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Hunters on a mountain top

When People Ask Me Why I Hunt, This Is What I Try to Tell Them

An urchin style bass bait

This Weird Bass Bait Is Fetching Absurd Prices. Here’s Why

By Derek Horner

A fisherman fights a hammerhead

A Hammerhead Busted My Kayak, Then Towed Me for Miles. Rescue Looked Grim

An original color painting of a firetower lookout watching the flames of a wildfire

Natural Disaster Survival

A Wildfire Broke Out Just Miles from My Lookout Tower. I Had to Choose: Stay or Evacuate?

By Rod Diedrick, as told to Eric Collier

A composite image of a big bass caught from a little lake in a vintage color film photo

Largemouth Bass

To Catch the Biggest Bass of Your Life, Try Fishing Smaller Lakes

By Charles Elliott

fisherman throwing a cast net

We Tested the Best Cast Nets for Everything from Menhaden to Glass Minnows

A blue illustration of two men in a canoe on the river.

We Canoed 200 Miles into the Bush for the Best Walleye and Pike Fishing of Our Lives

By Don St. John

A grizzly walks in the snow

I Was Charged by a Grizzly with Three Cubs. All I Had Was My .38 Special

Babe Ruth poses with two other hunters and various dead game animals.

Black Bear Hunting

I Deer Hunted with Babe Ruth. He Tagged a Nice Buck and Wrestled a Cow

Two color photographs of men bass fishing with dragonfly flies.

Largemouth Bass

Old-School Advice for Catching Giant Bass on Dragonflies

By Robert E. Price

An illustration of a man touching a bear attack victim while his horse stands nearby from outdoor life

A Sheep-Killing Grizzly Mauled My Ranch Hand, Who Managed to Crawl a Mile for Help

By Dick Mosher, as told to Ben East

A grizzly bear falls off a cliff in an illustration with a red sky

I Was Trapped on a Cliff Edge, Staring Down a Charging Grizzly

A collection of photographs of record North American catfish.

Catfish Fishing

These Are the Biggest North American Catfish of All Time

By Ken Perrotte

marshmallows cna make good bait.

These Trusty (and Seriously Weird) Baits Still Have a Cult Following

By Byron W. Dalrymple

A composite image of old gun ads from Outdoor Life.

27 Vintage Gun Ads That Introduced Some of America’s Most Iconic Firearms

By Natalie Krebs

maximum point blank range

Maximum-Point-Blank-Range: There’s a Critical Flaw in This Classic Aiming Method

A sign with some OHV restrictions

Policy & Legislation

The Trump Administration Will Open More Federal Lands to Off-Road Vehicles. Backcountry Hunters Warn of Overcrowding

By Natalie Krebs

A big brown trout on the hook at night.

How I Discovered the Best Time to Catch Monster Brown Trout Is at Night

Two hunters and a band of rams run from an avalanche

Natural Disaster Survival

My Client Was Finally in Position on Our Sheep Hunt. Then the Avalanche Struck

By Eric Collier

The author holding a greater amberjack

Saltwater Fishing

Why Amberjack Are the Underrated Gamefish of the Gulf

By Derek Horner