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Wildlife Management

‘I Couldn’t Believe My Eyes.’ Live Paddlefish Are Being Mutilated with Obscene Messages and Released Alive in Missouri

Climate & Environment

‘Everything Is Ready to Burn.’ The West Braces for a Brutal Fire Season

By Christine Peterson

Crappie Fishing

When Do Crappie Spawn? Just Follow This Water Temperature Guide

By Cory Schmidt

I Hunted One Gobbler So Obsessively It Nearly Cost Me My Job

By Nathan Taylor

Public Lands & Waters

‘Call Your Senators, It’s Go Time.’ The Senate Will Likely Vote on Boundary Waters Protections This Week

By Natalie Krebs, Dac Collins

This Viral Video Shows the Ugly Side of Turkey Reaping. It’s High Time to Reconsider Our Turkey Hunting Culture

By Alex Robinson

Wildlife Management

This Footage of a Puking Snake Is a Gross Reminder of Why Python Control Is So Important

Wilderness Survival

Minnesota Wildlife Officer Airlifted After Falling 20 Feet While Removing an Illegal Tree Stand

Quick Strike Podcast: The Secret Spoon for Catching Big Shad

‘Too Fat to Jump.’ West Virginia Teen’s Massive Golden Rainbow Trout Is a Pending State Record

Turkey Calling Tips: The Ultimate Guide to Bringing a Gobbler in Close

By Josh Honeycutt, Alex Robinson

Catfish Fishing

For His First Camp Out, I Took My Son to an Old Bootlegger’s Island in the Bayou

By Earl E. Guess

Calling Mountain Lions at Close Range Is a Predator Hunt Unlike Anything Else

By Scott Haugen

I Raised 3 Kids Alone in the Wilderness. Surviving Bear and Moose Attacks Was (Almost) Routine

By Olive A. Fredrickson

Old-School Tips for Catching Big Bass Right Now

Foraging & Gardening

Here’s How Your Granddaddy Foraged for Nuts, Berries, and Fruits to Live Off the Land

By Bill Scifres

Bass Angler Who Lied About Where He Caught a 12-Pounder Now Facing 10 Years in Jail

Wildlife Management

Oklahoma Is Now Releasing Pen-Raised Deer into the Wild as Part of a Vast CWD Experiment

The Near-Death Moments That Nearly Finished Two Iconic American Gunmakers

By Jack O'Connor

5 Overlooked, Old-School Trout Flies to Throw This Spring

Catfish Fishing

11-Year-Old Battles a 72-Pound Catfish and Just Misses Catching a State Record

Wildlife Management

Idaho Just Made It Much Harder to Get a Lifetime Hunting License After Nonresidents, Influencers Abuse It

By Natalie Krebs

I Quit Fishing for the Addictive Thrill of Hunting Rattlesnakes — and Got Bit

By Dr. C. E. Kuschel

Catfish Fishing

How to Catch Channel Catfish — and Why You Should Target Them This Spring

Idaho Declares Hunting the Official State Sport, Asks for Help Choosing a State Gun

By Kris Millgate

12 Old-School Tips for Tagging Wary Gobblers

Climate & Environment

The USDA Just Finalized Faster Environmental Reviews for Public-Land Projects

By Christine Peterson

Wildlife Management

Podcast: The World of Anti-Hunting and Animal-Rights Activism Is Getting Weirder

By Alex Robinson

Wilderness Survival

I Nearly Died in the Woods Because I Broke the Cardinal Rule of Getting Lost

By Robert Fisher, as told to Ben East

Turkey Van Tour Video: What to Do When Gobblers Go Ghost

By Roy Holdford

Wildlife Management

Texas Is Working to Save Its Remaining ‘Ghost Wolves,’ Which Carry Extinct DNA

Policy & Legislation

Online Retail Giant Bows to Activists by Banning Fur Sales. It’s Hurting Conservation and American Trappers

By Natalie Krebs

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: The Early-Season Salmon Bite Most Anglers Miss

Wildlife Management

More Than Half of Colorado’s Reintroduced Wolves Are Dead. Can the Program Survive Another Year?

How to Clean a Coyote Hide in Your Washing Machine

Antelope Hunting

How to Insult Your Western Hunting Guide

By Charles Elliott

The Best Live Baits Most Anglers Ignore (But Fish Can’t Resist)

Predator Hunting

The Night I Treed Four Cougars, and Nearly Died Chasing Them

By E. Boyd Hilderbrand, as told to Ken Crandall

I Set a Bass Fishing Record, Then Was Nearly Killed By a Tornado

By August Manweiler

Wilderness Survival

The Miraculous Story of How an Old, Lost Hunter Was Rescued from the Woods, Against All Odds

Largemouth Bass

Texas Trophy Bass Program Ends Season with 19 Huge Fish Recorded, Including This 14-Pounder

Wildlife Management

If Corporations Can Be Considered ‘People,’ Why Not a Caribou Herd?

It’s Official: This Gigantic Tuna Is the Biggest Bluefin Ever Caught in Texas

By Alex Robinson, Bob McNally

Mule Deer Hunting

“You Can’t Eat Antlers.” One of the Biggest Bucks Ever Taken in Colorado Was Nearly Lost to History

By Arthur Hawthorne Carhart

Policy & Legislation

‘A Total Threat to My Way of Life.’ New Wyoming PAC Aims to Oust Anti-Public-Land Politicians

By Natalie Krebs

Largemouth Bass

How to Fish a Texas Rig — The One Rig Every Bass Angler Needs to Know

By Derek Horner

Policy & Legislation

Kentucky Wildlife Officials Want to Restrict Wakeboats. State Lawmakers Won’t Let Them

5 Wild Things We’ve Found While Fishing in Rivers

I Had a Perfect Setup — Then Made the Worst Move in Turkey Hunting

By Charles Elliott

Wildlife Management

Former Head of Louisiana Wildlife Agency Pleads Guilty to ‘Conspiring to Defraud the United States’

Turkey Hunting Is the Best Way to Introduce Someone to Hunting. Change My Mind

I Spent 40 Years Living with Wolves. They Still Manage to Surprise Me

as told to Jim Rearden, By Frank Glaser

Hornady Says It Will Phase Out Creedmoor and PRC Cartridges, Shifts Focus to Proven Classics

A Wolf Attacked a Woman in Germany Just Weeks After Politicians Push to Legalize Wolf Hunting There

Big Game Hunting

Video: Sleep In and Take Your Time When Targeting Turkeys That Won’t Gobble

By Roy Holdford

Striped Bass Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: The First Stripers of the Year Are Already Biting. Here’s How to Find Them

Meet Juice, the 7-Year-Old Lab from Louisiana Who Fetches Bullfrogs

By Natalie Krebs

Crappie Fishing

This 11-Year-Old Angler Took His Record Crappie Home for Dinner

Wilderness Survival

Watch: Epic Rescue Footage Shows Hiker Dangling from a Helicopter Over the Grand Canyon

Survival Skills

8 Weird Yet Effective Ways to Start a Fire

By Tim MacWelch

I Watched a Giant Rattlesnake Kill a Man

By Archibald Rutledge

Wildlife Management

I Took Down Outlaws, Poachers, and Plenty of Politicians in My 22 Years as Chief Game Warden

By Elliott S. Barker

How to Turn a Rescue, a Couch-Potato Lab, or an Off-Breed Pup into a Hunting Dog

By Jennifer Wapenski

We Fished a Hidden Spot Deep in the Everglades. It Was the Most Violent Fishing I’ve Ever Experienced

By Charles Elliott