Photos: Winter Fly Fishing
Unforgettable images from the Filson Life blog.
Can This Shotgun Fire One Million Rounds?
How Caesar Guerini designed the Invictus with an eye toward unmatched durability.
Fifteenth Annual Awards of Excellence: Adventure & Lifestyle Categories
A look back at the sporting world’s best of 2014.
Fifteenth Annual Awards of Excellence: Firearm Categories
The best shotguns, rifles, and shooting accessories of 2014.
16 Striking Photos from "With Fly-Rod and Camera"
Angling at the twilight of the 19th century.
Burt Avedon Makes the Best Outdoor Apparel You’ll Ever Wear
Or at least his company, Avedon & Colby, won’t stop until it does.
Jose Ortega y Gasset’s Greatest Quotes About Hunting
Musings from Meditations on Hunting.
Julian & Sons: Old-World Craftsmanship in the Modern Era
Plus six pieces of advice about building custom rooms for sportsmen.
And the Winner is . . .
One lucky sportsman is taking home Bob Matthews’ Parker VH.
Would You Shoot a Cormorant?
Why South Carolina anglers are picking up their guns to improve the fishing.
Cynthie Fisher
A glimpse into the Montana painter’s world.
Pheasant Under Ice
Benelli put its new shotgun and several gun writers to an icy test at Brown’s Hunting Ranch.
Announcing the March/April 2015 Issue of Sporting Classics
In mailboxes mid-February, on newsstands March 4.
DISPATCH: SEWE 2015
Wildlife and sporting art you gotta see.
Special Feature: The Monsters of Southwest Alaska
The only place where you can catch a 24-inch rainbow on drys and feel cheated.
Five Stages of Fly Fishing
And why dedicated anglers move back and forth among them.
Final Week to Enter the Bob Matthews Parker Shotgun Giveaway
Register to win this classic firearm before the February 15 deadline.
Ron Spomer Introduces Everything Whitetail App
Our “Rifles” columnist goes digital.
The Gift
The quail fell for him that day like they had seldom fallen before – bird after bird tumbling before the worn muzzle of the old Beretta single-shot.
Wild Forever Alliance Takes Action Against Loss of Wilderness
Proceeds from membership are donated to conservation groups that also support hunters’ rights.
Opossums Aren’t Nearly as Bad as You Think
Sure, they’re annoying and ugly, but they’re also tick-killing machines.
Paris has a Stunning Hunting Museum?
You’ve never seen anything like the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature.
Nine Seminal Havilah Babcock Passages
Unforgettable lines by the South Carolina-based author, educator, and sportsman.
A Giant Black Bear, A Pack of Hounds
Pursuing the bear became even more difficult once the dogs kept trailing and treeing smaller bruins.
Ten SEWE 2015 Exhibitors You Shouldn’t Miss
In Charleston, South Carolina, February 13 through 15.
Father and Son Slay Monster 700-Pound Hog
A legendary pig from the mountains of North Carolina.
19 Spectacular Photos From "Rod and Gun" Circa 1920
Unforgettable images from the long-defunct publication.
Joe DeLoia was the Last of His Breed
A professional dog trainer and a man of extraordinary integrity.
The Facts: Hunting in America, Then and Now
An overview of American sport and the resurgence of wild game.
Are Coyotes Invading New York City?
Another captured this month in Manhattan.
Filson Unveils New Watch Line
Twenty-five new timepieces from the famed Seattle sporting-goods manufacturer.
Highlights: SHOT Show 2015
Snapshots from the world’s largest firearms and outdoor expo.
Porgy
A bad dog will aggravate you to death and a good one will break your heart.
A Surplus Bullet Press and a Rented Garage
How Joyce Hornady built a company that produces some of the most innovative ammo on today’s market.
Three Must-Read Outdoor Stories Nominated for National Magazine Awards
Topping the list: hunting hacks, hermits, and the history of fire.
133-Year-Old Winchester Found Leaning Against a Tree
Archaeologists discover rifle while surveying Nevada’s Great Basin National Park.
Improved By a Good Dog
Losing a dog is painful, but a man with a gun but no dog isn’t fulfilling his potential.
King of the Mountain: Sculptor James Marisco
See his work at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
Finding the Lost: In Search of Central-Idaho Bighorns
The wind screams through the seam around the door.
Sundog: The Legend of Jim Harrison
Six classic articles about the infamous sporting scribe.
Who’s the Most Popular Outdoor Writer Of the 20th Century? Horace Kephart, Of Course.
The famed author of Camping and Woodcraft and Our Southern Highlanders.
We are Blessed When We Find Our Perfect Dog – Which Makes It That Much Harder When He Passes
That’s for the end of the story, though. The beginning is far happier.
On Point: Georgia Artist Bucky Bowles
The master of rising coveys and quiet waters.
Dakota Arms – the American Equivalent of Rigby or Holland & Holland
Classic hunting rifles that work.
Dreaming Argentina and Shooting Carolina
Teaching the fine art of handling a double gun and the rudiments of speaking Spanish.
The Sporting Story Contest Grand-Prize Winner and Runners-Up
The three greatest reader-submitted tales.
That Christmas Buck
He was in full prime.
Sporting Classics Daily Best of 2014
And a note from the editors.
12 Striking Dog Illustrations
A celebration of man’s most-loyal companion in the field.
The Most Important, Least-Known Conservation News of 2014
You’ll be surprised what happened this year.