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Optics

Congress Investigates Chinese Thermal Optics Provider for Suspected Weapons Sanctions Evasion 

A Chinese company is being accused of evading last year’s sanctions by continuing to sell restricted thermal scopes in the U.S.

best vacuum sealers
Fishing Gear

The Best Vacuum Sealers of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

Keep your wild game freezer burn free with these vacuum sealers.

A national wildlife refuge sign
Public Lands & Waters

Oklahoma Is Making Nonresidents Get Permission, Pay $100 to Hunt Public Land

A new law limits access for out of state hunters to public lands, including on some federal lands

Side by side images of a man with a bloodied face and with his injured face bandaged.
Animal Attacks

A Bobcat Mauled an 82-Year-Old Turkey Hunter. He Shrugged It Off

“I thought someone had hit me with a baseball bat”

The Best Dry Fire Training Systems
Shooting Gear

The Best Dry Fire Training Systems of 2025

These training tools are USPSA grand master approved

Two Ohio game wardens with the award they received from the Pope and Young Club in April.
Wildlife Management

Ohio Game Wardens Who Busted CJ Alexander Honored with Pope and Young Award

Isaiah Gifford and Matt Roberts are the first-ever co-recipients of the award, which honors wildlife officers for their outstanding work. In this case, they helped uncover one of the biggest poaching busts of the century

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Knives

The Best Pocket Knives of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

We tested pocket knives for their cutting ability and functionality

An illustration of a giant nontypical Ohio buck
Trophy Deer

I Killed Ohio’s Biggest Nontypical Buck on My First Deer Hunt

"Man, I hope somebody kills that buck," my buddy said. "No one will ever believe my story about his antlers unless they see him"

A two-page feature story about a griz.
Animal Attacks

A Grizzly Stole My Client’s Elk, Then Treed Me for Seven Hours

What I thought was a black bear turned out to be a grizzly. He forced me to hold my fire, kept me treed all day, and charged nine of us

Land Tawney with a strap of ducks and mountains behind him.
Public Lands & Waters

Podcast: Land Tawney, America’s Great Public Lands Agitator, Is Back and Ready for a Fight

The former president of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers has created a new lobbying group, and he's not pulling punches

The the best crappie combos were tested head to head on the water.
Fishing Reels

The Best Crappie Combos of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

These combos cost under $100 and are ideal for all types of crappie fishing

Testing the best smokeless fire pits in a backyard.
Camping Gear

The Best Smokeless Fire Pits of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

We tested the smokeless claim and the features of these fire pits

Stormy and her dad pose with a caribou in velvet.
Big Game Hunting

This 13-Year-Old Texas Girl Is the Youngest to Ever Complete the Super 10 Slam

This middle schooler joins the ranks of elite hunters after completing one of big game hunting’s toughest milestones

A blue color phase black bear, also known as a glacier bear.
Black Bear Hunting

I Tagged the First Glacier Bear Ever Taken by a Modern Bowhunter

Glacier bears are decidedly rare, and on average fewer than two were killed each year when I hunted mine

Browning Auto 5
Semi-Auto Shotguns

Browning Auto 5 Shotgun Review: Still One of the Greatest Semiautos of All Time

Capt. Eric Kerber holds a spring striped bass.
Striped Bass Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: 3 Critical Things to Know About Stripers in Spring

Don’t wait for fall to get in on the action with coastal bass

Author rides electric mountain bike uphill.
Gear

The Best Electric Mountain Bikes of 2025, Trail Tested

Add a boost to your uphill with a full-suspension motorized mountain bike

Aimpoint ACRO on B&T SPC
Optics

The Best Red Dot Sights of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

There are loads of reliable red dot sights on the market these days, so we tested them to find the best

Spearfishing for walleye on the great lakes
Freshwater

Shooting Walleyes in the Great Lakes Is Growing Because of This Spearfisherman

While spearing walleye, pike, and lakers is controversial, Jon Durtka says spearfishermen have more in common with hook-and-line anglers than you might think

A man in a camo hat holds up a fat spotted sunfish.
Panfish Fishing

‘Never Seen a Stumpknocker So Big!” Georgia Catfisherman Lands Record Spotted Sunfish

The state's first new freshwater record of the year tied the existing state record