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The Sporting Life is a journey of imagination and expression, focused on the most exclusive and alluring destinations, adventures, and the finest kit obtainable anywhere. Our goal is to inspire our readers with unique stories and magnificent photography, bringing adventures to life in a fashion never before attempted. From the finest luxury watchmakers to the most superb bespoke firearms crafted by hand, follow us as we showcase the luxury sporting lifestyle in artistic fashion.

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For sportsmen looking for a literary refuge, perhaps on the plains of Africa, the lowlands of Sweden or in a Dakota pheasant field, you’ll find a cherished friend in The Sporting Life magazine, a new brainchild of Michigan-native Thaddius Bedford…. READ MORE>

Our Drives

If It’s Out There We’ll Find It!

Immerse yourself in adventure and bask in the essence of granular nature, which comprises a proper life experience in the all-consuming natural world. Great sportsmen like Teddy Roosevelt and Ernest Hemingway are revered because they were supremely interesting people by virtue of their fascinating and expansive life experiences. Let us honor those values and expand those experiences using a fresh and modern, yet traditional lens as we explore The Sporting Life.

Travel & Exploration

Our planet is a grand canvas that features exotic locations and seldom-taveled roads. We want to share our adventures with you in the hopes you’ll want to take them in personally on your future voyages abroad.

Entice The Senses

You’ve worked hard to get where you are in life and you enjoy treating yourself to finer things… fine cuisine, rare spirits, exclusive cigars and more. We’ll regularly bring you new discoveries from the four corners of the world.

Sport & Adventure

Yep, you’re that type. Your wiring craves the challenging, the difficult and the adrenalin rush of doing what few others can boast. We get it and we’re right there with you.

STAFF

Creative Content Geniuses

Evolving into a World-Class Sportsman is more than hunting the Big Five, or punching your full-species sheep ticket; you must develop the patina of a well-lived life…a life which you are confident is your best life…these are the hallmarks of The Sporting Life. Our writers are embued with a natural gift for bringing faraway lands and experiences. Let us take you on a new journey!

Raised outdoors in Montana, Everett has an undeniable passion for all things hunting, angling, and helping others discover those same experiences. His pursuits span the spectrum from upland to big game, archery to muzzleloading. When he isn’t in the mountains, Everett is involved in state conservation with Montana FWP as a council member working on education, access, and landowner-sportsman dynamics. He enjoys waterfowling with his Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Cane, and flying his peregrine falcon, Freyja. For the past several years he has helped create and teach hunter education programs and is a frequent guest on podcasts, workshops, and events with a focus on hunting ethics. Everett is a member of the Professional Outdoor Media Association and supports the conservation work of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Boone and Crockett Club.

Everett Headley

The Falconer

Jamie is a CW21 (certified watchmaker 21st Century) and has been in the watch industry for more than 30 years. Starting as a parts assembler for a clock company based out of Grosse Pointe, Michigan and moving into an apprenticeship under a master watchmaker. Jamie’s experience, and training with several major watch brands, driven by his entrepreneurship, evolved into a watch company of his own, JD’s Watch repair. In addition to operating JD’s Watch Repair, Dolinar holds the position of lead watchmaker for the largest international authentication company for internet-based luxury timepiece sales. Jamie enjoys pursuing the outdoor lifestyle as a competitive shotgun shooter, focusing on sporting clays and helice.

Jamie Dolinar

The Watchmaker

A native North Carolinian and lifelong sportsman John is an avid wing shooter, offshore fisherman, competitive shooter in clay sports, archery and pistol. A Graduate of Appalachian State University, he was a scholarship varsity letterman and diving team captain there as well as NC State Champion and Junior Olympic Gold Medalist. John’s interest in water sports led him to become a diving instructor and certified Dive Master. John is a rock climber and certified repel master as well as an NRA certified instructor in shotgun and pistol. He is currently the Director of Southern US Sales for Lawry Shooting Sports. Has published articles in Shotgun Life Magazine and has written for Trap Shooting USA and Clay Shooting USA Magazines since 2009 with over 85 published articles to date.

John Caffey

The Medalist

His sporting lifestyle began with summers spent on Lake Erie’s Sandusky Bay, and the balance of the year in the wilds of both Michigan peninsulas. Tales of the “good ole days” of upland hunting and fishing the northern Midwest from his WW2 veteran grandfather fostered a deep-rooted passion for all things scattergun and fly rod. Building a career in both technical and literary writing has given him the ability to share his adventures, and affinity for the finer things in life, as well as with the lens of his camera. As a master-class sporting clays shooter Matthew travels around the country competing in sporting, FITASC, Helice and flyer shoots. He spends his falls chasing waterfowl and upland birds in the Dakotas, salmon on the waters of the Great Lakes, and his greatest passion…Ruffed Grouse and Woodcock in the northwoods of Michigan with his Spaniel, Festus.

Matthew Gay

The Editor-in-Chief

Sean earned his bachelor’s from Clemson and a Master’s in fisheries biology from Tennessee Tech. He earned a second Master’s in Hospitality and Culinary Management. Finley is the GM and Executive Chef for the High Adventure Company based in Atlanta, GA, responsible for day-to-day culinary, sales and management operations at both The Signature Lodge and The North Platte Outpost. Sean’s grandmother and mother fostered this interest in the culinary arts by including him in the household cooking operations. As a hunter in his youth, Sean would prepare the wild game he and his friends harvested in southern Ohio. Mainstays at that time were: whitetail deer, squirrel, wood duck, rabbits, and the King of game birds, Ole Ruff. When discussing his cooking style, Sean defined it as “alpha male with a cowboy cooking twist.”

Sean Finley

The Chef

Always a Sportsman, my voracious curiosity and imagination compel me to seek embedded adventure. These decades touring North America’s Backcountry Wilderness, hunting and fishing Michigan’s greatest venues, and exploring 28-States seeking America’s Greatest Sporting Clay Experiences are just the tip of the iceberg.

Ernest Hemingway famously says, “In order to Write about Life, you must first Live It.”

As a Writer, I feast on the spirit and details of the life in which I immerse myself. My sign-off for each Episode of my blog is “Enjoy the Moments Life Brings You.” Of course, this a tip of the cap, to the spontaneous nature of life’s best experiences.

Mark Fitzpatrick

The Oracle

WE DELIVER

Our Commitment

The Sporting Life is marinating in dynamic World-Class experiences, the amazing people we meet and befriend along the way, the pearls-of-wisdom shared, and life-altering epiphanies which formulate and steep during this decades-long journey…we are The Sporting Life. We are here to share the Odyssey…Let us challenge, entertain and inspire you.

Hunting
Fishing

In the Wilds…

Indulge in our feature pieces which will take you near and far, to great destinations in pursuit of exquisite game, fowl, and fish. Our regular departments will bring you tales of adventures afield, spotlights of the finest gear and pertinent happenings in this lifestyle we live.

Global
Destinations

Compass Points…

The Sporting Life experience shares adventure that can only be had in some of the most unique and captivating locations across the globe. Come with us as we chronicle these exotic and ancient locations and immerse you in the land, culture, and traditions we highlight through our camera lenses and written prose.

So Very
Culinary

A Rare Medium Well Done…

Treat yourself to the culinary brilliance of our expert aficionados as they bring you the very best enticement for your palate. From traditional elegance to exotic cuisine, our team of talented contributors highlight the most exceptional dishes, finest spirits, and most perfectly crafted tobaccos from across the globe.

Life
Changing

On the Edge…

Our travel and adventure pieces serve to feed that primal longing for wanderlust. Bringing you face to face with journeys and experiences beyond your wildest imagination. From dinner with royalty to treks across the lands of antiquity, allow us to inspire your sense of adventure.

We Are HuntersWe Are SportsmenWe Are AdventurersWe Seek the Finer ThingsJump In With Us!

— You’ll Truly Want to Experience Where We Go Next! —

Stories

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What’s Inside

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Some of The Cool Facts About Us

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Mission

…and we’re not done yet. We’ll continue to travel the globe searching for the unique, the challenging, the rare and the unknown. We’ve only just begun!

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