Sporting

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

Runners-Up: a fire pit from Deus Modern, landing nets by HeartWood Trade, and axes from Richardson Axeworks

After slamming into the Gulf Coast, Michael set its sights on some of the South’s most cherished pine forests

Panhandle dispatch: A 70-mile run along the Florida coast

A sporting paradise an hour east of Atlanta

Checking in on the frontrunners for Readers’ Choice in the 2018 Good Dog Photo Contest

The sport of kings still reigns at Sea Island Resort

A novelist discovers it’s never too late to love a pup

One entrepreneur in Charleston, South Carolina, turns her love of dogs into a new business

A sickly and unadoptable shelter dog helps mend a grieving owner’s broken heart

The South Carolina ornithologist’s enthusiasm has brought the pursuit—and its connections to history and race—to a new audience

On a South Florida fishing excursion, one hungry, hungry grouper bit off more than he could chew

Few things top a great day in the field with good friends, fine bird dogs, and plenty of quail. A photographer captures the beauty and joy of a Southern tradition

Come summer, the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo brings thousands of entrants, decades of tradition, and varying degrees of piscatory prowess to Dauphin Island. Amid the million-dollar yachts and ten-dollar lawn chairs at the world’s largest fishing tournament, a writer and amateur angler wades into the frenzy of a Southern institution

Old-world gunsmithing meets modern-day technology in the Italian company’s new SL3 over-under

Step into the field for a photographic ode to good times, great dogs, and the joy of a Southern quail hunt

Determination, integrity, and an enduring love of the land keep this Texan at the top of her field

How the fourteen-year-old equestrian overcame a life-threatening accident and got back in the saddle

Whether you want to stalk a stream or fold a pheasant, these five far-flung lodges are already among the country’s best outdoor escapes. Now Nicholas Air makes getting to them easier than ever