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.
Land & Conservation
An unprecedented group effort seeks to restore what was lost after Hurricane Dorian—one mangrove at a time
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A portable camp kitchen, innovative knife, the perfect gun sleeve, standout bibs, and more
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A simple, highly adaptable recipe for adding some wild game flavor to your holiday table
Sporting Scene
A North Carolinian readies vintage guns for new days in the field
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Tired of getting on your hands and knees in the pickup bed to unload your gear? Here’s a two-minute, ten-dollar lifetime solution
Sporting South
Long overlooked as a prime upland bird in the South, the timberdoodle is quickly inspiring a new legion of hunters. But that by no means makes this whimsical-looking, erratic-flying,
thick-cover-loving quarry an easy target
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If you haven’t yet made the leap to a set of electronic earplugs for hunting, now is the time
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Try these tips in the field when you’re having a tough day and just can’t seem to hit a bird
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Our Wild South columnist shows you the items he always brings along to the dove field
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The latest cookbook from the wild foods maestro covers just about everything that swims. Plus: Get his recipe for pickled shrimp
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Dying manatees, red tide, washed-up fish—the Sunshine State is at a tipping point
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What should you do with orange peels, sandwich scraps, and the like when you’re out on the boat? Our Wild South columnist weighs in
Sporting Scene
Holding on to sporting history while looking ahead
Food & Drink
The roots of the chef’s acclaimed cooking—and his outlook on life—trace directly back to his Louisiana heritage, a cultural gumbo of bayou fish camps, New Orleans jazz clubs, and a family who gives it to him straight
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Upgrade your arsenal with these innovative offerings from Southern-based brands making waves in the fly-fishing world
Made in the South
A Tennessee gunmaker
reproduces a powder rifle with
serious history
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Though still rare as hen’s teeth, hand-carved wooden turkey decoys might just be ready for their moment