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We tested the best deer hunting gear throughout the year.
Deer Hunting Gear

The Best Deer Hunting Gear

The top picks from our gear tests

Testing the best binocular harnesses in Montana.
Hunting Gear

The Best Binocular Harnesses of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

We ran, crawled, and used a wide variety of optics to help you find your next bino harness

Houses with mountains in background.
Opinion

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

While there are specific instances where a small-scale transfer might make sense, the larger idea of selling off federal lands for affordable housing should concern anyone who uses public land

zpacks free zip against mountain backdrop
Camping Gear

The Best Ultralight Tents of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

We took over a dozen ultralight shelters into the field to find the best of the best

The Hollywood Cemetery buck compared to the James Walters buck.
Wildlife Management

Poacher Loses Hunting Privileges for 24 Years After Famous ‘Hollywood Buck’ Turns Up Dead on Facebook

When photos of a well-known nontypical surfaced on Facebook last year, social media sleuths accused a Virginia man of poaching three bucks. Now he's been sentenced with some of the harshest poaching penalties in recent memory

We tested the best bear canisters.
Gear

The Best Bear Canisters of 2026, Tested By Us and Bears

Protect your grub in bear country with one of these cans certified by the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee

Mountain Lion atop a Rocky Outcrop Looking Ahead into the Trees
Wildlife Management

A Big Cat Hunting Ban Would Cost Colorado More Than $60 Million, Study Shows

The biggest impact of a lion hunting ban would be on Colorado’s world-renowned ungulate population and all the hunting opportunities it provides

A kayak fisherman holds up a nice largemouth bass.
Largemouth Bass

Cannibal Bass: What a Problem at an Illinois Fish Farm Can Teach Us About Catching Bigger Largemouths

If you want to catch bigger bass, you need to fish places that have a balanced age structure. Sometimes that means places where it's harder to get a bite

An illustration of a pair of bull moose fighting in the snow.
Moose Hunting

A Bull-Moose Brawl and Meat-Packing Sled Dogs: A Mountain Man’s Last Hunt Before Winter

In this frontier story from the OL archives, the author, his wife, and young son set out in their homemade boat to put up as much meat as they can before winter arrives

Fox hunters in the UK.
Small Game Hunting

UK Group Says Hunters Are an ‘Ethnic Minority’ in Need of Protection

"The qualifications for an ethnic group, there are five of them. And we hit every one straight in the bullseye"

tents in an alpine setting
Camping Gear

The Best Backpacking Tents, Tested and Reviewed

Sleep soundly on your next backpacking trip in one of our picks for the best backpacking tents

An angler scans using a side-imaging fish finder
Fishing Gear

The Best Side-Imaging Fish Finders of 2026, According to a Joe and Three Pros

Quickly break down new water with these fish finders

Best shotguns of 2023
Shotguns

The Best Shotguns of 2023

We tested the best shotguns of the year

An angler with a big chinook salmon caught in Montana.
Freshwater

Watch: Montana Retiree Catches Pending State-Record Chinook Salmon from His Pontoon

James Fauth brought the massive fish to the boat using a 15-year-old Walmart rod that still had the original line on it

black bear walks through the woods
Animal Attacks

Officials Track Down and Kill the Black Bear They Say Attacked a 3-Year-Old Girl in Her Tent

The young girl was sleeping at a private campground in south-central Montana when the attack occurred

tuna fishing
Tuna Fishing

Podcast: The Cheapest Way to Catch Tuna

Do you dream of battling yellowfins, bluefins, and bigeyes? There’s no more frugal way to make it a reality than on a party boat

A bird that died of avian botulism.
Wildlife Management

Hundreds of Ducks Dead Amid Reports of Avian Flu and Botulism at Two Critical California Refuges

"First and foremost, we want to take care of the birds. But if there’s not more water deliveries later in the summer or the fall, it’s going to be pretty tough to have a hunting program"

The Right Hunting Dog for YOU

The Right Hunting Dog for YOU

It’s a daunting task. But if you’ve done your homework, it’s hard to go wrong.

A greater prairie chicken on the prairie.
Climate & Environment

A 7,100-Acre Solar Farm Is Slated for What’s Left of Wisconsin’s Best Prairie Chicken Habitat

A proposal to build the state's largest solar farm is getting pushback from both hunters and birdwatchers, who have until Friday to comment on the project

whitetail doe
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Michigan Makes Youth Hunt and Opportunities for Disabled Hunters Antlerless Only, Faces Heavy Backlash

Even with fewer Michiganders heading to deer camp each year, the state will implement new restrictions on youth hunters and hunters with disabilities in 2025