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An angler stands next to a mounted crappie.

Crappie Fishing

‘I Just Wanted to Catch a Fish,’ Says Ohio Angler Who Caught the New State-Record Crappie

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The Best Snakehead Lures

A field ranger in South Africa holds a radio.

Wildlife Management

Hunting for Poachers Amid South Africa’s Bloody Wildlife War

Sandhill cranes coming in for a landing

Wildlife Management

In Wisconsin, Home of the Sandhill Crane Recovery, Legislators Are Now Considering a Hunt

By Andrew McKean

A treed mountain lion

Wildlife Management

Anti-Hunters Seek to Ban All Hunting with Hounds in Arizona

By Natalie Krebs

A mule deer buck in snowy woods.

Big Game Hunting

Wyoming Lawmakers Want to Quadruple Hunting License Application Fees

A mountain lion sneaks up on a pair of hunters.

Predator Hunting

My Buddy Called in a Mountain Lion. It Attacked Before He Ever Saw It

By Reed Peterson

A steelhead in California.

Climate & Environment

L.A. Wildfires Torched One of SoCal’s Last Remaining Steelhead Streams

A man holds up a nice bass while wearing a winter jacket in a bass boat.

Quick Strike Podcast: 3 Winter Escapes for Bass Addicts

A bull elk bugles on the side of a hill behind two cows.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Is Switching Its Big-Game Draw. Here’s Why Hunters with Preference Points Are Short-Changed

By Natalie Krebs

A Louisiana hunter with a black bear he harvested.

Black Bear Hunting

Veteran Tags Potential Record Black Bear During Louisiana’s First Bear Season in Decades

By Jonathan Olivier

A red rock canyon on Utah's BLM land.

Public Lands & Waters

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Utah’s Public-Lands Lawsuit

By Andrew McKean

An illustration of Jim Carmichel and an Iranian game warden.

Big Game Hunting

Carmichel in the Middle East: Risking Our Lives to Hunt Iranian Ibex

By Jim Carmichel

An angler with a big bowin; a close-up of a fishing lure.

Kayak Fisherman Catches State-Record Bowfin on His Nephew’s Custom-Made Lure

Dead deer hit by a car lying by the road with motion blurred vehicle, U.S. Highway 14, Wyoming, USA.

Wildlife Management

The Ultimate Guide to Eating and Donating Roadkill

By Christine Peterson

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Policy & Legislation

The Federal Walk-In Hunting Access Program Won’t Be Funded in 2025. An Even Bigger Budget Battle Looms in the Next Farm Bill

By Alex Robinson

A lone mule deer buck stands on a snowy ridge.

Mule Deer Hunting

Why Mule Deer Are North America’s Greatest Big-Game Animal

A pencil drawing of a timber wolf pinning down a hunter who is scrabbling for his rifle.

I Was Attacked by a Timber Wolf

Two vintage white bucktail jigs lay on a gray wooden plank.

Baits, Lures, & Flies

The Bucktail Jig Still Catches Everything. Here’s What All Anglers Need to Know About This Old-School Lure

By Alice Jones Webb

Four deer lit up with a thermal on a prairie.

Policy & Legislation

Survey: Idaho Big-Game Hunters Would Ban Drones and Thermals, But Keep Most Other Tech

By Andrew McKean

A grizzly bear walks through the snow in Yellowstone National Park.

Wildlife Management

Grizzly Bears Will Remain on Endangered Species List, Feds Say

A bald cypress grows out of the swamp in the Okefenokee.

Public Lands & Waters

Feds’ Expansion of Okefenokee NWR Could Help Prevent a Proposed Mine There — If It Sticks

An illustration of a duck hunter paddling in a windswept lake.

Why Duck Hunters Die

By Alex Robinson

Shaun Ing with a big catfish caught in the UK

Catfish Fishing

Landing This 8-Foot Catfish, Possibly the Largest Ever Caught in the UK, Was Like ‘Walking 12 German Shepherds’ at Once

By Natalie Krebs

Three wolves stand together on the top of a snowy hill.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: Wolves Will Be Delisted, Public-Land Transfer Attempts Will Fail, and Other 2025 Predictions

By Andrew McKean

A rancher walks across a snowy prairie past a carcass of a dead cow killed by a wolf.

Wildlife Management

Ranchers Submit $582K Bill for Colorado Wolf Damages, Which Could Drain the State’s Depredation Fund Entirely

A young boy in a blaze orange hat poses with a large black bear.

Black Bear Hunting

Sixth Grader Tags Nearly 600-Pound Black Bear While Hunting with His Grandpa

By Alice Jones Webb

A nice Ohio buck with a unicorn antler.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘I Hadn’t Shot a Deer All Year.’ Hunter Tags Unicorn Buck in the Final Days of Muzzleloader Season

A pair of 7mm Backcountry rounds on an elk antler

Federal 7mm Backcountry, Tested and Reviewed

By John B. Snow

Eighteen large black bass are lined up on the tailgate of a pickup truck along with spearfishing gear.

Wildlife Management

Poachers Caught with 76 Pounds of Illegally Speared Bass in Urban Texas Lake

By Alice Jones Webb

Bison feed along a spring in the snow.

Wildlife Management

Montana Sues Yellowstone National Park for Having ‘Utterly Failed’ to Manage Its Bison Herd

By Natalie Krebs

A cleaning table full of pikeminnows; a man fishes from a powerboat.

Pacific Northwest Angler Earned $164K for Catching Pikeminnow, Shattering the Payout Record

Two Irish hunters crawl after curlew in an illustration.

I Moved to Ireland, Where Snipe are the Ultimate Game Bird

An illustration of a setter on point in the snow.

A Young Pup, an Old Setter, and a Point I’ll Never Forget

By Floyd A. Baker

Football players get ready for the snap.

Patriots Hall-of-Famer Caught Turkey Hunting Behind Stadium Says ‘I Hunted that Property Forever’

A bowhunter with a giant Rocky Mountain bull elk.

Bowhunter with 86 Bulls to His Credit Tags a Pending World-Record Elk

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

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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

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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

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Alex Robinson