This week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey is an adventure in the Gulf Stream as Chris Dorsey and friends are after tight lines on saltwater. The fly fishing adventure starts in Cape Cod in pursuit of striped bass, then heads south to Puerto Rico to dance with tarpon. The series airs on Outdoor […] The post Sporting Classics TV Season 6 Episode 16 Trailer first appeared on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

Forget about deer stands,” he said. “Just boost your woman high up in a live oak late in the afternoon. That way you’ll know she’ll still be there when you come to fetch her home after sunset.”  We were on his front porch, out of the wind on a chilly afternoon, easing our minds in […] The post Fair Winds, My Brother: Daufuskie Family first appeared on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

From its Dublin origins, London base and forays to California, plus a traditional client base in Africa, John Rigby & Co. represent an important component of the ever-deepening connectivity that defines the modern world. The post Rigby for Rifles first appeared on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

Ralph Waldo Emerson once pronounced, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” It was, and is, true in the context that he meant it. It’s important to not allow yourself to be confined to “the box.” In this day and time, you’ve got to be able to look at the “other side” of […] The post Dump the Slump first appeared on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

It was the kind of heat that has weight—like an enormous hand pressing down. Every so often a puffy cloud would pass, obscuring the sun and providing a few moments of blessed relief. But then the sky would clear, the sun’s unblinking gaze would hammer down once again, and I’d literally stagger under the force […] The post September’s Lessons first appeared on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

Storied is not exclusive to price tag or class. Occasionally the twain rub shoulders and have a bountiful supply of tales to tell, but there are no guarantees. This Purdey, however, had it all. Scratches and dings and rubbed-smooth spots. Cost? Likely something exceeding a new pickup truck. And classy as they get. Lush, impressionistic […] The post New England Woodcock and Storied Shotguns first appeared on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

The rustle of fallen white oak leaves littering the ground 30 feet below demanded my immediate attention. There, patches of brown moved. A deer! Heartbeat racing! Breathing? I am not certain I even took a breath.  A solid hour before first light and under the cover of moonless darkness, I had crawled nearly to the […] The post Home Coming Whitetails first appeared on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

I’d been following my Brittany, Tess, through the steep, rocky canyons of southeastern Arizona’s Coronado National Forest for the better part of an hour when her bell fell silent. I found her upslope—bug-eyed, trembling and stretched out on point—at the base of a live oak tree. As I climbed up to reach her, I tried […] The post Down On the Border: Mearns’ Quail first appeared on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

The old, plodding 30-’06 Springfield, for instance, is not just yesterday’s news; it’s moldy, too, and so is anyone who hunts with one, according to millennials or whatever they call the most recent come-of-age generation. In contrast, the 6.5 RPM from Weatherby is a sleek, fast, innovative cartridge that represents cutting-edge design and performance. Anyone […] The post Rifle Cartridges: All in the Family first appeared on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more

There is probably no subject connected with shooting about which so much nonsense has been written and spoken as the distance at which game can be killed with the rifle. This was bad enough in the days of muzzleloaders. It has become doubly bad in these days of long-range and mid-range breechloaders. We now know […] The post Long-Range Shooting at Game first appeared on Sporting Classics Daily ..read more