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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

It’s a Dark Day for the Boundary Waters and the Future of Public Lands. Here’s How We Got Here

This Viral Video Shows the Ugly Side of Turkey Reaping. It’s High Time to Reconsider Our Turkey Hunting Culture

By Alex Robinson

Turkey Hunting Is the Best Way to Introduce Someone to Hunting. Change My Mind

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

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

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

By Andrew McKean

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