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A state-record longear sunfish caught in Mississippi.

Panfish Fishing

Lure Maker with Several State Records to His Credit Catches Two Record Sunfish on Back-to-Back Days

Cody Kabus returned a trophy-class buck to the rightful Wisconsin hunter

Whitetail Deer Hunting

A Wisconsin Bowhunter Killed the Biggest Buck He’d Ever Seen. Then He Gave It to Another Hunter

By Alice Jones Webb

Polar bear lifts paw walking across kelp

Two Tourists Got Pissed They Didn’t Get to Photograph Polar Bears Because of Native Hunters

By Natalie Krebs

A Michigan angler with a fat smallmouth bass.

Smallmouth Bass

‘Bowling Ball’ Smallmouth Caught in Michigan Was Busting at the Seams

A strutting turkey in green greass

The 7 Biggest Turkey Hunting Mistakes That Will Keep You From Punching Your Tag

By Alex Robinson

Two strutting toms next to a hen turkey.

If Turkey Populations Are Struggling, Why Do We Still Shoot Hens in the Fall?

Tom turkeys spar in a Montana field.

Turkey Hunting with My Dad Is an Exercise in Trying Not to Kill Each Other

By Natalie Krebs

A UK angler holds up a fat common carp.

Giant Carp Caught in European Pay Lake Could Break the Unofficial World Record … Again?

Big Game Hunting

A Tiger Killed 23 Sheep in a Neighboring Village. We Spent Weeks Tracking It Down

By Cyril E. Holland

A Carolina hunter holds up a gobbler; a close-up of a turkey leg with two spurs.

‘Everyone Calls Me Lucky.’ New Turkey Hunter Tags a Double-Spurred Gobbler

Why Does Ammo Keep Getting More Expensive?

By Natalie Krebs

A house bill has earmarked federal public land for sale

Policy & Legislation

An Amendment to Sell Thousands of Acres of Public Land in Nevada and Utah Just Slipped into a House Budget Bill

By Andrew McKean

Two hunters walk into the foothills.

Public Lands & Waters

Too Much Public Land Is ‘Landlocked’ by Private Property. This New Program Is Helping Hunters and Anglers Access It

A blue illustration of two men caught in a strainer when their canoe rammed into a beaver dam.

Wilderness Survival

My Brother and I Are Expert Paddlers. We Nearly Drowned Anyway

By Thomas E. Appel

A large Florida black bear stands in tall grass.

Days Before Florida Considers a Bear Hunt, the State Suffers Its First Fatal Black Bear Attack

By Alice Jones Webb

The sun sets on a perfect September day of paddling and fishing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

Climate & Environment

House Committee Weighs Budget Bill That Would Allow Boundary Waters Mine, Approve Ambler Road, and Mandate Massive Coal Leases

By Andrew McKean

A deer walks by an arch at Yellowstone National Park.

Wildlife Management

Private Land Is Being Developed in the West. National Park Tourists Would Pay to Help Stop It

By Christine Peterson

Anita Colton euro nymphing.

Quick Strike Podcast: Is Euro Nymphing Right for You?

A child holds up a giant morel mushroom with several huge morels sprawled across a tailgate.

Foraging & Gardening

Young Mushroom Hunter Finds a Giant Morel the Size of His Head

By Alice Jones Webb

A pronghorn antelope, crawls under a barbed wire fence.

Wildlife Management

Coloradans Just Tore Down a Bunch of Barbed Wire Fencing to Help Wild Game

The setup the author used to hunt black bears with a 6.5 Creedmoor

I’ve Become Recoil Shy in My Old Age. Is the 6.5 Creedmoor a Legit Elk Round?

By John B. Snow

An illustration of a charging bear

Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Stalked America’s Most Dangerous Game in the Riskiest Place Possible

By Frank C. Hibben

a man catches a leaping dolphin fish

Saltwater Fishing

No One Would Take Me Fishing, So I Stowed Away on a Commercial Boat

By George Heinold

wisconsin whitetail buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Claims Record Deer Populations and High Harvests, But CWD Trouble Looms

By Alex Robinson

Two Missouri redear sunfish.

Panfish Fishing

‘I’ve Finally Got the Record,’ Says Teen Who Arrowed the New Missouri Redear Sunfish Record

By Alice Jones Webb

A bass ate a snake and surprised a fisherman.

Largemouth Bass

Video: ‘Oh My Jesus!’ Snake Slithers Out of Bass’ Mouth, Shocks Fisherman

By Alex Robinson

A hunter packs out a buck; a busted ankle injured during the hunt.

Wilderness Survival

I Fell in a Hole While Packing Out My Buck in a Storm. This Old SOS Trick Saved Me

An illustration of a bull moose charging a hunter on a horse.

A Dozen Times I Should Have Died While Hunting and Fishing

By Charles Elliott

A turkey hunter with a banded gobbler she killed in Oklahoma.

‘Never in a Million Years.’ Turkey Hunter Tags Banded Gobbler in Oklahoma

an alabama turkey taken with help from a trail camera

How to Use Trail Cameras for Turkey Hunting

By Andrew McKean, Alex Robinson

Snakehead bounty

This Bounty Hunter Is Earning Thousands Fishing for Snakeheads in Baltimore

Two anglers in a bass boat look toward an oncoming storm.

Natural Disaster Survival

We Fished Through a Tornado Until It Flipped My Boat. I Only Survived by the Grace of God

Brian Johnson, as told to Dac Collins

black and white photo of three duck hunters with side-by-side shotguns.

Double Barrel Shotguns

Who Killed the Side-by-Side Shotgun?

By Jim Carmichel

A fat yellow bass caught in Wisconsin.

A Wisconsin Fisherman Just Landed This State-Record Yellow Bass

Man holds up a record lake trout in Minnesota

Minnesota Just Confirmed This Lake Trout as a New State Record

By Natalie Krebs

An angler holds up a trophy bass caught in Chicago.

‘I Wasn’t Seeking Glory.’ Smallmouth Bass Caught in Chicago Was Just an Ounce Shy of the State Record

Salmon fishing in a storm

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

No Other Fish Has Divided Anglers Like Landlocked Salmon

A dead elk killed by wolves with blood on the concrete.

Wildlife Management

California Sheriff Declares His County ‘Under Siege’ from Gray Wolves

By Natalie Krebs

Mr. Fox poses with his turkey and golf cart blind.

At 94, Mossy Oak Legend Mr. Fox Just Tagged a Gobbler from This Custom Golf-Cart Blind

By Alice Jones Webb

A fishing guide holds up a pending state-record bighead carp.

This Fishing Guide Probably Just Broke His Own State Record with a Massive Bighead Carp

A black and white and orange illustration of a bowhunter at full draw.

Big Game Hunting

We Wanted to Bowhunt Caribou. Our Guides Were Skeptical — at First

By Cliff Coe, as told to Frank Tinker

nocpix thermal photo

Congress Investigates Chinese Thermal Optics Provider for Suspected Weapons Sanctions Evasion

By Andrew McKean

Side by side images of a man with a bloodied face and with his injured face bandaged.

A Bobcat Mauled an 82-Year-Old Turkey Hunter. He Shrugged It Off

By Alice Jones Webb

Two Ohio game wardens with the award they received from the Pope and Young Club in April.

Wildlife Management

Ohio Game Wardens Who Busted CJ Alexander Honored with Pope and Young Award

An illustration of a giant nontypical Ohio buck

I Killed Ohio’s Biggest Nontypical Buck on My First Deer Hunt

By Chester Veach, with Bill Thomas

A two-page feature story about a griz.

A Grizzly Stole My Client’s Elk, Then Treed Me for Seven Hours

By Howard Copenhaver

Land Tawney with a strap of ducks and mountains behind him.

Public Lands & Waters

Podcast: Land Tawney, America’s Great Public Lands Agitator, Is Back and Ready for a Fight

By Alex Robinson

Stormy and her dad pose with a caribou in velvet.

Big Game Hunting

This 13-Year-Old Texas Girl Is the Youngest to Ever Complete the Super 10 Slam

By Alice Jones Webb

A blue color phase black bear, also known as a glacier bear.

Black Bear Hunting

I Tagged the First Glacier Bear Ever Taken by a Modern Bowhunter

By James F. Martin

Capt. Eric Kerber holds a spring striped bass.

Striped Bass Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: 3 Critical Things to Know About Stripers in Spring

Spearfishing for walleye on the great lakes

Shooting Walleyes in the Great Lakes Is Growing Because of This Spearfisherman

A man in a camo hat holds up a fat spotted sunfish.

Panfish Fishing

‘Never Seen a Stumpknocker So Big!” Georgia Catfisherman Lands Record Spotted Sunfish

By Alice Jones Webb

An illustration of a hunter facing down a charging cape buffalo.

Big Game Hunting

I Was Charged by a Cape Buffalo While Testing One of the Earliest .458 Win. Mags

By Dr. Charles B. Stacy

A bull elk stands on a hill side

Policy & Legislation

Idaho Hunters Want Restrictions on Drones, Thermals, and Cellular Trail Cams

By Andrew McKean

A gray wolf released in Colorado

Wildlife Management

Coloradans Who Oppose Wolf Reintroduction Can’t Agree on How to Try Ending It

A buck pronghorn antelope

Antelope Hunting

Antelope Numbers Are Dropping. That’s Why Two Hunters Are Launching the North American Pronghorn Foundation

By Andrew McKean

An american alligator basks in the sun.

Bit By a Gator? It’s Your Own Dang Fault, Scientists Say

an illustration of an old-school turkey hunter about to shoot a tom coming in

I Called in My First Turkey During a Lightning Storm

By Thomas Weddle

A tournament bass angler holds up a fish; a man sits for a photo.

3 Killed, 3 Injured in Boat Wreck at Major League Fishing Tournament

A trail camera image of a whitetail doe protecting a fawn from a black bear.

Wildlife Management

Stunning Trail Cam Video Captures the Moment a Black Bear Pounces on a Fawn

By Alice Jones Webb

A skull on public land.

Public Lands & Waters

The BLM Public Lands Rule Has Been ‘Marked for Death’

A hiker looks over a lush forest in Oregon.

Public Lands & Waters

Most Americans Want More Public Land, Not Less, Poll Shows

Grizzlies in the rain

Wildlife Management

Researchers Just Said California Could Support Up to 1,700 Grizzly Bears

By Andrew McKean

A collage of images about the kevin vandam catfish video

An AI Video of Kevin VanDam Torching Catfishermen Has Gone Viral — Because People Think It’s Real

By Alex Robinson