We had just finished a memorable safari in the Northern Frontier District of Kenya, one on which I had taken a very fine leopard in the eleventh hour of the final day. It was my first. A male, it pegged out at nearly eight feet from nose to tail tip, and we were celebrating the […] The post The Leopard of Lorian Swamp appeared first on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

To a starry-eyed boy enchanted by anything connected with hunting or fishing, his knowledge of the river had a mysterious, almost magical quality about it. The post Of Catfish and a Smelly Old Codger appeared first on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

My eyes glanced toward 14-year old Trent, frozen in a wide-eyed stare with the gun across his lap! The post Lucky Thirteen appeared first on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

Ernest Hemingway fought in two wars, battled huge marlin and tuna in Bimini and Cuba and then survived two plane crashes and deadly encounters with lions and elephants in Africa – all while creating some of the greatest sporting literature ever written. The post Ernest Hemingway: Angler, Fighter, Lover appeared first on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

Long before Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy put New Zealand on everyone’s travel list, hunters and anglers long coveted the island nation’s riches of fish and game. It is a sportsman’s Jurassic Park, where beasts grow to near-mythic dimensions and the stunning landscape inspired the fictitious land of Middle-earth. New Zealand’s temperate climate, rich volcanic […] The post John Scurr New Zealand Hunting Tours appeared first on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

Live now on the website, the new Joe’s PH Premier Build is customizable with nearly 100 combinations of leathers, soles, and twill colors. Choose from a curated selection to create your ideal Joe’s PH. Each of these options is carefully hand selected by our team for performance in a broad variety of environments so you […] The post The Customizable Joe’s PH appeared first on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

Sheep hunters often get obsessed. Not just with rams, horns and mountains, but backpacks, boots, optics and rifles. Especially rifles.  Just as backpackers cut the handles off toothbrushes and labels off shirts, so do sheep hunters shave superfluous ounces from rifles. The promise of a sheep hunt has inspired many, if not most, lightweight rifles. […] The post The Evolution of Adventure Rifles appeared first on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

For ten minutes I held my 8x binoculars on it; then it moved. Like magic the tremendous outline of a big ram’s head came into focus, and I almost choked on a mouthful of cold bannock at the size of it. The post A Record Twice Lost appeared first on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

The following narrative is excerpted from Hunting Adventures in the Northern Wilds, A Tramp in the Chateaugay Woods, Over Hills, Lakes and Forest Streams, by S. H. Hammond, published in 1856. As the author travels into the back country wilderness of northern New York State, long before it is given the name “the Adirondacks,” his […] The post A Forest Chase appeared first on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

Pastor Ron is a Messenger of God and a Fisher of Men. So when he discovered that I was just an ordinary fisher of Trout, he expressed a certain degree of professional interest in finding out more about how we common folk spend our time.  “Jesus always did love fishermen,” he explained. “His closest friends […] The post Fishing with Pastor Ron appeared first on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more