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Big Game Hunting

Mike Hunsucker on How to Hunt the Most Elusive Old Bucks

By Alex Robinson

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Gear

Best Battery Chainsaws of 2024

By Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

How to Hunt Whitetails on the Acorn Crop This Fall

By Colin Moore, Alex Robinson

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Gear

Best Goose Decoys of 2024

By Alex Robinson, Joe Genzel

A man fires one of the best semi auto shotguns.
Duck Hunting

The Best Duck Hunting Shotguns of 2024

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

The Best Shooting Gloves of 2024
Gear

The Best Shooting Gloves of 2024

By Alex Robinson, Scott Einsmann, Tanner Denton

We tested the best budget trail cameras in a standardized test and in the field.
Deer Hunting Gear

The Best Budget Trail Cameras, Tested and Reviewed

By Scott Einsmann, Alex Robinson, Drew Palmer

Author setting up the best duck decoys.
Duck Hunting

The Best Duck Decoys of 2024

By Alex Robinson

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Fishing

Here’s to the Hunters, Anglers, and Good Dogs with Killer Instincts

By Alex Robinson

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Bow Hunting

Why Mechanical Broadheads Are Still the Best Option for Most Deer Hunters

By Alex Robinson

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Hunting

Mississippi Hunters Land 14-Foot, State-Record Gator After 7-Hour Fight

By Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

Zombie Deer Disease: CWD’s Unfortunate Nickname

By Alex Robinson

The author testing the best upland hunting vests.
Gear

The Best Upland Hunting Vests of 2024

By Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

How Big Is a Moose?

By Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

No Man’s Land: The Hunt for a Giant Kansas Buck

By Alex Robinson

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Conservation

Watch: Incredible Footage of a Brown Bear Catching and Killing a Moose in a River

By Alex Robinson

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Conservation

This Old-School Duck Slayer Is Opening New Hunting Opportunities Around the World for Americans

By Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

How to Bow Hunt Deer

By Alex Robinson, Scott Einsmann

A female hunter smiles and aims a rifle with the help of hunting mentors and shooting sticks.
Conservation

How to Hunt: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Adult Hunters

By Alex Robinson, Gerry Bethge, Natalie Krebs

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Hunting

Podcast: What Does It Take to Raise a Hunting Kid? We Asked Our Moms

By Alex Robinson

The 2023 Issue No. 2 cover of Outdoor Life, featuring a hunter and a man on an ATV.
Conservation

Celebrating Outdoor Life’s 125th Anniversary

By Alex Robinson

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Bear Hunting

Trolling for Bears in British Columbia

By Alex Robinson

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Conservation

Private Landowners Can Save Public Hunting in America

By Alex Robinson

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Camping Gear

Podcast: Does Ultralight Backpacking Gear Make Sense for Hunting?

By Alex Robinson

Corner crossing ruled legal in Wyoming.
Conservation

Public Land Hunters Win Corner Crossing Case in Wyoming

By Alex Robinson

A hunter wrestles a giant invasive Burmese python.
Conservation

Monsters in the Marsh

By Alex Robinson

Hunter Ty Bell stands on a ridge in Idaho grizzly country.
Animal Attacks

Return to Scout Ridge

By Alex Robinson

Joseph Fanizzi is a three-time NSCA sub-junior champion. He shoots Beretta's gas-operated A400 Xcel.
Competitive Shooting

The Best Shotguns for Sporting Clays, Tested and Reviewed

By Joe Genzel, Dana Farrell, Alex Robinson

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Gear

The Best Tips and Tactics for Roosting a Turkey

By Alex Robinson

Federal TSS performs better with more choke.
Gear

The Best Turkey Chokes of 2024

By Alex Robinson, Joe Genzel

A pair of hog dogs leashed to the hood of a hog truck.
Hunting

The Hog Dogs of Alabama

Photographs by Tom Fowlks, Story by Alex Robinson

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Guns

The Best .410 Pump Shotguns for Hunting and Target Shooting

By Brad Fitzpatrick, Alex Robinson

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Bow Hunting

Hunting Bows Keep Getting More Expensive. Are Flagship Bows Worth It?

By Alex Robinson, Scott Einsmann

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Fishing

Do Hunting & Fishing Influencers Actually Get Paid?

By Katie Hill, Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

This Happened to Me: I Butchered a Deer in My Brooklyn Apartment and the Cops Came

By Alex Robinson

Mr. Fox vest
Gear

Mr. Fox Vest: The Turkey Hunting Vest That Sold for $31,000

By Alex Robinson

A whitetail deer's head peeking over tall grass in a field.
Big Game Hunting

How to Find an Affordable Deer Hunting Lease

By Alex Robinson

One of the best guns for rabbit hunting laying on a vest with shells and harvested rabbits.
Guns

Best Guns for Rabbit Hunting

By Tyler Freel, Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

9 Out of Every 10 Harvested Whitetails Are Taken on Private Land. Here’s What That Means for Deer Hunting in America

By Alex Robinson

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Ammo

Federal Hevi Bismuth, Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

Perfectly cooked wild game venison steaks in a cast iron skillet.
Big Game Hunting

Venison Facts Amid the Lion Diet TikTok Craze and World Carnivore Month

By Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

Making the Shot on a Once-in-a-Lifetime Mountain Goat Hunt

By Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

The Biggest Whitetail Bucks of 2022

By Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

What It Took to Kill the Biggest Buck of My Life

By Alex Robinson

Two New Jersey black bear hunters stand with a mature sow in Jefferson Township.
Bear Hunting

Photos From the New Jersey Bear Season, the Highly Controversial Hunt That Wasn’t

story by Alex Robinson, photographs by Bryan Anselm

The Benelli SBE 3 28 gauge is one of the best duck hunting shotguns.
Duck Hunting

28 Gauge Benelli Super Black Eagle 3 Review

By Alex Robinson

These are the best duck calls for beginners.
Duck Hunting

Best Duck Calls for Beginners

By Alex Robinson

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Duck Hunting

We’re Experiencing the Deadliest Bird Flu Outbreak in History. Here’s What All Bird Hunters Need to Know

By Alex Robinson

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Ammo

6.8 Western Cartridge Review

By Alex Robinson, Tyler Freel

How to Sight in a Rifle
Gear

How to Sight in a Rifle

By John B. Snow, Tyler Freel, Kyle Wintersteen, Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

The Biggest Myths and Misconceptions Around Deer Rifles, Cartridges, and Shooting

By Alex Robinson

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Duck Hunting

Duck Hunting from a Kayak, Tips and Tactics

By Alex Robinson

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Duck Hunting

How to Get Permission to Hunt Ducks and Geese (Without Pissing Off the Locals)

By Alex Robinson, Dac Collins

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Duck Hunting

Lessons We Can Learn from the Viral “I Own the F*cking Land” Video

By Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

How to Estimate a Buck’s Age (and Why Aging Deer Matters)

By Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

Dr. Grant Woods on How to Use Trail Cam Artificial Intelligence to Improve Your Deer Hunting

By Alex Robinson

The Migrations Issue of Outdoor Life Is Here
Big Game Hunting

The Migrations Issue of Outdoor Life Is Here

By Alex Robinson

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Duck Hunting

How to Get Out of a Wingshooting Slump

By Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

Deer Tracking Dog Secrets That Will Help You Recover Your Buck

By Alex Robinson

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Big Game Hunting

Kansas Hunter Tags Giant 230-Inch Buck During Early Muzzleloader Season

By Alex Robinson

Bowhunter from a treestand.
Big Game Hunting

What If Grizzly Bears Killed as Many Hunters as Treestand Accidents Do?

By Katie Hill, Alex Robinson

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Guns

Citations Dropped for Magnet Fishermen Who Uncovered 86 Rockets and Other Ordnance on a Georgia Army Base

By Alex Robinson

World record whitetail buck
Big Game Hunting

The Milo Hanson Buck: How Long Can the Whitetail World Record Stand?

By Alex Robinson, Andrew McKean, Jim Zumbo

The Tactacam XB has the best picture quality.
Big Game Hunting

Is Hunting with Cellular Trail Cameras Fair Chase or Cheating?

By Alex Robinson