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Antelope Hunting

How My Wife and I Bought 5 Big-Game Tags and Pulled Off the Western Hunt of a Lifetime

By Robert Merchant

Three wolves stand on a hill in the woods.

Wisconsin Wolves Have Already Attacked More Hunting Dogs Than Last Year — With 6 Dogs Killed in Just 2 Days

A man unleashes a hound in the snow.

Our Best Hound Turned Out to Be the Dog I Never Believed In

An angler holds up a huge snapper caught in Panama.

This ‘Beast’ of a Snapper Should Set a New World Record

A crew of anglers with a big tarpon on the scales.

This Teen’s First-Ever Tarpon Is a Pending World Record

A man holds up a nice smallmouth bass caught in the fall.

Quick Strike Podcast: Understanding Lake Turnover Can Rescue Your Fall Fishing

A New Jersey diver holds up a winter flounder he speared.

New Jersey Man Spears State-Record Flounder While Diving at a WWII Shipwreck

A FWC staffer holds up a Burmese python cauhgt in Florida.

Wildlife Management

Can You Make a Living Hunting Pythons? We Asked Florida’s Invasive Snake Contractors

By Christine Peterson

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Wilderness Survival

This Duck Hunt Almost Killed Me. That’s Why I’ll Never Hunt Alone Again

By H.A. Shanklin

A Michigan hunter with a black bear.

Black Bear Hunting

This 97-Year-Old Tagged a Bear After Waiting 9 Years to Draw a Tag

I Shot the Third Biggest Elk of All Time

By Clarence Brown as told to John O. Cartier

A bowhunter kneels behind a big buck in Wisconsin.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Bowhunter Tags 20-Point Buck While Sneaking into His Stand at Dawn

teen hunter Samantha Bartlett with a Pennsylvania bull elk

14-Year-Old Becomes the Youngest Hunter to Ever Tag a Bull Elk in Pennsylvania

A canal in Florida with law enforcement vehicles nearby.

Two Hunters and Their Dogs Were Killed by Lightning in Florida, Officials Say

A hunter smiles alongside his bird dog after a successful duck hunt.

I Trained My Shelter Dog to Hunt Ducks and Grouse in a Month. He’s a Natural

By Kris Millgate

A photo of Peyton Huges, who died while kayak fishing, and Texas Game Wardens.

Officials Recover Body of College Kayak Angler Who Went Missing Ahead of Bassmaster Tourney

A black bear running across a road.

Wildlife Management

Former Grizzly Manager Says This Tech Is the Answer for Hazing Bears, Even on College Campuses

illustration of jack o'connor with big-game animals and rifle cartridge

Podcast: Jack O’Connor Was Right All Along

By Alex Robinson

Bear 747 in Brooks falls.

Wildlife Management

9 Photos of Alaska’s Enormous ‘Fat Bear Week’ Champs

By Natalie Krebs

Freel with an interior Alaska Grizzly

I’ve Killed Dozens of Bears. Here’s What Actually Makes a Great Bear Gun

Two bucks eat in a suburban yard.

Wildlife Management

Researchers Are Feeding Treats to Suburban Whitetails. Here’s Why

Jack O'Connor on safari, kneeling behind a waterbuck with three guides/trackers beside him.

Big Game Hunting

The .270 Isn’t Powerful Enough? Jack O’Connor Took His on a 30-Day African Safari

By Jack O'Connor

Two hunters drag a deer in a sled in the back yard of their suburban home.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

9 Photos of a Surreal Day in the Life of Suburban Deer Hunters

Photographs by Greg Kahn, story by Natalie Krebs

A black bear walks across a meadow in a national park.

Black Bear Hunting

163K People Just Applied for 172 Florida Bear Tags. A Bunch of Applicants Were Anti-Hunters

A photo of Ed Koberstein with his big Alberta typical buck.

The Hunt for the Ed Koberstein Buck, a World-Record Contender That Lost After a Scoring Mixup

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Maximize Fillets, with Reed “The Fish Monger” Brand

A yellow Lab leaps toward a flushing pheasant.

6 Incredible Stories About the Greatest Hunting Dogs We’ve Ever Had

By Andrew McKean

A composite image of two hunters Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko in the Rio Grande National Forest in fall.

Wilderness Survival

Lightning Strike Killed the Two Missing Elk Hunters in Colorado, Coroner Says

Policy & Legislation

More Than 99 Percent of Americans Disapprove of Roadless Rule Rollbacks, According to New Analysis

A re-colorized image of Ted Trueblood in a plaid hunting jacket looking at the mountains.

Mule Deer Hunting

Why You Should Always Talk to the Game Warden, According to Ted Trueblood

By Ted Trueblood

A snowy fall scene in Colorado, where a hunter was rescued from hypothermia.

Wilderness Survival

Lost, Hypothermic Hunter Rescued in Colorado Did These ‘Ingenious’ Things, According to the Crew That Found Him

By Natalie Krebs

A crew of guys stand on a deck holding and surrounded by yellowtail fish.

Photos: Meet the Diehard Crews Who Power SoCal’s Offshore Tuna Scene

Photos by Tom Fowlks, Story by Natalie Krebs

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Big Game Hunting

I Faced Down a Charging Rhino, Just Like My Great-Grandfather, Teddy Roosevelt

By Jonathan Roosevelt

An illustration of a black bear sow facing off with hunters.

I’ve Lived in Bear Country My Whole Life. Here’s What Happens When Bears Don’t Back Down

A young hunter approaches a bull moose in an illustration.

I Was Nearly Trampled by an Angry Bull Moose

By J. Lee Voorhees

A buck dead from EHD in Ohio.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Ohio’s EHD Outbreak Worsens as Officials Consider Tag Cuts and Hunters Ask for Even Tighter Restrictions

Ian Stasko and Andrew Porter are the elk hunters missing in Colorado.

Missing Elk Hunters Found Dead, Ending Massive 6-Day Search in Southern Colorado

By Kris Millgate

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Is Your Wild-Game Processor Shorting You on Venison?

By Alex Robinson

Before Fred Bear Became an Archery Legend, the IRS Nearly Shut Down His Bow-Making Business

By Clare Conley

Ian Stasko and Andrew Porter are the elk hunters missing in Colorado.

Other Hunters Report Latest Sighting of 2 Missing Elk Hunters, as Massive Search Effort Continues in Colorado

By Kris Millgate

A fisherman in New York holds up a big pink salmon.

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

Fisherman Stripped of His Salmon Record Because of This Odd Technicality

A pair of hands hold up a striped bass

Striped Bass Fishing

Where Are All the Striped Bass? A Biologist Forecast for Your New Normal This Fall

By Christine Peterson

field dressing big game

Big Game Hunting

Old-School Tips and Traditional Knowledge for Field Dressing Big Game Animals

By Maurice H. Decker

A team loads a fossilized rock contain a turtle shell into a boat in Alabama.

Climate & Environment

Photos: A Family Found This Giant Fossil (and Discovered a New Species) While Fishing in Alabama

By Kris Millgate

A younger black bear attacked a man by the side of a road in Arkansas, ultimately leading to his death.

Grandfather Mauled by Black Bear in ‘Unheard of’ Attack Has Died, Arkansas Officials Confirm

A man holds up a nice peacock bass in Florida.

Quick Strike Podcast: Why You Need to Fish for These Hard-Fighting Florida Exotics Before You Die

A fishing guide with a state-record muskie caught in Wisconsin.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

Giant Muskie Caught and Released in Green Bay Is a New Wisconsin Record

An angler chases a huge Atlantic salmon down a river.

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

Watch: ‘Ginormous’ Atlantic Salmon Takes Angler on a Mile-Long Run Downriver

Check Out Outdoor Life’s New Line of Merch

By Alex Robinson

hunting southeast alaska

Why the Roadless Rule Is Important for Hunters and Anglers

A black and white illustration of a bear attacking a man

Wilderness Survival

I’ll Always Remember the Day I Went Round for Round With a Grizzly

By Don Vitto, as told to Jim Zumbo

whitetail deer hunting

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 20 Biggest Myths in Deer Hunting

By Michael Hanback

Three mule deer dangle from a helicopter in orange bags.

Wildlife Management

13 Weird and Wonderful Wildlife Photos from a Day in the Life of a Conservation Biologist

By Natalie Krebs

Cornell's Big Red Bear mascot on the floor at a basketball game.

Ivy League College Kids Who Butchered a Black Bear in Their Dorm Had the Cops Called on Them

A fisherman with a sunfish caught on a cane pole.

Panfish Fishing

‘Marathon’ Angler Who Broke 24-Hour Fishing Record on 9/11 Didn’t Stop Until He’d Caught 2,977 Sunfish

An illustration of a bull moose charging a hunter in a red checked shirt

What I’ve Learned from the 50-Plus Moose I’ve Killed, and the Ones That Tried to Kill Me

A noodler supports a heavy trophy flathead with two hands.

Catfish Fishing

18 Wild Photos of Catfish Noodlers Wrestling Giant Flatheads

By Natalie Krebs

West Virginia poaching bust.

Wildlife Management

Wildlife Poaching Is Costing Americans an Outrageous Amount of Money

By Andrew McKean

Jack Atcheson Sr.

In His Day, This Legend Likely Shot More Trophy Elk On Public Land Than Any Hunter in North America

By Jack Atcheson Sr. as told to Michael Hanback

An Idaho angler with a state record flathead catfish.

Catfish Fishing

She Just Landed Idaho’s New State-Record Catfish. The Old Record Belonged to Her Husband

Two hunting influencers on screen during a filmed hunt in Canada.

Wildlife Management

After Influencer Ryan Lampers Was Charged with a Slew of Wildlife Violations, Gritty Bowman Speaks Out

A photo collage of a drone operating deer tracker amid an EHD outbreak.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘Death Is in the Air.’ This Drone Pilot and Deer Tracker Is Uncovering Mass Whitetail Die Offs

By Alex Robinson

A cow grazes on BLM rangeland.

Policy & Legislation

Just a Year After It Was Implemented, the BLM Plans to Rescind the Public Lands Rule

By Andrew McKean

Boy scouts fishing in a wilderness lake.

Wilderness Survival

My Boy Scout Troop Rescued a 78-Year-Old Backpacker (and Former Scoutmaster) Lost in the California Wilderness

By Kris Millgate