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The best ice packs for coolers sitting in an ice chest.
Camping Gear

The Best Ice Packs for Coolers of 2026

Chill your provisions for the long haul with one of these reusable packs

BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS, MINNESOTA- SEPTEMBER: Outdoor enthusiasts travel by canoe through several of the hundreds of fresh water lakes that make up the Boundary Waters in September of 2019 in the northern woods of Minnesota. Motor boats are banned in this protected area of the Superior National Forest wilderness. Environmentalists are worried that recent permits given to mines on the edge of the Boundary Waters might threaten the pristine waters of the region. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
Policy & Legislation

Trump Administration Moves to Kill Boundary Waters Protections, Make Way for Proposed Mine

The move to cancel a 20-year mineral withdrawal near the Boundary Waters was announced in an X post around the same time Congress decided against gutting the protections

hunter on top of boulder, holding turkey and gun
Turkey Hunting

Before We Learned to Call Turkeys in Close, We Hunted with Rifles

The ethics of turkey hunting looked a lot different in 1948

Your public lands sign
Public Lands & Waters

Senate Proposes Selling Up to 3 Million Acres of Public Land

Senator Mike Lee of Utah is pushing to sell up to .75 percent of BLM and USFS lands in up to 12 Western states — all except Montana

Senator Mike Lee on senate land sale
Policy & Legislation

The Senate Is Considering Selling Public Land. It Could Be About 2 Million Acres

Budget negotiators are waiting on public-land inventory from Utah Senator Mike Lee, and could introduced a proposal as soon as tonight

A Minnesota angler with a bigmouth buffalo.
Freshwater

Minneapolis Fisherman Lands State-Record Bigmouth Buffalo from a Bridge in the ‘Burbs

"There's just a lot of variables that come into play when you have that heavy current, a bridge, and a big fish hooked on a small jig"

Trout fishermen bump into canoes.
Trout Fishing

My Buddies and I Caught 500 Wild Trout in 3 Days on an Old-Fashioned Canoe Trip

We were in there three days, saw seven moose, and caught hundreds of fish. It was the kind of fishing our grandfathers had known in the 19th century — and we pray that our own grandsons may know something of it in the 21st

Boundary Waters lake
Policy & Legislation

The House Kills Its Plan to Open Mining Near the Boundary Waters

Senate Republicans asked the House to strike a provision from its budget bill that would green-light mineral leasing in the Superior National Forest

A large bull moose
Moose Hunting

I Ditched a Bogus Outfitter for a Real Wilderness Moose Hunt

A greenhorn's botched trip leads to a series of life-changing hunts in the Canadian backcountry

A large herd of aoudad move across the Texas landscape.
Sheep Hunting

Texas Adds Aoudad to the List of Animals You Can Hunt from Helicopters

As aoudad numbers continue to grow and compete with native bighorn and mule deer populations, Texas looks to a creative management tool

A nighttime trail cam photo of an adult mountain lion with kittens.
Wildlife Management

Mountain Lion Kittens Were Finally Photographed in Oklahoma. Skeptics Claim the Cats Have Been Breeding There All Along

State wildlife managers have long said that Oklahoma does not have an established, breeding population of mountain lions. Recent trail camera photos are the "first piece of evidence" that cougars may be breeding there

An illustration of a man in the snow
Survival Skills

If This Search and Rescue Team Can’t Find You, No One Can

This story of more than 100 rescues began when Harold Patrick froze to death on a wilderness moose hunt

Two hunter with a record grizzly bear.
Bear Hunting

Giant Grizzly Taken in Alaska Is a New Record, Confirms Boone & Crockett

The old boar was covered in scars, and its teeth were worn to nubs. It's the biggest hunter-harvested grizzly bear to ever make the books

A cow moose and a calf walk along the edge of a road.
Animal Attacks

Here’s Why Moose Keep Attacking People and Their Dogs in Colorado

One neighbor managed to chase off an irate cow using a fire extinguisher

Three python trackers carry a huge snake.
Wildlife Management

These Snake Trackers Have Removed More than 20 Tons of Invasive Pythons from Florida… and They’re Just Getting Started

The team of wildlife biologists has been honing the art of python tracking for more than a decade. Last winter alone they removed more than 6,300 pounds of the invasive snakes from the Everglades

A hunter climbs up with a goat strapped to his back in Hawaii
Big Game Hunting

Hunting Goats in Hawaii Isn’t Especially Hard. It’s Packing Them Out That’s the Problem

When I moved to Lanai to work as a wildlife biologist, I learned just how engrained hunting culture is here

A big drop-tine mule deer buck grows his antlers in velvet.
Wildlife Management

11 Fascinating Wildlife Photos from Grand Teton National Park

A fox's breakfast, territorial bison, and an infamous grizzly

kangaroo culling
Big Game Hunting

I Hunted with a Professional Kangaroo Shooter in Australia

In the 90's, professional sharpshooters did their best to cull Australia's overgrown population of kangaroos — and I was along for the ride

Anti-hunters line the street holding signs that protest the Florida bear hunt.
Wildlife Management

Anti-Hunters Will Attempt to Sabotage Florida’s Bear Hunt With This Dirty Tactic 

Protesters say they will flood the bear tag lottery in hopes of preventing legitimate hunters from drawing

An archer clips his release to a bow
Bow Hunting

Class-Action Lawsuit Accuses the Archery Industry of Price Fixing

The suit alleges that retailers like Bass Pro and bowmakers like Hoyt conspired to artificially inflate the prices of archery equipment. Industry insiders say they’re simply enforcing minimum advertised prices to help local bow shops and protect consumers