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The Most Important Baitfish in the Ocean Will Fast-Track You to the Fish of a Lifetime

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How a Born-and-Raised New Yorker Fell in Love with Bowhunting

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What’s So Bad About Stevan Pearce, Trump’s Pick to Run the BLM? For Starters, His Public-Land Track Record

By Andrew McKean

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Things My Fellow New Yorkers Say When They Find Out I’m a Hunter

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After Our Editor Saw an Early Screening of ’Bambi,’ He Warned Walt Disney the Movie Was ’the Worst Insult Ever Offered’ to Sportsmen

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I Started Hunting a Few Years Ago, and My Family Doesn’t Exactly Support It — Yet

Here’s Why Hunters Should Share the Wild Game We Harvest

By Shane Mahoney

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Duck Hunting’s New Reality: It Will Keep Getting Tougher for the Workaday Waterfowler

By Alex Robinson

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Here’s Why the .223 Remington Is the Most Underrated Deer Cartridge

Wisconsin trapper with furs, which will last longer than meat from game.

Hunting for Meat Is Widely Accepted. Wearing Fur from the Predators You Hunt and Trap Should Be, Too

A trapper with a beaver.

Why America Needs Trapping More Than Ever

Casual hunters don't have to spend every waking moment hunting to be valued by the community.

Quit Expecting Every Hunter to Be So Hardcore. We Need Casual Hunters, Too

By Christine Peterson

A fisherman releases a small brook trout in a rocky stream.

‘This Would Have Serious, Real-World Impacts.’ Why the EPA’s Rule Change on Water Protections Would Be a Disaster for Fish and Wildlife

A whitetail buck in a grassy field.

Why Trophy Deer Hunting Is a Trap

Hand-knapped stone points on handmade arrow shafts.

Why I Keep Choosing Bushcraft Over Modern Convenience

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Meet Kayla, the Sexy AI-Generated Huntress Telling You How to Hunt Deer

By Alex Robinson

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Why the Roadless Rule Is Important for Hunters and Anglers

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Podcast: “This Type of Mine Has Not Been Done Without Polluting.” Why the Boundary Waters Mine Is a Bad Trade

By Alex Robinson

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Robbing the LWCF Would Hurt America’s Public Lands. Maybe That’s the Point

Could Tiny, Edible Robots Become the Future of ‘Live’ Bait?