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.
H. William Rice Has Written the Best Hunting Book You’ll Read This Year
A review of The Lost Woods and story from the book.
When Breeding Dogs, Take the Good Where You Find It
And let the results be your guide.
Paradise Lost
Like so many things in life, it had to come to an end . . . but what an ending.
Nine Provoking Photos of Glacial Wilderness & Wildlife
Images from Project Pressure.
Editor’s Journal
A place you love so much, it speaks your name.
Announcing the January/February issue of Sporting Classics
On newsstands December 26!
Chicken-Fried Axis at Joshua Creek Ranch
A delicious meal by Joshua Creek Ranch’s head chef.
Up on Joshua Creek: A Father and Son Hunt the Texas Hill Country
Four Stunning Shotguns from Blue Book of Gun Values
Unforgettable firearms from the seminal volume.
DISPATCH: The Webb Farm #2
The Sporting Classics team afield in North Carolina.
The Sporting Story Contest: Honorable Mention
Seven great tales to read right now.
DISPATCH: The Webb Farm #1
The Sporting Classics team reports from North Carolina.