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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

A man holds a redfish on the water

Redfish Fishing

Podcast: The Cold Truth About Winter Fishing In Skinny Saltwater

A hunter with a buck loaded into a truck bed.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

After 200 Hours of Bowhunting, Wisconsin Hunter Finally Sees His Target Buck on Opening Day of Gun Season

A hunter holds up a buck with stickers on its rack.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Hunter Tags Two Back-to-Back Bucks from the Ground in North Carolina

Two hunters field dress a deer.

How to Field Dress a Deer, Step by Step

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter calls in a blacktail buck.

3 Totally Normal Deer Hunting Tactics We Used to Think Were Bogus

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a big black bear and a hunter

Black Bear Hunting

I Shot Michigan’s State-Record Black Bear on Thanksgiving Day

By Bob Haataja, as told to Ben East

A giant MS swordfish.

Saltwater Fishing

Watch: Huge Mississippi Swordfish Just Misses State Record

colorado whitetail

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: Real Talk About Deer Cartridges and Bullets

By Alex Robinson

bear defense guns

Revolver Versus Semi-Auto: Which Is Best for Bear Defense?

By John B. Snow

The governor of Virginia accepts a deer.

Tribes Uphold Centuries-Old Treaty by Delivering Dead Deer to Virginia Governor

By Andrew Sharp

A teen hunter with a big Ohio buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Teen Tags Buck with 5 Drop Tines She and Her Sister Had Watched for Weeks

This Diehard Bass Angler Wants You to Kill More Largemouths — for Better Fishing in the Future

A whitetail deer stands in tall grass.

Public Lands & Waters

Feds Are Officially Reimbursing Hunters Who Shoot Non-Tox on These 7 Refuges

Three fancy Savage 99s

Jim Carmichel’s Classic Deer Rifles

By Jim Carmichel

A bowhunter with a 16-point buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Bowhunter Bleats in 16-Pointer and Kills It with a 20-Year-Old Bow

A coho salmon swims upriver in a California stream.

Public Lands & Waters

Salmon Are Returning to the Undammed Upper Klamath River Even Sooner than Expected

Mark Drury with a giant whitetail buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

13 Advanced Deer Hunting Tactics from the Experts

By Josh Honeycutt

A bowhunter with a big buck in Illinois.

Illinois Bowhunter Was ‘In the Right Place at the Right Time’ to Tag 185-Inch Buck

A turkey hunter with a goofy expression aims at a longbeard.

Big Game Hunting

The Worst Shots I’ve Ever Made

By Charles Elliott

A buck runs away. Paying attent

How to Blood Trail a Deer

By Natalie Krebs

A Florida hunter and his buck.

Florida Hunter Tags 187-Inch Buck While Watching the Gators Game

A woman stands behind a moose.

When My Dad Was Diagnosed with Cancer, I Fulfilled a Dream Moose Hunt for Him

pheasant hunting tips

Pheasant Hunting

23 Pheasant Hunting Tips to Put More Roosters in the Bag

By Alex Robinson, Ron Spomer

A dirty suppressor with its baffles out for cleaning.

Suppressor Bill Introduced in Congress Would Eliminate Legal Gray Area of Modular Cans, Cleaning Baffles

By Andrew McKean

record yellowfin tuna

Angler Catches Likely World Record Yellowfin Tuna Off the Coast of Southern California

whitetail buck bed

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Should You Hunt a Buck’s Bedding Area During the Rut?

By Josh Honeycutt

A wolf trotting on trail camera.

Wildlife Management

California’s Third New Wolf Pack This Year Discovered in the Sierra Valley

A photograph of a glossy wood-stocked deer rifle.

Jim Carmichel’s Favorite Deer Rifles

By Jim Carmichel

squirrel taxidermy

Squirrel Hunting

Squirrel Taxidermy: How to Mount a Squirrel With This Simply DIY Kit

Hunter with very large deer

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: The Case for Ditching Your Treestand and Hunting from the Ground

By Alex Robinson

A buck on a tailgate.

Veteran Arrows Giant Ohio Buck from the Ground After Getting to His Stand Late

A deer hunter with a big Illinois buck in CRP grass.

Illinois Crossbow Hunter Stalks a 195-Inch Buck Through a Cornfield

An illustration of a boy and a buck face to face.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Looks That Kill: Using a Deer’s Curiosity to Your Advantage

By J. Frank Dobie

lake trout fishing

Podcast: How to Catch Giant Lake Trout from Shore

A hunter with a buck in front of a red shed.

Watch: Wisconsin Bowhunter Arrows 14-Pointer on Public Ground He’s Hunted for 30 Years

A man in sunglasses holds a large rainbow trout.

Virginia Fisherman Sets State Record with a Giant Rainbow Trout He Lost Twice

By Alice Jones Webb

A bowhunter sitting crosslegged in a field beside a big buck

Veteran Climbs Out of Tree, Stalks and Arrows 19-Point Kansas Buck on Army Land

3 Top Salmon Egg Presentations for Catching Trout

A painting of a rooster getting up from some tall weeds as a hunter watches.

Pheasant Hunting

If You Miss the Pheasant Opener, Don’t Bother Hunting … Right?

A furry, brown bear suit with metal claws laid out on a wood floor.

Wildlife Management

Watch: Insurance Companies Paid Out Thousands After a Bear Broke in to Luxury Cars. It Was Clearly a Person in a Bear Suit

By Alice Jones Webb

A big Buck 119 Knife with a deer in the background.

Deer Hunting Gear

An Ode to the Buck Knife, the Only Deer Gutting Blade I’ll Ever Need

By Derek Horner

A close-up of a steelhead caught on a fly.

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

The Pain and the Glory: How to Swing Flies for Great Lakes Steelhead

A striper coming to hand near an overpass piling.

Here’s Why You Should Fish Big Cities, Like These 4

taxidermied green-winged teal in flight

Wildlife Management

Researchers Build ‘Zombie Duck Drones’ and Robot Pheasants Out of Taxidermied Birds

By Alice Jones Webb

Side-by-side photos of a black bear approaching a fresh deer carcass and then dragging it into the woods.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Video: Hunters Watch a Black Bear Steal Their Deer Without Putting Up a Fight

A buck scent checks a doe.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 15 Best Spots for Hunting the Peak Rut, Ranked

By Josh Honeycutt

A hunter touches a dead deer on the back..

Hunter Recruitment

Q&A: How New Deer Hunters Think About Guns, Butchering, Old-School Hunters, and Their First Kill

By Natalie Krebs

Author setting up the best duck decoys.

How to Decoy Ducks: Expert Tips and Tactics for Finishing Birds Close

By Alex Robinson, Joe Arterburn

A youth hunter with his first buck.

7-Year-Old’s First Deer Is a Heavy 14-Pointer That Came in to a Decoy

Two hunters, one in blaze orange, kneel behind a dead doe.

Hunter Recruitment

Podcast: How to Help New Hunters Shoot Their First Deer

By Natalie Krebs

Base layer tops and bottoms hang from a clothesline.

More Than Merino: The Ultimate Guide to Base Layer Fabrics

By Alice Jones Webb

A herd of mule deer in a residential yard.

Wildlife Management

Officials Say Man Who Went on Urban Deer-Poaching Spree Also Killed … a Cow?

Wilderness Survival

I Nearly Froze to Death When Our Argo Sank in the Middle of an Arctic River

By Scott Haugen