King of the Beasts – Speed, With Spots
Wayne van Zwoll discusses the real "King of the Beasts", the African Leopard and those who dedicated their lives to hunting them. I shook his left hand. There was nothing below his right elbow. He was strong, an aging giant six-foot-five, with a raw-boned frame to...
Lessons Handed Down to a Son – The Borrowed Gun
Peter Ryan on lessons handed down to a son. Our son, Jamie, is 10 years old. Today, after much pleading, he is with me at a cabin on the South Island of New Zealand, a long way from anywhere. There at the head of the valley the snow looms high overhead, waterfalls...
Buffalo Hunt – A Tale of Two Buffs
James Stejskal details two occasions across the world where he is on the buffalo hunt and just how he went about claiming his prize. The early morning fog on the river was starting to dissipate as I stood in the waist high grass surveying the terrain ahead. I was...
Mayan Ruins – Campeche Brocket
It was hot. Horribly hot. Well over the century mark. Humidity approached the saturation point. I hate the heat! I have even less tolerance for high humidity! But there I was in the midst of both! The only stirred breeze came from the overhead slow circulating fan in...
Old Flintlock: A Sporting Scribe for the Ages
No writer has sung the South’s sporting song with the same alluring sweetness as Archibald Hamilton Rutledge. Known to family and friends as “Old Flintlock,” he was a proud son of the southern soil with roots that reached deep into the Carolina Lowcountry’s past. His...
Hunting of Old – Lonely Journey Backward
Tony Kinton details the ups and downs, reliefs and frustrations and the total fulfilment of experience that comes with the hunting of old. Obstinacy is considered poor taste. But fracturing protocol and proper behavior were not my intent. Rather, I was simply curious...
Chris Dorsey on Hunting Matters Podcast
Dorsey Pictures announces that Chris Dorsey appears as a guest in the latest episode of the Hunting Matters podcast and radio show to discuss myriad topics including his background in outdoor television, bringing the hunting category to mainstream audiences, and...
When Wildness Goes Bold
In any great wildlife painting, viewers do not just feel the spirit of an animal, we’re making contact with the mind’s eye of a brilliant artist. Julie T. Chapman, in her acclaimed multi-media scenes and monochromatic scratchboards, demonstrates how a single image can...
11 Brilliant Hemingway Quotes: Hunting & Fishing
From Green Hills of Africa to The Old Man and the Sea
Scenes from the Wild North
Why do hunters seldom put antlers of average score on the wall? An absurd question, certainly, for readers of this great magazine. And yet while the reasons seem obvious, let’s apply the same rationale to works of fine art we collect. Why settle for paintings and...