T. Edward Nickens
A freelance journalist for nearly thirty years, T. Edward Nickens is a judge for Garden & Gun’s Made in the South Awards and a frequent contributor to the magazine, an editor at large for Field & Stream, and a contributing editor for Audubon. 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.
THE WILD SOUTH
Why it can pay to keep your fly rod handy this winter
Our Kind of Place
If you want to see some of the finest shotguns in the country, first you have to ask
The Wild South
A look at the new mallard bag limits for duck hunters along the Atlantic Flyway
THE WILD SOUTH
A University of Georgia researcher studying bobwhite chicks in the wild documents an unusual find
THE WILD SOUTH
The seat of Louisiana’s Evangeline Parish all but shuts down for the opening of squirrel season, a celebration of Cajun culture and community
Sporting
CEO Adam Putnam on the challenges facing waterfowl today
Sporting
When the Rollins family isn’t overseeing a vast business empire and philanthropic foundations, you’ll find them among the Old Florida live oaks and cabbage palms of Blue Cypress Ranch, where the bobwhite is king—and a kennel of American-bred British Labrador retrievers is turning heads in the dog world
Hurricane Relief
Fund established to help with recovery from Dorian
The Sporting Life
While they may not get the attention of the storied waters out West, two East Tennessee rivers—the South Holston and the Watauga—hold the kind of brown and rainbow trout that usually only swim through anglers’ dreams. Welcome to the Tennessee Tailwaters
Sporting
Each spring, Birmingham chef Chris Hastings invites a handful of friends and their children to his camp in Alabama for a week of hunting, camaraderie, good food… and a few life lessons
Sporting
A trove of classic doubles brings America’s golden age of shotguns to life
Best of the Sporting South
From his home base in the North Carolina mountains, Ryan Kirby is bringing an unbridled passion for the outdoors to the canvas—and giving the sporting art world a jolt of youthful energy
Land & Conservation
Long a duck-hunting mecca, North Carolina’s Pine Island stands as one of the few remnants of the untamed Outer Banks. Today, thanks to the National Audubon Society, it’s also a living laboratory for how to protect the coastal South’s uncertain future
Made in the South Awards: Outdoors
Runners-Up: a fire pit from Deus Modern, landing nets by HeartWood Trade, and axes from Richardson Axeworks
Hurricane Michael
After slamming into the Gulf Coast, Michael set its sights on some of the South’s most cherished pine forests
Conservation
Meet Captains for Clean Water, the non-profit that’s charting a new course for South Florida’s ecosystem—and the fisheries it supports
Land & Conservation
Crops of the North Carolina farmer profiled in Garden & Gun are leveled by storm’s wind and rain
Sporting
Scott Miller’s suggestions for getting the best out of your hunting companion
Sporting
With an uncanny knack for working with bird dogs, Scott Miller became a legend on the field trial circuit. These days, he leads a quieter life in the Lowcountry, but he’s still training dogs, and, just as important, their owners