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various socks on a picnic table
Camping Gear

The Best Hiking Socks of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

I put 17 pairs of socks from the likes of Darn Tough, Smartwool, and Farm to Feet to the test

A strutting turkey in green greass
Turkey Hunting

The 7 Biggest Turkey Hunting Mistakes That Will Keep You From Punching Your Tag

If you're having a frustrating season, troubleshooting one — or more — of these common issues could help you find success

We tested the best portable jump starters.
Camping Gear

I Tested the Best Portable Jump Starters for Cars, Trucks, ATVs, and Boats

We tested the best car boosters just in case your vehicle's battery dies in the boonies

Two strutting toms next to a hen turkey.
Turkey Hunting

If Turkey Populations Are Struggling, Why Do We Still Shoot Hens in the Fall?

As wildlife biologists keep working to understand turkey population declines, more fall hunts could be closed

Freel shoots ATACR best long range riflescope
Rifle Scopes

The Best Long Range Rifle Scopes, Tested and Reviewed

The new crop of precision rifle scopes is long on features, with excellent reticles and the best turrets we’ve ever seen

Tom turkeys spar in a Montana field.
Turkey Hunting

Turkey Hunting with My Dad Is an Exercise in Trying Not to Kill Each Other

A turkey hunt with my old man is guaranteed to break out into scraps and squabbles. It’s also a hunt I look forward to every year

A UK angler holds up a fat common carp.
Carp Fishing

Giant Carp Caught in European Pay Lake Could Break the Unofficial World Record … Again?

British angler David Knock caught the massive fish from a private lake in Hungary — the same place where another (or possibly the same) world-record sized common carp was caught in the fall

tiger hunter
Big Game Hunting

A Tiger Killed 23 Sheep in a Neighboring Village. We Spent Weeks Tracking It Down

I was fighting two opponents: the rheumatic fever that racked my body, and the giant cat that was hunting herdsmen and their livestock

A Carolina hunter holds up a gobbler; a close-up of a turkey leg with two spurs.
Turkey Hunting

‘Everyone Calls Me Lucky.’ New Turkey Hunter Tags a Double-Spurred Gobbler

Daniel Maness was learning the ropes of run-and-gun tactics when he and his buddy spotted the tom strutting in a clearing

A house bill has earmarked federal public land for sale
Policy & Legislation

An Amendment to Sell Thousands of Acres of Public Land in Nevada and Utah Just Slipped into a House Budget Bill

After a marathon budget session the House Natural Resources Committee green-lit a measure that would sell off BLM and Forest Service lands

We tested the best hiking daypacks.
Camping Gear

The Best Hiking Daypacks of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

Find the right backpack for your next adventure

Rounds of .223
Ammo

Why Does Ammo Keep Getting More Expensive?

Some ammo prices have come down since the pandemic spike, but they’re still higher than they were. Just don't blame tariffs — yet

A pile of fish next to three of the best fillet knives
Fishing Gear

The Best Fillet Knives of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

We tested and reviewed the best fillet knives that do everything from prep a mess of crappie to cut tuna steaks

range testing the Accuracy International rifle
Hunting Rifles

The Best Rifles of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

This year's crop of best rifles includes long-range shooters, lever actions, mountain guns, and some screaming bargains

Tyler Freel testing the Browning X Bolt, one of the best rifles.
Rifles

2024 Rifle Test

Our annual evaluation of the year’s best rifles involved more guns, and much more shooting, than ever

Two hunters walk into the foothills.
Public Lands & Waters

Too Much Public Land Is ‘Landlocked’ by Private Property. This New Program Is Helping Hunters and Anglers Access It

The new initiative capitalizes on the growing demand from sportsmen to legally access islands of public ground surrounded by a sea of private property

best smallmouth bass lures featured
Smallmouth Bass

The Best Smallmouth Bass Lures, Tested and Reviewed

These lures will catch smallies anywhere, and any time of the year

A blue illustration of two men caught in a strainer when their canoe rammed into a beaver dam.
Wilderness Survival

My Brother and I Are Expert Paddlers. We Nearly Drowned Anyway

We trusted a river report from a local, which led us down a stream choked with beaver dams and strainers

We tested the best home weather stations.
Gear

The 7 Best Home Weather Stations of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

Track your microclimate with one of the top wireless weather monitors

A large Florida black bear stands in tall grass.
Animal Attacks

Days Before Florida Considers a Bear Hunt, the State Suffers Its First Fatal Black Bear Attack

An 88-year-old Florida man and his dog were mauled to death by at least one black bear just days before wildlife officials revisit the state's first bear hunt in a decade