An App to Navigate the Digital Wilderness

An App to Navigate the Digital Wilderness

In the age of social media censorship of hunting and shooting sports content, outdoor enthusiasts feel alienated online. As platforms like Facebook and Instagram increasingly rely on automation and algorithms that flag innocuous hunting and firearms content, users...
45-70 And 7×57 Mauser Compared

45-70 And 7×57 Mauser Compared

From Ron Spomer Outdoors Comparing the 45-70 and 7×57 cartridges will raise eyebrows. Might even turn the air blue on some social media sites (apples to oranges!) I’ll be called everything from a dumb #$&*%! to an ignorant #+=$^@*. But we shall know the truth, and...
Hogging the Choctaw

Hogging the Choctaw

Bringing right hand’s index finger to lips, Travis Benes cautioned “quiet” then pointed with his left hand in the direction of tall grass less than twenty yards distant. I nodded, quietly set up my shooting sticks, rested my Ruger revolver pointing in the...
Passing The Buck

Passing The Buck

First published in the November, 1974 issue of Florida Sportsman, this piece is included in Dickey’s Backtrack (1977). As he so often does, the author takes a mundane matter and has you smiling in short order. The biggest problem in going hunting is that you might...
Not Your Average Outdoor Influencer

Not Your Average Outdoor Influencer

In the age of social media, few outdoor accounts truly stand out and leave one feeling inspired. In an increasingly crowded space, authenticity is quite rare. The rise of outdoor influencers has equally good and bad consequences—with the latter getting more attention....
Sporting Classics 10 Years Ago – A Woman’s Place

Sporting Classics 10 Years Ago – A Woman’s Place

From the November/December 2008 Woman’s Place column of Sporting Classics Magazine. Augusts full moon – the “dog days” moon relating to the rising of the Dog star Sirius – has a chorus of coyotes baying at the fringes of mv suburban neighborhood. My aging...