Opinion (Page 2)

Diverse, expert opinions on the biggest issues facing our hunting and fishing community.

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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

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

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

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

By Alex Robinson

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

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

Why America Needs Trapping More Than Ever

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

By Christine Peterson

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

Why Trophy Deer Hunting Is a Trap

Why I Keep Choosing Bushcraft Over Modern Convenience

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

By Alex Robinson

Why the Roadless Rule Is Important for Hunters and Anglers

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

By Alex Robinson

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

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

The Heavy Arrow Trend Is Dead. Speed Is Back

Here’s Why the Federal Land Sale Bill Is a Bad Idea, and Horrible Legislation

By Andrew McKean

I’ve Become Recoil Shy in My Old Age. Is the 6.5 Creedmoor a Legit Elk Round?

By John B. Snow

Wisconsin Claims Record Deer Populations and High Harvests, But CWD Trouble Looms

By Alex Robinson

An AI Video of Kevin VanDam Torching Catfishermen Has Gone Viral — Because People Think It’s Real

By Alex Robinson

What Really Matters When Picking a Hunting Rifle or Cartridge

Plan to Sell Off ‘Underutilized’ Federal Land for Affordable Housing Is Ineffective and Inefficient, Experts Say

A Wildlife Photographer Was Wrongly Tagged in the Viral Baby Wombat Post. Then Came the Death Threats

By Natalie Krebs

Carolina Angler Finds Swamped Fishing Kayak with a Life Jacket Still Strapped to It

By Derek Horner

Everything That’s Wrong With the “Jaws” Fight Scene

Why Duck Hunters Die

By Alex Robinson

Podcast: Wolves Will Be Delisted, Public-Land Transfer Attempts Will Fail, and Other 2025 Predictions

By Andrew McKean

A Manhattan Legislator Aims to End New York’s Pheasant Stocking Program. Here’s Why All Bird Hunters Should Be Concerned

By Alex Robinson

If I Were Czar of the Department of Natural Resources, Here’s What I Would Fix

By Scott Einsmann

Colorado’s Prop 127 Is an Attack on Modern Wildlife Management and the Science that Guides It

$100,000 Fine for Releasing a Smallmouth Bass in Canadian River: Do Mandatory Catch-and-Kill Orders Actually Help Population Control?

Forward Facing Sonar Restrictions Hit Pro Bass Fishing, While One Smaller Tour Bans FFS Altogether

By Derek Horner

Remembering Bill McRae, the Godfather of Modern Sporting Optics

By Andrew McKean

Don’t Let Politicians Convince You That Selling Public Lands Is the Solution to America’s Housing Affordability Crisis

3 Teens Arrested After Viral Video Surfaces of a Kid Abusing His Duck Dog

By Natalie Krebs

Here’s Why Forward Facing Sonar Won’t Be Banned from Professional Bass Fishing

By Derek Horner

Fudd Lore: 5 of the Worst Myths in Rifle Shooting and Hunting

Here’s What National Water Access Issues Can Teach Us About Losing Our Favorite Fishing Spots

Hunting Mentors Are Great. You Still Need to Hunt Alone

By Christine Peterson

Euro Nymphing Is Ruining Fly Fishing

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

By Andrew McKean

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

By Andrew McKean

Video: “Go Buy a Boat!” How Close Can You Fish to Someone Else Without Being a Jerk?

The 4 Anglers You’ll Meet on Opening Day of “Truck Trout” Season

Fishing with Bluetooth: Is the Probe a Revolutionary Tool or Just Another Fishing Gimmick?

Glassing with Permission Only: Next-Generation Binocular Will Make Users Pay to View Private Land

By Andrew McKean

Trash Fish or Treasure? The Value of Black Drum, Bonita, and Mahi Depends on Where You Fish for Them

Watch: YouTuber Syncs Apple Vision Pro with LiveScope

Elite Series Angler Riles the Industry by Sharing ‘the Truth’ About Professional Bass Fishing

By Derek Horner

Is Joe Rogan Good for Hunting?

By Alex Robinson

Chesapeake Channa Might Be the Most Delicious Freshwater Fish of All Time

The Next Generation of Digital Smart Optics Promises to Replace Traditional Scopes and Binoculars

By Scott Einsmann

Would Banning Doe Harvests Help Save Northwoods Deer Hunting?

By Alex Robinson