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Shooting Gear

The Best Ankle Holsters of 2025

A good ankle holster should hold your pistol securely and discreetly—these are some of our favorites

Best AR-15 magazines
Rifles

The Best AR-15 Magazines

Find the best magazine for your AR-15 and ammo selection

The 2023 Issue No. 2 cover of Outdoor Life, featuring a hunter and a man on an ATV.
Hunting

Celebrating Outdoor Life’s 125th Anniversary

A helluva lot has changed since OL was founded in 1898, but some things never will

The Best Camping Griddles of 2022
Camping Gear

The Best Camping Griddles of 2025

Spice up your camp meals with one of these griddles

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Hunting Rifles

The Legacy, and Last Years, of Jack O’Connor

"He wasn’t just a sometime shooter who could turn a clever phrase. He was a hunter who’d been there and done it, and it showed. It always shows"

The best boning knives make butchering less of a chore
Knives

Best Boning Knives of 2025

We review great knives for butchering wild game

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Shooting Gear

Best Holsters of 2025

A good holster should hold your handgun securely, safely, and keep it easy to access

Colonel Townsend Whelen.
Rifles

Townsend Whelen’s Top Big Game Cartridges

Whelen was a soldier, big game hunter, consummate rifleman, and one of OL's first shooting editors. His favorite hunting cartridges include a lot of classics, and one notable omission

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Black Bear Hunting

Trolling for Bears in British Columbia

Hunting the old logging roads of B.C. provides the opportunity to see hundreds of bears — and some truly giant boars

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Handguns

The Best Revolvers

The best revolver is accurate and dependable. These wheel guns will get the job done

The Best Pocket Pistols
Concealed Carry

The Best Pocket Pistols

Find your next highly concealable firearm on this list of the best subcompact pistols

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Wildlife Management

Record Lake Herring Population Means Lake Superior Anglers Will Catch Bigger Fish

The explosive lake herring population could be both a blessing and a curse for anglers chasing lake trout, salmon, and steelhead

We tested the best 2 way radios.
Gear

The Best 2 Way Radios of 2025

Walkie talkies are a fun and effective way to communicate in the outdoors

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Survival Skills

Famous Alaska Bush Pilot and Hunting Guide Die in Plane Crash

The Cessna 180 piloted by the star of a former Discovery Channel show star crashed shortly after take off

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Freshwater

The Best Live Baits

Everyone knows garden worms catch fish, but so do hellgrammites and sand fleas. Don't forget about these "sleeper" live baits

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Wild Game Recipes

How to Diet by Eating Wild Game

The author lost 80 pounds and got back to a healthy lifestyle. Eating wild game was a key factor in his success

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Big Game Hunting

Dads and Caribou

Fathers and their sons find success, despite doubt and discomfort, on a DIY float trip in Alaska

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Saltwater Fishing

Sailfish vs Swordfish: An Angler’s Guide

We break down the differences between these two revered game fish species, along with tips on how to catch them

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Shark Fishing

Watch a Mako Shark Chomp a Hooked Tuna in Half

A group of tuna fishermen get a close-up view of "the taxman" taking his cut

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Smallmouth Bass

Tournament Angler Catches Same Record Smallmouth Bass Two Years in a Row

Thomas Russell caught a would-be-record, 9-pound smallmouth during a tournament on Cayuga Lake in New York. He says it’s the same fish he caught in the same tournament last year