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A bowhunter shoots a bull elk.

Watch: Utah Officials Reject Elk Hunter’s Claim that a Sheriff’s Deputy Stole His Bull Illegally

A grizzly sow walks on dirt with her cubs.

Wildlife Management

Watch: This Is the First-Ever Verified Sighting of a Grizzly Sow and Cubs on Vancouver Island

By Alice Jones Webb

30-30 vs 30-06: Comparing Two Granddaddy Rifle Cartridges

Houses with mountains in background.

Don’t Let Politicians Convince You That Selling Public Lands Is the Solution to America’s Housing Affordability Crisis

Mountain Lion atop a Rocky Outcrop Looking Ahead into the Trees

Wildlife Management

A Big Cat Hunting Ban Would Cost Colorado More Than $60 Million, Study Shows

A kayak fisherman holds up a nice largemouth bass.

Largemouth Bass

Cannibal Bass: What a Problem at an Illinois Fish Farm Can Teach Us About Catching Bigger Largemouths

An illustration of a pair of bull moose fighting in the snow.

A Bull-Moose Brawl and Meat-Packing Sled Dogs: A Mountain Man’s Last Hunt Before Winter

Fox hunters in the UK.

Small Game Hunting

UK Group Says Hunters Are an ‘Ethnic Minority’ in Need of Protection

An angler with a big chinook salmon caught in Montana.

Watch: Montana Retiree Catches Pending State-Record Chinook Salmon from His Pontoon

black bear walks through the woods

Officials Track Down and Kill the Black Bear They Say Attacked a 3-Year-Old Girl in Her Tent

Podcast: The Cheapest Way to Catch Tuna

A bird that died of avian botulism.

Wildlife Management

Hundreds of Ducks Dead Amid Reports of Avian Flu and Botulism at Two Critical California Refuges

A greater prairie chicken on the prairie.

Climate & Environment

A 7,100-Acre Solar Farm Is Slated for What’s Left of Wisconsin’s Best Prairie Chicken Habitat

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Michigan Makes Youth Hunt and Opportunities for Disabled Hunters Antlerless Only, Faces Heavy Backlash

By Alice Jones Webb

A tarpon jumps out of the water.

Watch: Maryland Charter Captains Keep Spotting 100-Pound Tarpon in Chesapeake Bay

Six month old Irish Setter Pointer in action during the duck hunting at the Lakeshore.

Sportsmen’s Group Sues Feds Over New Dog Import Rule, Says It Will Cripple Breeders in Canada and Europe

Indiana angler with record spotted gar.

Watch: Indiana Kayak Fisherman Shatters Another State Gar Record on His Quest to Break All 3

An illustration from Outdoor Life of two bowhunters shooting a bull.

My Buddy and I Shot the Same Elk — and It Turned Out to Be the Colorado State Record Bull

By Harry E. Troxell III

A woman gets too close to a bull elk.

New ‘Selfie Control’ Instagram Filter Gives Tourons an Idiot-Proof Way to Keep Their Distance from Wild Animals

By Alice Jones Webb

Watch: Snake Hunters Find Giant Python Being Eaten Alive by Ticks

Wildlife Management

Watch: Snake Hunters Find Giant Python Being Eaten Alive by Ticks

Using Forward Facing Sonar to Locate Fish

Largemouth Bass

7 Forward Facing Sonar Tips: Settings, Mounting, and Techniques Explained

By Chad Morgenthaler

geecrack cuebomb

Largemouth Bass

How to Fish the Geecrack Cue Bomb — and Other Rubber Dice Baits

A pet pig at an animal sanctuary.

Big Game Hunting

Hawaiian Hunters Help Turn in Hog-Contest Cheaters Who Stole a Pet Pig

By Alice Jones Webb

Wade fishermen on Gulf Coast.

Saltwater Fishing

Texas Fisherman Dies from Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Wade-Fishing in Flip Flops

22 ARC cartridges in front of ammunition boxes

Could Hot New .22 Cartridges Replace the .243 Winchester?

RFK J with the dead black bear cub in 2014.

Wildlife Management

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Admits to Bizarre Prank That Involved Dumping a Dead Black Bear Cub in Central Park

By Alice Jones Webb

Everything you need to know to catch bass on a strolling rig

Largemouth Bass

A Complete Guide to Strolling for Bass: The Ultimate Rig for Forward-Facing Sonar

By Derek Horner

Largemouth Bass

How to Fish the Geecrack Bellows Gill: This JDM Lure Is Starting to Catch Big Bass in the U.S.

A german shepherd lounging on a porch

Minnesota Man Charged with Killing His Neighbor’s Dog While Under Investigation for Poaching Deer and Baiting Bears

By Alice Jones Webb

A wolf walks along the coast of Vancouver Island in B.C.

Hunting Outfitter Accidentally Uses Photo of Famous Coastal Wolf on His Website, Receives Threats from Around the World

biggest crappies ever caught

Crappie Fishing

The Biggest Crappies Ever Caught

By Ken Perrotte

Ultra Running for Beginners: What It’s Like to Run a 52-Mile Mountain Race

By Christine Peterson

Team USA wins bronze at the 2024 Olympic Games

Team USA Wins Bronze in Archery Mixed Team

By Scott Einsmann

Man holds large channel catfish.

Catfish Fishing

West Virginia Angler Smashes State Catfish Record Using His Daughter’s Pink Kiddie Rod

By Alice Jones Webb

A gray wolf in Oregon.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Seeks New Wolf Source After Colville Tribe Rescinds Offer to Help with Reintroduction

Lee Wooseok shoots for Korea's men's archery team.

What Bowhunters Can Learn from Elite Olympic Archers

By Scott Einsmann

Yusuf Dikeç at Paris 2024 Olympics.

Turkish Pistol Shooter Casually Takes Silver at the Olympics and Becomes an Internet Legend

California Teen Claims He Was Attacked by a Mountain Lion. Officials Say It Was a House Cat

By Alice Jones Webb

Lion Hunting Ban Qualifies for Colorado’s November Ballot

By Andrew McKean

hunter education

Hunter Recruitment

A Digital Revolution in Hunter Education

By Andrew McKean

Man shoots muskie in old-school photo.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Wisconsin to Repeal Outdated Gun Law Designed to Prevent Fishermen from Shooting Muskies

I Drew a Rare Archery Elk Tag In Kentucky and the Hunt Was Tougher Than Expected

A New Hampshire wildlife officer with striped bass that were confiscated from a poacher.

Wildlife Management

East Coast Poacher ‘Caught Red-Handed’ with 14 Oversized Stripers Admitted He Planned to Sell Them

By Alice Jones Webb

A chocolate Lab was beaten by his owner, a 15 year old.

3 Teens Arrested After Viral Video Surfaces of a Kid Abusing His Duck Dog

By Natalie Krebs

A large elk herd on private land.

Wildlife Management

Montana Judge Says Landowners Don’t Have ‘Absolute Freedom’ to Kill Elk, and Allowing Public Hunting Doesn’t Infringe on Their Rights

how to catch suckers

Podcast: How to Catch Suckers (and Why You Should)

A whitetail buck in the woods.

Policy & Legislation

Instead of Banning Lead Outright, Feds to Try Paying Hunters to Use Non-Toxic Ammo on Certain Wildlife Refuges

A village gathers around four dead maneating lions

Big Game Hunting

My Hunt for the Man-Eating Lions of Matiyani

By Scott Haugen

Forward facing sonar has changed fishing, and the next evolution is FFS specific baits and gear

Baits, Lures, & Flies

New Lures, Reels, Rods, and Lines Designed for Forward Facing Sonar

By Derek Horner

Largemouth Bass

Here’s Why Forward Facing Sonar Won’t Be Banned from Professional Bass Fishing

By Derek Horner

Bow Hunting Gear

The New Bowtech Honor Utilizes a Remarkable Riser Material That Could Shake Up the Compound Archery World

By Alex Robinson

A spearfisherman with a chunky bluegill.

Bluegill Fishing

South Dakota Diver Spears a State-Record Bluegill

A biologist handles red drum fingerlings.

Wildlife Management

Texas Will Stock Its One Billionth Saltwater Gamefish This July

Vincent Hancock shooting a shotgun at the Tokyo Olympics.

Everything You Need to Know About the Olympic Shooting Events at the 2025 Paris Games

By David Maccar

A grizzly bear walks into a clearing.

Canadian Cyclist Fights Off Grizzly Attack by Punching Bear in the Face

A smiling fisherman holds up a fat cutthroat trout.

‘It’s What I Live For.’ Angler Breaks Tennessee Cutthroat Record on a Fishing Trip with His Buddies

Florida outfitter Razzor Ranch hosted fraudulent Osceola turkey hunts

Wildlife Management

Florida Guides Passed Off Pen-Raised Turkeys as Wild Osceolas to Unsuspecting Hunters, Officials Say

A pair of Dall sheep illustrated.

Carmichel in Alaska: An Odd Way to Die on a Sheep Hunt

By Jim Carmichel

A breaching whale lands on a boat.

Saltwater Fishing

Watch: Humpback Whale Capsizes Boat, Launching Two Fishermen Overboard

The potential new state-record bull shark.

‘It Was a Brutal Fight.’ Alabama Tourney Fisherman Catches Pending State-Record Bull Shark

A bald eagle in Alaska.

‘I’m Walking Around with a Hard Hat On.’ Two Bald Eagles Keep Attacking People in Alaska

Wildlife Management

Are Chronic Wasting Disease Fears Making People Quit Deer Hunting?

By Christine Peterson

Yellowstone wolves

Wildlife Management

Yellowstone Park Superintendent Calls for Stricter Wolf Hunting Regulations In Montana

A mountain lion in a tree.

Wildlife Management

Wade Lemon, the Utah Outfitter Who Infamously Guided Donald Trump Jr., Will Do Prison Time for Running ‘Canned’ Mountain Lion Hunts