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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

A buck watches a hunter.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I’ve Been Hunting Deer for 40 Years. These Are the Biggest Mistakes I’ve Seen Them Make

Photographs of the best bucks of 2025 on a bulletin board

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Biggest Bucks of 2025

yukon woods in the winter

Wilderness Survival

The Unsolved Mysteries of Trapper and Hunter Deaths Still Haunt the Yukon Wilderness Today

A photo of a fisherman in orange bibs holding up an icy winter pollock.

Saltwater Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Target This Underrated Saltwater Brawler on the Coldest Days of Winter

A snowshoe rabbit looking at a tent copyrighted

I Agreed to Hunt Snowshoe Hares — and Regretted It Almost Instantly

Two old color photographs of mule deer hunters

Mule Deer Hunting

We Miraculously Got Permission to Hunt a Secret Canyon and Had the Best Deer Hunt of Our Lives

By Chester Chatfield

alaska bush plane crash

Survival Skills

5 White-Knuckle Tales from Bush Pilots Who Nearly Died, But Didn’t

By Christopher Batin

An illustration of two deer fighting in front of a doe.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How My Family Took 7 Vermont Bucks in a Single, Unforgettable Season

By Harold Willey Jr.

I Promised to Take My Boys Rabbit Hunting Every Day of Christmas Break

By Erwin A. Bauer

Christmas cards for your best hunting buddies.

4 Christmas Cards Pat McManus Always Wanted to Send His Hunting Buddies, But Couldn’t

By Patrick F. McManus

A dog wearing goggles fetches up a rooster.

After My Bird Dog Was Nearly Blinded, This Ridiculous Piece of Gear Is the One Thing I’ll Never Hunt Without

By Natalie Krebs

picking your first suppressor

The Suppressor Tax Stamp Drops to $0 on January 1st. Here Are 6 Tips for Choosing Your First Suppressor

A photo of a blue-gloved hand holding a winter trout caught from a river.

Quick Strike Podcast: Shake the Winter Freestone Fishing Blues

Three Florida fishermen with a big red snapper.

Wilderness Survival

Search Suspended for Missing Florida Fishermen Whose Boat Was Found Drifting in the Gulf

A Wisconsin hunter and a huge typical buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Hunter Tags One of the Biggest Typical Bucks in State History During Extended Gun Season

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Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Dreamt a Brown Bear Was in My Tent. Then One Actually Walked into Camp

By John B. Snow

cessna control panel up close

I Was a Broke Hitchhiker Who Ended Up Flying a Plane with Zero Training

By Andrew McKean

Kuiu was sold to a private equity group.

Rumors Are Swirling About Kuiu Being Sold to an Anti-Public Lands Billionaire. Here’s What’s Actually Going On

By Natalie Krebs

A fisherman releases a small brook trout in a rocky stream.

‘This Would Have Serious, Real-World Impacts.’ Why the EPA’s Rule Change on Water Protections Would Be a Disaster for Fish and Wildlife

Wilderness Survival

I Became Trapped on an Ice Sheet in Lake Michigan — and Survived Against All Odds

Gray wolves in the midwest would be delisted by this new bill.

Wildlife Management

The House Just Voted to Delist Gray Wolves. Now the Bill Heads to the Senate

By Kris Millgate

A brown river access sign with a fish on it.

Public Lands & Waters

The Federal Government Is About to Make Public Waterway Rules Way Less Confusing

By Christine Peterson

Waterfowl Hunting

I Almost Completed the North American Waterfowl Slam by Luck. Here’s Why I Think Obsessing Over the 41 Is a Bit Ridiculous

By Scott Haugen

The Greenland wildlife crossing in Colorado.

Wildlife Management

The Largest Wildlife Crossing in North America Just Opened to Critters in Colorado

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Wilderness Survival

Podcast: Our Senior Staff Writer Nearly Died on a Backcountry Hunt. Here’s What We’ve Learned from the Experience

By Alex Robinson

jack o'connor's rifles

Photos of Jack O’Connor’s Perfect Winchester Model 70

A close-up of a Maine brook trout.

Maine Lawsuit Claims Fly-Fishing Only Regulations Are Keeping the Common Angler Down

A fishing guide holds up a giant bass on Lake Okechobee

Largemouth Bass

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Catch Giant Bass on Lake Okeechobee This Winter

A photo of a buck in a snowy field.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

A Pennsylvania Hunter Had His “Buck of a Lifetime” Stolen. So Why Are People Blaming Him?

A tannery employee holds up mountain lion hides ready for shipping

Big Game Hunting

24 Incredible Photos from the Last Great Tannery in America

By Alex Robinson

An Indiana hunter with a big buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Indiana Hunter Tags Giant 190-Class Buck After Watching Him for 4 Years — and Missing Him Once

best late season duck hunts

The 7 Best Late-Season Duck Hunts

By M.D. Johnson

A hunter gored by a buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Almost Lost My Eye While Wrestling a Buck

An illustration of a train in snow with griz tracks

Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Guided Teddy Roosevelt and Zane Grey, But This Grizzly Hunt Was One I’ll Never Forget

Two mallard drakes in the snow.

Wildlife Management

Game-Farm Mallard Genetics Are a Bigger Problem Than Waterfowlers Think — Only 2% of Greenheads in the Atlantic Flyway are Fully Wild

an illustration of a sheep hunter falling down a slope

This Happened to Me: I Almost Froze to Death on a Solo Bighorn Hunt

By Cassidy Caron, as told to Scott Einsmann

A North Dakota hunter with a rare white pheasant.

Pheasant Hunting

North Dakota Hunter Bags a Rare, Snow-White Pheasant on a Frigid Winter Day

A hunting party posing with a musk ox.

Big Game Hunting

Hunting Musk Ox and Caribou in Greenland Was Nothing Like I Imagined

By Andrew McKean

two polaroids with brett favre and his mule deer buck

Mule Deer Hunting

I Took Brett Favre on His First Mule Deer Hunt

By John B. Snow

A Wisconsin hunter with a big buck on opening day; a young hunter with he first deer, also tagged on opening day.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Shot a Big Wisconsin Buck Just Seconds Before a Young Hunter Tagged Her First Deer

By Kasey Okrzesik

Two spearfishermen surface with walleyes.

Podcast: Spearfishing for Walleyes Is Coming to the Great Lakes. And That’s Not a Bad Thing

A bird dog sits in a passenger seat with an arrow in its armpit.

My Bird Dog Caught a Broadhead Arrow to the Chest While Pointing Quail

By Kris Millgate

Blue catfish caught on shad chunk

Catfish Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Catch Trophy Blue Catfish In Winter

A hunter in blue overalls sits behind a tree looking at a deer in this illustration.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Shot My First Buck on the Run, During a Low-Country Deer Drive

By John Wongrey

allyson rosier buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

“I Hope My Baby Grows Up to Be a Deer Hunter.” Pregnant Woman Shoots 190-Class Buck on the Last Day of the Season

Wilderness Survival

The Mysterious “Little People” of Northwest Alaska Are Just One Example of the Supernatural in Arctic Wilderness

We Range Tested the New Glock Gen 6 Everyone Is Talking About

By John B. Snow

illustration of hunter answering door

Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Happened to Me: I Butchered a Deer in My Brooklyn Apartment and the Cops Came

By Alex Robinson

an old photograph of a hunter in a yellow canoe with a nice buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Want to Kill a Great Late-Season Buck? Float a River

Whitetail Deer Hunting

3 Incredible Stories of Snow Tracking Bucks in the Big Woods

By Hal Blood, Ralph P. Stuart

A whitetail buck stands on a hillside in Montana.

Wildlife Management

Montana to Slash Nonresident Deer Tags Amid EHD Declines and Mounting Pressure from Out-of-Staters

By Dac Collins, Andrew McKean