The Sporting Life

A Tar Heel outdoorsman makes decoys the old way, preserving a proud water-fowling tradition

A new book of photographs and essays tells the story of the family-owned Italian company’s passion for sporting tradition

Spend a day in the duck blind on South Carolina’s Santee Delta

Once the heart of Carolina rice country and the stomping ground of Archibald Rutledge, the tidal marshes of the Santee Delta constitute a natural treasure. Today, a handful of passionate duck hunters are helping to make sure it all stays that way.

Savannah College of Art and Design’s equestrian team aims for a third national title

From hand-forged blades to the best new boots, this collection of sporting gear is on point

A shotgun phenom sets his sights on an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic gold

Eight of the best shops in the South and beyond for the bird-gun enthusiast

There’s no finer quail country than the Red Hills, 300,000 acres of longleaf and wiregrass and home to more than a hundred sprawling plantations. Who’d have thought a real estate broker would become its unofficial steward?

The business mogul, broadway producer, and philanthropist on his latest adventures

When buyers want to own a pristine piece of the Red Hills extraordinary quail country, they talk to Jon Kohler

Join writer Dave Mezz as he travels in search of big bass in the Sunshine State

Deep in the Mississippi woods, a hunter reflects on the joys — and pain — of chasing gobblers

Harvey Penick’s sage advice still resonates

Long a favorite among Southern hunters, a classic shotgun returns to the field

Beyond luxury accommodations, great food, and first-rate service, these resorts are a Southern equestrian’s dream

How a North Carolina plantation turned back the clock on bobwhite habitat

Where the quail feel right at home

Hundreds of paintings and sculptures will be up for bid at this week’s Copley Fine Art Auctions’ Winter Sale

A behind-the-scenes look at fly fishing’s most devoted couple