Sporting

Southeastern Wildlife Exposition: Charleston’s Big Weekend


Brett James Smith, November Skies signed "Brett J. Smith" lower right.

November Skies by Brett James Smith. Up for auction at the Copley Fine Art Winter Sale.

Black-Bellied Plover by John James Audubon, 1836 hand-colored engraving. Up for auction at the Copley Fine Art Winter Sale.

Black-Bellied Plover by John James Audubon, 1836 hand-colored engraving. Up for auction at the Copley Fine Art Winter Sale.

Photo: hand-colored engraving, 15 by 21 in. sheet size, 27 by 40 in.

Ready for the dock dog competition at Brittlebank Park.

Ready for the Dock Dogs competition at Brittlebank Park.

Photo: Courtesy of SEWE

The dock dock demonstration at Brittlebank Park.

A leaping canine at the Dock Dogs competition.

Photo: Courtesy of SEWE

Sheep and duck herding demonstrations will be a new event at SEWE 2018.

Sheep and duck herding demonstrations will be a new event at SEWE 2018.

Photo: Courtesy of SEWE

Flight demonstrations with the Center for Birds of Prey.

A presentation from the Center for Birds of Prey.

Photo: Courtesy of SEWE

Standing black duck by Ira D. Hudson (1873-1949), Chincoteague, Virginia. Up for sale at the Guyette and Deeter auction.

Standing black duck by Ira D. Hudson (1873-1949), Chincoteague, Virginia. Up for sale at the Guyette and Deeter auction.

A circa-1890 Mason Factory decoy from Bull Island, South Carolina. Up for sale at the Guyette and Deeter auction.

A circa-1890 Mason Factory decoy from Bull Island, South Carolina. Up for sale at the Guyette and Deeter auction.

Preening Canada goose with lifted wings by the Ward Brothers, Crisfield, Maryland, signed and dated 1964. Up for sale at the Guyette and Deeter auction.

Preening Canada goose with lifted wings by the Ward Brothers, Crisfield, Maryland, signed and dated 1964. Up for sale at the Guyette and Deeter auction.

Great Blue Heron, a watercolor by Art LaMay. Up for sale at the Guyette and Deeter auction.

Great Blue Heron, a watercolor by Art LaMay. Up for sale at the Guyette and Deeter auction.

Storm Surf Canvasbacks, an oil on canvas by Philip Crowe. Up for sale at the Guyette and Deeter auction.

Storm Surf Canvasbacks, an oil on canvas by Philip Crowe. Up for sale at the Guyette and Deeter auction.


Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin is a Garden & Gun contributing editor and a full-time freelance writer covering hospitality and travel, arts and culture, and design. An obsessive reader and a wannabe baker, she recently left Nashville to return home to Charleston, South Carolina, where she lives with her husband, their twins, and an irrepressible golden retriever.