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A female grizzly on a snow-covered ridge.

Shed Hunter Kills Charging Grizzly with a Handgun in Montana

A gray wolf in the midwest.

Policy & Legislation

House Votes to Delist Gray Wolves, Block Lead Ammo Bans, End Boundary Waters Protections, and Overturn BLM Rule

The Ultimate Guide to Wild Turkey Sounds

By Josh Honeycutt

An angler holds up a record-sized yellow perch.

Indiana Fisherman Catches State-Record Yellow Perch During Local Fishing Derby

An australian angler holds up a barramundi.

‘We Were Freaking Out.’ Teen Catches $1 Million Fish from His Local River in Australia

hunting dog german wirehaired pointer lies in the grass

Killing Cricket: Putting Down Your Dog Is Never Easy — Nor Easy to Explain

By Andrew McKean

A Texas game warden inspects a boat.

Texas Game Wardens Seize $100K Worth of Stolen Boats and Motors at Amateur Bass Tournament

A bison herd in Yellowstone National Park.

Drunk Man Kicks Yellowstone Bison, Hurts Himself, and Gets Arrested

Big Game Hunting

Tales from the North Country: When a Giant Bull Elk Escaped from a Wisconsin Game Farm, Authorities Called Upon a Retired Marine

A grizzly bear walks through a forest.

As Many as 70 Grizzly Bears Will Be Released in Washington State Over the Next Decade

A group of sharks feeds on a wahoo.

Watch: Spearfisherman Loses Wahoo in Mind-Boggling ‘Sharknado’ Feeding Frenzy

The head of a giant white sturgeon caught in California.

White Sturgeon of ‘Legendary’ Proportions Could Have Rivaled the World Record

A giant bluefin tuna is hauled onto a dock.

Giant, 888-Pound Tuna Is the Largest Ever Caught off Florida Coast

Dead salmon fry at a fish hatchery in Oregon.

‘Senseless’ Vandal Poisons Oregon Fish Hatchery, Killing 18,000 Salmon with Liquid Bleach

A tom turkey in Kentucky.

Indiana Police Officers Cited for Turkey Poaching in Kentucky

A fly fisherman holds up a state-record cutthroat trout.

Idaho Fly Fisherman Lands State-Record Cutthroat Trout, Releases It into Clark Fork River

A close-up of an alligator in Florida.

Florida Man Runs Over Gator to Save His Neighbor

A dark gray and white Wyoming wolf crosses a snowy road.

Activists Are Defining Hunters by One Wyoming Man Who Tortured a Wolf. What Are Actual Hunters Doing About It?

By Andrew McKean

We launched the Outdoor Life knife collection.

We Launched a Knife Collection: The 12 New Outdoor Life Knives

By Scott Einsmann

Ryan Watson with his wife and family in Oklahoma.

Big Game Hunting

Deer Hunter Faces 12 Years in Prison for Accidentally Bringing Ammo on Vacation to Turks and Caicos

Two fisheries biologists hold up a lake sturgeon.

A Lake Sturgeon Swam 651 Miles from Wisconsin to Illinois in ‘Longest-Known’ Migration Down Mississippi River

A magnet pulls a knife from water.

Magnet Fisherman Retrieves Key Evidence in a 9-Year-Old Murder Case from a Georgia Creek

Male mallard duck in flight sets record speed.

Wildlife Management

Migrating Mallard Clocked at 103 MPH, Breaking Recent Speed Record

An unknown man holds up a gray wolf.

Gray Wolf Trapped in Colorado Was from Great Lakes Population, Feds Confirm

A K9 named Indy with a poached turkey, and a pile of hunting gear.

Conservation Dog Helps Bust Turkey Poachers Who Killed Two Hens and a Gobbler with Rifles

A truck at a gas station; a passenger of the truck inside the gas station.

Someone Released 25 Turkeys on Public Land in Nevada. Officials Want to Find Out Who

A fossil hunter with a shark's tooth; the fossil hunter recovers in the hospital.

Fossil Hunter Fights Off Gator Attack, with a Screwdriver, While Trapped Underwater

A group of people harasses black bear cubs.

Watch: Teen Drops and Injures Black Bear Cub After Pulling It Out of a Tree to Take Photos with It

fishing from shore

Video: “Go Buy a Boat!” How Close Can You Fish to Someone Else Without Being a Jerk?

Piles of debris lay in the snowy Minnesota woods.

Big Game Hunting

Minnesota DNR Blew Up Illegal Tree Stands with Dynamite: ‘My Whole Place Shook’

The 8-Mile wolf pack killed a cow elk at a high school in Monana.

Yellowstone Wolves Kill Elk, Drag Carcass onto High School Football Field

A caribou stands in the Brooks Range, the proposed site of the Ambler Road.

Climate & Environment

BLM Moves to Block the Proposed Ambler Road in Alaska’s Brooks Range

By Natalie Krebs

A man holds up a nice pike he caught while pike fishing on a river.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Pike Fishing Tips: How to Catch Pike

By Joe Cermele, Derek Horner

Chronic wasting disease hunter head dropoff container

Big Game Hunting

Viral Articles Claim Two ‘Hunters Died After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison.’ Here’s What Really Happened

Anglers evacuate a float plane that crashed near the Chandeleur Islands.

Wilderness Survival

Charter Captain Rescues Floatplane Pilot and 3 Anglers Who Literally Crashed His Fishing Spot

280 Ackley Improved

The 280 Ackley Improved Is Still One of the Greatest Western Big Game Cartridges

By Andrew McKean

A bull elk bugles in the woods.

Wisconsin Hunters Will Get More Chances to Hunt Elk This Fall

A man in a camo sunshirt and hood leans a lever-action rifle against a tree as he prepares to shoot.

Podcast: The Time of the Lever Gun Is Now

A grizzly bear walks through snow near a fence.

Wyoming Officials Euthanize First Grizzly Bear to Wander into Bighorn Mountains in a Century

Shed elk antlers on the National Elk Refuge.

Shed Antler Poacher Busted with More Than 1,000 Pounds of Rack. He’s Now Banned from Wyoming Federal Lands

50 Miles Across the Mojave Without Water

By Jac Mitchell

record lake trout

Watch: Massachusetts Angler Catches Potential Record Lake Trout from Shore

Jaylynn Parker holds a blue catfish.

Catfish Fishing

101-Pound Blue Catfish Caught on Jugline Is Officially the New Ohio Record

Gray Wolf pack howling taken in Yellowstone NP

As Wolf Management Debate Reaches a Fever Pitch, the Interior Department Hires a National Mediator

By Andrew McKean

A Louisiana black bear in a field.

Louisiana Establishes Its First Black Bear Hunting Season Since 1987

Jeffrey Forester holds a Georgia record rock bass.

Georgia Angler Sets State’s First Rock Bass Record

A sunset over the Florida Everglades.

Climate & Environment

Florida Now Using Gambling Revenues to Fund Wildlife Conservation

A hunter with a Rocky Mountain bighorn ewe.

Big Game Hunting

Most Hunters Will Never Get the Chance to Chase a Bighorn Ram, but What About Ewes?

By Christine Peterson

Chuck Main holds a potential state record-tying yellow perch.

Jumbo Yellow Perch Caught by Pennsylvania Angler Should Tie the State Record

Two poached elk found in Tennessee.

Tennessee Man Loses Hunting Privileges and Firearms After Admitting He Left Elk to Rot

A wild turkey gobbles in a field.

Youth Turkey Hunters in Missouri Break 7-Year Harvest Record

Federal TSS 12 ga

Podcast: The Truth About TSS Turkey Loads

By Alex Robinson

6.5 creedmoor vs 6.5 prc

6.5 PRC vs 6.5 Creedmoor: What Hunters and Shooters Need to Know

Rebecca Jones with a record monkeyface prickleback.

Oregon Angler Lands Potential World-Record Monkeyface Prickleback

States Continue to Cut Turkey Hunting Opportunities Amid Population Declines

States Continue to Cut Turkey Hunting Opportunities Amid Population Declines

A bluegill caught on a popper.

How to Fish a Popper

How to Tie a Palomar Knot: A Step-by-Step Guide with Photos and Video

A bobcat attacks a mule deer.

Watch: Bobcat Takes Down Adult Mule Deer on Trail Camera

Two anglers with a new youth state-record cobia.

Florida Kid Catches 2 State-Record Fish and One Pending World Record in a Day

A whitetail buck flags its tail in a field.

Big Game Hunting

Indiana Taxidermist Helps Identify State’s First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease

A black bear in the forest.

Oregon Black Bear Euthanized After Confronting Woman at Her Door and Passing Out on Nearby Porch

A wrecked tanker truck is towed from the crash scene.

Truck Full of Salmon Smolts Crashes in Oregon, Spilling 77,000 Fish into Nearby Creek

23 Dirty Turkey Hunting Myths

By Josh Honeycutt

A Canada goose stares at a camera.

Alabama Man Tells Son to Poach a Goose, Shoots Witness, Court Documents Say