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A yellow Lab retrieves a small shed antler.
Hunting Dogs

7 Myths About Shed Hunting Dogs

Not every gun dog was built to find and pick up deer antlers, but you can train a willing dog how to do it

The best drop shot baits for bass work in all conditions.
Baits, Lures, & Flies

The Best Drop Shot Baits of 2025

These are the baits you need to catch fish on a drop shot rig

A dead California mountain lion lying in the dirt.
Animal Attacks

Mountain Lion Attacks California Shed Hunters, Killing One and Injuring Another

The young men were looking for antlers northeast of Sacramento when they were attacked. The 90-pound male cougar was euthanized the same day

skeet shooting
Competitive Shooting

Beginner’s Guide to Skeet Shooting

Here's everything you need to know to get started skeet shooting

segment of old Outdoor Life cover
Hunting

The Best Outdoor Life Covers Through the Decades

Our magazine covers captured the changing landscape of hunting and fishing in America. They’re also just plain cool

Large elephant herd walking in Botswana.
Big Game Hunting

Botswana President Bashes UK’s Proposed Trophy Import Ban, Calls It a Return to ‘Colonial Conquest’

The country's Environment and Tourism Minister also threatened to send 10,000 wild elephants to Hyde Park so Brits could see what it's like to live with them

A morel mushroom on a normal camera and a thermal imaging camera.
Foraging & Gardening

Watch: Man Uses Thermal to Find Morels, Gets Skewered on Instagram

The debate over thermal optics has entered a new frontier: mushroom hunting

wilderness first aid kit in mountains
Camping Gear

The Best First Aid Kits for Hiking of 2025

We asked a NOLS wilderness medicine educator what you actually need to pack

We tested the best climbing pants.
Gear

The Best Climbing Pants of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

Climbers ask a lot from their pants, but we found five pairs hitting the mark

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt
Deer Hunting

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt

Two urban bowhunters are just minding their own business when a police officer storms into the woods, rifle raised and barking orders

A West Virginia angler holds up the new state-record bowfin.
Fishing

College Student Catches State-Record Bowfin on Her Second Cast of the Day

"I've won some bass tournaments ... but that bowfin was the best fight I've ever had from any fish"

A gray wolf and a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park.
Conservation

Federal Judge Restricts Wolf Trapping in Idaho to ‘Protect’ Grizzly Bears

The judge ruled that wolf trapping and snaring in grizzly habitat outside of denning season could have "profound effects" on Idaho's grizzlies

A pair of eagle talons and a feather.
Conservation

Man Pleads Guilty to ‘Killing Spree’ of Thousands of Eagles, Accomplice Still at Large

Both men are accused of poaching bald and golden eagles on the Flathead Indian Reservation and selling their feathers and talons for cash

We tested the best soft coolers.
Camping Gear

The Best Soft Coolers of 2025, According to Testing

Find the right lightweight, collapsible option for your next outdoor day trip

An ice fisherman watches the ice break off in the January 1951 Outdoor Life story, Frozen Terror.
Wilderness Survival

Frozen Terror, One of the Greatest Survival Stories of All Time

In 1929, a lone ice fisherman found himself trapped on a sheet of ice, drifting along the shore of Lake Michigan

An alligator caught by an angler in Tennessee.
Fishing

Tennessee Teen Catches Gator on a Swimbait, Stuns Game Warden

The 16-year-old angler reported the catch to a local wildlife officer, who assumed it was a joke at first

A pair of desert bighorn sheep.
Big Game Hunting

Arizona Will Stop Auctioning Big-Game Tags to the Wealthiest Hunters

Is there a better way to fund wildlife conservation than by selling premium tags to the highest bidders? Arizona is about to find out

Three wild burros feed on BLM land.
Wildlife Management

2 Men Charged for Killing 3 Wild Burros with Night Vision, Unregistered Short-Barreled Rifles in California

The men drove into the Mojave Desert in the middle of the night and suited up in tactical gear and helmets with the goal of killing burros

thermal deer
Hunting Gear

Will Thermals Change the Way We Hunt?

The rapid rise of thermal technology is likely to have the same disruptive effect on hunting that forward-facing sonar is having on recreational fishing

angler standing on bank holds huge largemouth bass up toward camera
Bass Fishing

California Dreaming: How Nintendo Led Oliver Ngy to Big-Bass Superstardom

Video games and a piece of discarded fishing line helped a bored California kid become one of the best — and most unconventional — bass fisherman around