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Scarlett Johansson poses for a photo at Cannes Film Festival.

Wildlife Management

The Newest Tool for Hazing Wolves? Scarlett Johansson’s Voice

By Kris Millgate

An NHL mascot turns back to look at a charging bear.

Watch: NHL Mascot Charged by Brown Bear While Fishing in Alaska

world record muskies

Pike and Muskie Fishing

The World-Record Muskie That Turned Out to be a Hoax — and the Investigation That Brought It Down

By John Dettloff

Predator Hunting

The Legendary Cowboy Who Caught More Than 1,000 Wolves With His Bare Hands

By John R. Abernathy as told to Monroe H. Goode

Male lion (panthera leo), Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.

Big Game Hunting

Blondie the Lion Is Already Being Called the “Next Cecil.” Here’s Why That’s a Problem for Lion Conservation in Africa

By Robbie Kroger

A hunter guts a deer in the woods.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

9 Expert Field Dressing Tips That Will Make Gutting a Deer Much Easier

By Alex Robinson

A fisherman with a rare deepwater fish; fisherman's son with another rare fish.

Father and Son Catch Two Bizarre Record Fish on the Same Day

A government contractor in Arizona whose been threatened and targeted by wild horse advocates.

Public Lands & Waters

This Cowgirl Is Tackling Our Wild Horse Problem. Activists Want Her Dead

A Utah hunting guide in the mountains; the guide's pointer.

Survival Skills

After Rolling His UTV, This Man Crawled 11 Hours Through the Mountains with Only His Dog to Guide Him

By Kris Millgate

A wild hog walks across a field.

Everything You Didn’t Need to Know About the DNR Pig Sting at Ted Nugent’s High-Fence Ranch

claycopter target thrower

Upland Bird Hunting

Want to Improve Your Wingshooting This Fall? Change Up Your Summer Training

By Alex Robinson

A pheasant hunter setting out.

Upland Bird Hunting

Where to Hunt Pheasants: The 4 Best States for DIY Hunters

By Natalie Krebs

Podcast: How I Stopped a Charging Griz at 5 Yards (with a 10mm)

A fisheries official reaches into a net filled with stocker rainbow trout.

Stocking Fish Is Getting So Expensive that Kansas Is Slashing Its Trout Season

By Kris Millgate

A black lab near the water ; a dog after recovering from surgery.

Carolina Man Who Saved His Duck Dog from a Gator’s Jaws Says He’d Do It Again in a Heartbeat

A big fluke caught aboard a flounder party boat operated by the Big Mohawk.

Saltwater Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Become a Party Boat Flounder Pounder

An Arizona fisherman with the new state-record redear sunfish.

Giant Redear Sunfish that Fought Like a Bass Is a New Arizona Record

Big Game Hunting

My African Safari Nearly Ended in a Shootout

By Scott Haugen

An illustration of an electronic rifle

My 3 Wild Predictions About Rifle and Shotgun Technology Didn’t Exactly Come True

By Jim Carmichel

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