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Walleye Fishing

Video: A Fishing Legend Explains How to Catch More Walleyes Without Forward-Facing Sonar

The Griz says you don’t need advanced high-end electronics to put more fish in the boat

The author tests the best tree saddles
Bow Hunting Gear

The Best Tree Saddles of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

These comfortable and feature-rich saddles are ideal for mobile hunters

Hunter with baby in carrier on back also carries part of an elk through rocky, woody terrain.
Antelope Hunting

I Used to Be an Anti-Hunter. Now I Take My Daughter Hunting with Me

The road from anti-hunter to raising a hunter is paved with adventure, uncertainty, and optimism

An illustration of a buck running through the woods and a hunter aiming at it.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Went Looking for a Lost Hunter, and Found the Big Buck I’d Been Tracking All Season

My wife and I were hunting the big woods near the Boundary Waters when we concluded our guest might be lost, or worse

A close-up picture of a spotted gar that broke an Oklahoma record.
Freshwater

This Fisherman Might’ve Just Broken a World Record. He Definitely Broke His Rod

Officially an Oklahoma record, Charlie Conway's spotted gar is also in world-record territory

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Hunting Gear

You Still Need Ear Pro While Hunting. Here Are Your 4 Best Options

Hearing protection can be annoying to wear while hunting, but these options are ideal for the field

The world-record Brooks Bull being scored on the floor.
Elk Hunting

Brooks Bull Officially Declared New Archery World-Record Elk. It Narrowly Missed the All-Time Record Due to a Scoring Technicality

Casey Brooks' bull is the largest nontypical elk ever taken by a bowhunter

A fishing guide holds up a state-record bass in Tennessee.
Bass Fishing

Tennessee Fishing Guide Catches Record Bass that Officials Say Shouldn’t Be There

Not to be confused with native spotted bass, the Alabama bass is considered invasive and it's a threat to local smallmouth fisheries

A grizzly swats at a pheasant hunter in an illustration.
Animal Attacks

I Tried to Flush a Pheasant. Instead, I Got Mauled by a Grizzly — and 320 Stitches

After my buddy and I secured permission to shoot roosters in Montana, we found some good cover — and walked right into a nest of grizzlies

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Big Game Hunting

Barren Ground Caribou Hunts Are Disappearing — or Getting Outrageously Expensive

I made the most of what was probably my last chance to hunt caribou

A photo of a fisherman holding up crappies.
Crappie Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Tips for Catching More Crappies This Fall

If you think spring is the only time to put true slabs in the box, you’re missing out on the magic of autumn

The vast Alaskan forest
Wilderness Survival

The Tlingit Legend of the Kóoshdaa Káa

Within the forests and oceans of Southeast Alaska, there are forces at work that even the most experienced hunters can’t explain

An illustration of Jim Carmichel shooting offhand with an eland in the background.
Big Game Hunting

The Hunt That Broke Jim Carmichel

And the shot that brought him back again

B&W photo of hunter with deer in trunk
Trophy Deer

I Spent 5 Years Bowhunting One of the Biggest Nontypicals Ever. Then My Buddy Killed Him

Next to taking that tremendous deer myself, nothing could have pleased me more than him falling to my hunting partner, a fellow bowhunter, and a sportsman who deserved it on every count

A watercolor of a bighorn ram on a cliff.
Sheep Hunting

I Nearly Died Trying to Recover My Bighorn Ram, But I Couldn’t Leave Him on the Mountain

It took me almost a year, countless close calls, and dashed hopes, but I resolved that nothing would keep me from my ram

A wild horse rears up over a hunter in red check.
Hunting

The Forgotten Legend of Dick Church, Canada’s Wild-Horse Bounty Hunter

Tracking down roving bands of feral horses in British Columbia was tough work, even for a mountain man like Dick Church

Crows swoop past an owl decoy
Hunting

My Best Old-School Tips for Hunting Crows — Including This One Weird, Noisy Trick

Crows are notoriously wary. Lessons from my favorite shoots can still help you outsmart them

A film photo of a goat hunter resting beside his goat and mountain bike.
Big Game Hunting

I Used My Old-School Mountain Bike to Hunt My Archery World-Record Mountain Goat

After waiting 11 years to draw, my first mountain goat hunt went off the rails. Somehow, I got a second shot. This time, I promised myself, I would make it count

Tethrd vs Lattitude
Bow Hunting Gear

Latitude Method 3 vs Tethrd Carnivore: Two-Panel Tree Saddle Showdown

We put two of the best tree saddles head to head

A hunter with a big droptine buck taken in Ohio.
Trophy Deer

This Buck Outsmarted Me for 3 Seasons. One Change Finally Gave Me the Chance I Needed

From ice packs to taping his blind shut, this hunter pulled out all the stops to finally get a chance at the 200-plus nontypical he's been hunting for years