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The Crazy Levity is an ultralight puffer.
Camping Gear

Crazy Levity Review: Can a Super Ultralight Puffer Actually Keep You Warm?

Find out if the world's lightest puffer jacket can stand up to winter temperatures

mule deer bucks
Mule Deer Hunting

The $725K Mule Deer Tag: Auction Tags Set All-Time Record at Western Hunt Expo

The highest price ever paid for big-game auction tags was shattered—twice—at the Western Hunting & Conservation Expo. What does this mean for the rest of us?

Jim Carmichel with rifle and bear.
Hunting Rifles

Jim Carmichel’s Favorite Hunting Rifles

When it comes to picking your favorite firearms, explains our former long-time shooting editor, you don't have to be entirely reasonable

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Coyote Hunting

How Coyote Hunting Dogs Decoy In Predators

Decoy dogging or tolling with dogs is one of the most deadly coyote hunting tactics around. Here's how it works

Maine moose hunt harvest numbers low
Wildlife Management

Maine Reports Worst Moose Hunt Success Rate in Recent History

This iconic hunt began in 1980. Forty-two years later, hunters had the lowest success rate on record. Ticks might be to blame

Adobe stock farmed catfish
Catfish Fishing

Alligator-Catfish Hybrids Are Being Spawned in an Alabama Lab

Using gene-editing technology and just a pinch of alligator DNA, scientists at Auburn have created a sterile, hybrid species of catfish they say is more resistant to infection

deer winch
Deer Hunting Gear

The $60 Deer Winch: Best Way to Load a Deer into a Truck by Yourself

This simple DIY project could save you from a serious back injury

Author wears one of the best hiking jackets in the snow.
Camping Gear

The Best Hiking Jackets of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

Layer up to stay warm and dry on your next trek in the outdoors

tizi eats great white
Shark Fishing

How to Cook a Great White Shark (And Get in Serious Trouble For It)

A video blogger in China is facing massive fines for cooking and eating one of the most protected fish in the world

Justin Kallusky record rocky mountain goat
Big Game Hunting

What It Took to Tag the World Record Mountain Goat

Justin Kallusky made history last summer with the first 60-inch Rocky Mountain goat in the Boone & Crockett record book. Here's the full story

Two hikers carry the best hydration bladders.
Camping Gear

The Best Hydration Bladders, Tested and Reviewed

A reservoir is a lightweight and easy way to stay hydrated in the outdoors

bristol bay protections EPA decision 1/31/23
Climate & Environment

Alaska’s Bristol Bay Receives Additional Protections from Pebble Mine in EPA Decision

It might not be the nail in Pebble’s coffin, but today’s decision is a huge win for Bristol Bay and Alaska’s wild salmon

One of the best guns for rabbit hunting laying on a vest with shells and harvested rabbits.
Rabbit Hunting

Best Guns for Rabbit Hunting

These are our favorite rifles, shotguns, and handguns for hunting rabbits

Ruger Mark IV 22/45
Handguns

Ruger Mark IV 22/45, Tested and Reviewed

This iconic .22 pistol blends the designs of Axis and Allied pistols from World War II

Hunter eaten by lions fake article
Wildlife Management

Viral Story on Hunter Eaten by Lions Is a Fraud. Here’s Where It Came From

The video was part of a government-sponsored social experiment. The story is unverified. The photo has been recycled multiple times. Yes, this article is absolutely fabricated

old magazine illustration of moose and canoe
Moose Hunting

A Widowed Homesteader Learns to Hunt Moose, or Die Trying

At 26, I was a homesteader-trapper’s widow. I was left with a log cabin, my three hungry children, and a .30/30 rifle

A fire built on planks of wood to keep dry from the snow.
Survival Skills

The 10 Best Winter Survival Tips

These tips will keep you alive when the weather turns brutally cold

wyo braces for wild hog invasion
Wildlife Management

Wyoming and Montana Brace for Wild Hog Invasion from Neighboring States and Canada

With feral pigs roaming in Canada, North Dakota, and Utah, the invasion seems inevitable

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Climate & Environment

Biden Administration Bans Mining Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Wilderness

The proposed mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has been dealt a major blow

tongass national forest
Public Lands & Waters

A Local Perspective on the Return of the Roadless Rule in Southeast Alaska

The Biden Administration reinstated Roadless Rule protections in the Tongass National Forest