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Illustration of the world-record tiger shark being caught from a pier

The Legendary Shark Fishing Record That’s Never Been Broken

By Donald Millus

brown bear attack

‘I Heard the Crunch of Something Breaking.’ How I Survived a Double Grizzly Bear Attack

Teaching kids archery doesn't have to start at a certain age.

Here’s Why I Taught My 2-Year-Old Daughter Archery

improved clinch knot

How to Tie the Improved Clinch Knot: A “Fisherman’s Knot” That Everyone Should Know

record fish louisiana

Saltwater Fishing

‘We’ll Never Replicate It.’ Charter Boat Anglers Land Three Record Fish During One Epic Trip

The Pagami Creek wildfire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Minnesota. It burned over 100,000 acres.

Climate & Environment

First Came the DOGE Cuts, Then Came the Wildfires

By Alex Robinson

A composite image of a hiker on Granite Peak who was impaled by his own trekking pole.

Montana Man Impales Himself on a Trekking Pole, Then Hikes Out 10 Miles with ‘Gnarly Wound’

By Kris Millgate

Fried fish tails one a white play.

Fried Fish Tails: This Is the Best Fish Dish That You’ve Been Missing

sheep hunting ice mountain

Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Hunted the Giant Double-Curl Ram of Ice Mountain

By JOHN B. WINSOR

ducks on a pothole.

Policy & Legislation

This USFWS Announcement Has Duck Hunters on High Alert

By Natalie Krebs

Wilderness Survival

How to Actually Use Paracord in a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

bear encounter causes fine

Hikers Face $25,000 Fine After This Bear Encounter in Banff National Park

By Kris Millgate

Smallmouth bass caught and released in the Snake River, Idaho

Smallmouth Bass

Wade Fishing the Great Lakes? Try This Traditional Tactic for the Best Smallmouth Bass Bite of Summer

By Byron W. Dalrymple

peta member protest animal-based ag in Oregon

Wildlife Management

Oregon Initiative That Would Criminalize Hunting and Fishing Has Failed

By Alex Robinson

grizzly bear Los Angeles museum

Grizzly Bear Hunting

Museum Curators from Los Angeles Shot the Biggest Bear in the World

By Ed Ainsworth

I Tangled With My First Mountain Lion at Age 12 — and It Nearly Killed Me

By Fred Meyer Schroder

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Smallmouth Bass

Fly Fishing Guide Catches the Same Giant Smallmouth Bass 3 Times — It Turned Out to Be a World Record

A grizzly bear guards a bull elk carcass.

Animal Advocates Ask Montana to Force Hunters and Trappers to Carry Bear Spray

By Natalie Krebs

Striped Bass Fishing

Back In the Day, Women’s Surf Fishing Clubs Ruled the Beach

By Elizabeth Norbeck

idaho record pike

Pike and Muskie Fishing

“I’ve Been Looking for This Fish for 30 Years.” Idaho Angler Lands Record Pike

A bluegill caught on a popper.

Bluegill Fishing

How to Fish a Popper Like a Pro: 4 Tricks for More Topwater Bites

This Legendary Sheep Hunter Once Chased Mouflon and Aoudad on a High-Fenced Texas Ranch. Here Are His Takeaways

By Jack O'Connor

A private property no trespassing sign on a fencepost

Policy & Legislation

Pennsylvania Court Rules in Favor of Hunting Clubs, Against Game Warden Surveillance on Private Property

By Natalie Krebs

A professional python removal contractor holds up a bunch of snakes.

Wildlife Management

21 Shocking Snake Photos from the Florida Python Challenge

By Natalie Krebs

Saltwater Fishing

Maryland Angler Catches Record-Breaking Fish and Then Nearly Uses It for Bait

Jacob Ott holds up a nice smallie caught while wading.

Smallmouth Bass

Catch More Smallmouth Bass on the Fly (Without a Boat)

A Louisiana fisherman holds up a big blackfish or tripletail.

Saltwater Fishing

Angler Lands One of the Biggest Tripletail Ever Caught in His State

Model 97 Winchester

The Classic American Shotguns You Should Definitely Recognize

By Jim Carmichel

An illustration of a boy hunting cranes

I Was the Youngest Duck Poacher in Saskatchewan

world record pronghorn

Antelope Hunting

I Shot the World-Record Pronghorn with My Bow

By Judd A. Cooney

A moody blue-toned two-page illustration: a headlamp-wearing hunter lies in swamp water at night while a cottonmouth rears up with its mouth open; at right, a hand grips a snake hook reaching toward the snake.

How I Caught 69 Florida Cottonmouths in One Night (and Didn’t Die)

By Paul E. Allen

A big illustration of a muskie being netted beside an old photo of it on a wall hanger.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

How I Brought an Iconic Muskie Fishery Back from the Brink of Collapse

By Cecil E. Heacox

an illustration of spawning bluegills

Bluegill Fishing

Use These Traditional Tactics to Catch Big Summer Bluegills on Southern Reservoirs

How to Tie an FG Knot: The Strongest Way to Connect Braid to a Leader

Color illustration by Gil Cohen of a hunter in a fedora holding a rifle facing a Flying D Ranch guard in a red cap standing hand-on-hip beside a barbed-wire gate and a parked jeep on a dirt road.

Public Lands & Waters

I Tried to Drive a Public Road, and Was Turned Back at Gunpoint by a Ranch Hand

By William A. Fairhurst Ben East

Use This Clever Trick to Unsnag Your Lures

Walleye Fishing

How to Fillet a Walleye and Actually Get All the Meat, According to This Legendary Fisherman

By Alex Robinson

Watercolor painting by F. Clay McGaughy of a largemouth bass rising from rocky, weedy lake-bottom cover toward a surface lure.

Largemouth Bass

My Logbook of 20,000 Lunkers Shows Exactly Which Lures Catch Big Bass

hunting the west

Are You Stoked for Your DIY Western Hunt? Here’s What the Podcasters and Influencers Aren’t Telling You

By Alex Robinson

ELY, MN. - JULY 2026: U.S. Forest Service employees use a tow boats to evacuate canoeists from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after multiple wildfires burning there prompted its closure and evacuation Tuesday, July 14, 2026 in Ely, Minn.(Photo by Anthony Soufflé/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Public Lands & Waters

Rangers, Outfitters, Resort Owners Evacuate Paddlers from Boundary Waters Wilderness as Wildfires Rage On

By Kris Millgate

Towers in Bear's Ears Utah

Policy & Legislation

Trump ‘Decimated’ Two National Monuments in Utah. Meet the Man Who Will Challenge the Administration with a Lawsuit

By Natalie Krebs

Woman angler holds up a largemouth bass while fishing from her kayak.

Largemouth Bass

I Caught Two 11-Pound Bass on the Same Day. Here’s How I did It

By Kristine Fischer

A grizzly bear walks into a clearing.

Wildlife Management

The Feds Aim to Return Grizzly Bear Management to Western States. Could Federal Delisting Be Next?

By Andrew McKean

A bear swipes at a hunter and his hounds

Grizzly Bear Hunting

We Were No Match for the Ghost-Town Grizzly of New Mexico

By Frank C. Hibben

An illustration of a fire in the snow.

Survival Skills

26 Common Survival Myths That Can Actually Get You Killed

By Tim MacWelch

survival items bug out base camp

Natural Disaster Survival

13 Essential Ways to Create the Ultimate Bug-Out Basecamp

By Tim MacWelch

two illustrations featuring jaguars

Big Game Hunting

This Fearless Legend Hunted Jaguars with Nothing But a Spear in the Americas

By Howard J. Cooper

Walleye Fishing

‘It Was a Super Weird Flash in the Water.’ Angler Catches Incredibly Rare Golden Walleye

By Alex Robinson

Majestic landscape of canyon with sandstone rock formations, GrandStaircase-EscalanteNational Monument, Utah, USA

Public Lands & Waters

Trump Cuts 2 Popular Utah National Monuments by 90 Percent — About 3 Million Acres

By Christine Peterson

A lone canoeist on a lake in the Boundary Waters.

Public Lands & Waters

The Forest Service Has Closed the Most Popular Wilderness Area in America Due to Wildfire Danger

By Alex Robinson

child carrying a log in woods.

Survival Skills

11 Outdoor Survival Skills You Can (and Should) Teach Your Kids

By Christine Peterson

walleye fishing

Walleye Fishing

These Giant Walleyes Are Tracked By Advanced Tech and a Fanatical Fishing Culture

Black Bear Hunting

It Took Me 10 Years to Tag a Bear With My Bow, But It Was Well Worth the Wait

By Bob Degenhardt

Bluegill Fishing

Meet the “Slab Queen” Who Is on a Mission to Grow (and Catch) the Next World-Record Bluegill

Minnesota record bluegill

Bluegill Fishing

Giant Bluegill Breaks Minnesota State Record. It’s the Second Time This Lake Has Produced a Record Panfish This Year

pheasant hunting

Hunter Recruitment

This Controversial Hunter Recruitment Program Buys Pheasants from Prisons. Now Bird Planting Could Expand to Federal and Private Lands

By Andrew McKean

A lone mule deer buck stands on a snowy ridge.

Wildlife Management

The Long Campaign to Criminalize Hunting and Fishing With Out-of-State Funding Should Trouble Outdoorsmen

By Kris Millgate

fly fishing for bluegills

Bluegill Fishing

Fly Fishing for Bluegills: Here’s How to Get in on the Best Bite of Summer

thelon paddle trip

I Missed My Father’s Funeral to Take My Daughter on the Paddle Trip of a Lifetime

Big Game Hunting

Jack O’Connor in Africa: The Locals Nicknamed Me ‘Old Man Who Can’t Hit Pala Pala.’ And They Were Almost Right

By Jack O'Connor

Freel Chest X-Ray

Wilderness Survival

How to Not Die in the Backcountry, According to the Trauma Surgeon Who Saved My Life

hand holding a loligo squid

Saltwater Fishing

Jigging for Squid Is the Ultimate Night Fishing Party

By Matthew Every

The author with a big smallmouth bass caught using FFS

Smallmouth Bass

3 Tips for Targeting Wolf-Packs of Smallmouth Bass with Forward-Facing Sonar

By Derek Horner

white bear british columbia

Black Bear Hunting

Our First (and Last) Hunt for the Rare White Bear of British Columbia

By Howard Shelley