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Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Thought Alaska Had Beaten Me. Then, Finally, I Saw the Biggest Brown Bear of My Life

By Kenneth C. Kellar

A sow grizzly stands on her hind legs.

Another Hunter Was Just Mauled by a Grizzly, This Time in Alberta

By Natalie Krebs

Ryan Callaghan has been named the new president and CEO of BHA.

Public Lands & Waters

Ryan ‘Cal’ Callaghan Named the New CEO of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

By Natalie Krebs, Alex Robinson

A photo of a big brown trout being released.

Wildlife Management

It’s Time to Rethink Catch-and-Release Trout Fishing — or Get Much Better at It

By Christine Peterson

Two guys drag a deer out of the brush.

Hunter Recruitment

21 Ways to Recruit New People into Hunting and Fishing

The best gifts for anglers

Best Gifts for Anglers: The Fishing Gear They Actually Want

By Scott Einsmann

Whitetail Deer Hunting

27 Bad Excuses Why You Didn’t Kill a Buck Last Year

By Will Brantley, Tony Hansen

An illustration of a grouse hunter sitting on a porch.

My Dog and I Got Lost in the Grouse Woods. We Found Something I Still Can’t Explain

By Joel M. Vance

A painting of two bears attacking a guy.

They Tell You to Play Dead When a Brown Bear Attacks. I Found Out If It Really Works

By Rollin Braden, as told to Marguerite Reiss

Fisherman Joe Cermele holds up a cow striped bass.

Striped Bass Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Use This Key Baitfish to Catch Your Bass of a Lifetime

A hunter in a blaze orange Outdoor Life rooster hoodie holds up a pheasant for a Lab.

Outdoor Life Merch Drop: Rooster Hoodies Are Here

By Natalie Krebs

ANWR coastal plain

Climate & Environment

Trump Administration Opens the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Drilling

By Natalie Krebs

A gambel's quail sits ona. log in the evening sunshine.

The Time Jack O’Connor Trespassed, Killed a Quail in a Lady’s Yard, and Somehow Still Got Hunting Permission

By Jack O'Connor

An older yellow Lab returning with a wild rooster.

I Learned One of Life’s Most Important Lessons from My First Bird Dog

By Christine Peterson

The new state-record sow black bear in Maine.

Black Bear Hunting

Maine Guide Snares a New State-Record Black Bear

An illustration of Alaskan settlers seeing caribou in the early 1900s.

Big Game Hunting

The Craziest Thing This Legendary Frontiersman Ever Saw in Alaska

By Frank Glaser, as told to Jim Rearden

Freel with black bear

Stop Shooting Bears Here; Hunter Education Has Failed Us on Bear Anatomy

A huge muskie caught on the fly

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Tips for Targeting Muskies on the Fly

A shooter shooting an SBE3 shotgun with a banish 12 can.

The Banish 12 Shotgun Suppressor, Tested and Reviewed

By Natalie Krebs

A screenshot of iron bar holdings and corner parcels

Public Lands & Waters

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Corner-Crossing Case

By Christine Peterson

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The Coolest Air Pistols for Backyard Plinking

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Looking For a Hunting Suppressor? These Are the 5 Best I Have Used

Darton TriTech 35 reivew

Bow Hunting Gear

Darton TriTech 35 Review, A New Level of Compound Bow Tuning

Tract Toric Deer Hunting Binocular

The 6 Best Binoculars for Whitetail Hunters, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean, Intro by Scott Einsmann

Hunter with baby in carrier on back also carries part of an elk through rocky, woody terrain.

Antelope Hunting

I Used to Be an Anti-Hunter. Now I Take My Daughter Hunting with Me

By Christine Peterson

An illustration of a buck running through the woods and a hunter aiming at it.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Went Looking for a Lost Hunter, and Found the Big Buck I’d Been Tracking All Season

best hearing protection for hunting

You Still Need Ear Pro While Hunting. Here Are Your 4 Best Options

A grizzly swats at a pheasant hunter in an illustration.

I Tried to Flush a Pheasant. Instead, I Got Mauled by a Grizzly — and 320 Stitches

By John Haviland

An illustration of Jim Carmichel shooting offhand with an eland in the background.

Big Game Hunting

The Hunt That Broke Jim Carmichel

By Jim Carmichel

B&W photo of hunter with deer in trunk

I Spent 5 Years Bowhunting One of the Biggest Nontypicals Ever. Then My Buddy Killed Him

A watercolor of a bighorn ram on a cliff.

I Nearly Died Trying to Recover My Bighorn Ram, But I Couldn’t Leave Him on the Mountain

By Steve Coy with Larry Mueller

A wild horse rears up over a hunter in red check.

The Forgotten Legend of Dick Church, Canada’s Wild-Horse Bounty Hunter

By I.P. Calliston

Crows swoop past an owl decoy

My Best Old-School Tips for Hunting Crows — Including This One Weird, Noisy Trick

By Bert Popowski

A film photo of a goat hunter resting beside his goat and mountain bike.

Big Game Hunting

I Used My Old-School Mountain Bike to Hunt My Archery World-Record Mountain Goat

By Lyle Willmarth, as told to Lee Kline

Tethrd vs Lattitude

Bow Hunting Gear

Latitude Method 3 vs Tethrd Carnivore: Two-Panel Tree Saddle Showdown

An illustration of a grizzly mauling a man with a wooden rifle in Alaska.

I Ignored My Gut Feeling and Went Hunting with Buddies Anyway. Then a Bear Almost Killed Me

By Larry Mueller, Marguerite Reiss

An illustration of deer hunters

Whitetail Deer Hunting

We Invited a 13-Year-Old on His First Deer Hunt. He Ended Up Teaching Us a Few Things

A fisherman holds up a nice steelhead

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Breaking Down Bead Selection for Fall Steelhead

An illustration of a hunter in a pine tree about to shoot a 250-inch buck.

The Hunt for the Jameson Buck, a 250-Inch Legend That Lived in an Old Strip Mine

By Michael Pearce

An illustration of pronghorn antelope running

Antelope Hunting

A Sneeze Turned into the Best Pronghorn Tactic I Ever Tried

By Bert Popowski

A painting of two ruffed grouse.

The Best Grouse Hunting in America Isn’t Where You Think

By Worth Matthewson

An illustration of a bull elk

Antelope Hunting

How My Wife and I Bought 5 Big-Game Tags and Pulled Off the Western Hunt of a Lifetime

By Robert Merchant

A man unleashes a hound in the snow.

Our Best Hound Turned Out to Be the Dog I Never Believed In

A man holds up a nice smallmouth bass caught in the fall.

Quick Strike Podcast: Understanding Lake Turnover Can Rescue Your Fall Fishing

A FWC staffer holds up a Burmese python cauhgt in Florida.

Wildlife Management

Can You Make a Living Hunting Pythons? We Asked Florida’s Invasive Snake Contractors

By Christine Peterson

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Wilderness Survival

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

By H.A. Shanklin

A hunter smiles alongside his bird dog after a successful duck hunt.

I Trained My Shelter Dog to Hunt Ducks and Grouse in a Month. He’s a Natural

By Kris Millgate

Bear 747 in Brooks falls.

Wildlife Management

9 Photos of Alaska’s Enormous ‘Fat Bear Week’ Champs

By Natalie Krebs

Jack O'Connor on safari, kneeling behind a waterbuck with three guides/trackers beside him.

Big Game Hunting

The .270 Isn’t Powerful Enough? Jack O’Connor Took His on a 30-Day African Safari

By Jack O'Connor

Two hunters drag a deer in a sled in the back yard of their suburban home.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

9 Photos of a Surreal Day in the Life of Suburban Deer Hunters

Photographs by Greg Kahn, story by Natalie Krebs

Testing rain gear in the field

Backcountry Hunting Gear

The Best Hunting Rain Gear, Tested and Reviewed

By Matt Cashell

A photo of Ed Koberstein with his big Alberta typical buck.

The Hunt for the Ed Koberstein Buck, a World-Record Contender That Lost After a Scoring Mixup

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Maximize Fillets, with Reed “The Fish Monger” Brand

A yellow Lab leaps toward a flushing pheasant.

6 Incredible Stories About the Greatest Hunting Dogs We’ve Ever Had

By Andrew McKean

A re-colorized image of Ted Trueblood in a plaid hunting jacket looking at the mountains.

Mule Deer Hunting

Why You Should Always Talk to the Game Warden, According to Ted Trueblood

By Ted Trueblood

A crew of guys stand on a deck holding and surrounded by yellowtail fish.

Photos: Meet the Diehard Crews Who Power SoCal’s Offshore Tuna Scene

Photos by Tom Fowlks, Story by Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a rhino charging theodore roosevelt

Big Game Hunting

I Faced Down a Charging Rhino, Just Like My Great-Grandfather, Teddy Roosevelt

By Jonathan Roosevelt

An illustration of a black bear sow facing off with hunters.

I’ve Lived in Bear Country My Whole Life. Here’s What Happens When Bears Don’t Back Down

A young hunter approaches a bull moose in an illustration.

I Was Nearly Trampled by an Angry Bull Moose

By J. Lee Voorhees

Testing the Leupold Mark 6 HD 1-6 LPVO

The Best LPVO Scopes for Hunting, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

A man holds up a nice peacock bass in Florida.

Quick Strike Podcast: Why You Need to Fish for These Hard-Fighting Florida Exotics Before You Die

A black and white illustration of a bear attacking a man

Wilderness Survival

I’ll Always Remember the Day I Went Round for Round With a Grizzly

By Don Vitto, as told to Jim Zumbo

Three mule deer dangle from a helicopter in orange bags.

Wildlife Management

13 Weird and Wonderful Wildlife Photos from a Day in the Life of a Conservation Biologist

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a bull moose charging a hunter in a red checked shirt

What I’ve Learned from the 50-Plus Moose I’ve Killed, and the Ones That Tried to Kill Me