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A photo of a fisherman in orange bibs holding up an icy winter pollock.

Saltwater Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Target This Underrated Saltwater Brawler on the Coldest Days of Winter

A snowshoe rabbit looking at a tent copyrighted

I Agreed to Hunt Snowshoe Hares — and Regretted It Almost Instantly

Two old color photographs of mule deer hunters

Mule Deer Hunting

We Miraculously Got Permission to Hunt a Secret Canyon and Had the Best Deer Hunt of Our Lives

By Chester Chatfield

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Survival Skills

5 White-Knuckle Tales from Bush Pilots Who Nearly Died, But Didn’t

By Christopher Batin

An illustration of two deer fighting in front of a doe.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How My Family Took 7 Vermont Bucks in a Single, Unforgettable Season

By Harold Willey Jr.

I Promised to Take My Boys Rabbit Hunting Every Day of Christmas Break

By Erwin A. Bauer

Christmas cards for your best hunting buddies.

4 Christmas Cards Pat McManus Always Wanted to Send His Hunting Buddies, But Couldn’t

By Patrick F. McManus

A dog wearing goggles fetches up a rooster.

After My Bird Dog Was Nearly Blinded, This Ridiculous Piece of Gear Is the One Thing I’ll Never Hunt Without

By Natalie Krebs

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The Suppressor Tax Stamp Drops to $0 on January 1st. Here Are 6 Tips for Choosing Your First Suppressor

A photo of a blue-gloved hand holding a winter trout caught from a river.

Quick Strike Podcast: Shake the Winter Freestone Fishing Blues

Three Florida fishermen with a big red snapper.

Wilderness Survival

Search Suspended for Missing Florida Fishermen Whose Boat Was Found Drifting in the Gulf

A Wisconsin hunter and a huge typical buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Hunter Tags One of the Biggest Typical Bucks in State History During Extended Gun Season

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Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Dreamt a Brown Bear Was in My Tent. Then One Actually Walked into Camp

By John B. Snow

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I Was a Broke Hitchhiker Who Ended Up Flying a Plane with Zero Training

By Andrew McKean

Kuiu was sold to a private equity group.

Rumors Are Swirling About Kuiu Being Sold to an Anti-Public Lands Billionaire. Here’s What’s Actually Going On

By Natalie Krebs

A fisherman releases a small brook trout in a rocky stream.

‘This Would Have Serious, Real-World Impacts.’ Why the EPA’s Rule Change on Water Protections Would Be a Disaster for Fish and Wildlife

Wilderness Survival

I Became Trapped on an Ice Sheet in Lake Michigan — and Survived Against All Odds

Gray wolves in the midwest would be delisted by this new bill.

Wildlife Management

The House Just Voted to Delist Gray Wolves. Now the Bill Heads to the Senate

By Kris Millgate

A brown river access sign with a fish on it.

Public Lands & Waters

The Federal Government Is About to Make Public Waterway Rules Way Less Confusing

By Christine Peterson

Waterfowl Hunting

I Almost Completed the North American Waterfowl Slam by Luck. Here’s Why I Think Obsessing Over the 41 Is a Bit Ridiculous

By Scott Haugen

The Greenland wildlife crossing in Colorado.

Wildlife Management

The Largest Wildlife Crossing in North America Just Opened to Critters in Colorado

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Wilderness Survival

Podcast: Our Senior Staff Writer Nearly Died on a Backcountry Hunt. Here’s What We’ve Learned from the Experience

By Alex Robinson

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Photos of Jack O’Connor’s Perfect Winchester Model 70

A close-up of a Maine brook trout.

Maine Lawsuit Claims Fly-Fishing Only Regulations Are Keeping the Common Angler Down

A fishing guide holds up a giant bass on Lake Okechobee

Largemouth Bass

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Catch Giant Bass on Lake Okeechobee This Winter

A photo of a buck in a snowy field.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

A Pennsylvania Hunter Had His “Buck of a Lifetime” Stolen. So Why Are People Blaming Him?

A tannery employee holds up mountain lion hides ready for shipping

Big Game Hunting

24 Incredible Photos from the Last Great Tannery in America

By Alex Robinson

An Indiana hunter with a big buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Indiana Hunter Tags Giant 190-Class Buck After Watching Him for 4 Years — and Missing Him Once

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The 7 Best Late-Season Duck Hunts

By M.D. Johnson

A hunter gored by a buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Almost Lost My Eye While Wrestling a Buck

An illustration of a train in snow with griz tracks

Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Guided Teddy Roosevelt and Zane Grey, But This Grizzly Hunt Was One I’ll Never Forget

Two mallard drakes in the snow.

Wildlife Management

Game-Farm Mallard Genetics Are a Bigger Problem Than Waterfowlers Think — Only 2% of Greenheads in the Atlantic Flyway are Fully Wild

an illustration of a sheep hunter falling down a slope

This Happened to Me: I Almost Froze to Death on a Solo Bighorn Hunt

By Cassidy Caron, as told to Scott Einsmann

A North Dakota hunter with a rare white pheasant.

Pheasant Hunting

North Dakota Hunter Bags a Rare, Snow-White Pheasant on a Frigid Winter Day

A hunting party posing with a musk ox.

Big Game Hunting

Hunting Musk Ox and Caribou in Greenland Was Nothing Like I Imagined

By Andrew McKean

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Mule Deer Hunting

I Took Brett Favre on His First Mule Deer Hunt

By John B. Snow

A Wisconsin hunter with a big buck on opening day; a young hunter with he first deer, also tagged on opening day.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Shot a Big Wisconsin Buck Just Seconds Before a Young Hunter Tagged Her First Deer

By Kasey Okrzesik

Two spearfishermen surface with walleyes.

Podcast: Spearfishing for Walleyes Is Coming to the Great Lakes. And That’s Not a Bad Thing

A bird dog sits in a passenger seat with an arrow in its armpit.

My Bird Dog Caught a Broadhead Arrow to the Chest While Pointing Quail

By Kris Millgate

Blue catfish caught on shad chunk

Catfish Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Catch Trophy Blue Catfish In Winter

A hunter in blue overalls sits behind a tree looking at a deer in this illustration.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Shot My First Buck on the Run, During a Low-Country Deer Drive

By John Wongrey

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

“I Hope My Baby Grows Up to Be a Deer Hunter.” Pregnant Woman Shoots 190-Class Buck on the Last Day of the Season

Wilderness Survival

The Mysterious “Little People” of Northwest Alaska Are Just One Example of the Supernatural in Arctic Wilderness

We Range Tested the New Glock Gen 6 Everyone Is Talking About

By John B. Snow

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Happened to Me: I Butchered a Deer in My Brooklyn Apartment and the Cops Came

By Alex Robinson

an old photograph of a hunter in a yellow canoe with a nice buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Want to Kill a Great Late-Season Buck? Float a River

Whitetail Deer Hunting

3 Incredible Stories of Snow Tracking Bucks in the Big Woods

By Hal Blood, Ralph P. Stuart

A whitetail buck stands on a hillside in Montana.

Wildlife Management

Montana to Slash Nonresident Deer Tags Amid EHD Declines and Mounting Pressure from Out-of-Staters

By Dac Collins, Andrew McKean

Looking at the entrance to Johnny Morris' Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium.

Hunter Recruitment

Woman Goes into Labor at Bass Pro Shop’s Wonders of Wildlife, Delivers Baby at the Aquarium

Three police cars by a white pickup in Antelope Valley.

I Found a Human Skull While Rabbit Hunting Near Los Angeles

By Chris Grillot

Screenshots of trout eating flies through the ice.

This Video of Trout Smashing Flies Through the Ice Will Keep You Fired Up All Winter

A hunter holds up a big Virginia buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Hunter Tags a Giant Buck Four Hours Away, Makes It Home Just in Time for Thanksgiving Dinner

A saltwater fisherman holds up a world-record grouper.

Florida Angler Catches World-Record Grouper Right After Breaking a Hook On a Snapper

By Kris Millgate

A 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge doesn't always produce the best blood trails on deer.

Podcast: Are You Getting Bad Blood Trails with the 6.5 Creedmoor? This Is Why

By Natalie Krebs

A rifle hunter with a giant Maine buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Maine Fisherman Bleats in Giant Swamp Buck While Hunting on the Ground, ‘Just Like My Grandfather Did’

doe lies on ground next to truck with broken windshield

Whitetail Deer Hunting

After I Shot a Deer, It Leapt on My Truck and Smashed My Windshield

By Cheyne Matzenbacher

A protester speaks out against bear hunting during a rally.

Wildlife Management

This Group Is Paying Hunters $2,000 Not to Use Their Tags, in a Final Effort to Thwart Florida’s Bear Hunt

A hunter with a heavy Pennsylvania black bear.

Black Bear Hunting

Pennsylvania Hunter Tags Biggest Black Bear of the Season with His Wife’s Lucky Rifle

A surf perch in SoCal.

Saltwater Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Catch a Pile of Perch in the Surf

A tournament bass angler holds up a fish; a man sits for a photo.

Alabama Bass Tournaments Are Getting Canceled After Deadly MLF Boat Crash

A bull elk in the brush.

Wildlife Management

Idaho Is Eliminating OTC Deer and Elk Tags for Nonresidents and Moving to a Draw System

By Kris Millgate

A Pennsylvania flintlock rifle with a compartment in the stock.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

19 Timeless Photos from Pennsylvania’s Flintlock Season, the Last of Its Kind in the Country

Photographs by Henry Hung, Story by Derek Horner

An old color photograph of two deer hunters in Mississippi.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Spent Thanksgiving with Southern Hunters Who Ran Deer Hounds. Here’s What I Learned

By Robert E. Price

A kid's first deer hunt in a Louisiana swamp in the 1960s.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

My Son’s First Trip to Deer Camp Was a Rite of Passage — for Both of Us

By Grits Gresham