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Black Bear Hunting

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

By Raymond R. Lyons

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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

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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

turkey gobbling in roost

Why Do Turkeys Gobble at Owls?

Predator Hunting

Tagged Coyote Travels 100-Plus Miles Across Ohio

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

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

By Frank C. Hibben

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

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

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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

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Watch a Bobcat Savagely Take Down a Mule Deer

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Wildlife Management

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

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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

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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?

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

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

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

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

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The Case Against Scoring Big-Game Animals

By Andrew McKean

Finding doves is critical to a good hunt.

Upland Bird Hunting

Dove Hunting Ultimate Guide: Tips and Tactics for Bagging More Birds

By Brad Fitzpatrick, Joe Genzel, Michael Pearce

Hunters line up for a duck blind lottery in darkness. Photo by Tom Fowlks

Big Game Hunting

Can Hunting Survive in California? And If It Can’t, Who’s Going to Pay to Conserve the State’s Wildlife and Habitat?

Story by Christine Peterson, Photographs by Tom Fowlks

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Wilderness Survival

Miracle on the Tundra: How One Caribou Hunter Survived a 5-Day Blizzard

The vast Alaskan forest

Wilderness Survival

The Tlingit Legend of the Kóoshdaa Káa

An ice fisherman watches the ice break off in the January 1951 Outdoor Life story, Frozen Terror.

Wilderness Survival

Frozen Terror, One of the Greatest Survival Stories of All Time

Vincent Hancock's Beretta DT11.

Competitive Shooting

Vincent Hancock Made Olympic Skeet Shooting History with Beretta’s DT11. Here’s a Closer Look at His Shotgun

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Strebbie’s Gun: A Turkey Hunter’s Legacy Lives on Through His Shotgun

By Gerry Bethge

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The Wolf-Dog That Called in a Pack of Wolves for Frank Glaser

as told to Jim Rearden, By Frank Glaser

A cape buffalo taken while hunting in Zimbabwe,

Big Game Hunting

Cape Fear: Hunting Buffalo in the Matetsi Safari Area of Zimbabwe

Story by John B. Snow, Photographs by Justin Moore

How to spool a spinning reel and avoid line twists.

How to Spool a Spinning Reel and Avoid Line Twists

By Alice Jones Webb

Two hunters sit and pose in the bed of a truck next to a mule deer.

Mule Deer Hunting

An Old-School Western Mule Deer Hunt, in Memory of Two Midwestern Dads

By Andrew McKean

A small squirrel sits in a tree limb and nibbles on foods.

Squirrel Hunting

Squirrel Hunting Tips and Tactics

By Johnny Carrol Sain

The tips of a whitetail buck's full velvet antlers peek above tall grass.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Ultimate Plan for Scouting Deer in Summer

By Michael Hanback

A velvet-racked buck makes the most of the growing season.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

What Are the Keys to Managing for Bucks with Bigger Antlers?

By Andrew McKean

A yellow Lab retrieves a small shed antler.

7 Myths About Shed Hunting Dogs

By Tony J. Peterson, Natalie Krebs

Michael Hunsucker sets up a Dave Smith deer decoy on private land in Iowa.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Decoy in Deer: Tips from the Pros

101 Best Deer Hunting Tips For the Rut

By Michael Hanback

Take care of your machine to keep it running season after season.

10 Ways To Ruin Your ATV

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Big Game Hunting

The Lost Art of Shooting Running Game

By John B. Snow

Draw length measurement

How to Measure Draw Length

By Scott Einsmann

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Beat the Dreaded October Lull This Deer Season

By Mark Melotik, Tony Hansen