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A blue illustration of two men caught in a strainer when their canoe rammed into a beaver dam.

My Brother and I Are Expert Paddlers. We Nearly Drowned Anyway My Brother and I Are Expert Paddlers. We Nearly Drowned Anyway

By Thomas E. Appel

A large Florida black bear stands in tall grass.

Days Before Florida Considers a Bear Hunt, the State Suffers Its First Fatal Black Bear Attack Days Before Florida Considers a Bear Hunt, the State Suffers Its First Fatal Black Bear Attack

By Alice Jones Webb

A child holds up a giant morel mushroom with several huge morels sprawled across a tailgate.

Young Mushroom Hunter Finds a Giant Morel the Size of His Head Young Mushroom Hunter Finds a Giant Morel the Size of His Head

By Alice Jones Webb

A hunter packs out a buck; a busted ankle injured during the hunt.

I Fell in a Hole While Packing Out My Buck in a Storm. This Old SOS Trick Saved Me I Fell in a Hole While Packing Out My Buck in a Storm. This Old SOS Trick Saved Me

An illustration of a bull moose charging a hunter on a horse.

A Dozen Times I Should Have Died While Hunting and Fishing A Dozen Times I Should Have Died While Hunting and Fishing

By Charles Elliott

Two anglers in a bass boat look toward an oncoming storm.

We Fished Through a Tornado Until It Flipped My Boat. I Only Survived by the Grace of God We Fished Through a Tornado Until It Flipped My Boat. I Only Survived by the Grace of God

Brian Johnson, as told to Dac Collins

Side by side images of a man with a bloodied face and with his injured face bandaged.

A Bobcat Mauled an 82-Year-Old Turkey Hunter. He Shrugged It Off A Bobcat Mauled an 82-Year-Old Turkey Hunter. He Shrugged It Off

By Alice Jones Webb

A two-page feature story about a griz.

A Grizzly Stole My Client’s Elk, Then Treed Me for Seven Hours A Grizzly Stole My Client’s Elk, Then Treed Me for Seven Hours

By Howard Copenhaver

An american alligator basks in the sun.

Bit By a Gator? It’s Your Own Dang Fault, Scientists Say Bit By a Gator? It’s Your Own Dang Fault, Scientists Say

A grizzly bear in Glacier national park looks up in a field of wildflowers.

A Shed Hunter Shot and Killed a Charging Grizzly Bear in Montana A Shed Hunter Shot and Killed a Charging Grizzly Bear in Montana

an elk hunter was life flighted after cutting himself with a knife

This Happened to Me: I Severed My Artery While Quartering an Elk and Almost Bled Out on the Mountain This Happened to Me: I Severed My Artery While Quartering an Elk and Almost Bled Out on the Mountain

Henry Rauschenbach, as told to Alice Jones Webb

A sheep hunter leaps across a waterfall high in the mountains.

My Bush Plane Crashed. I Went Sheep Hunting Anyway My Bush Plane Crashed. I Went Sheep Hunting Anyway

By Donald L. Jenkins

A grizzly bear falls off a cliff in an illustration with a red sky

I Was Trapped on a Cliff, Staring Down a Charging Grizzly I Was Trapped on a Cliff, Staring Down a Charging Grizzly

An illustration of two hunters climbing through fallen deadfall

I Was Lost for 6 Days with No Food or Fire in the Idaho Backcountry I Was Lost for 6 Days with No Food or Fire in the Idaho Backcountry

By Warren Garde

A bush plane on snow; a wrecked plane in a frozen lake.

Alaska Bush Pilot Community Rallies to Find, Rescue Family Whose Plane Crash-Landed on Frozen Lake Alaska Bush Pilot Community Rallies to Find, Rescue Family Whose Plane Crash-Landed on Frozen Lake

A trail cam's perspective of an eagle attacking wild turkeys.

Incredible Trail Cam Pics Show a Golden Eagle Dive-Bombing and Killing a Wild Turkey Incredible Trail Cam Pics Show a Golden Eagle Dive-Bombing and Killing a Wild Turkey

AIARE 1 students skin into the mountains.

I Took an Avalanche Safety Course to Learn How to (Probably) Not Die in the Mountains I Took an Avalanche Safety Course to Learn How to (Probably) Not Die in the Mountains

By Ashley Thess

A woman in a blue and black illustration rides a horse, the outdoor life girl

The Story of a $10 Bet, and the 1,000 Mile Horseback Ride That Changed My Life The Story of a $10 Bet, and the 1,000 Mile Horseback Ride That Changed My Life

A black and white illustration of a bear attacking a man

I Was Attacked by a Grizzly. That Bear Cost Me 101 Stitches I Was Attacked by a Grizzly. That Bear Cost Me 101 Stitches

By Don Vitto, as told to Jim Zumbo

A kayak angler's perspective of rescuing dogs from an icy river.

Watch a Kayak Fisherman Save Two Dogs from Drowning in an Icy River Watch a Kayak Fisherman Save Two Dogs from Drowning in an Icy River