Sporting Classics Podcast

Chris Dorsey and Ben Jones discuss the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS), its background, newest happenings and its goal to learn more about conservation and habitat of the ruffed grouse. 

Kevin Fay and Chris Dorsey discuss the benefits of mentoring youth hunters.

Chris Dorsey shares his list of all-time favorite authors, including Ernest Hemingway, Robert Ruark and others.

This week on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey… Chris and his brother Joe migrate north to catch the start of the waterfowl season in Alberta as millions of ducks and geese begin their migration south. It is an unforgettable hunt as they let the Winchesters bark with Ranchland Outfitters as wave after wave of birds come in with winged feet out and webbed feet down. Catch the action every week on...

The decline of Montana’s rivers foretells a new battle brewing between businesses that depend on fishing tourism and the state’s ranchers. In this episode, Chris Dorsey explains the detrimental effects of the series of sprinklers and irrigation canals that bleed the Big Hole daily, siphoning water levels so low that there is no longer enough oxygen to support trout, and offers potential solutions....

Paul Nelson of Paul Nelson Farm, a popular hunting lodge in South Dakota, was recently killed in a tragic RV accident when his vehicle was struck by a tornado. In this episode, long-time friend of Nelson Chris Dorsey remembers Nelson's vast achievements in the outdoor industry. 

A bow hunter believes he is hunting alone until he crosses paths with three strange, ghost-like figures near Chickamauga Creek in northwest Georgia. Read by Sporting Classics' Stan Morgan. Read along.

The Big Wild host, Dan Gunderson, interviews Sporting Classics Senior Editor and author Michael Altizer. In this interview, Altizer offers insights to his books Ramblings, Nineteen Years to Sunrise and The Last Best Day published and sold by Sporting Classics. Shop Now

This week on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey... Chris Dorsey takes in the best of land, sea and air in "Patagonia Wild," as he visits the outdoorsman’s paradise of Tipiliuke Lodge in Argentina. Chris and his brother Joe chase free range red stag, wild boar, quail and cast flies at rainbow and brown trout. It's a visit to a countryside reminiscent of Montana from 200 years ago with stunning vis...

Earlier this year, President Trump called on Congress to send him a bill that would fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and restore our national parks. On August 4, 2020, President Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act into law, accomplishing those exact objectives.

The eastern wild turkey of North American is one of our nation's great conservation success stories and hunters played a direct role in this recovery. Today, the ocellated turkey – the iridescent cousin of the eastern wild turkey – deserves the same chance. The ocellated turkey is native to the Yucatan Peninsula, Belize and Guatemala and boasts a stunningly bizarre coat of many colors, and it suff...

The long search for the man-eating tigress was coming to an end and the hunter was poised to bring a permanent halt to the killer’s reign of terror.

Despite biologists at Colorado's own Parks & Wildlife Division recommending against an introduction of wolves, Governor Jared Polis has affirmed state law prohibiting agency staffers from publicly sharing opinions on ballot issues.

This week, Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey takes a look at the four subspecies of buffalo – water, savannah, forest and cape. All four demand respect and look at a hunter with eyes reeking of pure hatred. It’s a celebration of one of the greatest and most dangerous big game animals in the world.

It’s a celebration of the finest wingshooting in North America as Chris takes his RAM 1500 on a road trip to South Dakota to hunt pheasants at the Signature Lodge by Cheyenne Ridge Outfitters and then to Nebraska for ducks and geese with the North Platte Outpost. He’s joined by passionate hunters and champions of conservation in both locations as he shares a blind with Safari Club International CE...

Kevin Fay and Chris Dorsey discuss the implications of supporting the Bristol Bay Pebble Mine, which could lead to the destruction of one of the richest, most vast salmon fishing waters in the world. 

As the herd rushed along, other individual bison panicked and joined the massive tidal wave of beasts. Ellie and John would be trampled if they didn’t do something fast.

Hunting slams aren’t about collecting trophies - they are collections of  adventures, forcing hunters to experience all that the sport has to  offer and challenging oneself to achieve goals that were once beyond  your imagination.  This week on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey, we look at a collection of Chris’ remarkable slams – the North America 29,  sheep slam, turke...

Jim and Trav of Revolution radio interview Chris Dorsey about his latest projects. 

Jim and Trav of Revolution radio interview Chris Dorsey about his latest projects. 

Among globe-trotting American bird hunters, Argentina is widely considered the best wingshooting destination on the planet. With doves, pigeons, ducks and perdiz, a partridge-like bird, it’s a magical mixed bag of game. This week on Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey , Chris and big brother Joe enjoy an outdoorsman’s ultimate playground at Estancia Cortaderas where the spectacular array of w...

Chris Dorsey and Kevin Fay discuss this week's episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey. It’s a wingshooting adventure in North America’s waterfowl factory as brothers Chris and Joe Dorsey head to the prairie pothole region of central Alberta for epic duck and goose hunting with Ranchland Outfitters.  

Chris Dorsey and Kevin Fay of Sporting Classics TV discuss the latest episode of Season 2. Chris and his family travel to the high country of western Colorado to hunt the magnificent elk. Then he turns to northern Texas to hunt a less dignified quarry, feral hogs. Watch the episode teaser here .

Chris Dorsey and Kevin Fay discuss a family trip to Saskatchewan for “Jurassic-size” pike and black bear including tips on how to introduce young people to hunting. You can watch the trip the week of 7/12 on Sporting Classics TV .

Chris Dorsey of Dorsey Pictures and Sporting Classics TV sits down with us to share about his newest book and film "Director's Cut – Big game hunting through the lens of the largest outdoor TV producer in history."