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Hunting

How Moon Phases Will Impact Deer Hunting During the Rut this Season

By Michael Hanback

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Hunting

How to Field Dress and Prepare Game Birds

By Outdoor Life Online Editor

How to Identify Tracks of 10 Common North American Species
Hunting

How to Identify Tracks of 10 Common North American Species

By Tim MacWelch

White-tailed deer walking in the water.
Hunting

How Rainy Spring Weather Affects Your Deer Season

By Brian Lovett

Better Agricultural Practices Could Mean More Pheasants in the Heartland
Hunting

Better Agricultural Practices Could Mean More Pheasants in the Heartland

By Andrew McKean

A Caribou Hunting Adventure in Alaska, No Guides Required
Hunting

A Caribou Hunting Adventure in Alaska, No Guides Required

By Alex Robinson

9 Hard Truths About Hunting on Public Land
Conservation

9 Hard Truths About Hunting on Public Land

By Tony Hansen

Where to Kill Wild Public-Land Pigs All Across the South
Hunting

Where to Kill Wild Public-Land Pigs All Across the South

By Colin Moore

The Best Shooting Position for Picking Off Treed Squirrels
Hunting

The Best Shooting Position for Picking Off Treed Squirrels

By Will Brantley

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Hunting

New Whitetail Research That Will Help You Tag Your Buck

By Michael Hanback

How to Spot-and-Stalk Your Way to an Archery Antelope
Hunting

How to Spot-and-Stalk Your Way to an Archery Antelope

By Chuck Adams

Five-Legged Deer
Hunting

The 8 Weirdest Whitetails You’ve Ever Seen

By Michael Hanback

The 4 Best Summer Bird Hunts
Hunting

The 4 Best Summer Bird Hunts

By Will Brantley

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Guns

Why Bullet Design is More Important than Cartridge Choice

By Brad Fitzpatrick

How Do Deer Grow Antlers So Quickly?
Hunting

How Do Deer Grow Antlers So Quickly?

By Matthew Every

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Survival

9 of the Most Annoying Bugs On The Planet

By Gerry Bethge

8 Common Wild Plants That Are Poisonous to Your Dog
Hunting

8 Common Wild Plants That Are Poisonous to Your Dog

By Tim MacWelch

A Once-in-a-Lifetime Hunt for Bison in Utah’s Henry Mountains
Hunting

A Once-in-a-Lifetime Hunt for Bison in Utah’s Henry Mountains

By Aram von Benedikt

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Hunting

How to Hunt Buck Rub Lines, Tips from the Deer Hunter Who First Revealed Their Secrets

By Greg Miller

three deer eating in a grassy field
Hunting

What Deer Hunters Should Know About the 2019 QDMA Report

By Bob Humphrey

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Hunting

Hunting Sea Ducks on the Chesapeake Bay

By Cosmo Genova

How To Make Sea Duck Bacon Bombs
Hunting

How To Make Sea Duck Bacon Bombs

By Cosmo Genova

Duck Recipe: How to Make Sea Duck Bourguignon
Hunting

Duck Recipe: How to Make Sea Duck Bourguignon

By Cosmo Genova

Hunting the Red Stags of Argentina on Horseback
Hunting

Hunting the Red Stags of Argentina on Horseback

By Anthony Licata

21 Ways to Recruit New People into Hunting and Fishing
Hunting

21 Ways to Recruit New People into Hunting and Fishing

By The Editors

Rookie Season: 4 Essays on Mentoring New Hunters and Anglers
Hunting

Rookie Season: 4 Essays on Mentoring New Hunters and Anglers

By The Editors

How to Shoot a Traditional Bow: The Basics of Trad Archery
Gear

How to Shoot a Traditional Bow: The Basics of Trad Archery

By Tyler Freel

bowls of wild duck ramen
Hunting

Wild Duck Ramen Recipe: A Hunter’s Take on a Japanese Classic

By Jamie Carlson

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Hunting

Breaking Trad: Archery Lessons from Tom Clum Sr.

By Tyler Freel

How to Train Your Dog to Blood Track Deer
Hunting

How to Train Your Dog to Blood Track Deer

Why a Cow Elk Hunt is One of the Most Underrated Opportunities in the West
Hunting

Why a Cow Elk Hunt is One of the Most Underrated Opportunities in the West

By Andrew McKean

An Outfitter’s Guide to Field Judging Black Bears
Hunting

An Outfitter’s Guide to Field Judging Black Bears

By Will Brantley

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Hunting

Great Ways to Prepare Ground Wild Game

By Jamie Carlson

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Hunting

13 Predator Hunting Tips and Tactics from Expert Coyote and Bobcat Hunters

By Aram von Benedikt

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Hunting

Spot and Stalk Hunting the Goats of Kodiak Island

By Tyler Freel

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Conservation

Can CWD Really Be Cured?

By Tony Hansen

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Hunting

Misery and Moose Country: Hunting for Big Bulls in British Columbia

By Andrew McKean

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Hunting

Bucks Beyond the Border: A Coues Deer Hunt in Sonora

By John B. Snow

hunter tossing out duck decoys
Hunting

Photo Essay: Duck Hunting North Dakota’s Prairie Potholes

By Alex Robinson

predator pelt shooting
Guns

The Perfect Cartridge for Pelts

By Tyler Freel

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Gear

9 Essentials to Hunt Like a Mountain Man

By Aram von Benedikt

young buck with velvet antlers
Hunting

10 Deer Facts Hunters Got Completely Wrong

By Tony Hansen

venison jalapeno poppers
Hunting

Taylor Drury’s 5 Greatest Super Bowl Party Venison Recipes

By Taylor Drury

A single hunter hikes up a snowy hillside in the morning light.
Hunting

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By Outdoor Life Staff

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Hunting

3 Ways to Tweak Your Coyote Setup for Shotgun Hunting

By Mark Kayser

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Gear

8 New Pieces of the Best Predator Hunting Gear

By Tyler Freel

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Hunting

SCI Taxidermy: 22 Of The Greatest Mounts You’ve Ever Seen

By Ralph P. Stuart

waterfowl hunter shooting at snow geese
Hunting

5 Tactics for a Better Snow Goose Hunt

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Hunting

How to Cook Wild Goose

By Jamie Carlson

waterfowl hunter setting out a decoy spread
Hunting

5 Tips for Hunting Late-Season Diving Ducks

By Will Brantley

deer skull and antlers in green liquid
Conservation

The Deer Plague: An Inside Look at the Fight to Stop Chronic Wasting Disease

By Andrew McKean

a deer skull emitting green smoke
Conservation

Four Things Hunters Should Know About Chronic Wasting Disease

By Andrew McKean

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Hunting

10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Bird Bands

By Joseph Albanese

Christmas Goose Recipe: How to Sous-Vide a Wild Goose Breast
Hunting

Christmas Goose Recipe: How to Sous-Vide a Wild Goose Breast

By Alex Robinson

male hunter beside giant buck
Hunting

Two Hunters Tag Two 200+ Inch Giant Whitetail Bucks

By Colin Moore

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Hunting

Michigan Bowhunter Kills 227-inch Monster Whitetail Buck

By Ben Romans

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Hunting

How to Plan the Ultimate Waterfowl Hunting Road Trip

By Alex Robinson

14 Books That Will Change the Way You Hunt
Hunting

14 Books That Will Change the Way You Hunt

By Aram von Benedikt

corned tongue hash
Hunting

Three Ways to Prepare Venison Tongue

By Jamie Carlson

The Family Deer Hunt, Sponsored by onX Hunt
Hunting

The Family Deer Hunt, Sponsored by onX Hunt

By Aram von Benedikt

How to Study Late-Season Scrape Lines to Find Big Bucks
Hunting

How to Study Late-Season Scrape Lines to Find Big Bucks

By Tony Hansen

How to Flock Duck and Goose Decoys
Hunting

How to Flock Duck and Goose Decoys

By Joseph Albanese

wild turkey and cranberry sausage dressing
Hunting

How to Make Smoked Wild Turkey with Highbush Cranberry Gravy

By Jamie Carlson

wild game cooking guide
Hunting

Take Your Wild-Game Cooking to the Next Level With These 11 Essentials

By Ben Romans

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A hooked marlin jumps behind a sportfishing boat.
Fishing

Fly Fisherman Lands Pending World-Record Marlin After 3-Hour Battle

By Bob McNally

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Adventure

Hiking the Continental Divide Trail: Embrace the Brutality

By Jac Mitchell

A family of grizzly bears feeds on an elk carcass hanging from a tractor.
Big Game Hunting

Hunter Criticized for Letting Grizzlies Feed on Elk Carcass Didn’t Do Anything Illegal, Officials Say

By Dac Collins

How to catch mahi mahi closer to shore.
Fishing

How to Catch Mahi Mahi Inshore

By Joe Cermele