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Wildlife biologists and houndsmen with a cougar they fitted with a GPS collar.

Wildlife Management

Utah Mountain Lion Makes 1,000-Mile Journey to Colorado, Where It’s Killed by Another Cougar

ice fishing crappie

Crappie Fishing

Crappie Barotrauma Controversy: Are All Crappies Caught in Deep Water Destined to Die?

A fisherman holds up a fat rainbow trout caught from a creek in Maryland.

Fat Rainbow Trout Caught from Historic Creek Shatters Maryland State Record

argali ram with hunters and mongolian flag

Hunting Argali Sheep with a Crappy Scope, One Box of Ammo, and No Translator

By John B. Snow

A dead mountain lion was discovered in Arkansas.

Wildlife Management

A Dead Cougar Was Found in Arkansas for the First Time in a Decade. Experts Aren’t Sure What Killed It

Chesapeake channa

Chesapeake Channa Might Be the Most Delicious Freshwater Fish of All Time

wolves wisconsin

Wildlife Management

Retired Game Warden Under Investigation After Shooting a Collared Wolf in Wisconsin. He Claims Self Defense

Michel Beaulieu poses with a shed bighorn sheep horn.

Wildlife Management

A Hunting T.V. Show Host Who Says He Didn’t Know the Regs Just Got Fined $31K for Poaching Violations

Wildlife Management

The onX Effect: Digital Mapping Apps Have Changed the Way We Hunt. Now What Will They Do With All Our Data?

By Christine Peterson

A flock of Marco Polo sheep rest on a hillside.

Montana Man Charged for Illegally Cloning and Breeding Marco Polo Sheep from Central Asia

A Tennessee hunter with a buck and a drone flying overhead.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Drones Could Revolutionize How Hunters Recover Lost Deer … If They’re Not Banned First

By Hayden Sammak

A buck lies half-submerged in half-frozen water.

Mule Deer Hunting

Question of Ethics: The Buck I Was Snow Tracking Suddenly Broke Through the Ice. Should I Shoot Him?

By Nick Fasciano

Bear tracks walk through snow on a path in the woods.

Survival Skills

Identifying Animal Tracks — A Complete Guide

California Guide’s Roosevelt Elk Is a New World Record. It’s Not His First

A portrait of archer Liko Arreola shooting her bow at home on Maui.

Even for Archery Prodigy Liko Arreola, the Journey to Becoming a Champion Is Full of Highs and Lows

By Scott Einsmann

A Ute Tribal Fish and Wildlife sign against a blue sky.

Policy & Legislation

‘Disrespectful Violations’ Prompt Ute Tribe to Close 4 Million Acres to Nontribal Hunters, Anglers, Campers

By Natalie Krebs

A mountain lion jumps over a man standing below.

Wildlife Management

Watch: A Biologist Darts a Mountain Lion. It Nearly Attacks Him

A black bear sits in a green field.

Policy & Legislation

Florida Rep Cites ‘Crack Bears’ in Effort to Legalize Killing Black Bears in Self Defense

Houndsman Killed a 400-Pound Bear with a Knife to Save His Dog and Hunting Buddy

By Richard P. Smith

A white crappie caught in Kansas.

Panfish Fishing

“I Caught That Fish Legally and Honestly.” Kansas Officials Seize State-Record Crappie, Strike It From Record Books

A trail camera photo of a buck in Mississippi.

Hunter Tags 15-Point Buck with Unusual Double Rows of Tines

Two trail runners kneel next to a dog that was attacked by a mountain lion.

My Running Buddy and I Charged the Mountain Lion That Was Trying to Kill His Dog

By Pete Deneen, as told to Dac Collins

AIARE 1 students skin into the mountains.

I Took an Avalanche Safety Course to Learn How to (Probably) Not Die in the Mountains

By Ashley Thess

The Accufire OMNIS is a new digital spotting scope that represents the shift toward digital optics.

The Next Generation of Digital Smart Optics Promises to Replace Traditional Scopes and Binoculars

By Scott Einsmann

A man interacts with Kodiak bear cubs in Florida.

Wildlife Management

Body Cam Footage: Kodiak Bear Cubs Found Wandering Down Road in Florida, Thousands of Miles from Native Range

By Outdoor Life Staff

Ammunition on a shelf in a California gun shop.

California Law Requiring Background Checks for Every Ammo Purchase Reinstated After Just Six Days

By Dac Collins, Natalie Krebs

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Does Ozonics Actually Work? Here’s What 5 Independent, Diehard Deer Hunters Say After Field Testing

By Alex Robinson

Hand carved decoys

Photos: The Iconic Hand-Carved Decoys of the Illinois River Valley

A hunter looks through a red-dot sight on a duck gun.

Red-Dots for Wingshooting? Manufacturers Say We’ll Soon Have Optics on Our Duck Guns

By Natalie Krebs

Would Banning Doe Harvests Help Save Northwoods Deer Hunting?

By Alex Robinson

Remington Nitro-steel duplex

New Ammo of SHOT Show 2024

By Tyler Freel, Natalie Krebs

Chase Cominsky sits on a curb and talks to police.

Wildlife Management

Walleye Tournament Cheater’s Deer Poaching Charges Dropped

New Thermal Scopes and Optics of SHOT Show 2024

By Scott Einsmann

A grizzly bear walks over dead timber in the woods.

Wildlife Management

Montana Man Killed a Grizzly, Threw Its GPS Collar in the River, and Hid Its Claws in a Hollow Tree, Feds Allege

A man wearing ear and eye pro shoots a new Browning A5 in 20 gauge.

Double Barrel Shotguns

New Shotguns of SHOT Show 2024

By Natalie Krebs

A pair of night-vision binoculars shows a showroom floor at SHOT Show 2024.

The New Buk Ops Binocular Turns Low Light into Daylight

By Scott Einsmann

Two short fixed-blade knives side-by-side

New Knives of SHOT Show 2024

Two anglers from Quebec pose with a giant Atlantic halibut they caught through the ice.

Quebec Anglers Catch Giant Atlantic Halibut Through the Ice

The MAC 9 1911DS, a silver gray semi-auto handgun on a wooden background.

New Handguns of SHOT Show 2024

The new for 2024 Holosun DPS night vision red dot sight for pistols mounted on a pistol with a range in the background.

Holosun DPS: A First Look at the New Thermal Red Dot for Pistols

By Scott Einsmann

A shooter works the bolt on the action of a chassis-style bolt-action rifle on a bipod at a desert range.

New Rifles of SHOT Show 2024

A shooter lying prone behind a rifle with a pile of brass on the ground.

Hunter Recruitment

Hunter Recruitment Efforts Are Falling Flat. Why Don’t We Concentrate on New Shooters Instead?

By Andrew McKean

New York poacher Kevin Butler was caught on trail camera.

Wildlife Management

Poachers Posed as Photographers, Hikers in ‘Elaborate Scheme’ to Kill Big Urban Bucks

A fly angler in a blue shirt and blue hat holds up a small redfish caught on the fly.

Hunter Recruitment

BHA Became a Powerful Public Lands Org Thanks to ‘Grassroots Badassery.’ Now It’s at a Tipping Point, and the New CEO Wants to Get Its Mojo Back

By Andrew McKean

A hunter sits beside a dall ram, and looks into a steep alpine basin.

Welcome to the New, Uncertain Era of DIY Sheep Hunting

A grizzly bear walks through a snowy forest in Yellowstone National Park.

Wildlife Management

After 31 Years, Feds Move Ahead with Plans to Introduce Grizzlies to Bitterroot Mountains

A kayak angler holds up a state-record crappie caught in Colorado.

Crappie Fishing

Kayak Fisherman Breaks Colorado Crappie Record Using Forward-Facing Sonar

A hand-tied Clouser Minnow in a vise.

How to Tie the Clouser Minnow, Step by Step

A mountain lion tom peeks through some branches.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Cancels April Mountain Lion Season Amid Anti-Hunting Opposition

poachers with redacted faces pose with a pile of wood ducks

Wildlife Management

Poachers Who Shot 100-Plus Wood Ducks Over Bait Get Caught After Posting to Social Media

john bralley with leucistic buck

Hunter’s First Deer Is an Old, 8-Point Leucistic Buck

A composite image of screenshots from a video that shows a cougar dragging a whitetail deer into the woods.

Wildlife Management

Watch: Michigan Cougar Kills a Deer in Rare Trail Cam Footage

A mature whitetail buck sniffs the air in Tennessee.

Deer Hunter Success Rates Vary as Southeast Hunters Punch Tags, Northeast Hunters Eat Tag Soup

cooper's hawk on a branch

Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Legalize Killing Hawks Because One Snatched His Constituent’s Cat

A pine marten hides in the back of a Polaris Ranger bed before being released.

Small Game Hunting

‘It Didn’t Eat Your Face Off?’ Minnesota Trapper Gives Out-of-Season Pine Marten Mouth-to-Mouth

megalodon tooth next to great white shark tooth

Wildlife Management

Deep-Sea Expedition Turns Up Ancient Megalodon Tooth in Historic Discovery

western arctic caribou

Public Lands & Waters

Proposals Would Close Non-Resident Caribou Hunting in Northwest Alaska

ms dwarf buck 1

Hunter Tags ‘Dwarf Buck’ the Size of a Labrador Retriever

josh bowmar crocodile tanzania

Josh Bowmar Claims He Killed a World-Record Crocodile, Sparking Controversy

the biggest bucks of 2023

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Biggest Bucks of 2023

By Alex Robinson

CJ Alexander buck 2

Whitetail Deer Hunting

CJ Alexander, the Hunter Who Killed a Potentially Record-Breaking Buck in Ohio, Is Now Under Investigation

By Hayden Sammak

massive north carolina black bear feature

This Could Be the Heaviest Black Bear Ever Tagged in North Carolina

randy kukral three year streak 1

Big Game Hunting

How This Hunter Killed Three 200-Inch Bucks in Three Years

By Hayden Sammak

The Hollywood Cemetery buck compared to the James Walters buck.

Wildlife Management

Poacher Loses Hunting Privileges for 24 Years After Famous ‘Hollywood Buck’ Turns Up Dead on Facebook

By Natalie Krebs