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

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

By Jack O’Connor

turkey mouth call
Hunting

How to Use a Turkey Mouth Call, with Video Tutorials

By Alex Robinson

hunting dog german wirehaired pointer lies in the grass
Opinion

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

By Andrew McKean

tim carpenter
Hunting

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

By Dac Collins

bull elk
Big Game 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

Perfectly cooked wild game venison steaks in a cast iron skillet.
Hunting

How to Cook Venison

By Katie Hill

The Best Turkey Calls of 2025, Tested and Reviewed
Gear

The Best Turkey Calls of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Brian Lovett

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

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

By Andrew McKean

The Best Turkey Hunting Boots of 2025, Tested and Reviewed
Gear

The Best Turkey Hunting Boots of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Adam Moore

Ryan Watson with his wife and family in Oklahoma.
Big Game Hunting

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

By Dac Collins

illustration of bozeman with lots of people
Opinion

Can You Blame Hunters for Wanting to Move to Montana? Locals Do

By John B. Snow

Draw length measurement
Hunting

How to Measure Draw Length

By Scott Einsmann

A prescribed burn is one way to help out on earth day.
Hunting

Every Day Is Earth Day When You’re a Deer Hunter

By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

Tom turkeys spar in a Montana field.
Hunting

Turkey Hunting With My Dad Is an Exercise in Trying Not to Kill Each Other

By Natalie Krebs

Piles of debris lay in the snowy Minnesota woods.
Big Game 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.
Gear

The Best Air Rifles for Squirrels of 2025

By Jim Chapman

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

Hunting the Nile Crocodile, the Very Picture of Death

By Andrew McKean

Federal TSS 12 ga
Hunting

Podcast: The Truth About TSS Turkey Loads

By Alex Robinson

Gray Wolf pack howling taken in Yellowstone NP
Conservation

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

By Andrew McKean

Various cuts of wild turkey meat on a cutting board and paper.
Hunting

How to Butcher a Wild Turkey (and Get Every Last Cut of Meat)

By Alex Robinson

A Louisiana black bear in a field.
Bear Hunting

Louisiana Establishes Its First Black Bear Hunting Season Since 1987

By Dac Collins

A hunter with a Rocky Mountain bighorn ewe.
Big Game 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.
Hunting

Youth Turkey Hunters in Missouri Break 7-Year Harvest Record

By Katie Hill

States Continue to Cut Turkey Hunting Opportunities Amid Population Declines
Conservation

States Continue to Cut Turkey Hunting Opportunities Amid Population Declines

By Katie Hill

shed antlers
Big Game Hunting

30 of the Biggest Whitetail Shed Antler Sets Ever Found

By Josh Honeycutt

crossbow accuracy
Hunting

Crossbow vs Compound Bow: An Honest Look at Performance Differences

By Alex Robinson, Scott Einsmann

turkey hunting with a bow
Hunting

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

By Alex Robinson

turkey hunting
Hunting

23 Dirty Turkey Hunting Myths

By Josh Honeycutt

hunter with sheep head
Hunting

Can Sheep Hunting in the Yukon Survive Another Century?

By Alex Robinson

A whitetail buck flags its tail in a field.
Big Game 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.
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.
Conservation

Michigan Is Getting Sued for Shortening Its Coyote Season

By Katie Hill

The Best Red Dots for Turkey Hunting, Tested and Reviewed
Gear

The Best Red Dots for Turkey Hunting, Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson, Scott Einsmann

A strutting tom turkey in a two track.
Hunting

Spring Gobblers Are Dumb, from the Archives

Story by Larry Dablemont, Introduction by Gerry Bethge

strutting turkeys
Hunting

Turkey Hunting Tips from the Pros

By Alex Robinson, Michael Hanback, Doug Howlett

An Eastern coyote stands in the snow.
Conservation

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

By Katie Hill

browning 10 gauge
Guns

The 10 Gauge: Everything Hunters Need to Know

By Joe Genzel

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

A Deer Hunt with Babe Ruth, from the Archives

By Bob Edge

Packages of game meat are stacked up in a freezer.
Hunting

How Long Does Meat Last in the Freezer?

By Katie Hill

A Wyoming bull in Yellowstone National Park.
Big Game 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.
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.
Conservation

Rare Trail Cam Photos Capture a Coyote Fighting Golden Eagles

By Dac Collins

A yellow Lab retrieves a small shed antler.
Hunting

7 Myths About Shed Hunting Dogs

By Tony J. Peterson, Natalie Krebs

A tannery employee holds up mountain lion hides ready for shipping
Hunting

An Inside Look at the Last Great Tannery in America

Photographs by Nic Antaya, Story by Alex Robinson

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
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.
Hunting

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

By Dac Collins

A big trophy mule deer buck.
Hunting

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

By Andrew McKean

Turkey calling tips
Hunting

Turkey Calling Tips: How to Call a Turkey

By Josh Honeycutt

A cape buffalo taken while hunting in Zimbabwe,
Hunting

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

Story by John B. Snow, Photographs by Justin Moore

hoyt vs mathews
Hunting

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

By P.J. Reilly

old magazine pages
Hunting

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

By Cecil Rhode

Wild turkey on public land.
Hunting

How to Hunt Public Land Turkeys

By Alex Robinson

Hunting Iguanas in Old Mexico, a Story From the Archives
Hunting

Hunting Iguanas in Old Mexico, a Story From the Archives

By Michael Cramond

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

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

By Tyler Freel

frank glaser outdoor life story
Hunting

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

By Frank Glaser, as told to Jim Rearden

turkey hunter illustration
Hunting

Strebbie’s Gun: A Turkey Hunter’s Legacy Lives on Through His Shotgun

By Gerry Bethge

A Florida panther that was spotted in southwest Florida on Monday.
Hunting

Watch: Turkey Hunter Calls in Florida Panther to 10 Yards

By Dac Collins

rabbit hunting
Hunting

My Daughter Shot Her First Rabbit at 5 Years Old — With a Bow

By Beka Garris