A Bullet Worthy of Jack
I opened the ancient brown paper bag and poured a few bullets into my hand, looking to see what I was going to be working with. I couldn’t believe my eyes for a moment... I was holding a bullet that I had read about for over 30 years, one that I had never thought to...
Theodore Roosevelt and A Great Adventure
Roosevelt had said, "I want Uncle Sam to have a better African collection than anybody else"; he accomplished his purpose. Well-known African explorer-hunter Carl Akeley, a contemporary of Theodore Roosevelt, had a simple answer about why Roosevelt's African...
Season 5 Premiers this Week
The world’s most watched outdoor television series returns for its fifth season on Outdoor Channel this week through the end of 2023. Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey is a joint venture between Dorsey Pictures, the largest producer of outdoor lifestyle programming...
Two Sports
Men of remarkable talent and courage, Er Shelley and Paul Rainey brought a unique form of hunting to Africa. As the 20th century dawned, the gamelands near Memphis beckoned two very different young men. One was a pointing dog trainer from rural Michigan, uncannily...
Chris Dorsey on Fox News
Sporting Classics TV host Chris Dorsey joins Fox News to talk hunting and conservation. Chris Dorsey joined Fox News Tonight host Joey Jones to discuss the many differences between green environmental groups and conservation organizations...and who does more for the...
A Great and Tainted Genius
There’s the greatest writer of the last century and wanderings across the continents with gun and rod, and it begins in 1951 just outside Havana Way up in the Sawtooths, the day comes creeping on the wind. The aspens rattle and the stars fade as the first light hits...
Mournful Echoes
“…before I could gather my feet under me I felt a boot on my neck.”
A Monster in Tigerland
Hunters and natives join forces to end a cattle-killer’s reign of terror.
Sporting Classics TV with Chris Dorsey Premiere and Book Signing at New York Beretta Gallery May 3
Beretta Gallery USA is hosting an exclusive premiere screening of Sporting Classics TV with Chris Dorsey at their New York Gallery on May 3rd, 2023. The premiere of next season's hit Outdoor Channel series will celebrate the history and excitement of a classic driven...
Buffalo Dream, Bison Nightmares
No time to fart or fumble, on my belly with a beast that had tried to kill a man only the day before. Willard Sumption had a buffalo ranch a little south of Aberdeen in that rolling country east of the Missouri breaks. Willard had one bad eye from the time two of his...