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An illustrated collage of scenes from deer hunting.

Mule Deer Hunting

I Watched the Glory Days of Mule Deer Hunting Rise, Then Slip Away. I’m Still Hopeful for What Comes Next

The Seekins SIC

Podcast: The Biggest News, Trends, and Products from SHOT Show 2026

By Alex Robinson

A black and white photo of Jack O'Connor shooting with a sling.

Jack O’Connor Explains Why You’ve Been Using Your Rifle Sling All Wrong

By Jack O'Connor

Ice fishermen stand outside a shanty.

I Got My First Taste of Smelt Fishing on a Frozen Maine River, Where the Party Went Till Midnight

A herd of bison graze on a hillside in Montana.

Policy & Legislation

BLM Says American Prairie’s Bison Can No Longer Graze on Public Lands

A cartridge and a mushroom bullet the Remington 7 Backcountry

The Most Interesting New Ammo from SHOT Show 2026

By Natalie Krebs

A screenshot from body cam footage of a hunter being arrested in South Carolina.

Wildlife Management

Video: A Hunter Was Arrested for Glassing a Dummy Buck During a Poaching Sting. Now He’s Suing the DNR for Abuse of Power

Leupold BX-6 rangefinding binos.

The Leupold BX-6 Range HD Binocular Runs Your Favorite Ballistic Calculator, Drops onX Pins, and More

By Natalie Krebs

Colorado officials look over a wolf in a helicopter.

Wildlife Management

Colorado to Pause Wolf Reintroductions as Feds Apply Pressure and States Balk at Providing Them

By Kris Millgate

beretta suprema

Semi-Auto Shotguns

The 11 Coolest New Shotguns of SHOT Show 2026

By Alex Robinson

Canoeists in the Boundary Waters.

Policy & Legislation

House Votes to Strip Critical Boundary Waters Protections in a Blow to Sportsmen and Public Lands

By Christine Peterson

New Handguns of SHOT Show 2026

A barbed wire fence in North Dakota.

Looking for Private Land to Hunt in North Dakota? Check Out This New App

By Kris Millgate

A photo of the Garmin Xero L60i on a rock.

This New Garmin Xero L60i Is a Truly Innovative Rangefinder. It Also Costs $2,500

By Scott Einsmann

An angler with a big muskie caught from Green Bay.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Wisconsin’s Muskie Record Was Broken 3 Times in 2025. This One Took the Crown

The Seekins SIC

New Rifles of SHOT Show 2026

A close-up of an angler holding a Florida pompano.

Saltwater Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Flat-Out Florida Pompano Fire

Fred bear bowhunting in Alaska

Fred Bear Bowhunted All Over the World. These Two Hunts Were Too Much for Him

By Fred Bear, as told to Ben East

A fish cleaning table with halibut and pacific cod hanging.

Wildlife Management

Former Alaskan Guide and Convicted Poacher Found Guilty of Commercial Fishing Fraud

eurasion wigeon

Eurasian Wigeon Are the Gem of the Pacific Flyway — and I’ve Become Obsessed With Hunting Them

By Scott Haugen

A color photograph of ice fisherman behind an igloo.

A Spark Plug, a Paper Clip, and Pliers Helped Me Catch More Lake Trout Through the Ice

By John B. Gleason

southern rabbit hunting

The Vanishing Legacy of Southern Rabbit Hunters

By Robert DeWitt

Ben Lilly faces off with a bear

Grizzly Bear Hunting

Mountain Man Ben Lilly’s Infamous Showdown with a Mexican Grizzly

By Frank C. Hibben

An elk hunter with a giant Alaska bull.

I Traveled to Alaska for My First-Ever Elk Hunt and Tagged a Pending Record Bull on Opening Day

A wildfire burning on national forest land in Utah.

Public Lands & Waters

Utah Will Co-Manage 8 Million Acres of National Forest. Insiders Say It’s (Probably) Not a Way of Transferring Federal Land to States

By Christine Peterson

An old illustration of a hunter shooting a shark and a buck in the sea.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Just Wanted to Shoot a Nice Buck. I Ended Up Fighting a Shark

By Phil H. Moore

This is how you master the wind while prone

Big Game Hunting

How Hunters Can Master the Wind on Long Shots

By John B. Snow

Paddling a tandem canoe across a lake in the Boundary Waters.

Public Lands & Waters

Trump Administration and Congress Are Attempting an ‘Unprecedented Maneuver’ to Roll Back Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Protections

By Dac Collins, Alex Robinson

The bronze sheep statue outside KUIU headquarters was stolen.

Watch: Thieves Steal Bronze Sheep Statue at Kuiu Headquarters, But Can’t Fit It In the Getaway Car

By Kris Millgate

Mallards in flooded corn.

Waterfowl Hunting

Has Hot Cropping Ruined Duck Hunting? Here’s What the Data and Biologists Say About How Flooded Corn Affects Waterfowl Migration

By Natalie Krebs

A crew of anglers with the Virginia record bluefin tuna.

‘The Most Amazing Bite I’ve Ever Had.’ Monster Bluefin Tuna Smashes State Record That Was Just Hours Old

A photo of three wolves in Wyoming

Public Lands & Waters

Podcast: USFWS Director Brian Nesvik on the Future of Refuges and Wildlife Conservation

By Andrew McKean

A mountain lion on red sandstone in the Southwest.

Wildlife Management

Utah Is Culling Cougars to See If It Helps Deer. Houndsmen Aren’t Happy About It

By Kris Millgate

A photo of an ice fisherman holding up two white perch.

Panfish Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Crush Slab White Perch Through the Ice This Winter

A view of the Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in central Oregon.

Public Lands & Waters

Interior Department Plans to Open All Its Public Land to Hunting and Fishing — Unless Specifically Closed by Site Managers

By Andrew McKean

A trapper with a beaver.

Why America Needs Trapping More Than Ever

A bull moose wades in an Idaho stream.

Wildlife Management

Idaho Man Gets Lifetime Hunting Ban for Roping a Bull Moose

trophy coues deer at night

I Hunted Coues Deer in Mexico’s Cartel Country

By John B. Snow

An illustration of a man smoking a pipe in a deer camp

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Let the Biggest Buck of My Life Walk So a Kid Could Tag It

By Perry Johnson

An illustration of a deer heart and a fixed blade knife.

Wild Game Recipes

These 6 Wild-Game Rituals Have Stood the Test of Time

By Alex Robinson

tiny but heroic looking jack russell terrier stands in front of downed cape buffalo

Big Game Hunting

10 Epic Photos of the Fearless Safari Dogs in South Africa

By Tyler Sladen

An Oklahoma bow hunter with a record-book bull elk.

After Finally Listening to My Buddy, My Bull Is a New Oklahoma State Record

A photo of an old elk hunter with a polaroid and an ivory

21 Hunters on the Lucky Charms We Never, Ever Hunt Without

An illustration of a dog and a coyote fighting

I Track Coyotes with Dogs and Snowshoes. It’s the Greatest Hunt of All Time

By Albert L. (Bud) Livingston

An Iowa hunter with a 14-point buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Disabled Army Vet Caps off a Special Muzzleloader Season with Two Big Bucks in Three Days

A bowhunter with the new Oklahoma record nontypical elk.

Army Veteran Arrows State-Record Elk on a Military Base in Oklahoma

A herd of bison graze on Antelope Island, Utah.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Just Opened the Door to Its First Wild Bison Hunt in More Than a Century

25 weatherby rpm cartridge

Weatherby Launches New 25 WBY RPM: A High-Performance 25-Caliber Cartridge Meant for Modern Bullets

row of pheasant hunters

11 Times a Hunting Partner Messed Up So Bad, They Never Got Invited Back to Camp

By Barbara Baird

A hiker crosses at Iron Bar ranch

Public Lands & Waters

We Corner Crossed the Wyoming Ranch That Started It All. Accessing Those Public Lands Is Still Complicated

By Christine Peterson

A black and white photo of Jack O'Connor standing over a cape buffalo.

Big Game Hunting

O’Connor in Botswana: Charged by a Cape Buffalo That Refused to Die

By Jack O'Connor

A National Guard helicopter lands in Montana.

Wildlife Management

National Guardsman Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Using a Military Chopper to Grab Elk Sheds from Montana Ranch

Casual hunters don't have to spend every waking moment hunting to be valued by the community.

Quit Expecting Every Hunter to Be So Hardcore. We Need Casual Hunters, Too

By Christine Peterson

A kayak fisherman holds up a nice sea trout

Quick Strike Podcast: How Experienced Kayak Fishermen Stay Alive in Winter

A hunter with a giant South Dakota buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Instead of Sleeping In, Brothers Stalk and Tag a 21-Point Giant on Public Land

A mountain lion walks in the snow.

Officials Confirm a Mountain Lion Killed the Colorado Hiker Found Dead on New Year’s Day

Biologist fit a collar on a gray wolf

Wildlife Management

USFWS Will Terminate Colorado’s Wolf Program Unless the State Complies with This Ultimatum

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter's pickup truck caught fire in the desert.

I Drew an Incredible Sheep Tag. It Turned into the Hunt from Hell, Even Before Our Truck Caught Fire

spirit bear photo

Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Shot a Monster Interior Grizzly Bear With My Recurve Bow

Two mountain goat hunters walk a ridge.

Big Game Hunting

I Shot a Mountain Goat on an Epic Hunt in Alaska — Then It Rolled Off a Cliff

By Alex Robinson

A shooter with a side by side shotgun

What You Know About a ‘Well-Balanced’ Gun Is Probably All Wrong

By Jim Carmichel

An illustration of hunters at a table with foxes running

Predator Hunting

My 80-Year-Old Uncle Invited Me Fox Hunting. I Didn’t Realize It Was a Setup

By Forest (Skip) Beebe as told to Ben East

Pennsylvania deer

Whitetail Deer Hunting

PA Hunters Take 3 Deer from the Same Stand on Opening Day (and One Was a Giant Buck)

Old BW photo of hunters with car, hunter walking in marsh

I Learned to Hunt Ducks Like an Old-School North Dakotan