The upcoming Jan/Feb issue of Sporting Classics magazine will kick off our 40th year of publication and may just be our most “classic” issue yet.

There is plenty new in store for Sporting Classics readers, including monthly giveaway opportunities for great prizes such as lever-action rifles, hand-made calls, knives and more. You’ll also encounter the very best writers who offer fresh perspectives and unheard stories that work to celebrate and preserve the heritage, the romance, the art of hunting and fishing. What is perhaps most exciting, however, is that the digital version of this issue will be available free to everyone.

Our digital publication packs more of the classic content you love into each issue. You can browse external links, flip through incredible photography and artwork not featured in the print magazine and even watch HD video of hunting and fishing trips around the world. Because sportsmen and women are missing trade-show season this year, Sporting Classics is bringing the show to you…for free.

While there are many new and unique ways to experience Sporting Classics magazine and surprises still in store, the “classics” remain at the very heart of our content, which is why we’ve added “Classic Classics” that you won’t want to miss. “Classic Classics” features our past stories and complements the regular “Classic Sporting Literature” articles from the bygone era of hunting and fishing.

Below is a list of the Jan/Feb 2021 content to explore, savor and share. Subscribe to Sporting Classics magazine today to begin receiving great print content each month. Follow Sporting Classics on Facebook and keep and eye out for your free digital edition coming soon!

Features

Classic Sporting Literature A Shot at a Shadow by Paul Pastnor

Classic Classics L.C. Smith: The Yankee Sidelock by Dave Petzal

The Canvasback Long live the king! By Dave Books

The Great Duck Guns Making the Grade: A.H. Fox, L.C. Smith, Parker, Browning & Winchester by John M. Taylor

Sermon From the Mount Was it any wonder the mounts were talking – and making perfect sense? By Robert Ellis

Haunted Hills, Moose & Noisy Airplanes Now, what do they say about old pilots and bold pilots? By Tony Kinton

The Arm That Sees A story of the Gourmantché by Thomas McIntyre

Okavango Delta Dawn On the trail of the buffalo of Eden by Chris Dorsey

Speed With Spots On a perch, a leopard is just a cat. In long grass, think a grenade with a grudge. By Wayne Van Zwoll

Argentina Big Game The big, the bad, the beautiful and the weird. By Nick Muckerman

Decoy Carving Preserving tradition, one block at a time. By Tom Keer

 

Columns

First Light Islands in the Stream by Mike Gaddis

Horizons Ten Mile Hill: Coming and Going by Roger Pinckney

Art & Etc. Bob Kuhn: Animal Aficionado and Artist Extraordinaire by Joe Coogan

Destinations Eastern Shore Triple Play by John Ross

Rifles AllTerra Carbon Rifle in 6.5 PRC by Ron Spomer

Shotguns Fabarm Autumn: An imminently satisfying (and affordable) double. By Robert Matthews

Gundogs The Irish Setter: A Victim of its Own Beauty by Tom Davis

Profiles George Bird Grinnell: America’s Voice for Wildlife by Doug Painter

Fishing Subimago Homesick Blues by Jack Gagnon

Ramblings A Winter Trout: The last fish they ever caught there together. By Michael Altizer

Fly Fishing Wind: Fighting the Invisible Enemy by Todd Tanner

Books Nick Lyons: Giant of Modern Sporting Letters by Jim Casada