by Chuck Wechsler | Oct 31, 2018
Up to my hunt last week at Timberghost Ranch in southeastern Iowa, I considered myself a pretty good judge of whitetail antlers. Not anymore. Sitting in a comfortable stand with my stepson, Scott Morrison, and his guide Brian Field, I noticed a buck off to my left...
by Chuck Wechsler | Oct 30, 2018
Sporting Classics Editor Chuck Wechsler took this big buck last week at Timberghost Ranch, a thousand-acre whitetail operation tucked away in the wooded foothills of the Mississippi River in southeastern Iowa. Hunting with his .30-06 Barrett Fieldcraft Rifle, Chuck...
by Larry Weishuhn | Oct 30, 2018
“You best come here and look at this!” demanded my cameraman. He stood pointing at the ground immediately in front of our tent. “Something big tore up the ground and chewed on saplings. Whatever it was doesn’t seem to appreciate our presence here! Could be a bear, or...
by Jim Mize | Oct 29, 2018
I was visiting with Uncle Catfish this weekend, trading lies and truths and not caring much which was which. Somehow, we got on the topic of snakes. As tales with age often do, each one was elevated a little over the one before it until Uncle Catfish told one that...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 29, 2018
This article originally appeared at South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. With Halloween coming up, many people decorate their homes with spider webs, skeletons and bats. Plastic bats serve as great decorations, but what should you do if you find yourself...
by Ron Spomer | Oct 26, 2018
Here we go again. A reader —a refreshingly polite one this time — told RonSpomerOutdoors.com Do Not Hunt Bears. That’s great because I invited everyone’s comments. She was referencing a blog I’d posted titled “Should We Hunt Big Predators?” Here is her heartfelt...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 25, 2018
MISSOULA, Mont. (October 24, 2018) – The Boone and Crockett Club, the name synonymous with big game hunting and conservation, today applauded Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s announcement that the lands western big game species depend upon as migration...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 25, 2018
Ever present on social media, Prois has launched a new grassroots marketing campaign called #proispicoftheweek. “We had the idea to have our staff and customers send us their hunting or outdoor photos featuring their successes while wearing their Prois gear....
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 24, 2018
First appeared on Ron Spomer Outdoors At the risk of sounding too self absorbed, I’d like to share the tale of Covey, my English setter puppy from Beirlsetters.com, hunting for the first time and getting her first bird — at the tender age of 3.5 months. I don’t...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 22, 2018
British royalty is lending its voice to the choir singing the praises of trophy hunting as a conservation solution in Africa where anti-hunting eco-imperialists have dismissed the knowledge and ability of Africans to manage wildlife in their countries. Botswana...