Misses (and Worse)

Misses (and Worse)

The following is Chapter 1 from Jim Spencer’s latest book A Life Well Misspent. With a keen eye for detail and a deep connection to the natural world, Spencer invites you to walk in his footsteps, feel the thrill (and disappointments) of the hunt, the serenity of...
Where the Clouds Are Birds

Where the Clouds Are Birds

I think I know what Otis Redding had on his mind when he crooned “Sittin’ on the dock of a bay.” Only there’s no dock here. There’s no bay either, but I’m sitting on a high bluff overlooking the Parana River in Argentina, takin’ the rest of the day off.  Mi amigos...
Keeping the Uplands Alive During the Off-Season

Keeping the Uplands Alive During the Off-Season

These tips for making the most of your off-season time help get you out of the house and prepare for the upland bird hunting season ahead. Sadly enough, the upland hunting season has been over for some time. We pass the days reliving those memories in the field...
Sporting Classics TV Season 7 Episode 5 Trailer

Sporting Classics TV Season 7 Episode 5 Trailer

This week, Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey pairs two waterfowl fanatics as host Chris Dorsey and guitarist Steve Farris enjoy the world’s greatest duck and goose hunting destinations, and we help celebrate a unique real estate transaction in Nebraska.  The...
Sporting Classics TV Season 7 Episode 4 Trailer

Sporting Classics TV Season 7 Episode 4 Trailer

This week, Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey returns to the Iberian peninsula for an unforgettable wingshooting and big game combo as Chris Dorsey and friends enjoy driven partridge and Ibex hunting. The episode is a celebration of the fantastic hunting culture in...
Sporting Classics TV Season 7 Episode 3 Trailer

Sporting Classics TV Season 7 Episode 3 Trailer

This week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey features a tour of the pheasant belt as Chris Dorsey and Domenico Orzi take a road trip through South Dakota to hunt at three spectacular venues. The series airs on prime-time on Thursday at 10pm ET,...
Discovering Uruguay’s Bird Hunting Wonderland

Discovering Uruguay’s Bird Hunting Wonderland

An orange and white Brittany named Mia slinks cheetah-like through cover, crouching motionless on her belly as she peers like a weathervane into the wind, nosing the scent of a partridge-sized bird known locally as a perdiz (partridge in English). The small game bird...
The Stalemate

The Stalemate

Ryan Bybee is a tough guy to fish with. Well, for me, anyway. It’s not that we don’t have a good time when we’re fishing together, it’s just that we have different ways of fishing. I like to run and gun. Find the active fish, pick off the biters, move, move, move....