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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

montana mule deer
Mule Deer Hunting

Montana Raises Record Funds for a Coveted Mule Deer Tag — Through a Public Raffle

By Andrew McKean

Male mallard duck in flight sets record speed.
Duck Hunting

Migrating Mallard Clocked at 103 MPH, Breaking Recent Speed Record

By Katie Hill

A grizzly bear in the woods near Elkford, BC.
Black Bear Hunting

B.C. Black Bear Hunter Hospitalized After Killing a Grizzly in Self Defense

By Dac Collins

A knife beside a morel cut in half in preparation for cooking morel mushroom recipes.
Wild Game Recipes

The Best Morel Mushroom Recipes

By Katie Hill

A deer eating mushrooms
Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Natalie Krebs

Mallards resting on an NWR
Duck Hunting

Proposed Rule Could Curb Predator Control and Planting Grains for Waterfowl in Refuges. Hunting Orgs Now Wonder, Is USFWS Turning Against Duck Hunters?

By Andrew McKean

cj alexander buck feature
Trophy Deer

Ohio Buck Could Become Third Biggest Whitetail of All Time, but Major Scoring Questions Remain

By Hayden Sammak

CJ Alexander buck 2
Whitetail Deer Hunting

CJ Alexander, the Hunter Who Killed a Potentially Record-Breaking Buck in Ohio, Is Now Under Investigation

By Hayden Sammak

A whitetail buck lying in a cut field.
Deer Hunting

Don’t Hunt (or Kill Game) If Your Heart Isn’t in It

By Alex Robinson

A georgia hunter with a red-phase wild turkey.
Turkey Hunting

‘I Couldn’t Believe How Awesome He Looked.’ Hunter Tags Rare Red Turkey After Two Years

By Bob McNally

A Merriam's turkey strutting on a wooded hillside.
Turkey Hunting

Hunting Mentors Are Great. You Still Need to Hunt Alone

By Christine Peterson

A whitetail buck in a grassy field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Oklahoma Plans to Combat CWD by Releasing Captive-Bred Deer into the Wild

By Dac Collins

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

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

By Natalie Krebs

The Benelli M2 Turkey Performance Shop shotgun resting on a split rail fence.
Turkey Hunting

Benelli M2 Turkey Performance Shop Review: An In-Depth Look at a $3,000 Turkey Gun

By Scott Einsmann

Retay Gordion Turkey
Turkey Hunting

Retay Gordion Turkey Review: An Affordable Semi-Auto That Shoots Excellent Patterns

By Alex Robinson

Matthew J Broncho's remains were discovered by a shed hunter and recovered by search and rescue in April.
Hunting

Utah Shed Hunter Finds Skeletal Remains of Man Who Went Missing 5 Years Ago

By Natalie Krebs

turkey load lethality
Turkey Hunting

Lessons from the Most In-Depth Turkey Load Lethality Test of All Time

By Tom Roster

The original magazine pages of the story Top Shelf Elk by Jack O'Connor.
Elk Hunting

Jack O’Connor Makes a Flawless Shot on a Record-Book Elk

By Jack O'Connor

turkey mouth call
Turkey Hunting

How to Use a Turkey Mouth Call, with Video Tutorials

By Alex Robinson

hunting dog german wirehaired pointer lies in the grass
Hunting Dogs

Killing Cricket: Putting Down Your Dog Is Never Easy — Nor Easy to Explain

By Andrew McKean

tim carpenter
Elk Hunting

California Guide’s Roosevelt Elk Is a New World Record. It’s Not His First

By Dac Collins

bull elk
Elk Hunting

Tales from the North Country: When a Giant Bull Elk Escaped from a Wisconsin Game Farm, Authorities Called Upon a Retired Marine

By David Zeug

A dark gray and white Wyoming wolf crosses a snowy road.
Hunting

Activists Are Defining Hunters by One Wyoming Man Who Tortured a Wolf. What Are Actual Hunters Doing About It?

By Andrew McKean

Ryan Watson with his wife and family in Oklahoma.
Deer Hunting

Deer Hunter Faces 12 Years in Prison for Accidentally Bringing Ammo on Vacation to Turks and Caicos

By Dac Collins

Draw length measurement
Bow Hunting

How to Measure Draw Length

By Scott Einsmann

Piles of debris lay in the snowy Minnesota woods.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Minnesota DNR Blew Up Illegal Tree Stands with Dynamite: ‘My Whole Place Shook’

By Katie Hill

An air rifle sits behind a dropped squirrel.
Squirrel Hunting

The Best Air Rifles for Squirrels of 2026

By Jim Chapman

Jack O'Connor, reclining in the grass while taking a break on a hunt.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Jack O’Connor’s Last Hunt, From the Archives

By Jack Atcheson Sr., as told to Jim Zumbo

Chronic wasting disease hunter head dropoff container
Mule Deer Hunting

Viral Articles Claim Two ‘Hunters Died After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison.’ Here’s What Really Happened

By Katie Hill

A bull elk bugles in the woods.
Elk Hunting

Wisconsin Hunters Will Get More Chances to Hunt Elk This Fall

By Katie Hill

A drop of blood on the tooth of a crocodile.
Big Game Hunting

Hunting the Nile Crocodile, the Very Picture of Death

By Andrew McKean

Federal TSS 12 ga
Turkey Hunting

Podcast: The Truth About TSS Turkey Loads

By Alex Robinson

Gray Wolf pack howling taken in Yellowstone NP
Wolf Hunting

As Wolf Management Debate Reaches a Fever Pitch, the Interior Department Hires a National Mediator

By Andrew McKean

A Louisiana black bear in a field.
Black Bear Hunting

Louisiana Establishes Its First Black Bear Hunting Season Since 1987

By Dac Collins

A hunter with a Rocky Mountain bighorn ewe.
Sheep Hunting

Most Hunters Will Never Get the Chance to Chase a Bighorn Ram, but What About Ewes?

By Christine Peterson

A wild turkey gobbles in a field.
Turkey Hunting

Youth Turkey Hunters in Missouri Break 7-Year Harvest Record

By Katie Hill

States Continue to Cut Turkey Hunting Opportunities Amid Population Declines
Turkey Hunting

States Continue to Cut Turkey Hunting Opportunities Amid Population Declines

By Katie Hill

shed antlers
Whitetail Deer Hunting

30 of the Biggest Whitetail Shed Antler Sets Ever Found

By Josh Honeycutt

crossbow accuracy
Bow Hunting

Crossbow vs Compound Bow: An Honest Look at Performance Differences

By Alex Robinson, Scott Einsmann

turkey hunting with a bow
Turkey Hunting

Podcast: Ultra-Close Range Turkey Hunting Tactics with Mike Hunsucker

By Alex Robinson

turkey hunting
Turkey Hunting

23 Dirty Turkey Hunting Myths

By Josh Honeycutt

A whitetail buck flags its tail in a field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Indiana Taxidermist Helps Identify State’s First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease

By Katie Hill

A flock of wild turkeys forages in a field.
Turkey Hunting

Wildlife Commissioner Cited for Hunting Turkeys Over Bait Says He Didn’t Know the Crickets Were There

By Dac Collins

A pair of coyotes stand in brushy cover.
Coyote Hunting

Michigan Is Getting Sued for Shortening Its Coyote Season

By Katie Hill

strutting turkeys
Turkey Hunting

Turkey Hunting Tips from the Pros

By Alex Robinson, Michael Hanback, Doug Howlett

An Eastern coyote stands in the snow.
Coyote Hunting

Vermont Tones Down an Animal Rights Overhaul of Its Wildlife Board After Hunter Pushback

By Katie Hill

Babe Ruth poses with two other hunters and various dead game animals.
Deer Hunting

A Deer Hunt with Babe Ruth, from the Archives

By Bob Edge

A Wyoming bull in Yellowstone National Park.
Elk Hunting

Elk Hunters Had a Phenomenal Season in Wyoming While Idaho Saw the Worst Elk Harvest in a Decade

By Dac Collins

A black and white illustration of pigeons on a building, a crowd, and a man shooting at the pigeons from a window.
Hunting

The Great Jonesboro Pigeon Shoot, From the Archives

By Jim Carmichel

Two bedded Shiras bulls.
Moose Hunting

Nevada’s First-Ever Moose Season Excites Hunters as Big-Game Applications Open

By Katie Hill

A trail camera of two golden eagles, a coyote, and a deer carcass.
Coyote Hunting

Rare Trail Cam Photos Capture a Coyote Fighting Golden Eagles

By Dac Collins

A yellow Lab retrieves a small shed antler.
Hunting Dogs

7 Myths About Shed Hunting Dogs

By Tony J. Peterson, Natalie Krebs

segment of old Outdoor Life cover
Hunting

The Best Outdoor Life Covers Through the Decades

By The Editors

Large elephant herd walking in Botswana.
Big Game Hunting

Botswana President Bashes UK’s Proposed Trophy Import Ban, Calls It a Return to ‘Colonial Conquest’

By Dac Collins

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt
Deer Hunting

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt

By Taylor Chamberlin, As told to Scott Einsmann

A pair of desert bighorn sheep.
Big Game Hunting

Arizona Will Stop Auctioning Big-Game Tags to the Wealthiest Hunters

By Dac Collins

A big trophy mule deer buck.
Big Game Hunting

Auction vs. Raffle Tags: Should States Stop Selling Big-Game Tags to the Highest Bidder?

By Andrew McKean

A cape buffalo taken while hunting in Zimbabwe,
Big Game Hunting

Cape Fear: Hunting Buffalo in the Matetsi Safari Area of Zimbabwe

Story by John B. Snow, Photographs by Justin Moore

hoyt vs mathews
Bow Hunting

Hoyt vs Mathews: What’s the Real Difference Between These Top Bow Makers?

By P.J. Reilly

old magazine pages
Bear Hunting

Trying to Stop a Brown Bear Attack with a .38 Special, from the Archives

By Cecil Rhode

Wild turkey on public land.
Turkey Hunting

How to Hunt Public Land Turkeys

By Alex Robinson

hunter poses in woods with grizzly bear and longbow and arrows
Grizzly Bear Hunting

Killing a Grizzly the Old-Fashioned Way: With a Longbow and a Stone-Point Arrowhead

By Tyler Freel

frank glaser outdoor life story
Wolf Hunting

The Wolf-Dog That Called in a Pack of Wolves for Frank Glaser

as told to Jim Rearden, By Frank Glaser