NRA’s Steel Magnolias

NRA’s Steel Magnolias

Meet some of the women who are infusing the NRA with high-octane energy, fresh thinking and the power of the purse…all with a feminine touch. The nickname “steel magnolias” first imprinted on the rest of the world by way of the 1989 movie of the same...
South Carolina Stripers

South Carolina Stripers

The success of striped bass in our freshwater reservoirs represents one of the great modern-day stories of nature’s ability to adapt. We got skunked that day, yet it remains one of my most vivid fishing memories. It was a warm spring morning in 1963. My dad had...
McCracken Joins Sporting Classics

McCracken Joins Sporting Classics

Emma M. McCracken has recently joined the Sporting Classics team as its new Assistant Editor – Digital and will oversee production of Sporting Classics Daily e-newsletter, along with other aspects of Sporting Classics’ digital channels. McCracken is an MA of English...
The Last Buffalo  

The Last Buffalo  

On the floor, on either side of my fireplace, lie two buffalo skulls. They are white and weathered, the horns cracked and bleached by the snows and frosts and the rains and heats of many winters and summers. Often, late at night, when the house is quiet, I sit before...
Left-Hand Conversions

Left-Hand Conversions

Although it makes me appear a bit long-in-the-tooth, I’ve been actively participating in the firearms market for nearly 40 years. In point of fact, I clearly remember attending my first gun show in March 1982 and being captivated by the process. I jumped right in,...
Kindergarten Moose Hunt

Kindergarten Moose Hunt

My moose-hunting guide was a lethargic person whom Providence had fashioned—in mind and temperament—as a cook in a lumber camp. I remember him without malice and without enthusiasm. He manifested eagerness only on unimportant occasions and only when sitting. He was...