More from Dac Collins (Page 2)

A fishing guide holds up a stud rainbow in front of a client.

We Got in a Full-Blown Feud with a Rival Fishing Lodge. It Ended with a State Trooper Sting

A bighorn sheep on a grassy knoll.

Wildlife Management

Oregon Has Found a New (and Clever) Way to Fund Wildlife Conservation

A bald cypress grows out of the swamp in the Okefenokee.

Climate & Environment

This Unique Blackwater Swamp Could’ve Been a Mine. Now It’s Becoming a Wildlife Management Area

An angler and a fisheries biologist with a massive muskie.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Pending State-Record Muskie Rejected Over a Border Dispute

Whitetail deer stand in the railway.

Wildlife Management

‘Dead Deer All Over the Place.’ Corn Spill on Minnesota Railroad Lures 100-Plus Whitetails to Their Deaths

Many asian swamp eels crawl over each other

Climate & Environment

This Air-Breathing Swamp Eel Is Quietly Taking Over the Florida Everglades

donated venison in a metal bin

Wildlife Management

Deer Processor Caught Selling Donated Venison Meant for Local Food Pantries

Angler Arrested at Fishing Tournament for Allegedly Stuffing Bass with Weights

Two ice fishermen stranded on Lake Erie.

Stranded Ice Fishermen Rescued a Mile Offshore After Ice Sheet Splits from Mainland

An illustration of two men escaping from a crashed plane as the pilot remains strapped in.

Wilderness Survival

I Should Have Died in a Floatplane Crash

By Casey West, As told to Dac Collins

A snake hunter with a massive Burmese python.

Wildlife Management

What It’s Like to Get Dragged Through a Florida Swamp by a 200-Pound Python

Close up of coyote fur.

Policy & Legislation

Colorado Advances Fur Ban, Contradicting Public Opinion and Biologist Recommendations

A deer blind set up along a field edge.

Wildlife Management

Man Who Parked Directly in Front of Hunter’s Deer Blind Told Game Wardens He ‘Was Out There to Be a Pain’

Team U.S.A.'s hockey goalie fishing on a lake.

The Backstory Behind Olympian Connor Hellebuyck’s Bass-Covered Goalie Helmet

An aerial view of sockeye salmon swimming in a lake.

Climate & Environment

Trump Administration Defends the Pebble Mine Veto in a Win for Wild Salmon

A team of bass anglers holds up novelty checks.

The Dual Threat Fishing League Might Be the Biggest Scam in the History of Bass Tournaments

A kayak fisherman holds up a giant bass.

Largemouth Bass

This California Mega Bass Might Not Qualify as a Record Because of a Weird Technicality

Two Labrador retrievers in a dog box.

Quick-Thinking Guide, Volunteer Firefighters Rescue 30 Bird Dogs from a Burning Kennel

An entry sign in the Superior National Forest.

Policy & Legislation

The Forest Service Wants to ‘Streamline’ How Your Public Lands Are Managed by Giving You Less Opportunity to Comment

An illustration of an eastern mountain lion.

Wildlife Management

An International Group Wants to Reintroduce Mountain Lions in Vermont. State Officials Say Not So Fast

A bison grazes with snow flurries.

Policy & Legislation

‘Affirmative Action for Cattle.’ Tribes Challenge Fed’s Plan to Revoke Bison-Grazing Leases on Public Land

Two anglers on a flats boat in Florida.

Policy & Legislation

‘These Are Billionaire Executives Looking to Silence Public Criticism.’ Proposed Florida Law Would Limit Conservationists from Disparaging the Sugarcane Industry

A group of fisherman with a huge Atlantic halibut.

Huge Halibut Caught Through the Ice in Quebec Is a New Scientific Record

A lone bison grazing in Montana.

Public Lands & Waters

Podcast: Here’s Why the Plan to Recover Wild Bison Has Become So Controversial

Competitors at a Bassmaster Classic event.

The World Series of Pro Bass Fishing Is Coming This Fall, Along with the Biggest Payouts in the Sport’s History

Composite photos of body cam footage and a group of duck hunters.

Wildlife Management

‘Textbook Rally, Shoot, Kill.’ Game Wardens Catch Waterfowl Guide Rallying Sea Ducks on Video

An angler holds up a huge Texas bass.

Largemouth Bass

This Fisherman Just Caught the Same 14-Pound Bass from the Same Dock for the Third Time in 4 Years

A herd of bison graze on a hillside in Montana.

Policy & Legislation

BLM Says American Prairie’s Bison Can No Longer Graze on Public Lands

A screenshot from body cam footage of a hunter being arrested in South Carolina.

Wildlife Management

Video: A Hunter Was Arrested for Glassing a Dummy Buck During a Poaching Sting. Now He’s Suing the DNR for Abuse of Power

An angler with a big muskie caught from Green Bay.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Wisconsin’s Muskie Record Was Broken 3 Times in 2025. This One Took the Crown

A fish cleaning table with halibut and pacific cod hanging.

Wildlife Management

Former Alaskan Guide and Convicted Poacher Found Guilty of Commercial Fishing Fraud

An elk hunter with a giant Alaska bull.

I Traveled to Alaska for My First-Ever Elk Hunt and Tagged a Pending Record Bull on Opening Day

Paddling a tandem canoe across a lake in the Boundary Waters.

Public Lands & Waters

Trump Administration and Congress Are Attempting an ‘Unprecedented Maneuver’ to Roll Back Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Protections

By Dac Collins, Alex Robinson

A crew of anglers with the Virginia record bluefin tuna.

‘The Most Amazing Bite I’ve Ever Had.’ Monster Bluefin Tuna Smashes State Record That Was Just Hours Old

A bull moose wades in an Idaho stream.

Wildlife Management

Idaho Man Gets Lifetime Hunting Ban for Roping a Bull Moose

A herd of bison graze on Antelope Island, Utah.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Just Opened the Door to Its First Wild Bison Hunt in More Than a Century

A National Guard helicopter lands in Montana.

Wildlife Management

National Guardsman Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Using a Military Chopper to Grab Elk Sheds from Montana Ranch

A mountain lion walks in the snow.

Officials Confirm a Mountain Lion Killed the Colorado Hiker Found Dead on New Year’s Day

Three Florida fishermen with a big red snapper.

Wilderness Survival

Search Suspended for Missing Florida Fishermen Whose Boat Was Found Drifting in the Gulf

A fisherman releases a small brook trout in a rocky stream.

‘This Would Have Serious, Real-World Impacts.’ Why the EPA’s Rule Change on Water Protections Would Be a Disaster for Fish and Wildlife

The Greenland wildlife crossing in Colorado.

Wildlife Management

The Largest Wildlife Crossing in North America Just Opened to Critters in Colorado

A close-up of a Maine brook trout.

Maine Lawsuit Claims Fly-Fishing Only Regulations Are Keeping the Common Angler Down

A photo of a buck in a snowy field.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

A Pennsylvania Hunter Had His “Buck of a Lifetime” Stolen. So Why Are People Blaming Him?

Two spearfishermen surface with walleyes.

Podcast: Spearfishing for Walleyes Is Coming to the Great Lakes. And That’s Not a Bad Thing

A whitetail buck stands on a hillside in Montana.

Wildlife Management

Montana to Slash Nonresident Deer Tags Amid EHD Declines and Mounting Pressure from Out-of-Staters

By Dac Collins, Andrew McKean

Looking at the entrance to Johnny Morris' Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium.

Hunter Recruitment

Woman Goes into Labor at Bass Pro Shop’s Wonders of Wildlife, Delivers Baby at the Aquarium

Screenshots of trout eating flies through the ice.

This Video of Trout Smashing Flies Through the Ice Will Keep You Fired Up All Winter

A protester speaks out against bear hunting during a rally.

Wildlife Management

This Group Is Paying Hunters $2,000 Not to Use Their Tags, in a Final Effort to Thwart Florida’s Bear Hunt

Cold weather clothing deals

Cyber Week Deals on Cold Weather Hunting Clothing

A tournament bass angler holds up a fish; a man sits for a photo.

Alabama Bass Tournaments Are Getting Canceled After Deadly MLF Boat Crash

Leatherman multi tool

These 5 Leatherman’s Are Some of the Best Multi Tool’s Out There, and They’re All on Sale for Black Friday

We reviewed the best action cameras.

The Best Black Friday Deals on GoPros and Other Action Cameras

A haul of pollock aboard a factory trawler.

Policy & Legislation

This Mind-Boggling Commercial Fishing Practice Is Robbing Alaska’s Anglers

mallards on private land

Waterfowl Hunting

Copper Wire Thieves ‘Cripple’ Arkansas Duck Waters Just Ahead of Opener

An offshore kayak fisherman with a big yellowtail.

Wilderness Survival

Search for Missing Fishing Influencer Ends 4 Days After Capsized Skiff Found Drifting Off Baja Coast

A No Trespassing sign posted in Utah.

Wildlife Management

A Mayor in Utah Who Pled Guilty to Hunting Violations Says He ‘Did the Right Thing’ After Screwing Up

A bass boat with a cutout of a kayak mounted to the stern platform, and an inset pic of bass.

Fisherman Caught Staging Kayak Pictures in a Bass Boat Banned from Tournaments for Cheating

A Tennessee game warden with trophy bucks confiscated from a poacher.

Wildlife Management

‘Penitentiary Poacher’ Busted for Killing Trophy Bucks at a Tennessee Prison

A hunter with a Pennsylvania buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Tracked a Buck for 36 Hours to Find a Game Warden Had Already Taken the Antlers

A record striped bass on a measuring board; an angler holds up a big striper.

Perch Fisherman Catches a State-Record Striped Bass on Light Line

A teen whose face is blurred out sits behind a domestic turkey that he killed during turkey season.

Teen Charged with Felony for Killing a Turkey on His Family Property Found Not Guilty

A view of the village of Kipnuk after Typhoon Halong.

Alaskan Officials Extend Moose Seasons in Areas Still Reeling from Devastating Typhoon

Two search-and-rescue professionals hike along a hillside in Oregon.

Wilderness Survival

Oregon National Guard Deployed as Search for Missing Deer Hunter Enters Third Day

A composite image of Ian Stasko and Andrew Porter, elk huntersw ho died in Colorado last month

Wilderness Survival

‘Tragically Unlucky.’ The Real Story of What Happened to the Elk Hunters Who Disappeared in Colorado’s Wilderness

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