of them will ever forget it.
Nine More of the Best Waterfowling Quotes
From Gordon MacQuarrie to Robert Ruark, the sport of waterfowl hunting is summed up nine in beautiful phrases.
Bison Could Be Named U.S. National Mammal
The National Bison Legacy Act passed the Senate unanimously and is on its way to a vote in the House of Representatives. Govtrac.us gives the bill a 19 percent chance of being passed.
West Virginia Game Wardens Find Pile of Illegal Deer
Five hunters were out hunting for more deer when officials found 18 untagged animals at their camp. When asked for an explanation, they told the wardens their dad liked venison.
Photos: Great White Attacks Great White
A large great white put a juvenile in its place when the younger shark tried to interrupt her feeding.
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Mountain Lion Spotted in Tennessee
Like a popular song from country music’s George Strait, mountains lions have been rumored to be dead but are actually alive and well in Tennessee.
How the Navy SEALs Test Their Cold-Weather Clothing
The U.S. Navy SEALs vet their gear as thoroughly as they do their prospective members. Learn to pick and use your cold-weather gear as well as America’s elite by following their testing procedures, if you’re tough enough.
Dispatch No. 3: Kentucky’s Deer Creek Lodge
Sporting Classics’ Mike Gaddis joins the magazine’s publisher and CEO, Duncan Grant, Grant’s son George, and world-famous Bob Timberlake for an unforgettable upland hunt.
Pablo Escobar’s Hippos Are Running Wild
The hippos in the “King of Cocaine’s” private zoo turned feral after his imprisonment and death, and have recently ventured into neighboring towns due to drought conditions.
Dispatch No. 2: Kentucky’s Deer Creek Lodge
Sporting Classics’ Mike Gaddis joins the magazine’s publisher and CEO, Duncan Grant, Grant’s son George, and world-famous Bob Timberlake for an unforgettable upland hunt.
Dispatch No. 1: Kentucky’s Deer Creek Lodge
Sporting Classics’ Mike Gaddis joins the magazine’s publisher and CEO, Duncan Grant, Grant’s son George, and world-famous Bob Timberlake for an unforgettable upland hunt.
Poaching or Prize?
An Iowa man said he killed this trophy buck as an act of mercy, but authorities say it was actually killed illegally by an Oklahoma man.
This Could Be the Spotted Bass World Record
Pro angler Paul Bailey caught an 11-pound, 4-ounce spot on a California lake he will only identify as Lake X.
France Bans Lion Trophies
The country is the first European Union member to block the importation of lion trophies into its borders.
Lab Voted Britain’s Favorite Dog
According to a new poll, British people prefer Labrador retrievers over almost every other dog breed. Poodles, not so much.
Beauties and Beasts
Sporting Classics’ annual rundown of new rifles covers everything from exquisitely crafted custom guns to powerhouses that can stop the biggest big game dead in its tracks.
Sporting Classics’ Annual Shotgun Review
Our 22nd annual review of new shotguns includes semiautos, over-and-unders, and side-by-sides.
Three New Costa Styles for Fishermen
Thanks to Costa, anglers have three new options for sunglasses this Black Friday.
Clearly The Best: Riflescopes
Superb clarity, resolution, brightness, and precision electronics. All are hallmarks of the latest riflescopes, binoculars, and spotting scopes from the world’s top optics manufacturers.
Clearly the Best: Binoculars and Spotting Scopes
Superb clarity, resolution, brightness, and precision electronics–all are hallmarks of the latest riflescopes, binoculars, and spotting scopes from the world’s top optics manufacturers.
Thanksgiving Special
Wild game recipes from Sporting Classics’ Jim Casada.
Puppy Learns to Walk with No Front Legs
A puppy in Ohio was fitted with a wheelchair after being born with no front legs. His name is Tumbles.
Rhythm of the Bongo
Few countries in Africa are similar to Cameroon, an alien land that adds to the mystique of chasing bongo.
Yellowstone to Cull 1,000 Bison
This winter the park will remove 1,000 animals, mostly cows and calves, to lower the near-record number of bison within its boundaries.
Crow Killer: Seven Ways Crow Hunting Can Make You a Better Waterfowler
They’re ubiquitous and available year-round. Learn to outsmart crows and ducks will be a piece of cake.
Military Police Officer Kills Two Foxhounds for Disrupting Hunt
Corporal Jeremy Edge, stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, claimed he shot the dogs because it was legal to do so in his home of Tennessee. It’s not, in either state.