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A young white setter on point

I Thought My New Bird Dog Might Be Stolen, But No One Ever Claimed Her. I’m Glad They Didn’t

By H. R. Temple

Where to Hunt for Elk: The 3 States That Still Offer Great DIY Hunts

By Jace Bauserman

Jay Cutler poses with a common sable antelope he hunted in South Africa.

Antelope Hunting

Former NFL Star Bashed by Anti-Hunters and News Outlets Who Can’t Keep Their Antelopes Straight

By Alice Jones Webb

Mike Kimmel and his dog Otto with a python Otto tracked down.

America’s Most Famous Python Dog Dies Mid-Hunt. But His Bloodline Lives On

By Alice Jones Webb

An illustration of a big sailfish about to spear a man.

Saltwater Fishing

I Was Alone, Adrift at Sea, and Speared by a Sailfish. Then My Troubles Really Started

By Frank Sargeant

A bass hair popper on a log

Quick Strike Podcast: The Old-School Bass Fly That Still Slays

A trail runner heads uphill in the mountains.

Wildlife Management

‘Guess I Gotta Buy a Fishing Permit.’ Trail Runner Stopped in Utah for Not Having a Hunting or Fishing License

By Kris Millgate

Two backcountry paddlers with a New York record brook trout.

Canoe Tripper Catches Record Trout in the Backcountry, Finds a Creative Way to Preserve It

A painting of a goat stands on a mountain

Big Game Hunting

My Mountain Goat Fell Off a Cliff. We Went After Him — and Got Trapped

By Jim Carmichel

illustration of two men in a canoe

I Was Floating One of the West’s Great Trout Rivers. Then the Governor Dropped in on His Helicopter

By Erwin A. Bauer

An illustration of a boy fishing at night with his dad.

Largemouth Bass

Nights Were the Only Time My Dad Had Time to Himself. He Took Me Fishing Anyway

By Jerry Dennis

A leopard stalking in the brush

I Guided Safaris for Years Without Being Mauled. One Day, My Luck Finally Ran Out

A black carp being harvested in a boat.

Wildlife Management

Want to Make Thousands by Fishing? Arkansas Just Put a Bounty on Black Carp

guided fishing trip

How to Book a Guided Fishing Trip, Without Getting Ripped Off

A spotted bass on a boat deck

A Florida Man Caught This Fish During a Tournament. It Broke a 40-Year-Old State Record

An illustration of American journalist professor Alann Steen

I Was Kidnapped by Terrorists and Held Captive for 5 Years. Here’s How I Survived

By Alann B. Steen

A sig P320 composite

FBI Report on Sig Sauer ‘Uncommanded Discharge’ Incident Goes Public

A large white-tailed deer in the woods

Pennsylvania Officially Repeals Its Centuries-Old Ban on Sunday Hunting

A Florida angler holds up a world-record snakehead.

This Giant Snakehead Was Just Declared a New World Record. It Was Caught from a Florida Canal

An illustration of a boar bowling over dogs and charging hunters

I’ve Been Charged by Bears and Moose. Wild Hogs Are Much, Much Worse

By Charles Elliott

A fisherman on a boat holds up a trumpetfish caught in Florida.

Saltwater Fishing

SEC Football Coach Catches Bizarre Saltwater Fish, Jokes that It’s a New Florida Record

A pair of whitetail deer stand in front of a farm in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Is Finally About to Legalize Sunday Hunting. Here’s Why Some Lawmakers Are Still Opposed

An illustration of a polar bear attacking a man at a wall tent camp

A Polar Bear Attacked Me at Our Research Camp. It Should Have Crushed My Skull

By John Legault

An illustration of a shark attacking an angler's tuna

I Was Fighting a Huge Tuna Near the Bermuda Triangle. Then the Shark Showed Up

An illustration of a bear attacking a man, who is punching back

I Was Mauled Over and Over Again by a Grizzly. I Should Have Died

By Forest H. Young Jr.

Training new recruits

The Guns (and Soldiers) That Won the American Revolution

By Jim Carmichel, Photos by Ken Hoos

Kyle Lybarger tries to call out Alexandra Fasulo for spreading misinformation.

Climate & Environment

One of Conservation’s Rising Stars Called Out a Potential Scammer. Then Came the Death Threats

By Kris Millgate

A bear swims in open water with two cubs perched on its back.

Wildlife Management

Watch This Black Bear Ferry Her Tiny Cubs Across a Huge Reservoir

By Alice Jones Webb

Raw pike on a cutting board in the kitchen with a bone in a thai woman's neck

Fish Bone Pierces Thai Woman’s Neck — a Cautionary Tale About Fish Consumption

Illustration of the world-record tiger shark being caught from a pier

The Legendary Shark Fishing Record That’s Never Been Broken

By Donald Millus

spearfisherman views bass through underwater foliage

Saltwater Fishing

Photos: What It Takes to Spearfish for White Seabass, the Gray Ghosts of Southern California

Photos and story by Mike Raabe, as told to Natalie Krebs

A suppressed rifle barrel

Podcast: Why Can’t We Pass Silencer Deregulation?

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a hunter with a jammed rifle facing off with a black bear on its hind legs.

Black Bear Hunting

I Was 10 Feet from the Bear I’d Been Tracking All Day. Then My Rifle Jammed

By Carl T. Johnson

Donna Kalil, a contracted snake hunter, with a giant python in the Everglades.

Wildlife Management

19 Weird and Wild Snake Photos from the Florida Python Challenge

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter carries a goat on his shoulders

Big Game Hunting

I Hunted Mountain Goats with My Colt Python

By Alfred J. Goerg

the qualified captain

Quick Strike Podcast: Don’t Be That Guy at the Boat Ramp, with ‘The Qualified Captain’

Take me fishing programs are canceled

Hunter Recruitment

DOGE Cancels ‘Take Me Fishing,’ Even Though It Was Funded by Anglers

By Natalie Krebs

A young teen holds a huge king salmon.

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

An Alaska Teen Just Landed a 51-Pound King Salmon. It Could Have Won the Local Derby, But He Was Too Young

By Alice Jones Webb

An illustration of a buck running up a hill

I Killed the Buck That No Other Pennsylvania Deer Hunter Could

By Raymond E. Miller, as told to Jim Hayes

An illustration of a buck running with a bowhunter in the background

I Shot the Biggest Pennsylvania Archery Buck on Record

By Andy Getsy with Jim Hayes

Public land advocates rallied against mike lee's provisions to sell public land

Public Lands & Waters

Breaking: Mike Lee’s Public Land Sale Plan Is Dead

By Andrew McKean

Mike Lee is still trying to sell public land

Policy & Legislation

Mike Lee Shoves Another Bad Land Sale Provision into the Senate’s Final Budget Bill

By Andrew McKean

Suppressors on rifles. The Hearing Protection Act was stripped from the senate budget bill

Silencer Deregulation Plan Fails in the Senate

By Natalie Krebs

record whitefish

North Dakota Angler Breaks 40-Year Record With This Giant Missouri River Fish

Paddlefish that swam 925 miles

Bowfisherman Shoots Paddlefish That Swam Nearly 1,000 Miles from South Dakota to Kentucky

A man wearing sun glasses holds up a massive common carp.

Tournament Angler Smashes Connecticut Record with 58-Pound Carp from Lake Zoar

By Alice Jones Webb

An illustration of a big bull walking toward a hunter.

Stories from Minnesota’s First Ever Moose Hunt

By Jack O'Connor

Whitetail Deer Hunting

29 Reasons Why Your Food Plots Suck

By Josh Honeycutt

A collection of images of the Richard Waters buck, which was presented as a fair-chase buck.

‘I’m Stupid, Yes,’ Says Wisconsin Man Who Tried to Claim a 49-Point High-Fence Deer Was a State Record

By Natalie Krebs

Side-by-side images of poacher Karl Studer posing with mule deer.

Wildlife Management

Helicopter Poacher Involved in Black-Market Tag Scheme Gets $180K in Fines, Lifetime Hunting Ban

By Alice Jones Webb

Your public lands sign

Public Lands & Waters

Public Land Advocates: Mike Lee’s New Land Sale Plan Is ‘Just a Different Pile of Dog Sh*t’

By Andrew McKean

A big old tree in Tongass NF.

Policy & Legislation

USDA Revokes Roadless Rule Nationwide to Increase Logging Efforts

By Natalie Krebs

Senator Mike Lee public land sales

Policy & Legislation

Breaking: Mike Lee’s Plan to Sell Public Lands Fails to Pass Budget Rules. He Promises to Try Again

By Alex Robinson, Andrew McKean

An illustration of a man lost in the woods running in front of a mirage station wagon

Wilderness Survival

My Buddy and I Got Lost on a Caribou Hunt. I Survived, But He Didn’t

By Guy Beauregard

A side-by-side of two trophy photos of poachers with an illegally-killed Missouri mountain lion

Wildlife Management

Missouri Deer Hunter Illegally Shoots Tagged Mountain Lion That Traveled 800 Miles From Nebraska

By Alice Jones Webb

record tiger trout

Wyoming Angler Caught This Record Trout on a Tiny Fly Rod

record african pompano

Saltwater Fishing

“The Whole Thing was a Miracle.” Florida Woman Lands Potential Record Fish on 20-Pound Line

Wildlife Management

A Photographer Captured These 7 Incredible Images After Placing Cameras Around a Wolf Kill

By Kris Millgate

Three panels showing a red fox and a bald eagle facing off over fish scraps.

Wildlife Management

Watch: Fox and Bald Eagle Battle Over Striper Carcass in Maryland Backyard

By Alice Jones Webb

Senator Mike Lee on senate land sale

Public Lands & Waters

Hunters Now Have a Real Chance to Defeat the Public Land Sales Bill. Here’s Why

By Andrew McKean

A photo of a boat crew posing with a 596-pound blue marlin

Saltwater Fishing

Researchers Were Shocked by What They Found Inside This Giant Blue Marlin

Two fishermen in a canoe on blue water in an old photo

Bluegill Fishing

Pork Rinds Are My Secret Weapon for Summer Bluegills

By Byron W. Dalrymple

bent fishing hook

8 Sneaky Reasons You Keep Losing Big Fish

A cow moose stands in a thicket of willows.

Fisherman Shoots and Kills Charging Moose in Wyoming