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Vortex Sparc Solar red dot sight
Optics

Steal This Red Dot for $90: It Was $350

One of our favorite red dots is on sale for a crazy low price

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Bow Hunting Gear

The 10 Best Lancaster Archery Supply Black Friday Deals

Save on 3D targets, bow accessories, bows, hunting gear, optics, and more

An elk hunter with his bull elk and the rancher who stole it.
Public Lands & Waters

Watch: A Landowner Stole My Buddy’s Public-Land Elk to Deter Us from ‘Hunting This Outfit’

While hunting and camping on public land in Wyoming, my buddies spotted a man running off with one of our skulls. He caught up with the rancher — and confronted him

A bald eagle on a post.
Climate & Environment

Feds Announce Plan to Overhaul the Endangered Species Act. It Throws Out Science and Adds (More) Red Tape

The public has 30 days to comment on an overhaul of landmark legislation that has prevented 99 percent of listed species from going extinct and benefits common fish and game species, too

deer walks uphill in brushy field
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Quit Treestands a Decade Ago. It Turns Out Hunting Whitetails from the Ground Is More Fun

Stalking the same alfalfa field on Montana’s Milk River has supplied me and my family with lessons on life, whitetails, and staying free

A Utah biologist ropes a bighorn.
Wildlife Management

Watch: Utah Biologist Ropes 3 Bighorns Trapped in a Red Rock Formation

The bighorns had been stranded for an estimated 16 days by the time the two biologists discovered them

Palmetto State Armory Black Friday 2025
Optics

The Best Palmetto State Armory Black Friday Deals

Save on optics, ammo, and guns during PSA's Black Friday sale

A giant Missouri buck.
Trophy Deer

He Almost Skipped the Hunt for His Son’s Homecoming, Then Shot a 200-Class Droptine

“It was the worse feeling possible, thinking I lost him"

A public health sign advising fishermen not to consume the fish in a contaminated pond.
Climate & Environment

The EPA Is Gutting the Clean Water Act, Which Has Protected Fish and Game for 53 Years

“We’re really talking about a huge loss of basic pollution and destruction protections for the vast majority of the nation’s wetlands and streams. So there will be fewer places to fish or to hunt and the places that are left to fish and to hunt you will have to worry a little more about what you will be eating”

A haul of pollock aboard a factory trawler.
Policy & Legislation

This Mind-Boggling Commercial Fishing Practice Is Robbing Alaska’s Anglers

Even as some Alaskans are banned from catching king salmon, trawlers killed and tossed 39,000 last year — along with 4.5 million pounds of halibut, 3 million pounds of herring, and one killer whale. What gives?

The Garmin Echomap Ultra 2 excels at forward facing sonar
Fishing Gear

Early Black Friday Deals on Fish Finders: Save $1,300+ on Garmin ECHOMAP Ultra 2

Save on LiveScope, ice fishing fish finders, and more with these early Black Friday Deals

Jim Carmichel with an elk
Hunting Rifles

3 Rifles to Hunt the World, According to Jim Carmichel

Our former shooting editor hunted all over the globe. Here are his picks for everything from deer to cape buffalo

mallards on private land
Waterfowl Hunting

Copper Wire Thieves ‘Cripple’ Arkansas Duck Waters Just Ahead of Opener

Without working pumps, 20 of 23 impoundments can't be flooded to create seasonal waterfowl habitat

Freel glasses for caribou in the arctic
Hunting Gear

15 Incredible Early Black Friday Deals from Cabela’s

We hunted down the best deals and prioritized them for maximum savings

A bowhunter with a Missouri buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Missouri Bowhunter Tags 180-Class Buck That He Nicknamed ‘Texas Red’

Many men had tried to take him and that many men were — left with unpunched tags

Earl T. McMaster with his big Montana hwitetail.
Duck Hunting

I Shot a Limit of Mallards, then Tagged the No. 4 All-Time Record Buck

After my graveyard shift ended, I decided to go duck hunting. But I brought my rifle — just in case

Joe Cermele with a tautog caught on an ultralight jig.
Saltwater Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Catch Tautog Like the Cool Kids

Check the broomstick rod at the door and go light for these delicious wreck dwellers

illustration of gunsmith at work
Rifles

How the Kentucky Rifle Turned Frontier Deer Hunters into America’s First Snipers

Rifles brought from Europe were of little use in the American wilderness. So hunters, frontiersmen, and revolutionaries began demanding something new from their gunsmiths

An offshore kayak fisherman with a big yellowtail.
Wilderness Survival

Search for Missing Fishing Influencer Ends 4 Days After Capsized Skiff Found Drifting Off Baja Coast

Searchers found Mikey Rijavec's body five days after the fisherman called in a mayday and four days after they located his skiff

deer hunting
Mule Deer Hunting

These Basic Tools and Tactics Can Make Any Deer Hunter a Better Shooter

You don’t need an expensive rifle or high-end optics to benefit from the lessons and skills learned in long range shooting competitions