Issue link: https://www.e-digitaleditions.com/i/554642
S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S 1 3 T he weather's been blazing hot since June. Temperatures and heat indexes have climbed above 100 with oppressive regularity, yet fall and the hunting and angling that come with it loom in hope and reality beyond the heat rising heavy to the horizon. Here at Sporting Classics, we're anticipating autumn in the usual fashions—chasing down great hunting and fishing stories wherever they take us. Closer to home, though, we're treating the onset of autumn just like you do. Chuck is planting food plots to attract deer to his land. A couple other guys are looking for a place to work their dogs and shoot ducks. We're all looking for places to shoot doves. Personally, I hope to put a doe in the freezer, introduce my daughter to the dove field, and spend a weekend with friends fly fishing an Appalachian trout stream. We're also looking beyond autumn to 2016. It's a landmark year for us. We've had some personnel changes, but in the bigger picture, and I mean busting at the seams bigger, the coming year will bring the magazine's 35th anniversary. We're not going to let such a milestone pass blithely . . . A nyone who's read Sporting Classics even casually for the last 32 years is familiar with Chuck will usher in a bold look—a wider and taller profile that gives us a much stronger presence on newsstands. In addition, the increased size provides a larger canvas for the great photography and fine art that you've grown accustomed to. Further, the anniversary issue also points to a slight change in our focus. Our goal at every turn has been and always will to be give you the "The Heritage, The Romance, The Art of Hunting and Fishing," but future issues will offer glances at other outdoor pursuits. Think Garden & Gun but with no garden and a lot more gun. The conglomerate of Sporting Classics Daily, the Adventures site, and the revamped magazine gives you tastes of the outdoor life each day, an avenue for chasing your hunting and angling passions around the globe, and the stories and the writing that compel you to delve deeper into outdoor sport or fall in love with it all over again. The total aim is to give you a publication and a direction that feeds your every sporting passion. The magazine has survived for 35 years doing just that, but with changing times, an increased desire for instant gratification, we aim to position the magazine, the brand itself, for success in the decades to come. For the time being, enjoy the Daily and the magazine, and keep watch for the Adventures site. I hope you all have a wonderful autumn—I know you're looking forward to it as much as we are. Here at Sporting Classics, we're eagerly anticipating the fruits of autumn and the decades beyond. Russ Lumpkin ditor ' s Journal E Wechsler's name on the masthead. He's been editor that whole time and now he's going to finally slow down. I've been hired to edit the magazine after the Wechsler era ends. I can't say I've been hired to replace Chuck— not sure I could do such. And after a brief stretch as editor of Sporting Classics Daily, Jared Sullivan accepted a position with Field & Stream and took off for the bright lights of New York City. We've hired a nice young guy, Taylor Pardue, to take his place. Taylor is very excited to join our staff, and with help from art director Ryan Coleman, he will send great stories and sporting videos to your email each morning, free of charge. And Ryan Stalvey is back with us. He's an award-winning creative director whose passion for hunting and angling nearly matches his talent and eye for design. He is also former publisher and creator-in-chief of The Golf Sport magazine. We feel we have a strong team, which includes Trent Morgan, who's putting together the Sporting Classics Adventures website, which will feature a country-by-country, state-by-state listing of lodges and outfitters. Where applicable, we'll feature a story from the magazine or a video that either highlights that outfitter or at least describes the hunting or angling in the region. B ut the bigger I alluded to earlier is the magazine itself. We aim to continue to providing great tales of hunting and angling, but our 35th anniversary issue