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A rafter and his black Lab on the New River in West Virginia.
Fishing

Where To Fish

Use these interactives to find out where you can fish and how to get a fishing license and boat registration.

A duck hunter tosses out decoys in the pre-dawn light.
Hunter Recruitment

We Actually Have No Idea How Many Hunters There Are in America

License data varies so wildly from state to state that there’s no accurate accounting of overall hunter numbers. Here’s why that’s a problem, and what’s being done to fix it

Wild America: Tactics for Hunting Public Land and Stories About Why We Love It
Hunting

Wild America: Tactics for Hunting Public Land and Stories About Why We Love It

Load your daypack and lace up your boots, because our public lands offer endless hunting opportunities. Here's how to unlock them.

how to make a hunter
Hunter Recruitment

How to Make a Hunter

Here's a look at the ways we're bringing—and failing to bring—folks into the fold.

Range Reporters
Guns

Range Reporters

Welcome to Range Reporters, our new video series featuring tours and shoots at the country’s coolest gun ranges.

Deciphering Gobbledygook 17 scenarios in which we know what toms are telling us
Turkey Hunting

Deciphering Gobbledygook 17 scenarios in which we know what toms are telling us

Suspended Animation Jerkbaits are free-floating treats for pre-spawn bass
Largemouth Bass

Suspended Animation Jerkbaits are free-floating treats for pre-spawn bass

Set Up Your Buck Now How to grow big deer, keep them on your land and dictate where they walk
Deer Hunting

Set Up Your Buck Now How to grow big deer, keep them on your land and dictate where they walk

Big Bad Bears From an account of lassoing a polar             bear to really bad poetry, you won’t believe the stuff about
Bear Hunting

Big Bad Bears From an account of lassoing a polar bear to really bad poetry, you won’t believe the stuff about

Bodacious Brown Bass The biggest smallmouths are vulnerable in pre-spawn
Smallmouth Bass

Bodacious Brown Bass The biggest smallmouths are vulnerable in pre-spawn

Swamp Boars! Maybe the wildest archery hunt in North America
Bow Hunting

Swamp Boars! Maybe the wildest archery hunt in North America

varmint rifle test
Hunting Rifles

Varmint Rifle Roundup

You don't need to spend big bucks for outstanding accuracy

Red Stag April on the 40th parallel is the peak of the rut for deer at the bottom of the world
Deer Hunting

Red Stag April on the 40th parallel is the peak of the rut for deer at the bottom of the world

15 Bait Rigs That Will Catch Any Fish Anywhere
Baits, Lures, & Flies

15 Bait Rigs That Will Catch Any Fish Anywhere

Improve your bait presentation, and put big fish in the boat with these killer fishing rigs

A poacher holds up a sign after being arrested.
Conservation

Poacher Loses Hunting Privileges for Life: “The Severity and Level of Indifference for Wildlife in This Case Are Rarely Seen”

After a getting busted for a big-game poaching spree, Colorado man can no longer hunt in 47 states

A man holds up a large whitefish.
Record Fish

The Whitefish Record Was Just Broken—Again

No scoffing allowed! Indiana angler shatters the state whitefish record by more than a pound

The Model 42 is the .410 version of the Model 12.
Shotguns

3 Shotguns That Defined the Early 20th Century (and One That Was an Absolute Blunder)

The iconic Automatic-5 and Winchester Model 12 became two of the longest manufactured shotguns in American history

pokeweed
Foraging & Gardening

6 Most Common Mistakes Rookie Foragers Make

Are you ready to get in on spring foraging season? Don’t make these errors

A knife measuring a tooth.
Wildlife Management

How Tooth Collection Helps Set Future Hunting Regulations

Wyoming biologists have studied more big-game teeth than ever before

We put the BPS 12-gauge and Gold 10-gauge to the test.
Turkey Hunting

The 10-Gauge vs. 12-Gauge Shootout: The 10 Is Still a Long-Range Hammer on Turkeys and Geese

If you need to kill big honkers and spring toms at distance, the 10-gauge shotgun still gets the job done