Sporting

Saving the South’s rarest breeds from extinction

How a tiny pooch turned out to be one bighearted bird dog

Ron Rash on becoming a writer, losing the big one, and growing up knee-deep in a Blue Ridge trout stream

They’re big, they’re breeding, and they don’t belong. So to combat the invasive Burmese python, Florida officials invited all comers to take on the Everglades’ most notorious outlaws

When it comes to a fresh start, there’s nothing like the power of a pup

Deep in Alabama cotton country, a bumper crop of World War II-era planes is being kept alive by a few dedicated pilots bent on preserving a piece of Southern history

Take flight from an old grass airstrip in Alabama cotton country in these World War II relics

Get a glimpse of the Bahamas’ best new flats-fishing destination

Sea Island, Georgia

A Louisiana craftsman keeps a Cajun tradition afloat

How a bookish Labrador became a college-town hero

Deep in Louisiana duck country, a hunting lodge marries a conservation ethic with creature comforts

Carl Hiaasen has spent a lifetime railing against corrupt politicians and the wanton destruction of Florida’s natural riches. Along the way he’s become one of the country’s most successful novelists, not to mention one hell of a fly fisherman

Explore one of the South’s ultimate duck hunting destinations

When John Rucker and his Boykins head out, reptile researchers pay heed

For one Civil War relic collector, the past can be very much alive

Sometimes even a good pooch needs a little help finding his way home

An in-depth look at the Civil War collection that proves the past can be very much alive

Bring your flies, a pole, and a map

Secrets to betting on the greatest horse race of them all