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GONE FIShIN' This diverse array of innovative new gear will whet your appetite for the coming fishing season. ShOOTER'S ChOICE our annual review presents the very latest in shotguns and top-of-the-line accessories to make your clay target shooting more enjoyable and effective. 136 154 Untitled by Joseph F. Kernan – collection of Glenbow museum Gift of the Devonian Foundation,1979. www. glenbow.org C O V E R 11 this 'n that 147 auctions & eXhibitions 163 the traVeling sportsman 173 top shelF 176 Quotes d E P A R T M E N T S 17 FIRST LIGhT You'd never sell that favorite old gun, but you'd give it to the right someone. By Mike Gaddis 22 wILd hERITAGE Thanks to the efforts of an American safari company, Tanzania has granted long-term protection for several superb wildlife areas. By Robert Parvin Williams 38 AdVENTURES of all the animals he imagined in his sights, none left him more anxious than a wolf. By Dwight Van Brunt 45 FLy FIShING The author's Dirty Dozen of commercially available fly patterns. By Todd Tanner 51 hORIzONS An almost fishing tale from the author's newest book, The Mullet Manifesto. By Roger Pinckney 55 RAMbLINGS It wasn't the biggest fish he ever caught. But none has been more significant. By Michael Altizer C O L U M N S 66 dESTINATIONS At Yo ranch, you can hunt many big game species that are nearing extinction in their native lands. By Lloyd Newberry 72 ShOTGUNS The author experiments with Hevi-shot in his .410 loads. By Robert Matthews 77 RIFLES New england custom Guns can convert your ruger #1 into the perfect deer rifle. By Ron Spomer 81 FIShING The IGFA lists more than 7,000 world records; many of them are vulnerable to being broken. By Larry Chesney 138 TRAVEL No matter where you travel come springtime, there's a gobbler just waiting for you. By John Ross 141 GUNdOGS Jordan Horak could not see any reason why he shouldn't own two once-in-a-lifetime dogs. By Tom Davis SPECIAL FEATURES Jason smith/ thinkstockphotos.com S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S • V O L u m e X X X V • I S S u e 2 • m A R C h / A P R I L 2 0 1 6