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A caribou bull in the fall.

Big Game Hunting

I Wrecked My Horse, Knocked My Scope, and Missed a Giant Caribou Bull. It Was Worth It

By Charles Elliott

A group of four men after the rescue of Boomer the dog.

Boomer the Bear Dog Was Stranded on a Cliff for Two Days. Then He Got an Unlikely Rescue

By Kris Millgate

44 mag vs 45-70

Lever-Gun Shoot-Out: .44 Remington Magnum vs .45-70 Gov’t

By John B. Snow

Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Elk Hunting Adventures

By Scott Haugen

Wade Tackett holding two crabs

The Bizarre Disappearance of Wade Tackett Still Haunts Southeast Alaska

A blue illustration of bighorns.

I Drew a Rare Desert Bighorn Tag, and Killed One of the Biggest Rams in the State

A black bear walking on a gravel road.

‘It’s Just Unheard Of.’ Arkansas Just Had Its First Black Bear Attack in Decades

By Kris Millgate

A photo of pronghorn on BLM land with oil and gas infrastructure.

Policy & Legislation

Americans Already Agreed How to Balance Energy Development on Public Land in Their States. The House Just Voted to Undo It

By Andrew McKean

A kid lying beside a giant halibut that is the new junior world record.

This Kid Just Wanted to Catch Something Big. He May Have Caught a World Record

bassmaster tournament

Largemouth Bass

Bassmaster (Partially) Bans Forward-Facing Sonar for the 2026 Season. Fans Love It — and Hate It

By Derek Horner

A blue illustration of a big cougar fighting a dog while a scared boy falls nearby

I Faced Off with a Cornered, Wounded Mountain Lion by Myself. I Was 12

By Fred Meyer Schroder, as told to Robert Easton

whitetail drone research

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: This Thermal Drone Project Is Revealing the Surprising Behavior of Mature Bucks

By Alex Robinson

The third-largest public-land gator ever taken in MS.

Big Game Hunting

‘It About Snatched Me Out of the Boat.’ Hunters Tag Giant Gator That’s Nearly a State Record

Pintails flying in a courtship dance.

Wildlife Management

Pintail Numbers Increase, Mallards Are Stable, and Other Takeaways from This Year’s Duck Survey

By Jonathan Olivier

Four anglers hold up a giant striped marlin in Oregon.

Saltwater Fishing

We Just Caught a Giant Striped Marlin Off the Oregon Coast. That Almost Never Happens

A photo illustration of four vintage photos scattered on a table.

Mule Deer Hunting

Most of My Buddies Weren’t Tough Enough to Hunt Velvet Bucks at 13,000 Feet

By Charles Elliott

Fisherman Jimmy Fee holds up a bowfin to the camera.

Quick Strike Podcast: This Is the Secret to Catching More Bowfin

Upland Bird Hunting

Dove Shooter’s Fever on an Old-School Opening Day Hunt

By Carlos Vinson

.30-06 springfield

Jack O’Connor’s Opinion of the Indestructible .30-06

By Jack O'Connor

A black bear swats a dog out of a tree

Black Bear Hunting

A Black Bear Killed Hundreds of Sheep Over the Years. My Dogs Finally Caught Up with Him

By Carl T. Johnson

A blue illustration of a man bowhunting a mountain goat billy.

Big Game Hunting

Locals Said My Way of Hunting Mountain Goats Was Madness. I Did It Anyway

By Lowell Martin

An illustration of a girl looking down a shotgun while her dad, Tom Kelly, stands beside her.

How Col. Tom Kelly Taught His Daughter to Shoot a Shotgun, and Doves

By Col. Tom Kelly

A man carries a deer on his back

I Hiked Too Far While Hunting Early-Season Deer and Lost My Mind from Heat Stroke

By George H. Gibson

Grading a road in the wilderness.

Policy & Legislation

You Have Just 3 Weeks to Object to the Roadless Rule Rollback, Which Will Affect 45 Million Wild Acres Across the U.S.

By Andrew McKean

An illustration of an iguana jumping on a hunter in Mexico

I Hunted Giant Iguanas in Old Mexico. They’re Tough to Hunt and Good to Eat

By Michael Cramond

Two hunters with a bull moose taken in Alaska.

Wildlife Management

Alaskan Guide Sued for Ripping Off 32 Moose Hunters Has Already Booked Trips for 2025

A LDWF game warden rescues a child from a rooftop.

Natural Disaster Survival

16 Powerful Photos of the Sportsmen and Game Wardens Who Helped Rescue Hurricane Katrina Survivors

By Natalie Krebs

Budget semi auto shotgun

Semi-Auto Shotguns

5 Best Budget-Friendly Semi-Auto Shotguns for a Grand (or Less)

By Alex Robinson, John B. Snow

A vintage illustration of a fisherman fighting a pike in a small raft.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

I Waited 20 Years to Fish This Wilderness Lake. It Was Better Than I Dreamed

A drake mallard on the water at a wildlife refuge in Wyoming.

Public Lands & Waters

Feds to Expand Hunting and Fishing Access on 87,000 Acres in 11 States

The 40 Best Labor Day Gun Deals

A big buck stands on the edge of the woods in Michigan.

Wildlife Management

Northern Michigan Lawmakers Want to Secede from the State Game Commission and Form Their Own

butchering deer

9 Expert Butchering Tips to Make Processing Wild Game Easier

By Alex Robinson, Natalie Krebs

A yellow painting of a hunter caught between two bull elk in the woods.

I Got Caught Between Two Giant, Rutting Bull Elk with Nothing But My Hawken

By Jim Tschetter

public land scouting

Whitetail Deer Hunting

5 Hard Truths About Scouting Public Land (and How to Overcome Them)

By Alex Robinson

A Minnesota kayak fisherman with a state-record bowfin.

This Kayak Fisherman Found a Bowfin Honey Hole, Then Landed a State Record

An Ohio angler with a big muskie.

Watch: This Might Be the Sickest Muskie Eat You’ll Ever See

A deer feeder sits on the edge of a clearing.

Mississippi Told Hunters They Could Bait on Public Land This Fall. The Only Problem? It Was a Complete Hoax

A mugshot of an elderly Florida man arrested for assault on a kid who was fishing

‘Not Very Neighborly.’ Florida Man Arrested for Assaulting Kids Fishing a Neighborhood Pond

A freshwater drum fisherman.

Quick Strike Podcast: The Most Underrated Fish in America Will Beat the Hell Out of You

The Bloodvein First Nation stands next to a no-trespassing sign aimed at non-Indigenous hunters.

Wildlife Management

This First Nation Just Barred Non-Native Hunters from Its Territory for ‘Overhunting’

A problem bear with an ear tag peeks over a fence.

Wildlife Management

Officials Tried to Haze a Bear That Nearly Burned a House Down. Instead, They Got Mobbed by Activists

A sheep hunter slips and falls as he decides he can't make it to the sheep.

I Finally Drew a Bighorn Sheep Tag. I Was Too Out of Shape to Fill It

By John F. Lane, as told to Charles Elliott

A painting of a bull elk beside a cow elk on a hill

I Shot the Wrong Bull. It Was Still the Best Day I Ever Spent in the Woods

By Charles Elliott

An illustration of a sow grizzly defending her cub against a giant brown bear.

Grizzly Bear Hunting

We Stalked a Cannibal Brown Bear That Was Trying to Kill a Cub

By Leon Francisco

cane pole fishing

Largemouth Bass

Flipjacking: We Uncover the Lost Art of Cane-Pole Fishing for Bass

By Erwin A. Bauer

Predator Hunting

I Hunted Down the Gator That Killed My Bird Dog — and More Alligator Tales from the South

By John Hightower

A man gets thrown from his horse with a covered wagon

My .30-30 Winchester Is Better Than Your Fancy Rifle

By Francis H. Ames

An Alabama angler next to a pending state-record swordfish.

Swordfish That ‘Looked Like a Dinosaur’ Should Crush the Alabama State Record by 102 Pounds

A 13-year-old angler with a big sea bass in California.

California Kid’s Giant Sea Bass Could Be a New World Record, Except for One Technicality

Fly Fishing from a Kayak? These 3 Tricks Will Prevent a Trainwreck

Best binoculars being tested in Montana

Podcast: Everything Hunters Need to Know About Binoculars and Rifle Scopes

By Scott Einsmann

Rhino farmer John Hume sits in front of a painting in his office.

Wildlife Management

The World’s Biggest (and Richest) Rhino Savior Was Just Arrested for Trafficking Their Horns

A land for sale sign in the Western U.S.

Policy & Legislation

A Sneaky Way Lawmakers Can Sell Your Public Land, and 3 Other Things Insiders Won’t Say on the Record

By Christine Peterson

An illustration of fox squirrels

Small Game Hunting

My Perfect Hunt Is Sneaking Up on Fox Squirrels — Barefoot

By Charles Elliott

Rigby Highland Stalker on Zebra Skin

This Stunning Rigby Is a Throwback to the Golden Age of Sporting Rifles

By John B. Snow

An antique telephone that was being used as an illegal fishing device.

Wildlife Management

Two Poachers Were Busted Using This Old-School Outlaw Technique to Shock Catfish

A U-Haul truck on a road; two hunting guide buddies in Maine.

Survival Skills

Two Hunting Guides Driving a U-Haul Helped Catch a Shooting Suspect in a High-Speed Chase

A vintage illustration of hunters in red check.

Mule Deer Hunting

There Were 38 Other Public-Land Hunters Camped by Me. I Tagged a Buck Anyway

By Chester Chatfield

where to hunt hogs

Big Game Hunting

Where to Hunt Hogs: 5 Best States for DIY Pig Hunts

By M.D. Johnson

A doe stands next to its fawn in the forest.

Wildlife Management

Researchers Just Revealed a Disturbing Way Deer Are Getting Chronic Wasting Disease

An hunter harpoons an alligator in Florida.

Predator Hunting

The Backstory to the Most Epic Gator Hunting Video on the Internet

By Kris Millgate

An illustration of a little bush plane in front of big mountains

My Wife and I Crashed Our Plane While Sheep Hunting. It Was Worth It

By Aubrey Taylor, as told to Hiram Savage

night time smallmouth

Smallmouth Bass

Night Fishing Secrets: 4 Species You Should Be Targeting After Sunset This Summer