The Hipster Invasion
We stood in the elevator, he and I, and from a distance one would think we were friends. We both had Filson bags, wore L.L. Bean boots, and Carhartt jackets. The only visible differences were that he sported a moustache and a beard while I was clean shaven, and my...
A World War II Veteran Carried Special Memories of the Outdoors to the Very End
By Brent Lawrence, a public affairs officer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Region in Portland, Oregon. My Dad passed away on Dec. 22nd. A 90-year-old World War II veteran, he had a stroke on Halloween morning and it significantly affected his ability...
First African Black Panther In A Century Spotted In Kenya
Biologists observed the elusive animal, last recorded in Africa more than a century ago, after months of searching and waiting. Nick Pilfold, a global conservation scientist with the San Diego Zoo, said that he and his team captured footage of the animal at Laikipia...
Survivor Describes Hand-to-Claw Combat with Big Cat
Travis Kauffman, the man attacked by a mountain lion during a run in Colorado on February 4th explained how he suffocated the young cat — and survived with minimal injuries. The incident took place on at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space in Larimer County. Kauffman,...
Announcing Our 2019 March April Issue
Features: Dangerous Berries Trouble can lurk most anywhere in bear country. Roger Pinckney Lightning! Hunters and anglers are vulnerable to these deadly bolts from the blue. John Ross East of the Sun & West of the Moon World-class fishing and hunting in the Andes....
It’s Fair Game at SEWE
For the second year in a row, Matt and Ted Lee are leading the SEWE cooking stage demos in partnership with S.C. Department of Agriculture. The Certified South Carolina stage events will take place in Marion Square Friday through Saturday beginning at 11 a.m., and...
Sportsmen’s Bills Pass Senate
MISSOULA, Mont. (February 13, 2019) - The Boone and Crockett Club, the oldest wildlife conservation group in the U.S., today praised the Senate's passage of the Natural Resources Management Act (S. 47), a bipartisan package of bills that includes several key pieces of...
Small Ducks and Big Memories
“So, what are you guys thinking?” Will asks Austin and Luke, our guides, from the other side of the pit blind. The guides, constantly scanning the horizon, give a hopeful mumble and continue looking for the big groups of teal that should be there. We are in central...
How Living With a Labrador Retriever in Brooklyn, New York Inspired Me to Start Girls With Gundogs
Two years ago, I was living in an apartment in the basement of a brownstone in Park Slope, Brooklyn. I was working in private practice as a psychiatric nurse practitioner and spending most of my weekends driving two hours both ways to upstate New York to do something...
SEWE 2019 Set to Be A Feather In Your Cap
Sporting Classics is heading to SEWE to bring you all the fun, but there’s still time to get tickets to several events which sell out every year. The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition began to help fill the calendar of Charleston’s low season while promoting wildlife...