Grizzly Encounter
Rick bent to one knee checking blood splatters on three-day-old snow crunching under his weight. It appeared pinkish—possibly lung blood. Staring up the hill, his gaze followed the mule deer’s tracks running straight to the top before disappearing into exposed rocks....
Who Really Helps Animal Rights?
Perhaps you’ve seen the late-night appeals on cable channels from animal rights groups—the public service announcements of a starving dog or cat that will have a better life if you only send $25…immediately? You look down at Rover, resting comfortably on his padded...
Great Finds Afield
Just the other day I was walking through some tall weeds and BAM—it hit me. The smell of a something gone bad reached my superior nostrils and I had to find the source. It was a rotting deer leg—and it was mine. I grabbed it and was carrying it high and proud until I...
Would You Know…?
And where do you find tranquility? A restoration of spirit, a calming of your soul? In a place so quietly unobtrusive, yet so deeply profound you will never find it so perfectly any other place on Earth? A reprieve of being that is so unwavering, so wholly...
Candid Cameron on Bullying
Remaining calm and ignoring bullies completely is Cameron's way of letting them know a dog’s world trumps hooman worlds (and words). By today’s standards, you should not say anything about my big ears, short bobbed tail, excessive drooling, wild stare, incessant...
Training a Gundog: It Takes More Than One Month!
Rome wasn’t built in a day, and a champion bird dog isn’t ready after just four weeks.
In Defense of Trophy Hunting
Chris Dorsey is joined by “The Honorable Hunter," author Michael Sabbeth, in the latest podcast from Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey. Dorsey Pictures announces a unique podcast as author Michael Sabbeth joins host Chris Dorsey for a lively discussion in defense of...
Candid Cameron Rides the River
Cameron the Weimaraner warns fellow canines to stay safe from the sun this summer to avoid the dreadful sunburned snout! I believe I have written numerous time here on Sporting Classics Daily that I like fishing and going on fishing adventures. I’m not lazy but I...
English Springer Spaniel: The Happy Medium Flusher
When it comes to flushing dog breeds, the English springer spaniel is a near-perfect blend of fun and functionality. If the German shorthair is the “happy medium” of the pointing dog set, the breed that fills this role in the flushing dog division is the springer...
Not the Fool Hen Blues
Dusky grouse have a curious way of making a living. They migrate come winter, but not the direction we might think. There is a bird migration underway right now, but it is not what you may think. It’s late August. National Shooting Sports month is coming to a close....