Race at Morning

Race at Morning

William Faulkner (1897,1962) was both a literary genius and an avid sportsman. “Race at Morning,” originally published in Faulkner’s 1955 collection of hunting stories called Big Woods, reflects his belief that the pleasure of the hunt lies in the...
Sporting Classics TV Season 7 Episode 6 Trailer

Sporting Classics TV Season 7 Episode 6 Trailer

This week, Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey features a unique hunt for giant red stag and elk in Oklahoma for two experienced hunters.  It’s a New Zealand hunt without the jet lag! The series airs on prime-time on Thursday at 10pm ET, with additional airings...
Hunters’ Adventures: Our Reason for Being

Hunters’ Adventures: Our Reason for Being

For the true hunter, the adventure never ends. Instead, it permeates our lives and becomes a reason for being. Montana’s big game opener just came and went. I spent the day working through miles of good country and didn’t see an antler, not even a...
A Copper Sky

A Copper Sky

“Not unlike the shine and hue of a newly minted penny!”  The remark came a voice beneath a properly worn and worn well brown felt hat. “Spect there’s a harsh wind blowing across the western plains. Likely will be getting here around near dark, about the time Venus...
Dear Deer

Dear Deer

Dear Deer, Why do you make me chase you? If you only knew what I had to go through, the trials I must endure, the obstacles I must overcome in order to spend time with you, you would throw your hooves up in the air and surrender out of sheer pity. First, I have to get...
Rogue Male: Ewart Grogan

Rogue Male: Ewart Grogan

There is a certain kind of man who can get away with damn near anything. They generally come from a line of charming rebels and often combine good looks with a devil-may-care attitude and a distaste for authority. Standing alone is their superpower, vanity their...
Black-Horn Buck 

Black-Horn Buck 

Toward the close of a glorious day in late September, I had gone down to the river from home to roam the wilderness of a neighboring plantation. The noble house that once stood on the bluff overlooking the lower reaches of the Santee was burned more than a century...
Special 44th Anniversary Two-Year Subs, Only $44

Special 44th Anniversary Two-Year Subs, Only $44

It’s our 44th anniversary and you get the gift! From now until the end of July, you can get a 2-year subscription (16 issues) at 20% off our regular price of $54.95. Right now, enjoy a 2-year subscription for only $44! Already a subscriber? We’ll automatically extend...
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...
Florida’s Proposed Bear Hunt Pits Science Versus Emotion

Florida’s Proposed Bear Hunt Pits Science Versus Emotion

After years of bear population increases and growing numbers of human-bear conflicts, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted 4-1 last May to open a limited bear hunt for the first time since 2015. Not surprisingly, the proposed season has...