The Silent Woods
Treat the earth well; it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. The woods are mostly silent now. As the old man’s boots disturbed the dry autumn...
Want To Help The Environment? Then Start Cutting Trees.
One conservation organization warns aging forests could spell doom for many species. With forest fires raging across the West, there’s been a renewed call to reexamine our nation’s forest management policies. Nearly 46,000 wildfires have burned more than eight million...
Snow Days
I was thinking about the coming season a few days ago and, as usual, it occurred to me that I might have a chance or two to hunt in snow. It’s still hot in Georgia, but snow is coming. Dear Lord, do I love to hunt in snow! I guess it’s a little surprising to hear a...
“Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey” Announces Increased Distribution
The world's most watched outdoor TV series adds even more reach on CarbonTV, Caliber Video and Waypoint TV. Dorsey Pictures, the world's largest producer of outdoor adventure programming with series airing on ten national networks and with affiliates across the globe...
The Life-Saving Labrador
Why would a man come to disavow the story of how his gundog saved his life? The man had grown up in a family of hunters, in a place where the sport is woven deeply into the cultural fabric. It’s celebrated, embraced. Blaze-orange “Welcome Hunters” banners are such a...
A Bucket-List Wingshooting Trip
This week on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey... It's a wingshooting bucket-list trip to two of the finest upland and waterfowl destinations in North America in this week's episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey as Chris heads to South Dakota to hunt...
Whole-Dog Nutrition
If we want top performance from our dogs, we need to feed them a diet that nourishes the whole dog, and not just one particular body part. SPONSORED CONTENT As hunters, we are always striving to take our passion to the next level. We spend time at the range...
In the Penumbra
Eyes night-blind from the dashboard light you plunge Into the swamp to please the dog, walk By feel between trees and tangled vines, feet Seeking the hardness of the path, following. She trots ahead and stops, tail Slapping briars as she turns, impatient. Blindness...
Four Timothy Murphy Poems
The recurring theme in Timothy Murphy's poetry is hunting and the cruel and ruthless innocence of nature, conflating the virtues of hunting with religious values. In 1951, two recently married teachers in Hibbing, Minnesota, paid a young boy named Bobby Zimmerman ten...
Woman Gored by Neighbor’s Pet Deer
After a Colorado woman was gored by a deer, CPW issued misdemeanor citations to the neighbor who admitted she raised deer in her home. A Black Forest, Colorado woman who told Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers she took a days-old fawn into her home more than a year...