Field Studies
Whether you’re an armchair adventurer who’s long dreamed of casting a tight loop into a mountain stream or a lifelong wing shooter looking to fix a bad habit, there’s an expert who’s ready to help. Study under one of the world’s finest bamboo-fly-rod makers, a falconer who can perch a peregrine on your hand, and instructors eager to teach you how to cast through the wind to hook a bonefish on the flats or even get you playing polo with the pros. Whatever your interest, these schools in the South and beyond offer fresh thrills and a chance to refine skills in gorgeous classrooms built by Mother Nature.
SHOOTING
Pursell Farms, Sylacauga, AL
Home to one of only three Orvis shooting schools in the country—and the only one in the South—Alabama’s Pursell Farms boasts a twenty-acre, fifteen-stand sporting clays course nestled within a majestic thirty-two-hundred-acre spread of rolling hills, oak and pine forests, and native grasses at the base of Chalybeate Mountain.
