More from Dac Collins (Page 4)

An angler in Oregon holds up a big spotted bass.

This State-Record Bass Won’t Make the Books Because Oregon Doesn’t Recognize It as a Game Fish

A state-record longear sunfish caught in Mississippi.

Panfish Fishing

Lure Maker with Several State Records to His Credit Catches Two Record Sunfish on Back-to-Back Days

A Michigan angler with a fat smallmouth bass.

Smallmouth Bass

‘Bowling Ball’ Smallmouth Caught in Michigan Was Busting at the Seams

Two strutting toms next to a hen turkey.

If Turkey Populations Are Struggling, Why Do We Still Shoot Hens in the Fall?

A UK angler holds up a fat common carp.

Giant Carp Caught in European Pay Lake Could Break the Unofficial World Record … Again?

Two hunters walk into the foothills.

Public Lands & Waters

Too Much Public Land Is ‘Landlocked’ by Private Property. This New Program Is Helping Hunters and Anglers Access It

A pronghorn antelope, crawls under a barbed wire fence.

Wildlife Management

Coloradans Just Tore Down a Bunch of Barbed Wire Fencing to Help Wild Game

The Best Fly Reels, Tested and Reviewed

A turkey hunter with a banded gobbler she killed in Oklahoma.

‘Never in a Million Years.’ Turkey Hunter Tags Banded Gobbler in Oklahoma

Two anglers in a bass boat look toward an oncoming storm.

Natural Disaster Survival

We Fished Through a Tornado Until It Flipped My Boat. I Only Survived by the Grace of God

Brian Johnson, as told to Dac Collins

An angler holds up a trophy bass caught in Chicago.

‘I Wasn’t Seeking Glory.’ Smallmouth Bass Caught in Chicago Was Just an Ounce Shy of the State Record

A fishing guide holds up a pending state-record bighead carp.

This Fishing Guide Probably Just Broke His Own State Record with a Massive Bighead Carp

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Turkey Vision: Here’s What Hunters Should Know About How Wild Turkeys See

Two Ohio game wardens with the award they received from the Pope and Young Club in April.

Wildlife Management

Ohio Game Wardens Who Busted CJ Alexander Honored with Pope and Young Award

Spearfishing for walleye on the great lakes

Shooting Walleyes in the Great Lakes Is Growing Because of This Spearfisherman

A gray wolf released in Colorado

Wildlife Management

Coloradans Who Oppose Wolf Reintroduction Can’t Agree on How to Try Ending It

An american alligator basks in the sun.

Bit By a Gator? It’s Your Own Dang Fault, Scientists Say

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

3 Killed, 3 Injured in Boat Wreck at Major League Fishing Tournament

A skull on public land.

Public Lands & Waters

The BLM Public Lands Rule Has Been ‘Marked for Death’

A hiker looks over a lush forest in Oregon.

Public Lands & Waters

Most Americans Want More Public Land, Not Less, Poll Shows

a bobcat stares into a trail camera lens

Wildlife Management

Watch a Bobcat Snatch a Turkey Out of Midair in This Incredible Trail Cam Video

A grizzly bear in Glacier national park looks up in a field of wildflowers.

A Shed Hunter Shot and Killed a Charging Grizzly Bear in Montana

An angler with a 153-pound alligator gar.

This Pending World-Record Gar Is the Heaviest Freshwater Fish Ever Caught on 2-Pound Test

A home on private land in Pennsylvania.

Wildlife Management

Game Wardens Can Surveil Private Land with Trail Cams. But That’s Now Being Challenged in Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court

A flock of mallards and a lone pintail on a river in winter.

Waterfowl Hunting

Kansas Gov. Vetoes Bill to Limit Nonresident Waterfowlers to Hunting Just 3 Days a Week

Kathleen Sgamma testifies in a public hearing.

Public Lands & Waters

Oil-Industry Pick to Lead the BLM Withdraws Amid Revelations She Once Criticized the President

A shoulder mount on display at an outdoor show in Wisconsin.

This 49-Point Buck Was Promoted as a New State Record. Critics Say It Was Pen Raised

Breeder bucks stand inside a pen in Texas.

Wildlife Management

This Bill Would Give Deer Breeders a Free Pass to Ignore Alabama’s CWD Laws

A great white shark surfaces.

Massachusetts Just Banned Most Shark Fishing from Land, Blaming Anglers Who Want ‘That Viral Video’ with a Great White

A charter captain yells at another angler on the water.

Saltwater Fishing

‘You Wanna F-ing Go?!’ Watch Raging Charter Captain Board Kid’s Boat, Threaten to Fight Him

A Mexican wolf stands in tall grass.

Wildlife Management

‘The Situation Is Not Tolerable.’ New Mexico County Declares State of Emergency Over Mexican Wolves Killing Livestock, Pets

Wild horse herd in Wyoming.

Wildlife Management

Feds Planning to Gather Whole Herds of Free-Roaming Horses in Checkerboard Region of Wyoming

Coolers, buckets, and bags full of dead fish seized from poachers.

Wildlife Management

Oregon’s 7-Hour Fishing Season Ends with 2,500 Pounds of Illegally-Caught Smelt Seized by Police

A bull elk grazes in a field.

Big Game Hunting

Deer and Elk Hunters in Washington State Can No Longer Hunt Over Bait

A USFWS employee runs an airboat across Tule Lake.

Policy & Legislation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Rehire Fired Employees with Backpay

A grey wolf moves across a winter landscape.

Wildlife Management

Wolves Ranged into 14 Colorado Counties Even as Petition to Halt Reintroduction Advances

A velvet mule deer rack and other antlers seized by Utah wildlife officials.

Wildlife Management

Poached Bucks Up for Auction in Utah, Along with Hundreds More Skulls and Hides

A bush plane on snow; a wrecked plane in a frozen lake.

Wilderness Survival

Alaska Bush Pilot Community Rallies to Find, Rescue Family Whose Plane Crash-Landed on Frozen Lake

A still image showing a drone operator using a drone to help rescue a deer.

Wildlife Management

Watch Police Use a Drone to Rescue a Doe and Two Fawns from an Icy Lake

Two workers look over an open-pit mine.

Public Lands & Waters

New Executive Order Aims to Make Mining the Primary Use of Public Lands at ‘As Many Sites As Possible’

Football star Travis Hunter holds up a bass.

This Heisman Trophy Winner Would Rather Be Bass Fishing

A tract of public land in the Pahrump Valley in Nevada.

Public Lands & Waters

Plan to Sell Off ‘Underutilized’ Federal Land for Affordable Housing Is Ineffective and Inefficient, Experts Say

A coyote and a badger hunt together

Predator Hunting

Fascinating Trail Cam Videos Show Coyotes and Badgers Hunting Prairie Dogs Together

A Texas lawmaker poses with a whitetail deer.

Wildlife Management

Texas Lawmaker Who Breeds Deer Wants to Abolish the State Wildlife Agency That Regulates Deer Breeders

A smallmouth bass with a sucker lodged in its throat.

Wildlife Management

A New Plan to Flush Smallies Out of the Grand Canyon Seems to Be Working. Some Western Lawmakers Want to Squash It

A photo collage of the new pending world-record bull

The Real Story Behind the Casey Brooks Bull, the Pending World Record Elk

By Natalie Krebs, Dac Collins

Researchers unearth a mammoth tusk in West Texas.

Climate & Environment

‘I Couldn’t Believe It.’ Deer Hunter Finds Prehistoric Mammoth Tusk on West Texas Ranch

A kayak angler's perspective of rescuing dogs from an icy river.

Wilderness Survival

Watch a Kayak Fisherman Save Two Dogs from Drowning in an Icy River

A hunter glasses for game from atop a snowy ridge.

Policy & Legislation

Utah Wants to Prevent Anti-Hunter Takeover by Requiring All Wildlife Board Members to Have a Hunting License

A kayak angler casts out into a lake.

‘No One’s Immune.’ Tariffs Set to Wallop the U.S. Fishing Gear Industry

A BLM firefighter works a line.

Policy & Legislation

Federal Judge Rules Firing Public-Land Workers Was Illegal, Agrees It ‘Will Inflict Immediate, Foreseeable Harm’ to Habitat and Wildlife

A Massachusetts teenager holds up a state-record bass.

‘That Ain’t No Crappie.’ Watch This 13-Year-Old Catch a State-Record Largemouth Bass Through the Ice

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What Do Wild Turkeys Eat?

A pod of hippos in a river in Colombia.

Wildlife Management

Hundreds of ‘Cocaine Hippos’ Are Terrorizing Colombia. This Biologist Has Agreed to Help Track Them Down

A whitetail doe stands in the shadows.

Wildlife Management

Texas Wardens Uncover Black-Market Whitetail Breeding Ring that Smuggled ‘Ghost Deer’

A commercial fishing boat at sea.

Saltwater Fishing

Man Pretending to Be Captain Arrested After Stealing $8-Million Fishing Boat with the Crew Still Aboard

A side-by-side comparison of largemouth and smallmouth bass, held up by an angler.

Largemouth Bass

A Guide to Largemouth Bass vs Smallmouth Bass

By Dac Collins, Derek Horner

Australian angler Paul Barning, who was lost at sea, holds up a flag.

Tournament Angler Pulled Overboard by Giant Shark Remains Lost at Sea

A grouper bitten by a shark.

Saltwater Fishing

Nearly Half of All Florida Anglers Are Losing Fish to Sharks, Study Shows

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Can You Eat Carp?

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Muskie vs Pike: Which Is the Top Game Fish?

An italian angler with one of the biggest Wels catfish ever caught.

The Biggest Fish Ever Caught

A close-up of a Gore-Tex label on a rain jacket.

Gore-Tex Used ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Its Gear and Lied to Customers About It, ‘Greenwashing’ Lawsuit Alleges

A Florida panther is collared and looked over by wildlife biologists.

Wildlife Management

This Florida Panther Is the Fattest Cat Ever Captured in the State

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