Chris Dorsey's Sporting Classics TV Instagram page has reached the impressive milestone of 100,000 followers, and currently averages 9 million views and 60,000 interactions per month, making it one of the world's most popular outdoor Instagram pages. The page caters to aficionados of the hunting and fishing lifestyle and features video content from the extensive Dorsey Pictures library and topical posts on news that matters to outdoorsmen. Sporting Classics TV is partnered with the hit TV series Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey which reaches over 2.4 million viewers a year on Outdoor Channel. The partner YouTube channel Chris Dorsey's Outdoor World continues its steady growth by providing best-in-class content in the outdoor space, with 80,000 subscribers and 35+ million views. Chris Dorsey also reaches fans through the free newsletter Chris Dorsey's Outdoor World, providing 15,000 weekly subscribers with news catering to hunters and anglers, and through monthly features in the industry-leading Sporting Classics Magazine.
"The mission of Sporting Classics TV is to celebrate our partners, advance and defend our lifestyle, support conservation, and take the hunter-conservation message to the mainstream," said Dorsey Television Founder and CEO Chris Dorsey. "The milestones reflect our continued growth as we push to provide entertainment and relevant information to a wider audience." Sporting Classics TV is sponsored by Winchester Ammunition, Winchester Repeating Arms, Pulsar, Safari Club International, Walther Arms, Q, SecureIt, EOTECH, and Negrini Cases.
Chris Dorsey has been called the 'brand-father' of outdoor television having helped create and launch almost 60 series in the outdoor genre and an equal number of series in mainstream television, including for such networks as ABC, Discovery Channel, History Channel, HGTV, Travel, DIY, ESPN, WGN America, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, Destination America, Oxygen, and all the outdoor networks. Dorsey formerly served as editor in chief of Sports Afield and Ducks Unlimited magazines, is the author of 12 books, and is a regular contributor to Forbes. His work also has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, Newsweek, and The Robb Report. He's among the world's most widely traveled hunters having taken the 29 big game species of North America, the deadly seven species of Africa, the spiral horns of Africa and the wild turkey world slam. He's a member of the Outdoor Legends Hall of Fame and is a recipient of the Ray Scott Trailblazer Award as well as the Curt Gowdy Memorial Award. Dorsey has also served in board and advisory positions of numerous conservation and sporting advocacy organizations.