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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

A composite image of a teen who killed a turkey that turned out to be a pet bird.

After a Kid Tagged His First Turkey, His Former Teacher Claimed It Was Her Pet. Now He’s Facing a Felony Charge

Predator Hunting

Hunters Tag ‘Dragon-Size’ Alligator in Mississippi’s Ross Barnett Reservoir

Trotliner pulls in large blue catfish from white river

Catfish Fishing

24 Fascinating Photos of the Master Catfish Trotliners Who Are Keeping This Southern Tradition Alive

Photographs by Rory Dole, story by Natalie Krebs

A kayak fisherman holds up a false albacore.

Saltwater Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Hammer High-Speed False Albacore Without a (Motor) Boat

Largemouth Bass

Widow Sues Major League Fishing After Deadly Boat Crash

By Alex Robinson

A drake greenhead flying against a blue sky

Wisconsin DNR Warns Hunters Not to Eat Mallards Shot in Green Bay. But What Happens When Contaminated Ducks Migrate?

By Alex Robinson

A painting of four fishermen leaning over the gunnel of a boat.

Saltwater Fishing

Fishing with the Year-Round, Blue-Collar Party Boaters of New York City

By Peter Kaminsky

An illustration of a man's rifle backfiring into his face.

Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Was 20 Yards Away from a Big Boar Grizzly When My Rifle Misfired — and Blinded Me

By Frank Glaser, as told to Jim Rearden

An illustration of a quail hunter trying to shoot amid a stampede

The Mexican Desert Holds a Surprising Number of Ducks and Quail. Here’s Why

By William J. Schaldach

A painting of wilson's snipe

Waterfowl Hunting

After a 20-Year Closure, I Finally Got to Hunt Snipe Again. They’re Still Impossible to Hit

By Hart Stilwell

A caribou bull in the fall.

Big Game Hunting

I Wrecked My Horse, Knocked My Scope, and Missed a Giant Caribou Bull. It Was Worth It

By Charles Elliott

A group of four men after the rescue of Boomer the dog.

Boomer the Bear Dog Was Stranded on a Cliff for Two Days. Then He Got an Unlikely Rescue

By Kris Millgate

44 mag vs 45-70

Lever-Gun Shoot-Out: .44 Remington Magnum vs .45-70 Gov’t

By John B. Snow

Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Elk Hunting Adventures

By Scott Haugen

Wade Tackett holding two crabs

The Bizarre Disappearance of Wade Tackett Still Haunts Southeast Alaska

A blue illustration of bighorns.

I Drew a Rare Desert Bighorn Tag, and Killed One of the Biggest Rams in the State

A black bear walking on a gravel road.

‘It’s Just Unheard Of.’ Arkansas Just Had Its First Black Bear Attack in Decades

By Kris Millgate

A photo of pronghorn on BLM land with oil and gas infrastructure.

Policy & Legislation

Americans Already Agreed How to Balance Energy Development on Public Land in Their States. The House Just Voted to Undo It

By Andrew McKean

A kid lying beside a giant halibut that is the new junior world record.

This Kid Just Wanted to Catch Something Big. He May Have Caught a World Record

bassmaster tournament

Largemouth Bass

Bassmaster (Partially) Bans Forward-Facing Sonar for the 2026 Season. Fans Love It — and Hate It

By Derek Horner

A blue illustration of a big cougar fighting a dog while a scared boy falls nearby

I Faced Off with a Cornered, Wounded Mountain Lion by Myself. I Was 12

By Fred Meyer Schroder, as told to Robert Easton

whitetail drone research

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: This Thermal Drone Project Is Revealing the Surprising Behavior of Mature Bucks

By Alex Robinson

The third-largest public-land gator ever taken in MS.

Big Game Hunting

‘It About Snatched Me Out of the Boat.’ Hunters Tag Giant Gator That’s Nearly a State Record

Pintails flying in a courtship dance.

Wildlife Management

Pintail Numbers Increase, Mallards Are Stable, and Other Takeaways from This Year’s Duck Survey

By Jonathan Olivier

Four anglers hold up a giant striped marlin in Oregon.

Saltwater Fishing

We Just Caught a Giant Striped Marlin Off the Oregon Coast. That Almost Never Happens

A photo illustration of four vintage photos scattered on a table.

Mule Deer Hunting

Most of My Buddies Weren’t Tough Enough to Hunt Velvet Bucks at 13,000 Feet

By Charles Elliott

Fisherman Jimmy Fee holds up a bowfin to the camera.

Quick Strike Podcast: This Is the Secret to Catching More Bowfin

Upland Bird Hunting

Dove Shooter’s Fever on an Old-School Opening Day Hunt

By Carlos Vinson

.30-06 springfield

Jack O’Connor’s Opinion of the Indestructible .30-06

By Jack O'Connor

A black bear swats a dog out of a tree

Black Bear Hunting

A Black Bear Killed Hundreds of Sheep Over the Years. My Dogs Finally Caught Up with Him

By Carl T. Johnson

A blue illustration of a man bowhunting a mountain goat billy.

Big Game Hunting

Locals Said My Way of Hunting Mountain Goats Was Madness. I Did It Anyway

By Lowell Martin

An illustration of a girl looking down a shotgun while her dad, Tom Kelly, stands beside her.

How Col. Tom Kelly Taught His Daughter to Shoot a Shotgun, and Doves

By Col. Tom Kelly

A man carries a deer on his back

I Hiked Too Far While Hunting Early-Season Deer and Lost My Mind from Heat Stroke

By George H. Gibson

Grading a road in the wilderness.

Policy & Legislation

You Have Just 3 Weeks to Object to the Roadless Rule Rollback, Which Will Affect 45 Million Wild Acres Across the U.S.

By Andrew McKean

An illustration of an iguana jumping on a hunter in Mexico

I Hunted Giant Iguanas in Old Mexico. They’re Tough to Hunt and Good to Eat

By Michael Cramond

Two hunters with a bull moose taken in Alaska.

Wildlife Management

Alaskan Guide Sued for Ripping Off 32 Moose Hunters Has Already Booked Trips for 2025

A LDWF game warden rescues a child from a rooftop.

Natural Disaster Survival

16 Powerful Photos of the Sportsmen and Game Wardens Who Helped Rescue Hurricane Katrina Survivors

By Natalie Krebs

Budget semi auto shotgun

Semi-Auto Shotguns

5 Best Budget-Friendly Semi-Auto Shotguns for a Grand (or Less)

By Alex Robinson, John B. Snow

A vintage illustration of a fisherman fighting a pike in a small raft.

Pike and Muskie Fishing

I Waited 20 Years to Fish This Wilderness Lake. It Was Better Than I Dreamed

A drake mallard on the water at a wildlife refuge in Wyoming.

Public Lands & Waters

Feds to Expand Hunting and Fishing Access on 87,000 Acres in 11 States

The 40 Best Labor Day Gun Deals

A big buck stands on the edge of the woods in Michigan.

Wildlife Management

Northern Michigan Lawmakers Want to Secede from the State Game Commission and Form Their Own

butchering deer

9 Expert Butchering Tips to Make Processing Wild Game Easier

By Alex Robinson, Natalie Krebs

A yellow painting of a hunter caught between two bull elk in the woods.

I Got Caught Between Two Giant, Rutting Bull Elk with Nothing But My Hawken

By Jim Tschetter

public land scouting

Whitetail Deer Hunting

5 Hard Truths About Scouting Public Land (and How to Overcome Them)

By Alex Robinson

A Minnesota kayak fisherman with a state-record bowfin.

This Kayak Fisherman Found a Bowfin Honey Hole, Then Landed a State Record

An Ohio angler with a big muskie.

Watch: This Might Be the Sickest Muskie Eat You’ll Ever See

A deer feeder sits on the edge of a clearing.

Mississippi Told Hunters They Could Bait on Public Land This Fall. The Only Problem? It Was a Complete Hoax

A mugshot of an elderly Florida man arrested for assault on a kid who was fishing

‘Not Very Neighborly.’ Florida Man Arrested for Assaulting Kids Fishing a Neighborhood Pond

A freshwater drum fisherman.

Quick Strike Podcast: The Most Underrated Fish in America Will Beat the Hell Out of You

The Bloodvein First Nation stands next to a no-trespassing sign aimed at non-Indigenous hunters.

Wildlife Management

This First Nation Just Barred Non-Native Hunters from Its Territory for ‘Overhunting’

A problem bear with an ear tag peeks over a fence.

Wildlife Management

Officials Tried to Haze a Bear That Nearly Burned a House Down. Instead, They Got Mobbed by Activists

A sheep hunter slips and falls as he decides he can't make it to the sheep.

I Finally Drew a Bighorn Sheep Tag. I Was Too Out of Shape to Fill It

By John F. Lane, as told to Charles Elliott