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A man in a camo sunshirt and hood leans a lever-action rifle against a tree as he prepares to shoot.

Podcast: The Time of the Lever Gun Is Now

crappie fishing

Crappie Fishing

It’s OK to Keep Trophy Crappie

By Scott Einsmann

A grizzly bear walks through snow near a fence.

Wyoming Officials Euthanize First Grizzly Bear to Wander into Bighorn Mountains in a Century

Shed elk antlers on the National Elk Refuge.

Shed Antler Poacher Busted with More Than 1,000 Pounds of Rack. He’s Now Banned from Wyoming Federal Lands

50 Miles Across the Mojave Without Water

By Jac Mitchell

record lake trout

Watch: Massachusetts Angler Catches Potential Record Lake Trout from Shore

Jaylynn Parker holds a blue catfish.

Catfish Fishing

101-Pound Blue Catfish Caught on Jugline Is Officially the New Ohio Record

Gray Wolf pack howling taken in Yellowstone NP

As Wolf Management Debate Reaches a Fever Pitch, the Interior Department Hires a National Mediator

By Andrew McKean

A Louisiana black bear in a field.

Louisiana Establishes Its First Black Bear Hunting Season Since 1987

Jeffrey Forester holds a Georgia record rock bass.

Georgia Angler Sets State’s First Rock Bass Record

A sunset over the Florida Everglades.

Climate & Environment

Florida Now Using Gambling Revenues to Fund Wildlife Conservation

A hunter with a Rocky Mountain bighorn ewe.

Big Game Hunting

Most Hunters Will Never Get the Chance to Chase a Bighorn Ram, but What About Ewes?

By Christine Peterson

Chuck Main holds a potential state record-tying yellow perch.

Jumbo Yellow Perch Caught by Pennsylvania Angler Should Tie the State Record

Two poached elk found in Tennessee.

Tennessee Man Loses Hunting Privileges and Firearms After Admitting He Left Elk to Rot

A wild turkey gobbles in a field.

Youth Turkey Hunters in Missouri Break 7-Year Harvest Record

Federal TSS 12 ga

Podcast: The Truth About TSS Turkey Loads

By Alex Robinson

6.5 creedmoor vs 6.5 prc

6.5 PRC vs 6.5 Creedmoor: What Hunters and Shooters Need to Know

Rebecca Jones with a record monkeyface prickleback.

Oregon Angler Lands Potential World-Record Monkeyface Prickleback

States Continue to Cut Turkey Hunting Opportunities Amid Population Declines

States Continue to Cut Turkey Hunting Opportunities Amid Population Declines

A bluegill caught on a popper.

How to Fish a Popper

How to Tie a Palomar Knot: A Step-by-Step Guide with Photos and Video

A bobcat attacks a mule deer.

Watch: Bobcat Takes Down Adult Mule Deer on Trail Camera

Two anglers with a new youth state-record cobia.

Florida Kid Catches 2 State-Record Fish and One Pending World Record in a Day

A whitetail buck flags its tail in a field.

Big Game Hunting

Indiana Taxidermist Helps Identify State’s First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease

A black bear in the forest.

Oregon Black Bear Euthanized After Confronting Woman at Her Door and Passing Out on Nearby Porch

A wrecked tanker truck is towed from the crash scene.

Truck Full of Salmon Smolts Crashes in Oregon, Spilling 77,000 Fish into Nearby Creek

23 Dirty Turkey Hunting Myths

By Josh Honeycutt

A Canada goose stares at a camera.

Alabama Man Tells Son to Poach a Goose, Shoots Witness, Court Documents Say

A wolf stands in a snowy forest.

Colorado Wolf Kills Calf in the Same County Where Reintroduction Occurred

The 4 Anglers You’ll Meet on Opening Day of “Truck Trout” Season

Steyr SM12 6.5x55 Swede on bench

Steyr SM12 6.5×55 Swede: Reviewing an Old-World Combo

By John B. Snow

turkey hunting with a bow

Podcast: Ultra-Close Range Turkey Hunting Tactics with Mike Hunsucker

By Alex Robinson

An order of fishing gear delivered by Walmart.

Walmart Now Delivering Live Bait Directly to Your Door (or Nearby Boat Ramp)

A gray wolf stands in a forest.

Hunter Who Mistakenly Killed a Wolf Hundreds of Miles from Its Home Range Won’t Be Charged

The Rogue River Trail in southwestern Oregon.

16 Stranded Hikers Rescued in Oregon After Blisters Prevented Them from Hiking Out

A flock of wild turkeys forages in a field.

Wildlife Commissioner Cited for Hunting Turkeys Over Bait Says He Didn’t Know the Crickets Were There

How to Sharpen an Axe

By Drew Conover

A pair of coyotes stand in brushy cover.

Michigan Is Getting Sued for Shortening Its Coyote Season

Fishing with Bluetooth: Is the Probe a Revolutionary Tool or Just Another Fishing Gimmick?

Researchers are leaving vaccine treat balls in ag fields for deer.

Wildlife Managers Are Hiding Meds in Alfalfa to Vaccinate Wild Deer

Dead fish in the Nishnabotna River.

Midwestern Fertilizer Spill Kills Nearly Every Single Fish in 60-Mile Stretch of River

A robotic dog patrols the Fairbanks airport.

Watch: $70K Robotic Dog Disguised as a Coyote Will Haze Wildlife at Alaska Airport

Next of Gen PLOP 10x50 binoculars with a digital private and public land display.

Glassing with Permission Only: Next-Generation Binocular Will Make Users Pay to View Private Land

By Andrew McKean

A strutting tom turkey in a two track.

Wild Turkeys Are Dumb. Change My Mind

Story by Larry Dablemont, Introduction by Gerry Bethge

A spearfisherman holds a wahoo near the surface as his speargun floats nearby.

The Ultimate Guide to Spearfishing

By Natalie Krebs

A California sea lion tries to steal fish from spearfisherman.

Watch: Spearfisherman Gets in a Vicious Fight with Sea Lion That Tries to Steal His Fish

crossbow accuracy

Crossbow vs Compound Bow: An Honest Look at Performance Differences

By Alex Robinson, Scott Einsmann

Two wolves walk over a hill in Yellowstone.

Nevada’s First Wolf Pack Sighting in 100 Years Was Actually a Group of Coyotes, Officials Confirm

A Utah fisherman with a giant tiger trout.

Utah Fisherman Follows Grandpa’s Advice, Catches State-Record Tiger Trout Through the Ice

Two brothers who were attacked by a mountain lion in California.

Shed Hunter Killed in California Mountain Lion Attack Died Protecting His Brother

An angler holds up an almaco jack.

Offshore Fisherman Catches Almaco Jack That Shatters the Georgia State Record

The aftermath of a boat wreck at a bass fishing tournament in Florida.

Watch: Pro Bass Anglers ‘Could Have Been Killed’ in Crash While Speeding Back to Weigh-In

Big Game Hunting

30 of the Biggest Whitetail Shed Antler Sets Ever Found

By Josh Honeycutt

A Wyoming bull in Yellowstone National Park.

Big Game Hunting

Elk Hunters Had a Phenomenal Season in Wyoming While Idaho Saw the Worst Elk Harvest in a Decade

Angler with a giant striper-white bass hybrid.

Watch: Giant Hybrid Bass Caught on Fly Could Set a New World Record

Two bedded Shiras bulls.

Nevada’s First-Ever Moose Season Excites Hunters as Big-Game Applications Open

Here’s How Justin Hamner Won the Bassmaster Classic with Forward-Facing Sonar and a Jerkbait

Here’s How Justin Hamner Won the Bassmaster Classic with Forward-Facing Sonar and a Jerkbait

A Missouri angler with a bighead carp.

Missouri Man Catches Likely World-Record Carp, Turns It into Fertilizer

A grizzly bear walks through a forest.

Grizzly Bear Reintroduction in the North Cascades Plows Ahead

A trail camera of two golden eagles, a coyote, and a deer carcass.

Rare Trail Cam Photos Capture a Coyote Fighting Golden Eagles

A dead California mountain lion lying in the dirt.

Mountain Lion Attacks California Shed Hunters, Killing One and Injuring Another

Crappie Fishing

Catch Spring Crappies from Shore

Large elephant herd walking in Botswana.

Big Game Hunting

Botswana President Bashes UK’s Proposed Trophy Import Ban, Calls It a Return to ‘Colonial Conquest’

A morel mushroom on a normal camera and a thermal imaging camera.

Foraging & Gardening

Watch: Man Uses Thermal to Find Morels, Gets Skewered on Instagram