October 2022

Chef David Bancroft – ACRE and Bow & Arrow

An avid outdoorsman who enjoys hunting and fishing, especially with his son, Walker, Chef David Bancroft is the chef and owner of two popular restaurants—Acre and Bow & Arrow—both in Auburn, Alabama. He has been a 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 semifinalist for the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef: South. He won Food Network’s Iron […]

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Abby Casey American Airgunner

Spotlighting / By Barry Wise Smith

Growing up in Georgia, my father was a big part of why I loved the outdoors. He passed away when I was 16 years old, but he had a huge influence on my life. He instilled in me the importance of the outdoors. And I had a great aunt and great uncle who were very active in the archery community in the 80s, and my aunt was a skilled bowhunter.

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Getting Personal with Trace Adkins

1 Comment / Music / By Jim Hannaford

With such a big, booming voice answering with a hearty hello, it was natural for callers to assume they had the man of the house on the other end of the line. Thinking back on it still makes Trace Adkins smile. “I think I was about 14,” Adkins recalls.

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The Tom and Jerry Cocktail

Food & Drink / By Matt Meltzer

Inside The Place on Buffalo’s Lexington Avenue, it never doesn’t feel like Christmas. Walking through the front door is like stepping into your family’s living room, where happy, smiling people immediately toast a mug as soon as you sit down, hanging your coat onto the back of a barstool. Friday fish fry specials—another great Buffalo

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Nick Hoffman’s Wild Ride

Music / By Tom Venesky

There was a time when Nick Hoffman seemingly reached the apex as a musician, spending 12 years as Kenny Chesney’s fiddle player playing in sold-out stadiums before tens of thousands of fans. It was a wild ride.

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Outdoors Allie Cooks Venison

Food & Drink / By Tom Venesky

Outdoors Allie Cooks Venison: Hunting influencer embraces the ‘gamey’ flavor of wild meat. Growing up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Allie D’Andrea wasn’t a hunter. Heck, at one time she didn’t even like venison. But in the end, Outdoors Allie cooks up venison. But all that changed when she accompanied her boyfriend at the time—Nick

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Randy Rogers Band New Album

Music / By Jim Hannaford

That classic sound, brawny and melodic, is evident on the two songs (“Picture Frames” and “Nothing But Love Songs”) that have already seen tremendous success as advance singles.

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