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Wilderness Survival

I Was Lost for 10 Terrible Days in the Ontario Wilderness

By Elwyn "Bud" Myers

A barred owl flying in the night.

How to Hoot Like an Owl Using Your Natural Voice

By Natalie Krebs

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Wildlife Management

Deer Processor Caught Selling Donated Venison Meant for Local Food Pantries

The bones of a Canada lynx on a stand in a workshop.

Wildlife Management

Photos: Inside the Oklahoma Taxidermy Shop That’s Supplying Skulls to Museums, Hunters, and Harvard

Story by Steve Wagner, Photographs by Jeff Wilson

A color illustration of a bunch of people fishing for a giant tuna fish off the coast of montauk

A Life-Changing Discovery, an Unlucky Fisherman, and the Greatest Tuna Fight of All Time

By Frank T. Moss

A bass fisherman holds up a 13-pound largemouth.

Largemouth Bass

Guide Catches a 13-Pound Bass While His Client Was Taking a Break

A fly angler with a Jack Crevalle caught ona. fly.

Quick Strike Podcast: Why More Anglers Are Suddenly Obsessed with This Hard-Fighting Fish

Video: Never Fillet Bluegills Again, Use This Method Instead

By Alex Robinson

A Georgia angler with a big gar.

Guide Catches State-Record Gar While Fishing Solo on His Home Lake

Angler Arrested at Fishing Tournament for Allegedly Stuffing Bass with Weights

American folk hero Buffalo Bill Cody poses with taxidermy deer, antlers, and revolvers against a backdrop, 1871. Note: Image has been digitally colorized using a modern process.

I Was the Last Person to Interview Buffalo Bill Cody Before He Died. Here’s What He Said

By Chauncey Thomas

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These Fishing Lure Makers Are Quietly Keeping an American Tradition Alive

By Pete Robbins

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The Woman Who Quit Her Desk Job and Rode 1,000 Miles on Horseback Over a $10 Bet

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Saltwater Fishing

I Went Marlin Fishing with Ernest Hemingway. We Ran into Some Trouble with Sharks

By Arnold Samuelson

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Why Limestone Streams Grow Bigger Trout Than Almost Anywhere Else

By Vince Marinaro

spring snow geese

Where to Hunt Spring Snow Geese: These Are Your Best Bets for DIY and Guided Hunts

By M.D. Johnson

Two ice fishermen stranded on Lake Erie.

Stranded Ice Fishermen Rescued a Mile Offshore After Ice Sheet Splits from Mainland

Public Lands & Waters

Video: We Helicoptered into Landlocked Public Ground for an Epic Elk Hunt — Then a Rancher Stole Our Bull

By Andrew McKean

An angler holding a big spring largemouth bass.

How to Catch the Biggest Bass of Your Life This Spring

By Derek Horner

An illustration of two men escaping from a crashed plane as the pilot remains strapped in.

Wilderness Survival

I Should Have Died in a Floatplane Crash

By Casey West, As told to Dac Collins

A Texas angler with a 14-pound bass.

Largemouth Bass

‘A Real Rodeo.’ Angler Lands 14-Pound Bass After a Wild Fight

A snake hunter with a massive Burmese python.

Wildlife Management

What It’s Like to Get Dragged Through a Florida Swamp by a 200-Pound Python

An illustration of two men trying to cut trapped dogs loose from a canoe.

I Was Bowhunting in Old Mexico with the Legendary Lee Brothers When Tragedy Struck

By Delbert L. Chears

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Wildlife Management

The Buffalo Revivers of the Wind River Reservation

By Christine Peterson

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Policy & Legislation

Colorado Advances Fur Ban, Contradicting Public Opinion and Biologist Recommendations

A Benchmade knifemaker grinds a knife.

Meet the Artisan Blade Makers of Oregon, Home to More Knife Companies Than Any Other State

A harbor seal in Alaska.

Alaska Man Contracts Mysterious ‘Seal Finger’ Disease in What Officials Are Calling a Medical First

Director of the Bureau of Land Management nominee Stevan Pearce is sworn in during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee.

Public Lands & Waters

Controversial BLM Nominee Steve Pearce Advances to Senate for a Full Vote, Says He’s ‘Not So Sure’ About Keeping Public Lands

By Andrew McKean

A bass guide with a big Texas largemouth.

Largemouth Bass

Bass Guide Lands a 13-Pound Largemouth on His First Time Fishing a New Lake

A hunter on skis reaches down for a bird that a dog is retrieving for him.

Photos: Meet the Renegade Hunters Who Are Skiing into the Backcountry with Their Bird Dogs

Photographs by Peter Wadsworth, Story by Ashley Thess

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Wilderness Survival

After My Husband Died, I Learned to Homestead Solo and Feed Our 3 Kids. Here’s How We Survived

By Olive A. Fredrickson

An ice angler with a record-sized yellow perch.

‘Our Jaws Just Dropped.’ Jumbo Perch Caught Through the Ice Should Break a 44-Year-Old State Record

A big bass caught with a big pink bait.

Largemouth Bass

Quick Strike Podcast: 3 Big Bass Baits You Should Throw This Spring

A Texas angler with a 13-pound bass.

Largemouth Bass

‘Shaking Like a Leaf.’ Texas Angler Pulls His Second 13-Pounder from the Same Lake

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Policy & Legislation

High-Fence Ranches in Idaho Promised Biosecurity. Then Elk Started Escaping, and Wild Deer and Moose Broke in

By Christine Peterson

Beka Garris and her daughter shoot a recurve bow.

How My Decision to Embrace Traditional Bowhunting Has Shaped Three Generations of Family

Tennessee anglers with a huge largemouth bass.

Largemouth Bass

‘God Sent Him That Fish.’ Tennessee Man Catches Pending State-Record Bass

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I Traveled 6,000 Miles in Search of Fabled Giant Trout. What I Found Was Even Better Than I Imagined

An illustration of a guide creeping along a rock.

Big Game Hunting

Is It a Guide’s Job to Risk His Life for a Client?

By Eric Collier

hunter holding dead nutria and gun; overhead view of boat in muddy river

I Learned to Hunt (and Cook) Louisiana’s Invasive Swamp Rats Like a Local

By Gerry Bethge

fly fisherman wearing waders and holding rod and walking stick poses at shallow, rocky edge of river

He Was Arrested at Gunpoint Over Public Access. His Case Reshaped the Montana Fishing Scene

Blue, black, and white illustrations of a bowhunter in NYC.

How a Born-and-Raised New Yorker Fell in Love with Bowhunting

An illustration from the Outdoor Life story Rising Terror, which shows ice water flooding a cabin.

Wilderness Survival

My Wife and I Escaped Our Flooding Cabin — Then Nearly Froze to Death in the Yard

By Angus Franklin MacIver

A college student who rescued a man from a hole in the ice.

‘It’s a Miracle.’ College Student Rescues Older Ice Fisherman Who Fell in a Lake, Survived for 3 Hours

A Yeti jug with Outdoor Life February cover stickers.

Outdoor Life Merch Drop: High-Quality Stickers Are Here

By Natalie Krebs

An angler with a record-sized muskie caught through the ice.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Angler Pulls Pending State-Record Muskie Through the Ice, Fulfilling a Yearslong Dream

A sign that says entering public lands.

Policy & Legislation

Podcast: Randy Newberg’s Forecast for Our Public Lands Has Some Surprising Good News

By Natalie Krebs

A young angler and his grandpa with a state-record drum.

10-Year-Old Catches a State-Record Drum Worth $22,000 in a Family Fishing Derby

the hunting public

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Video: How the Hunting Public Mastered Deer Drives

By Roy Holdford

A deer blind set up along a field edge.

Wildlife Management

Man Who Parked Directly in Front of Hunter’s Deer Blind Told Game Wardens He ‘Was Out There to Be a Pain’

A fishing guide with a massive largemouth bass.

Largemouth Bass

‘A Special Big Bass Spot.’ This Guide Just Caught His 15th 13-Plus-Pounder From the Same Lake

A color illustration of campers fighting off bears.

Two Problem Bears Terrorized Us for a Week in the Wilderness. We Fought Back with Torches and Cherry Bombs

By Doris DeCleene

Climate & Environment

The Interior Just Gutted a Bedrock Conservation Law That Will Affect Public Lands Everywhere

By Christine Peterson

A duck hunter and his dog with a duck in Florida.

Remembering Crown, the Very Good Duck Dog Who Retrieved 42 Species of North American Waterfowl

By Kris Millgate

A composite image of the BLM nominee Stevan Pearce

What’s So Bad About Stevan Pearce, Trump’s Pick to Run the BLM? For Starters, His Public-Land Track Record

By Andrew McKean

Team U.S.A.'s hockey goalie fishing on a lake.

The Backstory Behind Olympian Connor Hellebuyck’s Bass-Covered Goalie Helmet

A limit of trout.

Quick Strike Podcast: The Truth About Fish Size and Bag Limits

An illustration of a wolf attacking a man in the snow

I Was Asked to Investigate a Wolf Attack. Here’s What I Found

By Frank Glaser, as told to Jim Rearden

A trail cam photo of a deer running from coyotes.

Wildlife Management

Vote Now: These 13 Wild Trail-Cam Photos Range from Stunning to Seriously Funny

By Natalie Krebs

An angler with a massive Louisiana redfish.

Redfish Fishing

This Massive Redfish Could Have Been a New State Record. There Was No Way to Officially Weigh It

A fisherman holds up a big bass.

Largemouth Bass

My Son Talked Me into Going Fishing and I Caught the Biggest Bass of My Life

7 PRC vs 7 Rem Mag

7 PRC vs 7mm Rem Mag: Here’s Why the New Cartridge Is Superior

By Mike Dickerson

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Amelia Earhart Decides Fly Fishing Isn’t for Her

By Amelia Earhart

hunter aims at bear

Grizzly Bear Hunting

The Alaska Bear Hunt That Tested My Entire Family

By Kenneth C. Kellar