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Public Lands & Waters

Controversial BLM Nominee Steve Pearce Advances to Senate for a Full Vote, Says He’s ‘Not So Sure’ About Keeping Public Lands

By Andrew McKean

Largemouth Bass

Bass Guide Lands a 13-Pound Largemouth on His First Time Fishing a New Lake

Photos: Meet the Renegade Hunters Who Are Skiing into the Backcountry with Their Bird Dogs

Photographs by Peter Wadsworth, Story by Ashley Thess

Wilderness Survival

After My Husband Died, I Learned to Homestead Solo and Feed Our 3 Kids. Here’s How We Survived

By Olive A. Fredrickson

‘Our Jaws Just Dropped.’ Jumbo Perch Caught Through the Ice Should Break a 44-Year-Old State Record

Largemouth Bass

Quick Strike Podcast: 3 Big Bass Baits You Should Throw This Spring

Largemouth Bass

‘Shaking Like a Leaf.’ Texas Angler Pulls His Second 13-Pounder from the Same Lake

Policy & Legislation

High-Fence Ranches in Idaho Promised Biosecurity. Then Elk Started Escaping, and Wild Deer and Moose Broke in

By Christine Peterson

How My Decision to Embrace Traditional Bowhunting Has Shaped Three Generations of Family

Largemouth Bass

‘God Sent Him That Fish.’ Tennessee Man Catches Pending State-Record Bass

I Traveled 6,000 Miles in Search of Fabled Giant Trout. What I Found Was Even Better Than I Imagined

Big Game Hunting

Is It a Guide’s Job to Risk His Life for a Client?

By Eric Collier

I Learned to Hunt (and Cook) Louisiana’s Invasive Swamp Rats Like a Local

By Gerry Bethge

He Was Arrested at Gunpoint Over Public Access. His Case Reshaped the Montana Fishing Scene

How a Born-and-Raised New Yorker Fell in Love with Bowhunting

Wilderness Survival

My Wife and I Escaped Our Flooding Cabin — Then Nearly Froze to Death in the Yard

By Angus Franklin MacIver

‘It’s a Miracle.’ College Student Rescues Older Ice Fisherman Who Fell in a Lake, Survived for 3 Hours

Outdoor Life Merch Drop: High-Quality Stickers Are Here

By Natalie Krebs

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Angler Pulls Pending State-Record Muskie Through the Ice, Fulfilling a Yearslong Dream

Policy & Legislation

Podcast: Randy Newberg’s Forecast for Our Public Lands Has Some Surprising Good News

By Natalie Krebs

10-Year-Old Catches a State-Record Drum Worth $22,000 in a Family Fishing Derby

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Video: How the Hunting Public Mastered Deer Drives

By Roy Holdford

Wildlife Management

Man Who Parked Directly in Front of Hunter’s Deer Blind Told Game Wardens He ‘Was Out There to Be a Pain’

Largemouth Bass

‘A Special Big Bass Spot.’ This Guide Just Caught His 15th 13-Plus-Pounder From the Same Lake

Two Problem Bears Terrorized Us for a Week in the Wilderness. We Fought Back with Torches and Cherry Bombs

By Doris DeCleene

Climate & Environment

The Interior Just Gutted a Bedrock Conservation Law That Will Affect Public Lands Everywhere

By Christine Peterson

Remembering Crown, the Very Good Duck Dog Who Retrieved 42 Species of North American Waterfowl

By Kris Millgate

What’s So Bad About Stevan Pearce, Trump’s Pick to Run the BLM? For Starters, His Public-Land Track Record

By Andrew McKean

The Backstory Behind Olympian Connor Hellebuyck’s Bass-Covered Goalie Helmet

Quick Strike Podcast: The Truth About Fish Size and Bag Limits

I Was Asked to Investigate a Wolf Attack. Here’s What I Found

By Frank Glaser, as told to Jim Rearden

Wildlife Management

Vote Now: These 13 Wild Trail-Cam Photos Range from Stunning to Seriously Funny

By Natalie Krebs

Redfish Fishing

This Massive Redfish Could Have Been a New State Record. There Was No Way to Officially Weigh It

Largemouth Bass

My Son Talked Me into Going Fishing and I Caught the Biggest Bass of My Life

7 PRC vs 7mm Rem Mag: Here’s Why the New Cartridge Is Superior

By Mike Dickerson

Amelia Earhart Decides Fly Fishing Isn’t for Her

By Amelia Earhart

Grizzly Bear Hunting

The Alaska Bear Hunt That Tested My Entire Family

By Kenneth C. Kellar

How I Finally Killed the Legendary Cohutta Gobbler, the Turkey Every Hunter Wanted

By Charles Elliott

Wildlife Management

Aoudad in Texas Are Getting Pink Eye. The State’s Desert Bighorns Are Safe — For Now

By Kris Millgate

Climate & Environment

Trump Administration Defends the Pebble Mine Veto in a Win for Wild Salmon

Video: Before There Were Modern Tip-Ups, Ice Fisherman Used This Trick

By Alex Robinson

Treacherous Country, Mischievous Horses, and One Missing Ram Turned Our DIY Sheep Hunt into a Rodeo

By Robert M. Hobbs

The Dual Threat Fishing League Might Be the Biggest Scam in the History of Bass Tournaments

Sorry Conspiracy Theorists, Suppressor Wait Times Are Still Short After the Tax Stamp Went to $0

Podcast: Underrated Destinations for the Traveling Turkey Hunter

By Alex Robinson

Largemouth Bass

This California Mega Bass Might Not Qualify as a Record Because of a Weird Technicality

The Price of TSS Turkey Loads Has Skyrocketed, But Absurd Costs Won’t Kill This Popular Load — Yet

By Natalie Krebs

Guide Catches a Monster 16-Pound Bass While Giving His Client a Forward-Facing Sonar Lesson

Iowa Fisherman Skips Super Bowl to Take Kids Fishing, Ends Up Catching a State-Record Crappie

Wildlife Management

South Florida’s Newest Invasive Threat Is a 6-Foot-Long Lizard from Africa

By Kris Millgate

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Stop Taking Bad (and Unsafe) Fish Pics on Your Phone

Black Bear Hunting

I Joined a Horseback Posse to Track Down a Cattle-Eating, Dog-Killing Black Bear

A Plane Crash, a Car Wreck, and Bogged Horses: How My Wife and I Turned the Worst Hunt of Our Lives into the Best

This Legendary Turkey Hunter Became the First Person to Tag a Wild Gobbler in Every Canadian Province Where Hunting Is Allowed

By Alex Robinson

I Interviewed Teddy Roosevelt After His Wilderness Mountain Lion Hunt. Here’s Why His Rifle Had Teeth Marks

By J.A. McGuire

Things My Fellow New Yorkers Say When They Find Out I’m a Hunter

After Our Editor Saw an Early Screening of ’Bambi,’ He Warned Walt Disney the Movie Was ’the Worst Insult Ever Offered’ to Sportsmen

Quick-Thinking Guide, Volunteer Firefighters Rescue 30 Bird Dogs from a Burning Kennel

Mule Deer Hunting

My Stepson and I Tagged Out at the Same Time. My Buck Was One of the Biggest Ever Taken in Colorado

‘It’s a Powerful Thing.’ Texas Fishing Guide Lands Another Lunker Bass, Sets a New Lake Record

Policy & Legislation

The Forest Service Wants to ‘Streamline’ How Your Public Lands Are Managed by Giving You Less Opportunity to Comment

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Milo Hanson, the Saskatchewan Farmer Who Tagged the Biggest Buck of All Time, Dies at 81

By Andrew McKean

Back When Odds of Drawing a $10 Desert Bighorn Tag Were 1 in 7, My Wife Enlisted Me as Her Guide

By Robert V. Broadbent

Wildlife Management

An International Group Wants to Reintroduce Mountain Lions in Vermont. State Officials Say Not So Fast