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Big Game Hunting

Carmichel in the Middle East: Risking Our Lives to Hunt Iranian Ibex

By Jim Carmichel

Kayak Fisherman Catches State-Record Bowfin on His Nephew’s Custom-Made Lure

Policy & Legislation

The Federal Walk-In Hunting Access Program Won’t Be Funded in 2025. An Even Bigger Budget Battle Looms in the Next Farm Bill

By Alex Robinson

Mule Deer Hunting

Why Mule Deer Are North America’s Greatest Big-Game Animal

I Was Attacked by a Timber Wolf

Baits, Lures, & Flies

The Bucktail Jig Still Catches Everything. Here’s What All Anglers Need to Know About This Old-School Lure

By Alice Jones Webb

Policy & Legislation

Survey: Idaho Big-Game Hunters Would Ban Drones and Thermals, But Keep Most Other Tech

By Andrew McKean

Wildlife Management

Grizzly Bears Will Remain on Endangered Species List, Feds Say

Public Lands & Waters

Feds’ Expansion of Okefenokee NWR Could Help Prevent a Proposed Mine There — If It Sticks

Why Duck Hunters Die

By Alex Robinson

Catfish Fishing

Landing This 8-Foot Catfish, Possibly the Largest Ever Caught in the UK, Was Like ‘Walking 12 German Shepherds’ at Once

By Natalie Krebs

Wildlife Management

Podcast: Wolves Will Be Delisted, Public-Land Transfer Attempts Will Fail, and Other 2025 Predictions

By Andrew McKean

Wildlife Management

Ranchers Submit $582K Bill for Colorado Wolf Damages, Which Could Drain the State’s Depredation Fund Entirely

Black Bear Hunting

Sixth Grader Tags Nearly 600-Pound Black Bear While Hunting with His Grandpa

By Alice Jones Webb

Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘I Hadn’t Shot a Deer All Year.’ Hunter Tags Unicorn Buck in the Final Days of Muzzleloader Season

Federal 7mm Backcountry, Tested and Reviewed

By John B. Snow

Wildlife Management

Poachers Caught with 76 Pounds of Illegally Speared Bass in Urban Texas Lake

By Alice Jones Webb

Wildlife Management

Montana Sues Yellowstone National Park for Having ‘Utterly Failed’ to Manage Its Bison Herd

By Natalie Krebs

Pacific Northwest Angler Earned $164K for Catching Pikeminnow, Shattering the Payout Record

A Young Pup, an Old Setter, and a Point I’ll Never Forget

By Floyd A. Baker

Patriots Hall-of-Famer Caught Turkey Hunting Behind Stadium Says ‘I Hunted that Property Forever’

Bowhunter with 86 Bulls to His Credit Tags a Pending World-Record Elk

Wilderness Survival

Two Men Found Dead of Exposure in Washington’s Cascade Range Were Hunting For Sasquatch, Officials Say

By Laura Lancaster

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Army Vet Gets His First Whitetail Buck on Last Day of the Season, and It’s a 19-Point Giant

The Biggest Record-Breaking Fish of 2024

By Alice Jones Webb

Pheasant Hunting

A Manhattan Legislator Aims to End New York’s Pheasant Stocking Program. Here’s Why All Bird Hunters Should Be Concerned

By Alex Robinson

Why the Winchester 94 Is (and Always Will Be) My Favorite Deer Rifle

By Alice Jones Webb

Whitetail Deer Hunting

16 Deer Hunting Mistakes You Won’t Make Again Next Season

By Josh Honeycutt

Assembling My ‘One Gun,’ a Modern 6.5×55 Swede

By Andrea Bogard

Instead of Staying Home for the Holidays, My Daughter Wanted to Go Moose Hunting

Quick Strike Podcast: Little Tips That Make a Big Difference While Ice Fishing

Deer Hunting Gear

Is a $300 Hunting Knife Worth It?

By Derek Horner

Alaska Trappers Catch One of the Biggest Wolves Ever Recorded

Competitive Shooting

5 Things I Learned from NRL Hunter, and Why You Should Compete in 2025

The Best Stories of 2024

The Biggest Bucks of 2024

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kansas Soldier Ditches His Tree Stand and Tags Elusive ‘Ghost’ Buck from the Ground

If I Were Czar of the Department of Natural Resources, Here’s What I Would Fix

By Scott Einsmann

Wildlife Management

Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged

By Christine Peterson

Striped Bass Fishing

Last Call For Stripers: How to Catch Striped Bass in Winter

The Year My Family Skipped Traditional Christmas to Hunt and Fish Was Our Best Yet

By Erwin A. Bauer

The Best Wild Rabbit Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year

By Alex Robinson

Policy & Legislation

Congress Passes Two Outdoor Bills That Include Better Shooting Range Access, Implications for Lead Tackle

By Andrew McKean

Illinois Hunter Shoots 184-Inch Buck While Sitting in a Lawn Chair

How to Handle and Freeze Birds You Plan to Mount, According to a Taxidermist

By Natalie Krebs

Indiana Bowhunter Used a Spreadsheet to Help Kill This 184-Inch Buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

Rookie Crossbow Hunter’s First Buck Is a 200-Class Nontypical Monster

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: What We Get Wrong About Whitetails, with Jeff Sturgis

By Alex Robinson

Black Bear Hunting

‘He Was Just Getting His Dog.’ Virginia Houndsman Dies After a Black Bear Falls on Him in Freak Hunting Accident

Kansas Farmer Tags What Could Be One of the Top 5 Archery Bucks Ever Taken in the State

What You Need (And Need To Know) To Start Cross Country Skiing

By Christine Peterson

Quick Strike Podcast: Why the Flatfish Is the Ultimate Winter Bait

Largemouth Bass

Pro Angler and YouTuber Ben Milliken Says His Arrest Was a ‘Massive Misunderstanding’

By Alice Jones Webb, Derek Horner

Carmichel in Arizona: How to Hunt an Inaccessible Desert Bighorn

By Jim Carmichel

Wildlife Management

The New Blacktail Deer Foundation Aims to Conserve These Underrated Deer Subspecies

By Andrew McKean

Mule Deer Hunting

Hunter Amnesia: What It Is, and How You Can Avoid It

Whitetail Deer Hunting

On Her First Successful Deer Hunt with Her Husband, Hunter Shoots a Super Wide Pennsylvania Buck

I Fought Off a Brown Bear with My Fishing Rod, and Other Close Calls While Living in Remote Alaska

By Scott Haugen

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Tyler Jordan Tags a 200-Class Louisiana Buck That Could Be the New State Record

By Alice Jones Webb

Federal and Remington Ammunition Were Sold to a Czech Company. Here’s Why the CEO Says That’s a Good Thing for American Hunters and Shooters

By Alex Robinson

Wildlife Management

CJ Alexander to Serve Time, Pay $43K for Poaching Giant Ohio Buck and Trying to Cover It Up

Whitetail Deer Hunting

An Oklahoma Bowhunter Heard Rumors That the 180-Class Buck He’d Been Hunting for Years Had Been Hit by a Car. They Weren’t True