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Find the best action camera.
Gear

The Best Action Cameras of 2025

These rugged and waterproof cameras are built for the outdoors

Illustration of two rabbit hunters
Rabbit Hunting

How Not to Hunt Rabbits After Dark

An Indiana hunter decides he wants to chase cottontails by moonlight, and persuades his neighbor to join him

Venison backstraps sliced open to show a perfect exterior sear and a rare center.
Wild Game Recipes

The Best Venison Backstrap Recipes

Elevate your venison game with three crowd-pleasing backstrap recipes

We tested the best hunting boots.
Hunting Gear

The Best Hunting Boots of 2025, Chosen by the Editors

The Outdoor Life editors pick their favorite hunting boots for a variety of conditions and terrain

A Vermont hunter with a rare smoke-phase turkey.
Turkey Hunting

Vermont Hunter Ends 4-Year Chase for Rare Smoke-Phase Turkey

Smoke-phase birds make up just one percent of wild turkeys. After several seasons and many close calls, this lifelong turkey hunter finally got the chance he'd been hoping for

The author tested three of the best ladder stands costing under $350.
Deer Hunting Gear

The Best Ladder Stands on a Budget

Discover budget-friendly ladder stands to elevate your hunting game without breaking the bank

a variety of backpacking stoves and backpacking pots set up against a mountain backdrop
Camping Gear

The Best Backpacking Stoves, From Our Hands-On Tests

Cook up your next backcountry meal with one of these lightweight powerhouses

A hunter with a rare-looking buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Teen Tags ‘Unicorn’ Buck on His Second-Ever Solo Hunt

After learning a few key lessons about deer hunting, 15-year-old Parker Laleman skipped school the next day to track the buck with his grandpa

man standing in down pants in front of a crowd facing a mountain at sunset
Camping Gear

The Best Puffer Pants: Tested and Reviewed

Layer up for freezing temps with a best-in-class down-filled layer

The Savage Axis sits on the ground.
Hunting Gear

It’s Cyber Week at Cabela’s: Save on Guns, Ammo, and More

Get the best deal on top hunting gifts

A trail cam photo of a buck in Kansas.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kansas Bowhunter Arrows 200-Class Buck That Was a Local Legend

"He came straight toward me. I couldn’t shoot. I’m holding my bow at full draw for a minute and my shoulders are burning"

A map of Montana showing checkerboarding and inaccessible state lands.
Public Lands & Waters

1.5 Million Acres of Montana State Trust Land Is Inaccessible, New Map Shows

The mapping tool is the latest reminder of a region-wide issue where some 6.35 million acres of state lands across the West are "landlocked"

Primus Lite Plus, JetBoil Flash, and MSR Windburner backpacking stoves sitting on a picnic table with a grassy field in the background
Camping Gear

Backpacking Stove Head to Head to Head: JetBoil Flash, MSR Windburner, and Primus Lite Plus

Find out which popular all-in-one backpacking stove is the most efficient in all manner of conditions

A man holds a redfish on the water
Redfish Fishing

Podcast: The Cold Truth About Winter Fishing In Skinny Saltwater

Think snook, seatrout, and redfish are off the table when it’s freezing? They’re prime for the taking if you know where to look

A hunter with a buck loaded into a truck bed.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

After 200 Hours of Bowhunting, Wisconsin Hunter Finally Sees His Target Buck on Opening Day of Gun Season

"I'd spent so much time hunting Freak Show that when I finally got him, it was like living a dream"

The author tested the new Zeiss V8 NA while hunting antelope and whitetails.
Rifle Scopes

First Look at the New Zeiss V8 NA 2.8-20×56

Zeiss released two new hunting scopes that are highly versatile and super premium

A hunter holds up a buck with stickers on its rack.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Hunter Tags Two Back-to-Back Bucks from the Ground in North Carolina

“I’ve only got a small 15-acre place to hunt, but it’s sure been good to me”

Two hunters field dress a deer.
Deer Hunting

How to Field Dress a Deer, Step by Step

Here's how to properly gut a deer in the field

A hunter calls in a blacktail buck.
Deer Hunting

3 Totally Normal Deer Hunting Tactics We Used to Think Were Bogus

When these ideas were first introduced (and for years after), deer hunters called bull. Now they're mainstays

Two hunters sit and pose in the bed of a truck next to a mule deer.
Mule Deer Hunting

An Old-School Western Mule Deer Hunt, in Memory of Two Midwestern Dads

Two sons hunt for Montana bucks the way their fathers would have—with vintage rifles and well-worn denim