Natalie Krebs, Senior Deputy Editor at Outdoor Life

Natalie Krebs

Executive Editor

Highlights

  • Interests include hunting whitetail deer, big game in the backcountry, and birds
  • Enjoys exploring wild places and learning about the people who make their living there
  • Recipient of the ASME NEXT Award for Journalists Under 30

About

Natalie Krebs is the Executive Editor of Outdoor Life, where she tackles everything from reporting digital features to producing podcast episodes. Originally from Missouri, she currently lives in northwest Arkansas with her bird dog, Hatchet.

Experience

Krebs started working for Outdoor Life as an intern in 2012. Since joining the editorial staff full-time in 2014, she has traveled the country reporting on hunting and conservation issues. She’s covered everything from the R3 crisis and hunter mentoring to in-depth investigative pieces like the proposed mine near Minnesota’s BWCA Wilderness and the duck hunters who were murdered on Tennessee’s Reelfoot Lake. Invasive species fascinate her. She’s also pitched in on social media, podcasting, photography, and video editing for OL. From 2018 to 2020, Krebs pulled double-duty as Senior Editor for OL’s sister publication, Field & Stream. In 2020, she received the ASME NEXT Award, which recognizes promising journalists under 30. From 2020 to 2023 she served as OL’s Senior Deputy Editor.

Education

Krebs earned her BS in Journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

More from Natalie Krebs

A grizzly bear standing and eating berries off a bush.
Animal Attacks

72-Year-Old Montana Man Shoots Grizzly That Attacked Him While He Was Picking Berries

By Natalie Krebs

The best hunting dogs include English setters.
Hunting

The Best Hunting Dogs for Birds, Big and Small Game, and Tracking

By Natalie Krebs, Brian Lynn

A young deer fawn lying in a prescribed burn area.
Conservation

No, Your Prescribed Burn Isn’t Killing Loads of Fawns and Turkey Poults

By Natalie Krebs

A mountain lion in the trees.
Conservation

Anti-Hunting Group Gets Enough Signatures to Put a Cougar Hunting Ban on the Colorado Ballot This Fall

By Natalie Krebs

The ATF has drastically reduced the processing wait times for suppressors.
Guns

The ATF Cut Suppressor Wait Times from 10 Months to 1 Day. Here’s Why You Can Get a Suppressor Faster

By Natalie Krebs

Minnesota state record black crappie.
Crappie Fishing

Minnesota Angler Breaks His Own State Record With 17.5-Inch Crappie

By Natalie Krebs

A pair of caribou with antlers face off on a tundra hillock.
Climate & Environment

BLM Officially Blocks the Ambler Road, a 211-Mile Industrial Corridor Through Alaska’s Iconic Brooks Range

By Natalie Krebs

A Missouri fawn with a tick infestation in its right eye.
Big Game Hunting

Can Ticks Kill Fawns? As Ticks Get Worse, More Fawns Could End Up Like This Missouri Deer

By Natalie Krebs

Two mule deer running away from recreation noise.
Adventure

Watch: Elk and Deer Are More Pressured by Noisy Hikers Than Four-Wheelers, Study Finds

By Natalie Krebs

A caribou herd on a hill.
Conservation

Alaska Officials Kill 81 Bears, 14 Wolves to Help Caribou Calves

By Natalie Krebs

An anti-hunting activist in bright clothing stands on top of a vehicle at a public boat ramp in Australia.
Conservation

During Australia’s Duck Season ‘Circus’ Anti-Hunting Activists Will Steal Your Birds, Paddle Through Your Decoys, and Film Your Kids

Story and Photos by Natalie Krebs

Fisherman Drowns While Trying to Retrieve His Keys on a Father’s Day Trip
Fishing

Fisherman Drowns While Trying to Retrieve His Keys on a Father’s Day Trip

By Natalie Krebs

A colorado bull elk stands in a meadow.
Big Game Hunting

Colorado Eliminates Over-the-Counter Archery Elk Tags for Nonresidents

By Natalie Krebs

A diver spears an invasive lionfish beside an artificial reef in Florida.
Conservation

Photos from the World’s Biggest Lionfish Derby

Photographs by Rayna O’Nan, Story by Natalie Krebs

A fish being cut open with lead weights inside, the lead weights used to try to cheat in a fishing tournament.
Bass Fishing

Louisiana Man Arrested After Stuffing 2.5 Pounds of Lead Weights into Bass at Fishing Tourney

By Natalie Krebs

A skunk attempts to eat a live fawn that's bedded in cover and bleating in distress.
Conservation

Watch: Skunk Tries to Eat a Live Whitetail Fawn

By Natalie Krebs

Mike Wec with his leucistic American black duck.
Duck Hunting

No, It’s Not a Game-Farm Mallard. DNA Test Confirms First-Ever Documented Leucistic Black Duck

By Natalie Krebs

spearfisherman views bass through underwater foliage
Fishing

Hunting White Seabass, the Gray Ghosts of Southern California

Photos and story by Mike Raabe, as told to Natalie Krebs

A deer eating a poisonous mushroom, a hand holding wine cap mushrooms.
Big Game Hunting

Mushrooms Are a Deer’s Secret Favorite Food. Here’s How to Grow an Easy Mushroom Food Plot

By Natalie Krebs

Marrow-style dog treats stuffed with fish hooks that were discovered along the Appalachian Trail.
Adventure

Thru-Hiker Finds Dog Treats Stuffed with Fish Hooks Along the Appalachian Trail

By Natalie Krebs