The Working Man’s Dangerous Game Gun
John Hill was frozen in his tracks. He got busted trying to sneak across a narrow opening to the spot where I was carefully setting up my shot on a very old and very large Cape buffalo bull. The two were now in a staring contest and John stood statue-still with his...
Alabama Sets First Sandhill Crane Season in Century
“They fall out of the sky like a lawn chair,” my co-worker told me after he returned from his first sandhill crane hunt. “What do you do with a crane?” I asked. “They’re called the ‘ribeye of the sky,’” he replied, and that was all I needed to know. I was up for...
Dan’s 12 Quail Hunting Tips
These practical quail hunting tips are excerpted from the article “Dan,” by Bud Temple that originally appeared in the June 2019 issue of Sporting Classics magazine. I had frequently stopped at the little crossroads restaurant 16 miles north of my home in Wabash,...
The Origins of Purina
After graduating from Washington University, William H. Danforth grew tired with his job as a brick salesman. It was 1894, a time nearing the turn of the 20th century, and excitement was in the air. Businessmen scrapped tradition and quickly gravitated to new and...
The Latest SportDOG Brand Rechargeable In-Ground Fence
SportDOG Brand, an industry-leading manufacturer of electronic dog-training products and accessories, has Introduced its newest solution for dog owners who want to give their dogs freedom to run ...just only so far: The Rechargeable In-Ground Fence System (Model...
Solving the Feral Hog Problem One Bite at a Time
In 1540, Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto imported the first wild pigs to the Americas. As the swine escaped, De Soto’s gift became a real-life trojan horse and today there are an estimated 5-7 million feral hogs in North America with about half living in Texas. ...
Response to Restrictions on Use of Deer Lures
States like MN and PA have implemented bans on the use of urine-based scents in CWD management zones. These are products that have been widely used by hunters for many decades to help them be more successful in the field. These bans take away a great tradition and...
Sporting Classics TV Episode 5 Teaser
In this week's episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey we're drifting through the high plains of Eastern New Mexico to hunt the fastest game species on our continent: Pronghorn. Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey airs on Outdoor Channel Saturdays at 12:30 pm,...
Operation Eastbound Dispatch 3
Operation Eastbound. 7/31 3:15 p.m. An accident on Interstate 20 has us delayed by about three hours, and that might have been fortuitous because it meant we entered Mississippi during the day and one of the first things I smelled was fresh cut grass. This was not...
Super Tag Winners Help Raise Over a Million for Wildlife
First appeared on Buckrail.com WYOMING – Wildlife conservation was the real winner when the Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced the winners of its Wyoming Super Tag raffle on July 15. Created by Gov. Matt Mead and the Wyoming Legislature in 2013, the Super Tag...