Sir John Seerey-Lester 1945-2020

Sir John Seerey-Lester 1945-2020

John Seerey-Lester, one of the giants in the world of wildlife art, died on May 19 after a short battle with cancer. A resident of Osprey, Florida, John was born and raised in England, then relocated to America in 1980.  He loved his adopted country and became a...
Must-Read Mysteries for the Sportsman Reader

Must-Read Mysteries for the Sportsman Reader

Keith McCafferty headlines a list of talented mystery writers whose protagonists are gun- or rod-toting sleuths caught up in murder and mayhem. Reading has always been an integral and important part of my life. Mine was a blessed boyhood, one where I grew up in a home...
Like an Honest Dog: A Tim Flanigan Book Review

Like an Honest Dog: A Tim Flanigan Book Review

Like an honest dog, it’ll be the standard by which you compare all other upland hunting books. It’s the highest level of praise for a handler to call a dog “honest.” By that handlers mean every time the dog points there is a bird under his nose. Honest...
Reading Season

Reading Season

This has been a big season for books. You’ve undoubtedly caught wind by now of the Sporting Classics book on famed outdoor illustrator (and Hemingway pal) Lynn Bogue Hunt, Lynn Bogue Hunt: Artist, Angler, Hunter. It just so happens that I scribbled the text for it,...
Peter Beard’s Exotic Eye — His Life and Death

Peter Beard’s Exotic Eye — His Life and Death

The unlikely life, art and death of legendary artist and adventurer Peter Beard. Peter Beard was a hard man to peg. A photographer of wildlife and beautiful women, a writer, an ethnologist, explorer, hunter, naturalist, conservationist, ladies man, married man, wise...
Pretty Fly for a Tie Guy

Pretty Fly for a Tie Guy

Tim Borski is making a career from the same inspiration that compelled him to leave Wisconsin and head to Florida more than 30 years ago. Tim Borski stood looking at spring snow, nine inches of heartbreaking fluff. The day prior had been in the 70s, and he had caught...
An Excerpt from “Big Grizzly by Bow”

An Excerpt from “Big Grizzly by Bow”

As it appears in Alaska Bears: Stirred and Shaken by Jake Jacobson The weather had recently turned colder, but we’d had no big winds for some time, so the willows still retained a lot of their leaves, which made visibility a bit less than ideal, but the project was...