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Glock G20 10mm and DLP grizzly bear

These Alaskans Stopped a Charging Grizzly at 5 Yards with Their 10mm Pistols

A photo of seized deer mounts

Wildlife Management

5 Men Were Busted for a Trophy-Buck Poaching Ring. They Killed 60-Plus Deer

By Natalie Krebs

Three Black Bears in Montana

We Rented a Forest Service Cabin for Our Fishing Trip. We Spent the Weekend Battling Problem Bears

By Leon Copenhaver

A gray wolf trots across a sage flat

Wildlife Management

Colorado Suspends Trapping After a Wolf Tripped a Coyote Trap at a Livestock Operation and Died

By Kris Millgate

falconer releases goshawk into the air in dry grassland

Photos: This Hunter’s Falconry Demands Discipline, Stamina, and a Pack of Bird Dogs

Photos by Nick Kelley, Story by Natalie Krebs

A painting of a mako shark feeding on a fish

Tales from the Mako Shark Fishermen Who Make Captain Quint Look Like a Rookie

A bull moose flings a hunter into the air in an illustration

I Was Nearly Killed in a Freak Moose Attack. Then My Buddies Abandoned Me

By Clint Buckmaster, as told to Jim Rearden

A free-ranging horse walks across a forest road in Arizona.

Public Lands & Waters

Podcast: Sued, Sabotaged, and Threatened. Meet the Cowboys Caught in the Middle of the West’s Wild Horse Problem

Where to Hunt for Deer OTC

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Where to Hunt Deer: The 5 Best Whitetail States for DIY Hunters

By Alex Robinson, Derek Horner

Two anglers with a big lake trout from the Midwest.

Michigan Lake Trout Floors Biologists, Who Say It’s the Oldest Fish They’ve Ever Seen

A marsh rabbit sits in the grass in Florida.

Wildlife Management

Florida Just Deployed 40 Robot Bunnies to Trick the Worst Predator in the Everglades

An illustration of an American alligator about to attack a black Lab retrieving a duck.

Before They Were Delisted, American Alligators Were the Original Grizzly Bears

By Frank Sargeant

Kansas blue catfish state record.

Catfish Fishing

Kansas Just Certified a New Record Blue Catfish, and It’s a Giant

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter in a Hawaiian shirt raises a shotgun with crows, geese, and pigeons in the background.

The 4 Best Bird Hunts of Summer

By Will Brantley, Brian Lovett

An illustration of Jim Jordan shooting a running giant buck with a lever action.

Solving the 65-Year Mystery of the Jordan Buck, the Biggest Whitetail Ever Killed in America

An illustration of a hunter with a caribou bull and a big bull moose.

I Arrowed the World-Record Caribou by Pretending to Be a Tree

By Tommy Frye, as told to Blair A. Peterson

A lightning bolt comes down out of the night sky.

Natural Disaster Survival

Local Archer and Volunteer Hailed as a Hero After Lightning Strike Kills 1, Injures 13 at Archery Club

The Hunt for a Record Cape Cod Striper in the suft

Striped Bass Fishing

After a Weeklong Skunking on Cape Cod, We Caught the Biggest Striper Blitz of the Fall

By Frank Woolner

A male sage grouse stands on a lek in Wyoming.

Wildlife Management

Have North Dakota’s Sage Grouse Winked Out Completely?

By Kris Millgate

A bunch of sportfishing boats head offshore from Cabo San Lucas.

Saltwater Fishing

The ‘Super Bowl’ of Offshore Fishing Tournaments Is Expanding into Costa Rica

A collage of screenshots from a viral video of ticks swarming a deer.

Wildlife Management

Viral Video of Deer Crawling with Ticks Is Nightmare Fuel. It’s Also a Warning

By Alice Jones Webb

Claude Dallas killed two game wardens in 1981.

The Manhunt for Claude Dallas, the Poacher Who Killed Two Idaho Game Wardens and Fled

A bowfisherman holds up a record-sized flathead catfish in Michigan.

Bowfisherman Sticks a State-Record Catfish, Has to Wrestle It Out of the Creek with His Bare Hands

An angler in Idaho holds up a state-record lake trout.

Record Lake Trout Caught in Idaho Is a Sign of a Fishery Reborn

A waterfowl production area sign.

Policy & Legislation

Podcast: Are Conservation Groups Spending Our Money Wisely?

By Natalie Krebs

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