by Sporting Classics Daily | Sep 15, 2019
My raison d’être often finds me capturing the wild and raw sides of nature, where just surviving the night is a landmark event. The tallest animal to walk the planet today is an old bull giraffe. Often standing 19 feet tall and weighing more than 3,000 pounds, these...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Sep 9, 2019
London gunmaker John Rigby & Co.’s new art department has unveiled three new limited edition stamps by talented in-house engravers Geoffrey Lignon and Saija Koskialho. Each collection of 50 stamps feature either a European roebuck by Finnish artist Saija or...
by Oliver Kemp | Sep 2, 2019
This is an excerpt from an article that originally appeared in the August 1910 issue of Outing magazine. This day we were in the heart of moose country with an ideal landscape spread before us, glowing with the golden red of a northern sunset. I worked quickly,...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Aug 29, 2019
National Toasted Marshmallow Day is when we celebrate the tradition of finding just the right stick and toasting the sugary puffs to perfection. The stick has to be just right. Cut it too short, and your hand will burn. Cut one too long that is also too lithe, and...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jul 11, 2019
Tim Hall, the seventh generation of his family to live along the Kentucky River from the days of Daniel Boone, has always been close to nature. Hunting and fishing have been life long pursuits as well as trying to capture the beauty he sees in the outdoors. Tim has...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jul 5, 2019
From a small boy feeding the yard dogs with his father on the ranch in Rhodesia to cowboy in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, returning home to Africa to establish his own cattle ranch, inadvertently becoming a professional hunter and now a successful self-taught sculptor,...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jun 6, 2019
The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) curated and installed an outdoor monumental wildlife sculpture exhibit at the Mount Pleasant Waterfront Memorial Park in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The sculpture exhibit at Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park is...
by John Seerey-Lester | May 28, 2019
It was 1913 when renowned hunter and sculptor Carl Akeley created his most famous sculpture, “Wounded Comrade.” Inspired by an actual event Akeley witnessed on his first trip to Africa in 1896, and encouraged by fellow sculptor Alexander Phimister Proctor, he sculpted...
by Sporting Classics Daily | May 2, 2019
There’s a lot of pressure on us all when it comes to Mother’s Day gift ideas. You want to find something she’ll use all the time, but it can’t be strictly utilitarian. It should also have a sentimental spin. But overthinking it only makes the whole process harder. So...
by Sporting Classics Daily | May 2, 2019
David Snow is an actor, musician, artist, and owner of DE&LS. I was fortunate enough to speak with David about his man-centric antique restoration business. Let’s start off with some explanation: What is DE&LS, what’s the origin of the name, and how do I...
