sporting

Two men walk in a scrubby landscape

Sporting

After decades of hunting wild turkeys through the Southeast’s bottomland swamps and hardwood forests, the author heads deep into the Lone Star State’s sandy, mesquite-strewn heart

A set of knives

Sporting

A veteran outdoorsman and lifelong knife nut on five blades that have stuck with him

A painting of sporting dogs

Sporting

Elmer Crowell miniatures, a life-size bronze pointer sculpture, and Ernest Hemingway’s marlin catch flag

A collage of three images: a bright orange building in Mexico; a hand holds a tarpon; ancient ruins

Adventures

Along an ancient, mangrove-lined Mexican coastline, the fish are ready for a fight

A detail of a shotgun

Sporting Scene

A Georgia sportsman discovers a hidden gem in a British auction catalogue

A man holds a microphone

Sporting

After devoting more than five decades to helping clients catch the fish of their dreams, Huff reels in the esteemed Izaak Walton Award

An illustration of a dog with a bird on its head

Good Dog

A moment of truth in the field with a spirited, freethinking pup

A collage of polaroids from a trip along the Mississippi River

Travel

For all the romanticism a voyage down the Mississippi evokes, cruising the river and exploring its still-wild pockets for pleasure can be fraught—even life-threatening. The few who do such, however, find rewards beyond measure. And learn that by the waterway’s very nature, no two trips are alike

A watercolor painting of a man standing in a stream, fishing

Traditions

A trout fisherman discovers it’s not always conventional medicine that brings respite

A portrait of a man with a fly rod

Sporting

Honoring the Florida sportsman’s indelible legacy on and off the water

Two hyper realistic duck decoys

Sporting

The Louisiana native carries on a Cajun woodworking and painting lineage

illustration of a turkey

Sporting

A mountain bird can drive you mad

an illustration of a duck

Sporting

A sunrise in the swamp stirs wings and water

an illustration of a man fishing

Sporting

Deep in Florida’s backcountry, a legendary guide reveals a world of silver giants

Two men fish in a saltwater flat

Sporting

An invigorating trip to the Bahamas—and more classic sporting pursuits

An illustration of a hunter in a quail field with two spotted dogs

Sporting

A sportsman’s journey from the Alabama quail fields to the Canadian wilderness to laying down his gun

An illustration of a fish swimming toward a hook

CONSERVATION

We don’t know jack—but with the help of anglers and guides, researchers are aiming for a better understanding of the fish

Arts & Culture

A new chronicle of the sporting life targets a better future

A castle on a cliffside

Travel

For a seasoned group of fish-minded travelers, a bucolic adventure comes with a taste of the royal treatment

A trio of three guns

Sporting Scene

Doubling up for gobblers