The Life-Saving Labrador

The Life-Saving Labrador

Why would a man come to disavow the story of how his gundog saved his life?   The man had grown up in a family of hunters, in a place where the sport is woven deeply into the cultural fabric. It’s celebrated, embraced. Blaze-orange “Welcome Hunters” banners are such a...
A Bucket-List Wingshooting Trip

A Bucket-List Wingshooting Trip

This week on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey… It’s a wingshooting bucket-list trip to two of the finest upland and waterfowl destinations in North America in this week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey as Chris heads to South...
Whole-Dog Nutrition

Whole-Dog Nutrition

If we want top performance from our dogs, we need to feed them a diet that nourishes the whole dog, and not just one particular body part. SPONSORED CONTENT As hunters, we are always striving to take our passion to the next level. We spend time at the range...
In the Penumbra

In the Penumbra

Eyes night-blind from the dashboard light you plunge Into the swamp to please the dog, walk By feel between trees and tangled vines, feet Seeking the hardness of the path, following. She trots ahead and stops, tail Slapping briars as she turns, impatient. Blindness...
Four Timothy Murphy Poems

Four Timothy Murphy Poems

The recurring theme in Timothy Murphy’s poetry is hunting and the cruel and ruthless innocence of nature, conflating the virtues of hunting with religious values. In 1951, two recently married teachers in Hibbing, Minnesota, paid a young boy named Bobby...
Woman Gored by Neighbor’s Pet Deer

Woman Gored by Neighbor’s Pet Deer

After a Colorado woman was gored by a deer, CPW issued misdemeanor citations to the neighbor who admitted she raised deer in her home. A Black Forest, Colorado woman who told Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers she took a days-old fawn into her home more than a year...
Cockers in Cover

Cockers in Cover

The cocker: a breed that deploys quickly and steers precisely. I damn near didn’t stop. I was driving a road that I rarely traveled, en route to another piece of cover. It was a crisp, clear day toward the end of October, the kind of day you see in your mind’s eye...
Buffalo Around the World

Buffalo Around the World

This week on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey… We’re celebrating the different subspecies of buffalo from around the world, including the animal known to kill more hunters in Africa than any other, the Cape buffalo. While other subspecies of buffalo –...