State Youth Coon Hunting Championship Celebrates 25th Anniversary
When all the points were tallied and the last dog rounded up at the end of the night following the annual South Carolina Youth Coon Hunting Championship at the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ James W. Webb Wildlife Center in Hampton County, Jace Shuler of...
RMEF works with landowner to provide access to huge National Grassland in North Dakota.
Covering more than one million acres, the Little Missouri National Grassland in western North Dakota is the largest such grassland in the United States. However, getting to it is a real challenge in places because of surrounding pieces of checkerboard private lands....
Dawn of American Deer Hunting Volume II
A fascinating new book featuring 400 vintage photos of whitetail hunters from yesteryear. Whitetail hunting is truly a unique American tradition plied first by early settlers, immigrants, pioneers and later American patriots who often died for their nation when...
Reflections
A brisk northerly, cooling breeze carried blood-red and sun-yellow leaves to an already leaf-littered forest floor. The aroma of fresh earth turned by a black bear melted with sweet scent of pines, but also with the faint odor of a musky rutting whitetail wafting...
A Look Back at Essential SEWE
“If SEWE 2019 is any indicator, the tourism industry should have a great year.” – SEWE President and CEO, Jimmy Huggins. According to the SEWE team, this year surpassed last year's record-high attendance and sales. “Our retail, restaurant and hotel partners reported...
Wyoming Preps to Defy Feds with Grizzly Hunt
WYOMING – No stranger to flaunting state control over federal oversight, Wyoming lawmakers passed legislation that would by all intent allow a grizzly bear hunting season even as the animal is under federal protection. It remains to be seen whether Senate File...
2019 Awards of Excellence
Sporting Classics 17th annual Awards of Excellence salute the best of the best—those companies and individuals whose products and services are having a significant and long-lasting impact on our sporting lives. Nominees for the 2019 awards were submitted by our senior...
Borrowing Gator Eggs
One day while in high school, my daughter suggested she was considering a major in wildlife biology in college. Since college majors are something one should try on for size before buying, I suggested we spend a day in the field with Walt. She agreed. Walt Rhodes and...
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...