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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

mark drury turkey

How to Decoy Turkeys, Advanced Tactics with Mark Drury

By Alex Robinson

a bobcat stares into a trail camera lens

Wildlife Management

Watch a Bobcat Snatch a Turkey Out of Midair in This Incredible Trail Cam Video

A man fishing at night in texas

Saltwater Fishing

How I Got in a Fist Fight with a Texas Pike

By John Wootters

A grizzly bear in Glacier national park looks up in a field of wildflowers.

A Shed Hunter Shot and Killed a Charging Grizzly Bear in Montana

An angler with a 153-pound alligator gar.

This Pending World-Record Gar Is the Heaviest Freshwater Fish Ever Caught on 2-Pound Test

an elk hunter was life flighted after cutting himself with a knife

Wilderness Survival

This Happened to Me: I Severed My Artery While Quartering an Elk and Almost Bled Out on the Mountain

Henry Rauschenbach, as told to Alice Jones Webb

Two Georgia fishermen with a giant striped bass.

Shorebound Angler Lands 50-Plus-Pound Striped Bass, Breaks a 42-Year-Old River Record

A home on private land in Pennsylvania.

Wildlife Management

Game Wardens Can Surveil Private Land with Trail Cams. But That’s Now Being Challenged in Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court

A West Virginia angler holds up a state-record trout.

Father-Son Fishing Trip Nets a New State-Record Tiger Trout in West Virginia

Seized taxidermy collection

Wildlife Management

A Georgia Collector Was Fined $900K for the Largest Taxidermy Bird Collection Ever Seized

By Natalie Krebs

Kathleen Sgamma testifies in a public hearing.

Public Lands & Waters

Oil-Industry Pick to Lead the BLM Withdraws Amid Revelations She Once Criticized the President

How I Still-Hunted the Second Biggest Buck Ever Tagged in Missouri

By Jeffrey A. Brunk

A shoulder mount on display at an outdoor show in Wisconsin.

This 49-Point Buck Was Promoted as a New State Record. Critics Say It Was Pen Raised

Breeder bucks stand inside a pen in Texas.

Wildlife Management

This Bill Would Give Deer Breeders a Free Pass to Ignore Alabama’s CWD Laws

Two whitetail shoulder mounts hang on a white wall.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

30 Years Later, Kansas Officially Certifies 200-Inch Archery Buck as the New State Record

By Natalie Krebs

Great Lakes April steelhead drop back

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Catch Great Lakes Steelhead During Drop-Back Season

Bluefin tuna fishing outer banks shore

‘Hard to Top This One.’ Fishermen Are Catching Bluefin Tuna Yards from the Beach in the Outer Banks

By Alice Jones Webb

A great white shark surfaces.

Massachusetts Just Banned Most Shark Fishing from Land, Blaming Anglers Who Want ‘That Viral Video’ with a Great White

Two photos of big swordfish side by side.

Saltwater Fishing

‘Fighting That Fish Was Like Kicking a Yellowjacket Nest.’ Anglers Land Swordfish Bigger Than Florida Record

Tales of Spring Subsistence Hunting in the Arctic: Bot Fly Larva, Caribou Fetus, and Boiled Eiders

By Scott Haugen

An angler holds up a 16-plus-pound bass caught in Texas.

Oklahoma Fisherman Lands One of the 20 Biggest Bass in Texas History

Tevis McCauley arrested

Tevis McCauley, the Infamous Kentucky Whitetail Heaven Outfitter, Has Been Arrested as a ‘Fugitive from Justice’

By Natalie Krebs

A hen turkey pants as it pops its head above green grass.

Can Turkeys Drown in the Rain?

By Alice Jones Webb

A charter captain yells at another angler on the water.

Saltwater Fishing

‘You Wanna F-ing Go?!’ Watch Raging Charter Captain Board Kid’s Boat, Threaten to Fight Him

A Mexican wolf stands in tall grass.

Wildlife Management

‘The Situation Is Not Tolerable.’ New Mexico County Declares State of Emergency Over Mexican Wolves Killing Livestock, Pets

trout high water

How to Catch Trout in High Water and Blown-Out Rivers

Wild horse herd in Wyoming.

Wildlife Management

Feds Planning to Gather Whole Herds of Free-Roaming Horses in Checkerboard Region of Wyoming

Two turkey hunters run after turkeys

My Buddy Took Me Turkey Hunting, Then Shot My Bird Out from Under Me

Three New Hampshire conservation officers hold three whitetail deer mounts in front of a patrol truck.

Wildlife Management

Corrections Officer Arrested for Poaching Big Bucks in New Hampshire

By Alice Jones Webb

Black hills utah

Policy & Legislation

Congress Is Seriously Considering Public Land Sales as Part of Its New Budget

By Andrew McKean

A large herd of elk graze in a farmer's field in Wyoming.

Wildlife Management

Wyoming Ranchers Are Getting Paid to Let Elk Graze Their Land

By Alice Jones Webb

How to Fish a Swim Jig: A Complete Guide on Rigging and Setups

By Derek Horner

Coolers, buckets, and bags full of dead fish seized from poachers.

Wildlife Management

Oregon’s 7-Hour Fishing Season Ends with 2,500 Pounds of Illegally-Caught Smelt Seized by Police

A large tom wild turkey of an unknown age walks through a meadow.

No, You Can’t Really Age Adult Turkeys. Here’s Why

By Alice Jones Webb

A bull elk grazes in a field.

Big Game Hunting

Deer and Elk Hunters in Washington State Can No Longer Hunt Over Bait

used wood-stocked guns on a rack.

Use the ‘Rule of Why’ to Help You Buy a Used Gun at a Fair Price

By Jim Carmichel

An illustration of two hunters climbing through fallen deadfall

Wilderness Survival

I Was Lost for 6 Days with No Food or Fire in the Idaho Backcountry

By Warren Garde

A USFWS employee runs an airboat across Tule Lake.

Policy & Legislation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Rehire Fired Employees with Backpay

A sweeping view of the Grand Canyon

Policy & Legislation

Hundreds of Elected Officials Out West Urge Feds to Protect Public Lands

By Alice Jones Webb

Podcast: You’re Not Calling Turkeys Aggressively Enough, and More Tips From Shane Simpson

By Alex Robinson

A grey wolf moves across a winter landscape.

Wildlife Management

Wolves Ranged into 14 Colorado Counties Even as Petition to Halt Reintroduction Advances

A velvet mule deer rack and other antlers seized by Utah wildlife officials.

Wildlife Management

Poached Bucks Up for Auction in Utah, Along with Hundreds More Skulls and Hides

A bowhunter in white draws on a bighorn

I Arrowed the World-Record Bighorn with a $25 Sheep Tag

A bush plane on snow; a wrecked plane in a frozen lake.

Wilderness Survival

Alaska Bush Pilot Community Rallies to Find, Rescue Family Whose Plane Crash-Landed on Frozen Lake

A mountain lion stands on a pine tree branch.

As Cougar Sightings Continue in Oklahoma, Lawmakers Are Moving to Set a Hunting Season

By Alice Jones Webb

Two turkey hunters on a rock watch a flock fly away

During the Wild West of Turkey Hunting, My Buddy and I Stalked Birds with Rifles

An eight-year-old angler holds up a big blue catfish.

Catfish Fishing

2nd Grader Catches Catfish That’s ‘Bigger Than Anything My Mom or Dad Ever Caught’

A still image showing a drone operator using a drone to help rescue a deer.

Wildlife Management

Watch Police Use a Drone to Rescue a Doe and Two Fawns from an Icy Lake

A vintage illustration of turkey camp.

I Have to Come Clean About My Turkey Hunt

By Hooding Carter

A grizzly in Wyoming.

Wildlife Management

This Former Game Warden Could Be the New USFWS Director. Here’s His Record on CWD, Wolves, and Grizzlies

By Andrew McKean

An American shad on a hook in the water

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Catch American Shad from Shore

A flock of mallards and a lone pintail on a river in winter.

Waterfowl Hunting

Kansas Gov. Vetoes Bill to Limit Nonresident Waterfowlers to Hunting Just 3 Days a Week

A herd of caribou trotting across the tundra.

Wildlife Management

Alaska Officials Push to Continue Culling Grizzly Bears to Save Caribou

By Alice Jones Webb