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Helicopter Video Shows Officers Rescuing Duck Hunters Trapped in a Frozen River

By Alex Robinson

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A Polar Bear Tried to Eat My Neighbor — and Other Close Calls With Nanuq in Alaska’s High Arctic

By Scott Haugen

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The Unsolved Mysteries of Trapper and Hunter Deaths Still Haunt the Yukon Wilderness Today

By Bjorn Dihle

Three Florida fishermen with a big red snapper.
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Search Suspended for Missing Florida Fishermen Whose Boat Was Found Drifting in the Gulf

By Dac Collins

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I Became Trapped on an Ice Sheet in Lake Michigan — and Survived Against All Odds

By Ben East

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Podcast: Our Senior Staff Writer Nearly Died on a Backcountry Hunt. Here’s What We’ve Learned from the Experience

By Alex Robinson

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This Happened to Me: I Almost Froze to Death on a Solo Bighorn Hunt

By Cassidy Caron, as told to Scott Einsmann

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The Mysterious “Little People” of Northwest Alaska Are Just One Example of the Supernatural in Arctic Wilderness 

By Bjorn Dihle

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Five Men Met Up for a Deer Hunt. Only Three of Us Survived

By Jerry Bower

An offshore kayak fisherman with a big yellowtail.
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Search for Missing Fishing Influencer Ends 4 Days After Capsized Skiff Found Drifting Off Baja Coast

By Dac Collins

An illustration of a man, Frank Glaser, flying off a sled led by sled dogs.
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The Legend of Frank Glaser, the Toughest Woodsman Alaska Has Ever Seen

By Jim Rearden

Two search-and-rescue professionals hike along a hillside in Oregon.
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Oregon National Guard Deployed as Search for Missing Deer Hunter Enters Third Day

By Dac Collins

A composite image of Ian Stasko and Andrew Porter, elk huntersw ho died in Colorado last month
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‘Tragically Unlucky.’ The Real Story of What Happened to the Elk Hunters Who Disappeared in Colorado’s Wilderness

By Dac Collins

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This One Stupid Decision Nearly Cost Me My Life on a Maine Deer Hunt

By Bill Shaber

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The Tlingit Legend of the Kóoshdaa Káa

By Bjorn Dihle

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Do Bears Hold Grudges? The Legendary Tale of a Wounded Alaskan Grizzly

By Jim Rearden

A photo of police rescuing a man stuck in mud in Maine.
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Watch: Police Rescue Duck Hunter Who Got Stuck in a Quicksand-Like ‘Honey Pot’

By Natalie Krebs

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This Duck Hunt Almost Killed Me. That’s Why I’ll Never Hunt Alone Again

By H.A. Shanklin

A composite image of two hunters Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko in the Rio Grande National Forest in fall.
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Lightning Strike Killed the Two Missing Elk Hunters in Colorado, Coroner Says

By Dac Collins

A snowy fall scene in Colorado, where a hunter was rescued from hypothermia.
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Lost, Hypothermic Hunter Rescued in Colorado Did These ‘Ingenious’ Things, According to the Crew That Found Him

By Natalie Krebs