A Christmas Eve Swan Shoot

A Christmas Eve Swan Shoot

Two old renegades pull off an illegal nighttime hunt, despite a surprise collision and dunking. Shooting swan by night may seem hardly the correct thing in the estimation of many, but we fowlers of the wild and “feathery” West occasionally obtain under cover of the...
Luther K. Hall

Luther K. Hall

How could watercolor not be the perfect medium for angling art? Gazing upon the work of outdoor artist Luther K. Hall, one may feel there is something special about the way he mixes water with his paint. It is the water of the river. “When I decide to do an angling...
Tested: Benelli’S M2 Field

Tested: Benelli’S M2 Field

SPONSORED CONTENT An out-of-the-box waterfowl wrecker that doubles as a do-all shotgun, Benelli’s M2 Field hits a pleasing semi-automatic price point, promises flawless function and is a pure joy to shoulder and shoot.   Benelli changed the game in 1991...
Sporting Classics TV Season 6 Episode 23 Trailer

Sporting Classics TV Season 6 Episode 23 Trailer

When bobwhite quail populations in West Texas plummeted in 2010, concerned hunters took notice and banded together to fund research to find a solution to the mystery.  Now the efforts from the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation are bearing fruit for wildlife in...
Birds, Bucks, Bass and Back Road Adventures

Birds, Bucks, Bass and Back Road Adventures

Sponsored Content If you’re out to score a trophy buck, outwit a black beard or engage in battle with a lunker bass then take to the back roads of Alabama’s Black Belt—a region that delivers both wild adventures, lazy pleasures, better stories and the best of...
Lost & Found

Lost & Found

Nothing about pulling a kennel from the back of my pickup and placing it on the ground in the jack pines’ shadows felt right. Tossing in a stinky t-shirt in the kennel was something you do with puppies not adult dogs. Leaving bowls of chow and water next to the open...
Hunter’s Guide: Classic American Hammer Shotguns

Hunter’s Guide: Classic American Hammer Shotguns

Some of the finest shotguns ever made in America were hammer shotguns produced in the last decades of the 19th century. However, by the end of World War I, most had been retired to gun cabinets to be only admired, not fired. Their barrels had not been designed for the...