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T. Edward Nickens

T. Edward Nickens is a contributing editor for Garden & Gun and cohost of The Wild South podcast. He’s also an editor at large for Field & Stream and a contributing editor for Ducks Unlimited. He splits time between Raleigh and Morehead City, North Carolina, with one wife, two dogs, a part-time cat, eleven fly rods, three canoes, two powerboats, and an indeterminate number of duck and goose decoys. Follow @enickens on Instagram.

Made in the South

How Lisa Tomlin turned a childhood obsession with drawing animals into a career as one of the country’s finest gun engravers

Land & Conservation

An 
innovative plan to restore wild quail populations throughout the South

Collections

Art isn’t the only thing on display at Bob Timberlake’s North Carolina studio. 
The space is also home to a flotilla of paddling history

In the Garden

On the banks of the Chattahoochee, an inspired oasis rises from the mud

Land & Conservation

Chestnut Crusader

Land & Conservation

Mountain Man

Land & Conservation

Island Watcher

Sporting

How a refugee from Hungary invented a reel that would tame the biggest, baddest fish in the sea

Adventures

Hunt in history’s footsteps at North Carolina’s Webb Farm

In the Garden

Robert Balentine’s lush mountain oasis aims to preserve the beauty of the Blue Ridge for future generations

Conservation

A conversation with Ducks Unlimited’s new alpha drake

Good Dog

A true story of a lovable Lab that ate everything