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Skinning a deer in a skinning shed.

Don’t Toss Out Your Deer Hides. Here’s What to Do With Them Instead

The .280 Remington Should Have Been a Success. Here’s Why It Wasn’t

By Jim Carmichel

benelli advanced impact

Video: We Tested Benelli’s Advanced Impact Barrel Claims

By Alex Robinson

A Missouri bowhunter with a buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

College Kid Plays Hooky and Arrows a Huge Missouri Buck with 3 Main Beams

Colorado officials stand over a wolf crate in the dark.

Wildlife Management

US Fish and Wildlife Director Calls Out Colorado Wolf Program. Could the Next Release Be Stopped?

A hunter in a blaze orange Outdoor Life rooster hoodie holds up a pheasant for a Lab.

Outdoor Life Merch Drop: Rooster Hoodies Are Here

By Natalie Krebs

ANWR coastal plain

Climate & Environment

Trump Administration Opens the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Drilling

By Natalie Krebs

A pair of mallards prepare to land.

‘AI Told Me Duck Season Was Open,’ and Other Reasons Officials Are Warning Hunters Not to Rely on AI

A gambel's quail sits ona. log in the evening sunshine.

The Time Jack O’Connor Trespassed, Killed a Quail in a Lady’s Yard, and Somehow Still Got Hunting Permission

By Jack O'Connor

An older yellow Lab returning with a wild rooster.

I Learned One of Life’s Most Important Lessons from My First Bird Dog

By Christine Peterson

The new state-record sow black bear in Maine.

Black Bear Hunting

Maine Guide Snares a New State-Record Black Bear

Two fishermen filming themselves on the river.

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

These Salmon Fishermen Just Demonstrated the Absolute Dumbest Way to Get a Ticket

An illustration of a man kneeling in the snow over a fire.

Wilderness Survival

This One Stupid Decision Nearly Cost Me My Life on a Maine Deer Hunt

Federal hatchery workers load fish into a truck.

Public Lands & Waters

2,000 Federal Public-Land Employees Could Lose Jobs Amid Shutdown

By Christine Peterson

An illustration of Alaskan settlers seeing caribou in the early 1900s.

Big Game Hunting

The Craziest Thing This Legendary Frontiersman Ever Saw in Alaska

By Frank Glaser, as told to Jim Rearden

Freel with black bear

Stop Shooting Bears Here; Hunter Education Has Failed Us on Bear Anatomy

A bowhunter with a rare piebald buck taken in Ohio.

‘Just Like Clockwork.’ Ohio Bowhunter Tags a Rare Piebald Buck He’d Been Seeing On Trail Cams for Years

A few portraits of a young hunter who was killed by lightning

Lightning Claims the Life of Another Hunter, This Time in Louisiana

A huge muskie caught on the fly

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Tips for Targeting Muskies on the Fly

Polish anglers kneel behind a massive Wels catfish.

Catfish Fishing

Watch: Polish Anglers Say This Enormous Catfish Is a New World Record

A screenshot of iron bar holdings and corner parcels

Public Lands & Waters

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Corner-Crossing Case

By Christine Peterson

sliced venison on cutting board

Wild Game Recipes

Old-School Cooking Tricks to Make Your Venison Taste Better

Columbia Blacktails Are the Toughest Deer to Hunt

By Scott Haugen

A Nebraska fisherman holds up a giant blue catfish.

Catfish Fishing

‘We Were Hunting for That Fish.’ Nebraska Guide Breaks 21-Year-Old Catfish Record

A fish hatchery in Arkansas.

Arkansas Cuts Trout Harvest on Famed Tailwaters as Key Hatcheries Crash

By Kris Millgate

A hunter with a super rare cactus bull elk tagged in Idaho.

Hunter’s “Once in a Lifetime” Elk Has a Wild-Looking Cactus Rack

A hunter and a bird dog walking in Nebraska.

Upland Bird Hunting

A New Program Added 100,000 Acres (and Counting) of Walk-In Access in Nebraska and South Dakota

Deer rubs side by side in the dark and with UV lights.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Rubs and Scrapes Glow Like ‘Highway Reflectors’ to Deer, New Study Shows

By Natalie Krebs

Walleye Fishing

Video: A Fishing Legend Explains How to Catch More Walleyes Without Forward-Facing Sonar

By Alex Robinson

Hunter with baby in carrier on back also carries part of an elk through rocky, woody terrain.

Antelope Hunting

I Used to Be an Anti-Hunter. Now I Take My Daughter Hunting with Me

By Christine Peterson

An illustration of a buck running through the woods and a hunter aiming at it.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Went Looking for a Lost Hunter, and Found the Big Buck I’d Been Tracking All Season

A close-up picture of a spotted gar that broke an Oklahoma record.

This Fisherman Might’ve Just Broken a World Record. He Definitely Broke His Rod

The world-record Brooks Bull being scored on the floor.

Brooks Bull Officially Declared New Archery World-Record Elk. It Narrowly Missed the All-Time Record Due to a Scoring Technicality

By Natalie Krebs

A fishing guide holds up a state-record bass in Tennessee.

Tennessee Fishing Guide Catches Record Bass that Officials Say Shouldn’t Be There

A grizzly swats at a pheasant hunter in an illustration.

I Tried to Flush a Pheasant. Instead, I Got Mauled by a Grizzly — and 320 Stitches

By John Haviland

barren ground caribou

Big Game Hunting

Barren Ground Caribou Hunts Are Disappearing — or Getting Outrageously Expensive

A photo of a fisherman holding up crappies.

Crappie Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Tips for Catching More Crappies This Fall

An illustration of Jim Carmichel shooting offhand with an eland in the background.

Big Game Hunting

The Hunt That Broke Jim Carmichel

By Jim Carmichel

B&W photo of hunter with deer in trunk

I Spent 5 Years Bowhunting One of the Biggest Nontypicals Ever. Then My Buddy Killed Him

A watercolor of a bighorn ram on a cliff.

I Nearly Died Trying to Recover My Bighorn Ram, But I Couldn’t Leave Him on the Mountain

By Steve Coy with Larry Mueller

A wild horse rears up over a hunter in red check.

The Forgotten Legend of Dick Church, Canada’s Wild-Horse Bounty Hunter

By I.P. Calliston

Crows swoop past an owl decoy

My Best Old-School Tips for Hunting Crows — Including This One Weird, Noisy Trick

By Bert Popowski

A film photo of a goat hunter resting beside his goat and mountain bike.

Big Game Hunting

I Used My Old-School Mountain Bike to Hunt My Archery World-Record Mountain Goat

By Lyle Willmarth, as told to Lee Kline

A hunter with a big droptine buck taken in Ohio.

This Buck Outsmarted Me for 3 Seasons. One Change Finally Gave Me the Chance I Needed

A black bear sits in a hardwood tree.

Black Bear Hunting

Anti-Hunters Drew at Least 23 Percent of Florida’s Black Bear Tags, According to One Local Activist

A bowhunter from oregon with a nice bull.

After 20 Years of Applying, 28 Days of Hunting, and 130 Miles of Hiking, I Arrowed My Bull at 8 Yards

By Kris Millgate

Policy & Legislation

Congress Throws 166 Million Acres of BLM into Limbo by Upending Decades of Local Compromise

By Christine Peterson

An illustration of a grizzly mauling a man with a wooden rifle in Alaska.

I Ignored My Gut Feeling and Went Hunting with Buddies Anyway. Then a Bear Almost Killed Me

By Larry Mueller, Marguerite Reiss

The 9 Biggest Myths in Duck Hunting

By Alex Robinson, Roy Holdford

An illustration of deer hunters

Whitetail Deer Hunting

We Invited a 13-Year-Old on His First Deer Hunt. He Ended Up Teaching Us a Few Things

The author stands in frame, holding the antlers of a Montana bull elk

I Shot the Only Elk I Saw in Montana

By Derek Horner

An Oklahoma hunter with a big buck with lots of points in the back of a wagon

I Shot the Biggest Buck of My Life with a 10-Year-Old Crossbow and Just One Arrow to My Name

mike lee just introduced a bad border bill

Policy & Legislation

Senator Lee Is Back with His Attack on Public Lands. This Time He Wants to Butcher the Wilderness Act Under the Guise of Border Security

By Christine Peterson

A fisherman holds up a nice steelhead

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Breaking Down Bead Selection for Fall Steelhead

Caribou approach a road.

The Trump Administration Just Greenlit the Ambler Road Project, Overturning Years of Input from Outdoorsmen

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a hunter in a pine tree about to shoot a 250-inch buck.

The Hunt for the Jameson Buck, a 250-Inch Legend That Lived in an Old Strip Mine

By Michael Pearce

Mitch Stamm Buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Self-Films His Hunt for a Buck with an Insanely Wide Spread

A tournament bass angler holds up a fish; a man sits for a photo.

Pro Bass Fisherman Indicted on Manslaughter Charges as Officials Release Deadly Boat Crash Footage

A helicopter flies over B.C. Conservation Officer Service vehicles after a bear attack near Fort Steele.

An Elk Hunter Just Sustained ‘Serious’ Injuries in a Grizzly Attack. Officials Have a Theory About What Attracted the Bear

By Natalie Krebs

A scratched up Winchester 94 and some loose rounds lay against some old wooden boards.

Jack O’Connor on America’s Number One Sporting Rifle — the Winchester 94 in .30-30

By Jack O'Connor

Elk Hunting With the Crowds: Expert Tips for Punching a Tag During the General Elk Season

Pheasant Hunting

Old-School Tips on How to Hunt Pheasants Alone

By Michael Pearce

grizzly bears alaska

Do Bears Hold Grudges? The Legendary Tale of a Wounded Alaskan Grizzly

A pronghorn antelope out on the plains.

Antelope Hunting

Colorado Has Already Suspended Two Hunts Due to the Government Shutdown. More Could Be on the Horizon