by Tom Keer | Aug 7, 2019
After graduating from Washington University, William H. Danforth grew tired with his job as a brick salesman. It was 1894, a time nearing the turn of the 20th century, and excitement was in the air. Businessmen scrapped tradition and quickly gravitated to new and...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jul 26, 2019
The little fish may soon be removed from the Endangered Species List, Marking Conservation Success. WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity, former federal biologist Jim Williams and law professor Zygmunt Plater petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jul 22, 2019
Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey strongly encourages all hunters to mentor a youth this fall. This is a critical time for the sport of hunting, especially for the future generation of young men and women that must carry the torch. A recent survey by the US Fish...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jul 18, 2019
Jul/Aug 2019 Optics Review The latest and greatest in riflescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes and other premium optics. Aimpoint Fully enclosed and sealed, the Acro P-1 is the only sight in its size category fully tested for shock, vibration, temperature span and...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jul 11, 2019
Tim Hall, the seventh generation of his family to live along the Kentucky River from the days of Daniel Boone, has always been close to nature. Hunting and fishing have been life long pursuits as well as trying to capture the beauty he sees in the outdoors. Tim has...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jul 9, 2019
Mountain hunters are a special breed. Every item they pack on a hunt has a purpose. Because gear means ounces and ounces add up to pounds. And pounds… they eventually equal pain. From cutting the handle off of toothbrushes to scraping the rubber armor off a spotting...
by Levi Monday | Jul 5, 2019
If you’ve ever seen a carpenter pick up a hammer, then you know what it’s like to watch Rachel Carrie pick up her shotgun. It’s hard to describe exactly, but there is a familiarity and nonchalance with tools that only comes from a lifetime of work. Like greeting an...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jul 5, 2019
From a small boy feeding the yard dogs with his father on the ranch in Rhodesia to cowboy in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, returning home to Africa to establish his own cattle ranch, inadvertently becoming a professional hunter and now a successful self-taught sculptor,...
by Ron Spomer | Jul 5, 2019
From Ron Spomer Outdoors A cape buffalo safari can lead to an expensive addiction. Thomas Wolfe famously wrote “You Can’t Go Home Again.” But he didn’t say you couldn’t go on a cape buffalo safari again. And after the first, you’ll want another. And another… But it...
by Phil Yearout | Jul 2, 2019
They looked out of place in the rack – that pair of side-by-side shotgun barrels there amidst those belonging to single-barreled pumps and autoloaders, a bolt-action rifle or two, and a few “black guns” that I couldn’t identify. I had been in this little shop only a...
