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Knives for Girls … Any Suggestions?
Gear

Knives for Girls … Any Suggestions?

By Andrew McKean

A Drive Hunt for Bulgarian Boars
Hunting

A Drive Hunt for Bulgarian Boars

By Andrew McKean

two hunters testing optics scopes and binoculars
Gear

Optics Test 2018: Best Hunting Riflescopes, Binoculars, and Spotting Scopes

By Andrew McKean

British Columbia Backcountry: The Horseback Caribou Hunt
Big Game Hunting

British Columbia Backcountry: The Horseback Caribou Hunt

By Andrew McKean

Excessive Celebration Has No Place in Hunting
Big Game Hunting

Excessive Celebration Has No Place in Hunting

By Andrew McKean

Cast-and-Blast on Idaho’s Middle Fork Salmon River
Fishing

Cast-and-Blast on Idaho’s Middle Fork Salmon River

By Andrew McKean

The New Generation of GPS Maps is Changing How We Hunt
Conservation

The New Generation of GPS Maps is Changing How We Hunt

By Andrew McKean

Blood on the Tracks
Hunting

Blood on the Tracks

By Andrew McKean

DNR to Buy CWD Infected Property for $465K
Conservation

DNR to Buy CWD Infected Property for $465K

By Andrew McKean

Strange Bird: Rare Sharptail/Sage Grouse Hybrid Found in Wyoming
Grouse Hunting

Strange Bird: Rare Sharptail/Sage Grouse Hybrid Found in Wyoming

By Andrew McKean

How We Test Riflescopes, Binoculars, and Spotting Scopes
Binoculars

How We Test Riflescopes, Binoculars, and Spotting Scopes

By Andrew McKean

Hunting

Manhunters

By Andrew McKean

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Announces $30 Million Endowment, Largest Ever
Big Game Hunting

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Announces $30 Million Endowment, Largest Ever

By Andrew McKean

Pulsar N550: Anatomy of a Digital Riflescope
Gear

Pulsar N550: Anatomy of a Digital Riflescope

By Andrew McKean

Insult to (Mortal) Injury: Mule Deer Attacks Dead Buck
Big Game Hunting

Insult to (Mortal) Injury: Mule Deer Attacks Dead Buck

By Andrew McKean

Season’s First Outbreak of EHD Detected in Montana
Conservation

Season’s First Outbreak of EHD Detected in Montana

By Andrew McKean

The Whitetail Depression
Big Game Hunting

The Whitetail Depression

By Andrew McKean

Stop the Nonsense: Centralize Hunter Education Certificates
Conservation

Stop the Nonsense: Centralize Hunter Education Certificates

By Andrew McKean

Elk Hunting Tips: Be a Poop Pincher
Big Game Hunting

Elk Hunting Tips: Be a Poop Pincher

By Andrew McKean

Montana Offering Over-the-Counter Bull Tags
Big Game Hunting

Montana Offering Over-the-Counter Bull Tags

By Andrew McKean

Video: Arrow Flex in Super Slow Motion
Bow Hunting

Video: Arrow Flex in Super Slow Motion

By Andrew McKean

A Western deer hunter in a flannel and blaze orange vest carries a rifle on the Montana prairie.
Big Game Hunting

Can You Keep COVID-Vulnerable Hunters Safe and Have a Real Deer Camp?

By Andrew McKean

Popular Federal Hunting-Access Program Could Lose Funding
Conservation

Popular Federal Hunting-Access Program Could Lose Funding

By Andrew McKean

Here’s To Tight Lines WHETHER WATER IS FROZEN OR OPEN, FISH ARE BITING
Fishing

Here’s To Tight Lines WHETHER WATER IS FROZEN OR OPEN, FISH ARE BITING

By Andrew McKean

A duck hunter tosses out decoys in the pre-dawn light.
Conservation

We Actually Have No Idea How Many Hunters There Are in America

By Andrew McKean

elk hunting in Montana
Big Game Hunting

Elk Management in Montana Shows the Blind Spots of Our North American Model of Wildlife Conservation

By Andrew McKean

The Central Arctic Management Area - a BLM Wilderness Study Area - sits between NPRA and Gates of the Arctic National Park in Alaska. This little known 320,000 acre area is starkly beautiful and made up of rolling tundra and snow covered peaks.
Conservation

6 Key Issues We Hope the New Interior Secretary Tackles—and How to Pull It Off in This Partisan Era

By Andrew McKean

Deb Haaland
Climate & Environment

Republican Senators’ Focus on Fossil Fuels Production Foreshadows Challenges to Come for Interior Secretary Nominee Deb Haaland

By Andrew McKean

Deb Haaland
Conservation

3 Key Questions From Deb Haaland’s Interior Secretary Confirmation Hearings

By Andrew McKean

A hunter kneels behind a deer and holds its head up by the antlers.
Big Game Hunting

Oregon’s Columbian White-Tailed Deer Was Endangered Until 18 Years Ago. Now, a Closely Regulated Hunt Celebrates the Species’ Recovery

By Andrew McKean

A New Mexican woman with dark hair and turquoise earrings crosses her arms and looks at the camera in an open field.
Conservation

Update: President-Elect Biden Picks Deb Haaland for Department of Interior Secretary

By Andrew McKean

The author (Andrew McKean) glasses for deer on his home property in north-central Montana.
Big Game Hunting

Close To Home Adventures: Life on the Prairie

By Andrew McKean

Two hunters sit and pose in the bed of a truck next to a mule deer.
Big Game Hunting

An Old-School Western Mule Deer Hunt, in Memory of Two Midwestern Dads

By Andrew McKean

A yellow lab with a calf head in her mouth.
Hunting

Hunting with Nellie, a Retriever With Limitless Natural Instincts—and Embarrassingly Little Grace

By Andrew McKean

A hunter stands on a hillside scouting and calling for wolves. A forested mountain hillside is in the background.
Hunting

Ryan Williams Spends the Winter Hunting Wolves in the Idaho Wilderness. Here’s What We Can Learn From Him

By Andrew McKean

William Perry Pendley, Bureau of Land Management.
Conservation

Senate Takes on William Perry Pendley’s “Illegal Role” at Bureau of Land Management

By Andrew McKean

The hunter's election.
Conservation

The Hunters’ Election: “We Think This Is the Most Important Election for Sportsmen in Our Lives”

By Andrew McKean

Three sandhill cranes in flight against a clear blue sky.
Hunting

Want to Hunt Sandhill Cranes? You’re Going to Need Stealth, Ultra Realistic Decoys—and Dog Goggles

By Andrew McKean

A large buffalo in the large open fields of Montana.
Conservation

In the Future: Millionaires Will Pay for Wildlife Habitat

By Andrew McKean

A sketch of the case-telescoped cartridge.
Ammo

In the Future: Your Deer Cartridge Will Be Plastic

By Andrew McKean

A woman holds a rifle to her should while taking aim, as an instructor stands beside her offering tips. Both are wearing shooting protection gear.
Conservation

Become More Confident and Knowledgeable About Firearms with the NSSF’s Learn to Shoot Series

By Andrew McKean

Five riflescopes arranged on a grey background.
Gear

Are Smart Scopes the Hunting Tool of the Future or Shortcuts to Close-Enough Accuracy?

By Andrew McKean

A black and white photo of a man holding specimens.
Conservation

Aldo Leopold’s 5 Essentials for Wildlife and Habitat Management

By Andrew McKean

A hunting dog holding a ruffed grouse.
Grouse Hunting

The Toughest Grouse Hunts are Always Worth It

By Andrew McKean

A yellow sign that reads "Entering Public Lands" on a weathered fence post in front of a two-track road
Conservation

Breaking: Trump Administration Withdraws Pendley as Nominee for BLM Director

By Andrew McKean

A collection of riflescopes on a table.
Gear

The 13 Best New Precision Riflescopes Put to the Test

By Andrew McKean

A blacktail deer on a hillside.
Big Game Hunting

3 Blacktail Hunts for the Earliest Fall Bucks

By Andrew McKean

whitetail deer
Big Game Hunting

The Two Biggest Deer Organizations Are Joining Forces. What Does It Mean for Hunters?

By Andrew McKean

A yellow lab running through an open field.
Big Game Hunting

Willow Creek: An Obscure Stream Shapes Life, Death, and Landscape

By Andrew McKean

A turkey in a weed and grass field.
Hunting

How to Hunt Gobblers That Go Ghost

By Andrew McKean

Idaho’s Selway mountain range
Bear Hunting

The Best Black Bear Hunting Unit in the World

By Andrew McKean

A velvet-racked buck makes the most of the growing season.
Big Game Hunting

The Keys to Deer Antler Growth

By Andrew McKean

yellowstone buffalo
Conservation

Will Yellowstone Park Close to Public Visitation?

By Andrew McKean

Caribou hunters next to a hunting guide boat.
Big Game Hunting

A Boat Hunt for Musk Ox and Caribou in Greenland

By Andrew McKean

Two hunters kneeling behind Wyoming ram.
Big Game Hunting

Wyoming Has a Wilderness Problem

By Andrew McKean

An Ohio coyote slides through standing soybeans.
Coyote Hunting

Q&A With an Expert Farm-Country Coyote Hunter

By Andrew McKean

Two hunters in camo and orange vests drag a deer.
Conservation

What’s Next for Citizen Conservation?

By Andrew McKean

Federal FireStick and muzzleloader bullet for black powder hunting
Ammo

First Look: Federal FireStick Muzzleloader Ignition System

By Andrew McKean

The Nikon Buckmasters 3-9X
Gear

Nikon Will No Longer Make Riflescopes

By Andrew McKean

Two hunters dragging a deer through a field.
Conservation

Founding a Local Conservation Club is Harder Than it Seems

By Andrew McKean

A flock of ducks taking flight.
Conservation

How National Critter Groups Replaced Local Conservation Clubs

By Andrew McKean

A wild turkey perched on a power line.
Conservation

Goodbye to a Critter Group, and the Birth of the Hi-Line Sportsmen

By Andrew McKean

Collage of the best hunting optics
Gear

The Best Quality Optics To Buy When You’re On a Budget

By Andrew McKean

Eulogy for a Duck Dynasty
Duck Hunting

Eulogy for a Duck Dynasty

By Andrew McKean