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10 of the Nastiest Freshwater Fish on the Planet
Fishing

10 of the Nastiest Freshwater Fish on the Planet

Their teeth can tear flesh. Their strength can destroy tackle. Their dispositions can break an angler’s spirit. These are the meanest fish that swim.

How to Identify and Cook Pheasant Back Mushrooms
Pheasant Hunting

How to Identify and Cook Pheasant Back Mushrooms

Morels are more popular, but the pheasant back mushroom is just as common, easy to identify, and makes fine tablefare

Idaho wolf hunting will be expanded thanks to a controversial new law.
Wolf Hunting

New Law Expands Idaho Wolf Take to 90 Percent of Population, Loosens Regs

The new hunting and trapping regulations are designed to reduce wolf predation on livestock, but were opposed by the Idaho Game and Fish Commission

Hunting a wilderness area near LA
Deer Hunting

Deer Hunting the California Backcountry—Just an Hour From Los Angeles

Hunting a backcountry buck just an hour outside LA isn’t impossible, even when success rates hover around 11 percent

The trail camera photo of the world record archery bull elk.
Elk Hunting

Podcast: The Story of the New World Record, Nontypical Elk

Hunting Editor Andrew McKean with the story of Shawn O’Shea’s incredible archery bull

Deadly Rabbit Disease Could Be Coming to the Midwest, Biologists Warn
Rabbit Hunting

Deadly Rabbit Disease Could Be Coming to the Midwest, Biologists Warn

RHDV2 is nearly 100 percent fatal—and it's spreading. Here's how hunters can help

The Fabarm Autumn
Double Barrel Shotguns

Shotgun Review: The New Fabarm Autumn

Fabarm fills a much-needed niche with its Autumn side-by-side shotgun

A loose decoy on Reelfoot Lake, which hunters were looking for when they found David Vowell.
Duck Hunting

What Really Happened to the Duck Hunters Who Were Killed on Reelfoot Lake?

After the mysterious deaths of three Tennessee hunters, confusion, rumors, and accusations engulfed the waterfowling world and devastated a community. Now the only survivor of the incident tells his story

Descaling panfish might not be flashy, but it's a labor of love accomplished close to home..
Hunting

Far-Flung Adventures Are Sexy, But the Best Hunting and Fishing Is Close to Home

Knowledge of your favorite woods and waters builds competency that lasts a lifetime

Public shooting ranges across the US receive federal funding.
Guns

Do Sanctuary Gun Laws Disqualify States from Receiving Federal Wildlife Management Funds?

In Arkansas, the potential loss of $18 million in Pittman-Robertson funds was averted by political brinksmanship. Here's how such laws might affect other states' funding

Zack Grooms with straps of ducks.
Duck Hunting

Zack Grooms Was a Devoted Uncle and a True Duck Hunter

The 25-year-old Tennessee native was killed on Reelfoot Lake in January

Record Book 8-Bearded Turkey Taken In Georgia
Hunting

Record Book 8-Bearded Turkey Taken In Georgia

A turkey hunter from Ware County took two birds with one shot—one was a record book gobbler

A duck hunter steers a boat loaded with decoys through flooded timber.
Duck Hunting

The Story of Black Duck Revival: “I Never Found a Place I Belong, So I’m Making One”

A broken building with many past lives becomes something bigger

Glock-44-Leupold-Delta-Point-Micro
Optics

Gear Review: Leupold DeltaPoint Micro

A low-profile and easy-to-install red-dot sight for concealed carry handguns

A black bear attack in Colorado led authorities to euthanize three bears.
Animal Attacks

After a Colorado Woman Was Killed in an Apparent Black Bear Attack, Authorities Locate Human Remains in Two Bears

Necropsy reports indicate that a sow killed and ate a dog walker in Colorado

Turkey feathers make great fletching for flu-flu arrows
Bow Hunting

How to Make Turkey Wing Flu-Flu Arrows

Turn the turkey feathers from your spring gobbler into arrow fletching

If you want to challenge yourself, try hunting big game with a handgun.
Handguns

The Best Handguns for Big-Game Hunters

If you’re considering hunting with a handgun, these are the best pistols you can buy

A 240-Pound, Century-Old Lake Sturgeon Was Caught in the Detroit River
Record Fish

A 240-Pound, Century-Old Lake Sturgeon Was Caught in the Detroit River

The huge fish is thought to be more than 100 years old

An angler holds a red rainbow trout caught during the spawn.
Trout Fishing

The Ethics of Fishing for Spawning Trout

Every year, anglers argue over the morality of catching spawning trout. In areas where the streams are open for fishing, is it ethical to target fish on redds...or even to fish during the spawn at all?

Leucistic catfish are more rare than albinos.
Catfish Fishing

Louisiana Angler Catches Rare “White” Blue Catfish

Katie Purvis Johns caught this 19-pound leucistic blue catfish in the Bonnet Carré Spillway near New Orleans