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SAR personnel traverse a snowy field in the Gifford Pinchot NF

Wilderness Survival

Two Men Found Dead of Exposure in Washington’s Cascade Range Were Hunting For Sasquatch, Officials Say

By Laura Lancaster

A hunter with a big Kansas whitetail buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Army Vet Gets His First Whitetail Buck on Last Day of the Season, and It’s a 19-Point Giant

a collage of large record-breaking fish held by different anglers

The Biggest Record-Breaking Fish of 2024

By Alice Jones Webb

rooster pheasants

Pheasant Hunting

A Manhattan Legislator Aims to End New York’s Pheasant Stocking Program. Here’s Why All Bird Hunters Should Be Concerned

By Alex Robinson

A scratched up Winchester 94 and some loose rounds lay against some old wooden boards.

Why the Winchester 94 Is (and Always Will Be) My Favorite Deer Rifle

By Alice Jones Webb

Whitetail Deer Hunting

16 Deer Hunting Mistakes You Won’t Make Again Next Season

By Josh Honeycutt

Assembling My ‘One Gun,’ a Modern 6.5×55 Swede

Assembling My ‘One Gun,’ a Modern 6.5×55 Swede

By Andrea Bogard

A 16-year-old holds up moose antlers against a blue sky in a vintage photo

Instead of Staying Home for the Holidays, My Daughter Wanted to Go Moose Hunting

ice fisherman Ross Robertson holds up a nice fish

Quick Strike Podcast: Little Tips That Make a Big Difference While Ice Fishing

Premium Hunting Knife

Deer Hunting Gear

Is a $300 Hunting Knife Worth It?

By Derek Horner

Evans and Standley with their giant wolf

Alaska Trappers Catch One of the Biggest Wolves Ever Recorded

Freel at NRL Hunter Match

Competitive Shooting

5 Things I Learned from NRL Hunter, and Why You Should Compete in 2025

A hunter sits beside a dall ram, and looks into a steep alpine basin.

The Best Stories of 2024

A collage of big bucks from 2024.

The Biggest Bucks of 2024

A Kansas rifle hunter with a big elusive buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kansas Soldier Ditches His Tree Stand and Tags Elusive ‘Ghost’ Buck from the Ground

A snakehead caught in Virginia by the author.

If I Were Czar of the Department of Natural Resources, Here’s What I Would Fix

By Scott Einsmann

whitetail does in snow

Wildlife Management

Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged

By Christine Peterson

Striped Bass Fishing

Last Call For Stripers: How to Catch Striped Bass in Winter

Two hunters stand in a snowy road with a beagle.

The Year My Family Skipped Traditional Christmas to Hunt and Fish Was Our Best Yet

By Erwin A. Bauer

Two pieces of golden fried rabbit sit on a white dinner plate next to a pile of mashed potatoes.

The Best Wild Rabbit Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb

A photo of CJ Alexander with huge Ohio deer with text overlaid.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year

By Alex Robinson

Snowy Alaska range

Policy & Legislation

Congress Passes Two Outdoor Bills That Include Better Shooting Range Access, Implications for Lead Tackle

By Andrew McKean

A hunter with a tall-tined illinois buck.

Illinois Hunter Shoots 184-Inch Buck While Sitting in a Lawn Chair

How to Handle and Freeze Birds You Plan to Mount, According to a Taxidermist

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter kneels beside a nice buck

Indiana Bowhunter Used a Spreadsheet to Help Kill This 184-Inch Buck

An older whitetail buck, bedded

Whitetail Deer Hunting

9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

A trail camera photo of a giant deer.

Rookie Crossbow Hunter’s First Buck Is a 200-Class Nontypical Monster

pennsylvania buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: What We Get Wrong About Whitetails, with Jeff Sturgis

By Alex Robinson

Black Bear Hunting

‘He Was Just Getting His Dog.’ Virginia Houndsman Dies After a Black Bear Falls on Him in Freak Hunting Accident

A big 10-point buck in the back of a UTV.

Kansas Farmer Tags What Could Be One of the Top 5 Archery Bucks Ever Taken in the State

A group nordic skis on a groomed trail.

What You Need (And Need To Know) To Start Cross Country Skiing

By Christine Peterson

Quick Strike Podcast: Why the Flatfish Is the Ultimate Winter Bait

Largemouth Bass

Pro Angler and YouTuber Ben Milliken Says His Arrest Was a ‘Massive Misunderstanding’

By Alice Jones Webb, Derek Horner

A hunter in a wide-brimmed hat kneeling behind a gray desert bighorn.

Carmichel in Arizona: How to Hunt an Inaccessible Desert Bighorn

By Jim Carmichel

A blacktail buck in velvet.

Wildlife Management

The New Blacktail Deer Foundation Aims to Conserve These Underrated Deer Subspecies

By Andrew McKean

Freel and Miller Drag a Buck

Mule Deer Hunting

Hunter Amnesia: What It Is, and How You Can Avoid It

Three dressed squirrels are nestled in a crock pot with onions and celery.

Wild Game Recipes

The Best Squirrel Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb

Ashley Matchett and Chris Janeski

Whitetail Deer Hunting

On Her First Successful Deer Hunt with Her Husband, Hunter Shoots a Super Wide Pennsylvania Buck

Human hands stretch out a giant bear paw.

I Fought Off a Brown Bear with My Fishing Rod, and Other Close Calls While Living in Remote Alaska

By Scott Haugen

A man holds up the rack of a large 14 point whitetail buck as the sun sets behind him.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Tyler Jordan Tags a 200-Class Louisiana Buck That Could Be the New State Record

By Alice Jones Webb

Federal and Remington Ammunition Were Sold to a Czech Company. Here’s Why the CEO Says That’s a Good Thing for American Hunters and Shooters

By Alex Robinson

CJ Alexander buck, poached in ohio

Wildlife Management

CJ Alexander to Serve Time, Pay $43K for Poaching Giant Ohio Buck and Trying to Cover It Up

An Oklahoma bowhunter with a 17-point buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

An Oklahoma Bowhunter Heard Rumors That the 180-Class Buck He’d Been Hunting for Years Had Been Hit by a Car. They Weren’t True

A hunter with a rooster and his dog.

Pheasant Hunting

Podcast: How to Miss Fewer Birds

By Natalie Krebs

Two whitetail shoulder mounts hang on a white wall.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

A Son Finally Tracked Down His Dad’s Long-Lost Buck. It’s the Biggest Typical Whitetail Ever Killed in Kansas

By Alice Jones Webb

Boone and Crockett Club have declared javelina as a new trophy big game species.

Big Game Hunting

Boone and Crockett Accepts Javelina as the Continent’s Newest Trophy Species, the First Addition in Nearly 25 Years

By Andrew McKean

A bowhunter in the woods with a nice buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tries a Closer Setup, Draws on a Huge Buck While Surrounded by Does

A monarch butterfly on thistle.

Policy & Legislation

Feds Propose Listing the Monarch Butterfly Under the Endangered Species Act

By Andrew McKean

an illustration of two hunters and a deer

Mule Deer Hunting

The Biggest Mishaps of My Deer-Hunting Career, by Jim Zumbo

A hunter with a big Pennsylvania buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Pennsylvania Hunter Tags a 170-Class Public-Land Buck on a Family Deer Drive

late season whitetail

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Tips for Patterning and Hunting a Late-Season Buck

By Josh Honeycutt

A bowhunter with a big Indiana buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tags the Biggest Buck of Her Life in Indiana While Hunting a New Spot

A duck hunter shakes his fist at a sky full of ducks.

Wilderness Survival

It Should’ve Been the Best Mallard Hunt of Our Lives. Instead, We Almost Died

By James D. Nunnally

An Ohio hunter with a buck he tagged during the rifle opener.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Ohio Rifle Hunter Makes His Second Shot Count, Tags a 22-Pointer on Opening Day

A college freshman with his first bow buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

College Student’s First Bow Buck Is a 17-Point Kansas Slammer

A gray wolf stalks its prey in Europe.

Wildlife Management

European Union Relaxes Protections for Livestock-Killing Wolves as Shepherds, Others Demand Action

By Andrew McKean

The iconic bowie knife design.

How the Bowie Became America’s Knife

By Drew Conover

A polar bear walks toward the camera on rocky ground.

‘Now I Know My Husband Would Die for Me.’ Man Fights Off Polar Bear that Attacked His Wife in Their Driveway

Illustration of two rabbit hunters

How Not to Hunt Rabbits After Dark

By Wilson H. Stover

A Vermont hunter with a rare smoke-phase turkey.

Vermont Hunter Ends 4-Year Chase for Rare Smoke-Phase Turkey

A hunter with a rare-looking buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Teen Tags ‘Unicorn’ Buck on His Second-Ever Solo Hunt

A trail cam photo of a buck in Kansas.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kansas Bowhunter Arrows 200-Class Buck That Was a Local Legend

A map of Montana showing checkerboarding and inaccessible state lands.

Public Lands & Waters

1.5 Million Acres of Montana State Trust Land Is Inaccessible, New Map Shows

By Andrew McKean

Primus Lite Plus, JetBoil Flash, and MSR Windburner backpacking stoves sitting on a picnic table with a grassy field in the background

Backpacking Stove Head to Head to Head: JetBoil Flash, MSR Windburner, and Primus Lite Plus

By Laura Lancaster