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
For many guides around the South, April and May are typically big months—but not this year
Southern Heroes
The North Carolina native advocates for the culture of the Down East region
The Wild South
The new CZ-USA All-Terrain series of doubles is designed to get dirty
The Wild South
Quail, trout, and more find their way onto Mark Goodwin’s hand-forged creations
The Wild South
Finding a shed antler makes for a great day in the woods. Here’s how to up your chances in the South’s tangled forests
Sporting
At a historic duck camp on the Chesapeake Bay, a family has made it its mission to introduce new hunters to waterfowling, while instilling a conservation ethic that will carry the next generation
The Wild SOuth
Interest in bird hunting is on the rise—and so is the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association
The Wild South
Meet the Woodie Nelson decoy and more of Jason Patrick Chuley’s over-the-top spinning-wing creations
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