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.

THE WILD SOUTH

A surefire planting formula for bringing in the birds come dove season

15th Anniversary

Rick Crawford, a Charleston native, models the future of sustainable business

The Wild South

States are changing regulations this season in the face of a concerning decline in turkey populations

The Wild South

Spring in the South means the shad are in the river—and the stripers won’t be far behind

Adventures

Travel and adventure for the Southern soul

Sporting Scene

A new breed of ammo is changing the way we turkey hunt

Conservation

A new study shows that some Florida gamefish—and their prey—are laden with prescription medications

Sporting

Now available to view online, Mighty Waters tells the story of a mighty bond between the civil rights icon and Bimini guide Ansil Saunders

The Wild South

A waterfowler’s dispatch on what this year has brought—and hasn’t brought—for Southern duck hunters

The Wild South

A post-hunt bourbon libation with a touch of the swamp

Conservation

Why the revival of a small bonefishing lodge means a lot for the Bahamas

Land & Conservation

An unprecedented group effort seeks to restore what was lost after Hurricane Dorian—one mangrove at a time

The Wild South

A portable camp kitchen, innovative knife, the perfect gun sleeve, standout bibs, and more

The Wild South

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

The Wild South

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

The Wild South

If you haven’t yet made the leap to a set of electronic earplugs for hunting, now is the time

The Wild South

Try these tips in the field when you’re having a tough day and just can’t seem to hit a bird

Sporting Scene

What we know—and what we don’t—about this year’s duck season