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bear scat identification

Wildlife Management

How to Identify Bear Scat

Two hunters in Texas with a plains zebra.

Wildlife Management

There’s Now a Jurassic Park for Vanishing Wildlife. It’s Called Texas

Story by Dac Collins, Photographs by Jeff Wilson

An italian angler with one of the biggest Wels catfish ever caught.

Catfish Fishing

Italian Angler Catches Pending World-Record Wels Catfish Over 9 Feet Long

video great white sharks eat dolphin

Wildlife Management

Watch: Great White Sharks Eat a Dolphin in the California Surf

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Amelia Earhart on Flying and Fly-Fishing, from the Archives

By Amelia Earhart

Corner crossing ruled legal in Wyoming.

Public Lands & Waters

Public Land Hunters Win Corner Crossing Case in Wyoming

By Alex Robinson

An angler in a hat and sunglasses holds up a fat snapper.

Saltwater Fishing

Carolina Teen Crushes Mangrove Snapper State-Record

Mule Deer Hunting

Shed Hunter Finds $10,000 Mule Deer Antler, One of Five Hidden Across the West

Texas half-ton hammerhead

Texas Anglers Reel in Half-Ton Hammerhead Shark from the Beach

Jim Carmichel aims 100 yards downrange.

Precision Rifles

‘I Finally Shot a Good Group.’ The Story of Carmichel’s Benchrest World Record

By Jim Carmichel

Walleye anglers caught cheating in tournament

Walleye Fishing

Walleye Anglers Taken into Custody for Jail Time After Fishing Tournament Cheating Scandal

By Natalie Krebs

world record lake trout enloe CO

Colorado Man Catches Pending World-Record Lake Trout While Fishing with His Son

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Black Bear Hunting

The Hunt for a Man-Killing Black Bear, From the Archives

By Raymond R. Lyons

video piebald black bear

Wildlife Management

Watch: Piebald Black Bear Caught on Camera in Washington State

cruise passengers banned for fishing

Saltwater Fishing

Passengers Who Caught Fish Aboard Carnival Cruise Ship Receive Lifetime Ban

A hunter in camo secures a tag around the antlers of a nice elk.

Why Everybody Loves to Hate Nonresident Elk Hunters

By Andrew McKean

turkey load lethality

Lessons from the Most In-Depth Turkey Load Lethality Test of All Time

Big Game Hunting

Carmichel in Australia: Charged by a Backwater Buffalo

By Jim Carmichel

The Franchi Instinct Sideplate cracked on a shooting bench.

Double Barrel Shotguns

The Best Over/Under Shotguns of 2025

angler holding bowfin

Fishing for Dinosaurs: Why the Ancient Bowfin Has a New Cult of Followers

A knife beside a morel cut in half in preparation for cooking morel mushroom recipes.

Foraging & Gardening

The Best Morel Mushroom Recipes

old magazine illustration of hunter directing hounds in desert environment

Grizzly Bear Hunting

Ben Lilly and the Desert Grizzly, From the Archives

By Frank C. Hibben

turkey gobbling in roost

Why Do Turkeys Gobble at Owls?

Predator Hunting

Tagged Coyote Travels 100-Plus Miles Across Ohio

Kansanans culling jackrabbits during a Dust Bowl rabbit drive.

The Dust Bowl Jackrabbit Drives Were the Darkest Days of Small-Game Hunting in America

By Natalie Krebs

Hunter holding up turkey.

Hunting the Legendary Cohutta Gobbler, From the Archives

By Charles Elliott

Three plucked birds sit on a table after a demonstration of how to pluck a duck.

How to Pluck a Duck

By Natalie Krebs

A Wisconsin ice fisherman holds onto a fat Minnesota state-record pike.

Wisconsin Ice Fisherman Catches a Northern Pike on Mille Lacs to Tie Minnesota State-Record

old magazine illustration of man, dog, dead bear in woods

Hunting Cougars with Ben Lilly, the Last of the Mountain Men

By Frank C. Hibben

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Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

This Happened to Us: We Got in a Full-Blown Feud with a Rival Fishing Lodge

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt

By Taylor Chamberlin, As told to Scott Einsmann

puppy hunting dog

The Best Hunting Dog Names

An Italian fly angler high-sticks.

Euro Nymphing Is Ruining Fly Fishing

An illustration of the last grizzly bear in Colorado attacking a hunter.

I Killed the Last Grizzly in Colorado

A whitetail buck lying in a cut field.

Don’t Hunt (or Kill Game) If Your Heart Isn’t in It

By Alex Robinson

An ice fisherman drinks an energy drink while jigging an ice hole at the ice fishing extravaganza.

Hot Dogs, Schnapps, and Live Minnow Shots: Grub From the World’s Biggest Ice Fishing Tournament

Photographs by Jenn Ackerman and Tim Gruber, Story by Natalie Krebs

giant gator gar alabama record

Redfish Fishing

Giant Alligator Gar Caught in Alabama Certified as a New State Record

A look through the new Holosun DRS

Holosun DRS Thermal Sight: First Look and Update on Availability

By Scott Einsmann

Jack O'Connor, reclining in the grass while taking a break on a hunt.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Jack O’Connor’s Last Hunt, From the Archives

By Jack Atcheson Sr., as told to Jim Zumbo

video bobcat savage take down mule deer

Watch a Bobcat Savagely Take Down a Mule Deer

michigan lone wolf record journey

Wildlife Management

Lone Michigan Wolf Travels a Record-Setting 4,200 Miles Across Great Lakes Region

old magazine pages

Trying to Stop a Brown Bear Attack with a .38 Special, from the Archives

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Pennsylvania Crossbow Hunter Tags Biggest Archery Bull in State History

locals riled rare piebald buck poached in PA

Wildlife Management

Pennsylvania Poacher Riles Local Community by Taking Rare Piebald Buck Out of Season

What Really Happened to Crist Kolby, the Trapper Who Was Killed by Wolves?

What Really Happened to Crist Kolby, the Trapper Who Was Killed by Wolves?

Jack O’Connor’s Final Word on How to Pick a Deer Rifle

Jack O’Connor’s Final Word on How to Pick a Deer Rifle

By Jack O'Connor

Bus 142 as a hunting camp.

Long Before the ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Became a Tourist Deathtrap, It Was My Dad’s Hunting Camp

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Is This the Biggest “Goldfish” Ever Caught?

Thieves are sawing antlers off skulls and selling them to shed buyers.

Thieves Are Stealing More and More Racks From Hunters in the West — and Their Profits Keep Growing

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Hunter Impales Charging Brown Bear with an Ice Axe

Deer Hunting Gear

The Best Gifts for Deer Hunters

By Alex Robinson

High fence deer could hold the key to CWD resistance.

Wildlife Management

Here’s What Top Chronic Wasting Disease Researchers Can’t Say on the Record

By Andrew McKean

whole alligator inside python

Wildlife Management

Watch: Researchers Find a Whole Alligator Inside an 18-Foot-Long Burmese Python

colorado whitetail

The Biggest Myths and Misconceptions Around Deer Rifles, Cartridges, and Shooting

By Alex Robinson

A landowner and duck hunter got in a fight over trespassing in North Dakota.

The Landowner and One Hunter From the Viral “I Own the F*cking Land” Video Are Charged with Misdemeanors

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Minnesota Bowfisherman Arrows “Extremely Rare” Golden Bowfin

meredith buck lead

Eighth Grader Arrows a 238-Inch Buck, Likely the Biggest Non-Typical Ever Killed by a Youth Hunter in Kentucky

hunter with sheep head

Can Sheep Hunting in the Yukon Survive Another Century?

By Alex Robinson

Walleye anglers caught cheating in tournament

Walleye Fishing

Pro Walleye Anglers Charged with Attempted Grand Theft, Other Felonies for Tournament Cheating Scandal

The spectacular Dall ram taken by Jerry Lees

Alaskan DIY Hunter Tags the Ram of a Lifetime

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Wilderness Survival

Nightmare on Missinaibi Lake, a Survival Story From the Archives

By Don M. Campbell, as told to Jim Hoagland

Rue Mapp scouts for ducks

Rue Mapp Is Learning to Hunt, But She’s Got a Bigger Mission

By Christine Peterson

Fischer hoists bass

Breaking Bass: Kristine Fischer’s Rise to Kayak-Fishing Fame

trophy whitetail heads

The Case Against Scoring Big-Game Animals

By Andrew McKean