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Shark Fishing

A Hammerhead Busted My Kayak, Then Towed Me for Miles. Rescue Looked Grim

The shark pulled me out to open ocean on my fly rod. But for reasons I can't explain, I refused to cut the line

Natural Disaster Survival

A Wildfire Broke Out Just Miles from My Lookout Tower. I Had to Choose: Stay or Evacuate?

The B.C. Forest Service paid me to watch for wildfires from my lookout tower high atop a timbered mountain. Then a blaze started a little too close to home

Public Lands & Waters

‘I’m Gonna Start Target Practicing.’ New Mexico Landowner Arrested on Felony Charges for Threatening Fishermen at Gunpoint

Multiple complaints, videos, and photos show the landowner threatening anglers, stringing barbed wire, and using heavy machinery to obstruct a public river

Maven RS4.2 Riflescope: Bright, Tight, and Compact

An update to Maven’s premier precision scope, the new first focal plane direct-to-consumer optic shoots as smartly as it looks.

Baits, Lures, & Flies

The Best Musky Lures: 6 Classic Baits for Catching the Fish of 10,000 Casts

These six lures will catch big muskies anywhere they swim

Largemouth Bass

To Catch the Biggest Bass of Your Life, Try Fishing Smaller Lakes

If you search out smaller waters, you'll find overlooked largemouths ready for a fight

Fishing Gear

We Tested the Best Cast Nets for Everything from Menhaden to Glass Minnows

Once you find the right cast net, you'll never buy bait again

Paddling

We Canoed 200 Miles into the Bush for the Best Walleye and Pike Fishing of Our Lives

We fought 200 watery miles (most of it upstream), portaged 32 times, and swamped the boat. It was all worth it

Animal Attacks

I Was Charged by a Grizzly with Three Cubs. All I Had Was My .38 Special

"I swung the gun up just as the bear's big brown head broke out of the brush four steps from me"

Black Bear Hunting

I Deer Hunted with Babe Ruth. He Tagged a Nice Buck and Wrestled a Cow

"The same eye that could follow the fastest ball to the plate and knock it out of the park is deadly over the sights of his .401 Winchester"

Largemouth Bass

Old-School Advice for Catching Giant Bass on Dragonflies

If you're not catching bass on dragonflies, it's because you're fishing them wrong. Here's how to fish it right

Hunting

What Happens After Shed Hunters Find Human Remains

Every year shed and mushroom hunters stumble across the remains of a person in the woods. Those discoveries are just the beginning

Knives

Leatherman ARC vs Wave Alpha: I Carried Both for Six Months and There’s a Clear Winner

These are Leatherman's top two EDC multi-tools, and one is clearly better

Baits, Lures, & Flies

The Best Lures and Live Baits for Striped Bass

You'll catch stripers on these baits and lures from North Carolina to Maine

Animal Attacks

A Sheep-Killing Grizzly Mauled My Ranch Hand, Who Managed to Crawl a Mile for Help

My sheep herder was working overtime trying to protect our flock from a marauding grizzly when tragedy struck

Rifle Ammo

Federal Plus Peak 6.5 Creedmoor Ammunition Just Killed the 6.5 PRC

This new high-pressure, high-velocity ammunition is poised to change everything

Animal Attacks

I Was Trapped on a Cliff Edge, Staring Down a Charging Grizzly

A greenhorn and his seasoned buddy get themselves in a tight spot during a hunt in the Alaska wilderness

Catfish Fishing

These Are the Biggest North American Catfish of All Time

From flatheads to big blues, here's a look at some of the heaviest catfish on the record books

Rifle Scopes

The Best Thermal Scopes of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

New technology has made thermal optics more capable and cheaper than ever

Freshwater

These Trusty (and Seriously Weird) Baits Still Have a Cult Following

Sure, you've probably tried corn or marshmallows, but what about harvesting your own wasp larva or soaking a gopher leg?