by Sporting Classics Daily | Dec 9, 2019
As winter approaches, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) reminds resident hunters of unique opportunities that could exist later this winter. GFP’s Wildlife Damage Management Program assists landowners with wildlife depredation abatement programs and services....
by Ron Spomer | Dec 9, 2019
A Beceite ibex stood atop an Iberian cliff across the canyon from us, its improbably long horns bowed against its rocky homeland. This was nothing new. That ram’s ancestors had posed on the same ledge while Hannibal’s elephants were lumbering through this region 2,200...
by Dr. David M. Svinarich | Dec 8, 2019
This horse, while not intrinsically mean, is nonetheless a master escape artist. No series of knots, regardless of their complexity, are capable of securing this animal for more than about 30 seconds, which is generally just about enough time for you to walk out of...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Dec 5, 2019
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 1,909 deer during Missouri’s late youth portion of the 2019 deer hunting season, Nov. 29 through Dec. 1. Of the 1,909 deer harvested, 752 were...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Dec 4, 2019
In New Mexico, herds of pronghorn are typically found roaming the high plains throughout the eastern part of the state. This expanse of land varies in elevation between 4,000 and 7,000 feet. A particular herd of a few hundred, however, spends the warmer months at...
by Jameson Parker | Dec 3, 2019
My first hunting dog was a Chesapeake Bay retriever. That might seem a poor choice of first-time hunting dog, Chesapeakes being notoriously idiosyncratic—if you use that word to express their penchant for independent thinking. Other words would be eccentric, singular,...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Dec 3, 2019
During first two weeks of the 2019 modern gun deer season, Arkansas hunters harvested more than 140,000 deer throughout the state. To put that into perspective, Arkansas hunters had already checked more deer than the total harvest for any year before 1995 in The...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Dec 2, 2019
Spot the toxic algae Don’t let your dog drink or swim in water if: It’s slimy or looks like foam, scum or mats on the surface of the water. The color is weird. Harmful algal blooms can be blue, bright green, brown or red and may look like paint floating on...
by Dr. David M. Svinarich | Dec 1, 2019
Wranglers know that certain horses like to lead and other horses are better off following the animal ahead of them. The commuter is a horse who is somewhere in the middle of the group and spends its time alternating between burying its nose in the nether regions of...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Nov 29, 2019
SPONSORED CONTENT The Woodman’s Pal® is an iconic land management tool with a long and storied history dating back to 1941 when Swiss National Frederick Ehrsam introduced it to the market. Ehrsam, who settled in PA, was an experienced engineer, artist and woodsman who...