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The essentials needed for a wacky rig

Largemouth Bass

How to Fish a Wacky Rig: One of the Easiest Ways to Catch Big Bass

By Derek Horner

A big bluegill held up on the edge of a boat

Bluegill Fishing

Dink Bluegills Are Insufferable. Here’s How to Catch Big Bulls This Spring

Crappie Fishing

How to Catch Crappies from Shore

an illustration of a man fishing and a trout

My Secret Guide to the Legendary Catskill Streams Where American Dry Fly Fishing Was Born

By Cecil E. Heacox

Scorecards on public land politicians in Wyoming

Policy & Legislation

If You Want to Vote Out Anti-Public-Land Politicians, Pay Attention to What This Wyoming PAC Just Did

By Christine Peterson

Wild turkey on public land.

How to Hunt Public Land Turkeys Better Than the Competition

By Alex Robinson

a kid fishing in the bwca.

It’s a Dark Day for the Boundary Waters and the Future of Public Lands. Here’s How We Got Here

BWCA, MN - JUNE 14: Aidan Jones was exhausted as he paddled North Fowl Lake into South Fowl Lake Friday. Tony Jones, his 14-year old son Aidan, their friend Brad Shannon and Outdoors editor Bob Timmons embarked onto the Voyageurs Highway on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Their path Tuesday took them from Gunflint Lake, to North Lake, through the Height of Land Portage eventually ending at a camp site on South Lake in the BWCA (Boundary Waters Canoe Area). (Photo by Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Public Lands & Waters

Senate Votes 50 to 49 to Strip Boundary Waters Protections in Defiance of Public Opinion, Science

By Natalie Krebs

A bass angler holds up three fish caught on one rig.

Largemouth Bass

How to Fish the Alabama Rig: One of the Best Ways to Catch a Pile of Pre-Spawn Bass

By Derek Horner

Mutilated fish caught on Lake of the Ozarks.

Wildlife Management

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

Firefighters on the Dixie Fire.

Climate & Environment

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

By Christine Peterson

The author uses forward facing sonar to catch crappie and learn about their behavior.

Crappie Fishing

When Do Crappie Spawn? Just Follow This Water Temperature Guide

By Cory Schmidt

A black ink illustration of a longbeard wild turkey running with a blue background.

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

By Nathan Taylor

A man hops in a canoe in the BWCA

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

A close up of a wild turkey strutting in spring

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

By Alex Robinson

Screenshots from a video showing a python regurgitating a bird.

Wildlife Management

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

A first-person perspective of a helicopter rescue in Minnesota.

Wilderness Survival

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

An american shad with a rainbow sheen

Quick Strike Podcast: The Secret Spoon for Catching Big Shad

A teenager with a pending state-record trout.

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

Turkey calling tips

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

By Josh Honeycutt, Alex Robinson

An illustration of an owl swooping at a grown man and his son

Catfish Fishing

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

By Earl E. Guess

mountain lion hunting

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

By Scott Haugen

A woman runs from a family of black bears in an illustration

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

By Olive A. Fredrickson

Two vintage bass photos

Old-School Tips for Catching Big Bass Right Now

Hand full of wild strawberries with leaf

Foraging & Gardening

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

By Bill Scifres

A bass angler with a big Toledo Bend largemouth.

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

A composite photo of pen-raised deer and an Oklahoma lawmaker.

Wildlife Management

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

An illustration of a hunter in fringe with a rifle looking out over a herd of buffalo on the yellow plains.

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

By Jack O'Connor

5 old school trout flies on a beige background.

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

Side by side photos of a kid with giant catfish

Catfish Fishing

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

An Idaho license plate.

Wildlife Management

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

By Natalie Krebs

A sketchy illustration of a snake catcher

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

By Dr. C. E. Kuschel

how to catch channel catfish

Catfish Fishing

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

Idaho has declared hunting its state sport.

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

By Kris Millgate

A vintage photo of a turkey hunter in old-school camo.

12 Old-School Tips for Tagging Wary Gobblers

A mine adjacent to forest in Montana.

Climate & Environment

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

By Christine Peterson

peta member protest animal-based ag in Oregon

Wildlife Management

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

By Alex Robinson

A painting of a main in the snow with a handful of flames

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

A tom turkey hiding in the woods.

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

By Roy Holdford

A ghost wolf on a beach in Texas.

Wildlife Management

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

An Etsy wild fur seller, Maine Wild Harvest Co., who is pulling their business off Etsy.

Policy & Legislation

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

By Natalie Krebs

A landlocked salmon fisherman

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

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

A wolf exits its crate in Colorado.

Wildlife Management

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

A coyote hide in a washing machine.

How to Clean a Coyote Hide in Your Washing Machine

An illustration of a herd of pronghorn antelope.

Antelope Hunting

How to Insult Your Western Hunting Guide

By Charles Elliott

hellgrammite best live baits

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

magazine pages showing cougar attacking hunter

Predator Hunting

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

By E. Boyd Hilderbrand, as told to Ken Crandall

A blue illustration of a tornado sweeping away a barn

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

By August Manweiler

an illustration of a lost, haggard man

Wilderness Survival

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

An angler with a huge Texas largemouth.

Largemouth Bass

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

A caribou herd in the Yukon.

Wildlife Management

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

A Texas angler with a pending state-record bluefin tuna.

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

By Alex Robinson, Bob McNally

The big grizzly creek mule deer

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

Two climbing guides in wyoming

Policy & Legislation

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

By Natalie Krebs

A largemouth bass caught on a texas rig

Largemouth Bass

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

By Derek Horner

An aerial view of a wakeboat towing a wakesurfer.

Policy & Legislation

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

A rusty revolver located in a river.

5 Wild Things We’ve Found While Fishing in Rivers

A wild turkey looks around nervously in the woods.

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

By Charles Elliott

Louisiana Wildlife Enforcement Agent prepares to patrol the Ouachita River

Wildlife Management

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

A wild turkey struts in a green spring field.

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

A color illustration of a wolf attacking a grizzly over a caribou carcass.

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

as told to Jim Rearden, By Frank Glaser

Hornady Modern cartridges

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

A wolf looks at the camera in eastern Europe.

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