An American Water Spaniel in Grouse Country

An American Water Spaniel in Grouse Country

He owned an American water spaniel—the state dog of Wisconsin and one of just a handful of AKC-recognized sporting breeds of North American origin. It’s never a good sign when you begin a day of hunting pacing a veterinary clinic parking lot waiting for the place to...
Driven Bird Shooting in Idaho

Driven Bird Shooting in Idaho

How the European sport of royalty has come to the American West What if you could enjoy driven red-legged partridge in stunning and steep terrain, the kind of presentation made famous in the hills of Spain…but without the jet lag? That was the notion of Lars...
Top of the Flyway

Top of the Flyway

This week on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey… It’s a wingshooting adventure in North America’s waterfowl factory as brothers Chris and Joe Dorsey head to the prairie pothole region of central Alberta for epic duck and goose hunting with Ranchland...
One Family’s Quest to Save a Species…Through Hunting

One Family’s Quest to Save a Species…Through Hunting

The comeback story of one of the most unique antelope in the world Mention Ethiopia to a westerner and images of drought and famine come to mind, an impoverished land wrapped in tragedy and sadness where pity is a leading export. Thus, imagine my surprise as I land in...
Wouldn’t It Be Great to Have a Permanent Puppy?

Wouldn’t It Be Great to Have a Permanent Puppy?

“Wouldn’t it be great?” Kjos said again, his blood up, completely dismissing the ducks, “To have a permanent puppy, to have first love over and over again?” The sun slept in that years-ago Utah morning over the Salt Lake marshes. Where Kjos and I were guests in an...
High Altitude Elk & Low Light Hogs

High Altitude Elk & Low Light Hogs

Catch the action this week on Outdoor Channel as Chris Dorsey heads to the high country of western Colorado to hunt the magnificent elk. Catch the action this week on Outdoor Channel as Chris Dorsey heads to the high country of western Colorado to hunt the magnificent...
A Night With the White Goats

A Night With the White Goats

For rugged grandeur and soundless solitude, pursue the majestic white goats in their mountain haunts. Having hunted elk, sheep and other big game through the West in previous years, we were anxious to add a goat’s head to our modest collection. After many inquiries...