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Conserving My People’s Subsistence Culture Means Retracing It

By Heather Douville

It’s Never Too Late to Learn to Hunt

By Nick Ciafardone

Squirrel Hunts Aren’t Just for Kids

By Johnny Carrol Sain

You’re Not That Good at Shooting a Bow: This Video Teaches Lessons in False Confidence and Shooting with Hope

By Scott Einsmann

Don’t Hunt If Your Heart Isn’t in It

By Alex Robinson

Pennsylvania Has the Best (and Oddest) Deer Hunting Culture in America

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

By John B. Snow

The Biggest Mistakes Parents Make When Trying to Raise a Diehard Angler

Harvest or Kill? Which Term Hunters Should Use

Our Obsession With Greenheads Could Ruin Duck Hunting as We Know It

By Alex Robinson, Joe Genzel

Some Kids Just Aren’t Meant to Be Hunters. All Kids Should Still Get the Chance

Why Don’t We Manage for Trophy Carp Fisheries in the U.S.?

I’ve Hunted Elk for 50 Years. Here’s How It’s Changed (and How It Has Stayed the Same)

By Scott Haugen

A Return to Market Hunting Would Be a Reckless Solution for Overpopulated Deer Herds

By Natalie Krebs

Pound for Pound, Carp Are the Best Fighters in the Fishing World

Are You Stoked for Your DIY Western Hunt? Here’s What the Podcasters and Influencers Aren’t Telling You

By Alex Robinson

America’s Public Lands Represent the Greatest Accumulation of Shared Wealth on the Planet — and It’s Up to Us to Save Them

By Randy Newberg

Anti-Hunting Groups Keep Losing in These States. That’s No Accident

By Luke Hilgemann

The Invention of the Grand Slam Killed Sheep Hunting for the Everyman

By Jack O'Connor

When People Ask Me Why I Hunt, This Is What I Try to Tell Them