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The world-record Brooks Bull being scored on the floor.

Brooks Bull Officially Declared New Archery World-Record Elk. It Narrowly Missed the All-Time Record Due to a Scoring Technicality

By Natalie Krebs

A fishing guide holds up a state-record bass in Tennessee.

Tennessee Fishing Guide Catches Record Bass that Officials Say Shouldn’t Be There

A grizzly swats at a pheasant hunter in an illustration.

I Tried to Flush a Pheasant. Instead, I Got Mauled by a Grizzly — and 320 Stitches

By John Haviland

barren ground caribou

Big Game Hunting

Barren Ground Caribou Hunts Are Disappearing — or Getting Outrageously Expensive

A photo of a fisherman holding up crappies.

Crappie Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Tips for Catching More Crappies This Fall

An illustration of Jim Carmichel shooting offhand with an eland in the background.

Big Game Hunting

The Hunt That Broke Jim Carmichel

By Jim Carmichel

B&W photo of hunter with deer in trunk

I Spent 5 Years Bowhunting One of the Biggest Nontypicals Ever. Then My Buddy Killed Him

A watercolor of a bighorn ram on a cliff.

I Nearly Died Trying to Recover My Bighorn Ram, But I Couldn’t Leave Him on the Mountain

By Steve Coy with Larry Mueller

A wild horse rears up over a hunter in red check.

The Forgotten Legend of Dick Church, Canada’s Wild-Horse Bounty Hunter

By I.P. Calliston

Crows swoop past an owl decoy

My Best Old-School Tips for Hunting Crows — Including This One Weird, Noisy Trick

By Bert Popowski

A film photo of a goat hunter resting beside his goat and mountain bike.

Big Game Hunting

I Used My Old-School Mountain Bike to Hunt My Archery World-Record Mountain Goat

By Lyle Willmarth, as told to Lee Kline

A hunter with a big droptine buck taken in Ohio.

This Buck Outsmarted Me for 3 Seasons. One Change Finally Gave Me the Chance I Needed

A black bear sits in a hardwood tree.

Black Bear Hunting

Anti-Hunters Drew at Least 23 Percent of Florida’s Black Bear Tags, According to One Local Activist

A bowhunter from oregon with a nice bull.

After 20 Years of Applying, 28 Days of Hunting, and 130 Miles of Hiking, I Arrowed My Bull at 8 Yards

By Kris Millgate

Policy & Legislation

Congress Throws 166 Million Acres of BLM into Limbo by Upending Decades of Local Compromise

By Christine Peterson

An illustration of a grizzly mauling a man with a wooden rifle in Alaska.

I Ignored My Gut Feeling and Went Hunting with Buddies Anyway. Then a Bear Almost Killed Me

By Larry Mueller, Marguerite Reiss

The 9 Biggest Myths in Duck Hunting

By Alex Robinson, Roy Holdford

An illustration of deer hunters

Whitetail Deer Hunting

We Invited a 13-Year-Old on His First Deer Hunt. He Ended Up Teaching Us a Few Things

The author stands in frame, holding the antlers of a Montana bull elk

I Shot the Only Elk I Saw in Montana

By Derek Horner

An Oklahoma hunter with a big buck with lots of points in the back of a wagon

I Shot the Biggest Buck of My Life with a 10-Year-Old Crossbow and Just One Arrow to My Name

mike lee just introduced a bad border bill

Policy & Legislation

Senator Lee Is Back with His Attack on Public Lands. This Time He Wants to Butcher the Wilderness Act Under the Guise of Border Security

By Christine Peterson

A fisherman holds up a nice steelhead

Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Breaking Down Bead Selection for Fall Steelhead

Caribou approach a road.

The Trump Administration Just Greenlit the Ambler Road Project, Overturning Years of Input from Outdoorsmen

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a hunter in a pine tree about to shoot a 250-inch buck.

The Hunt for the Jameson Buck, a 250-Inch Legend That Lived in an Old Strip Mine

By Michael Pearce

Mitch Stamm Buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Self-Films His Hunt for a Buck with an Insanely Wide Spread

A tournament bass angler holds up a fish; a man sits for a photo.

Pro Bass Fisherman Indicted on Manslaughter Charges as Officials Release Deadly Boat Crash Footage

A helicopter flies over B.C. Conservation Officer Service vehicles after a bear attack near Fort Steele.

An Elk Hunter Just Sustained ‘Serious’ Injuries in a Grizzly Attack. Officials Have a Theory About What Attracted the Bear

By Natalie Krebs

A scratched up Winchester 94 and some loose rounds lay against some old wooden boards.

Jack O’Connor on America’s Number One Sporting Rifle — the Winchester 94 in .30-30

By Jack O'Connor

Elk Hunting With the Crowds: Expert Tips for Punching a Tag During the General Elk Season

Pheasant Hunting

Old-School Tips on How to Hunt Pheasants Alone

By Michael Pearce

grizzly bears alaska

Do Bears Hold Grudges? The Legendary Tale of a Wounded Alaskan Grizzly

A pronghorn antelope out on the plains.

Antelope Hunting

Colorado Has Already Suspended Two Hunts Due to the Government Shutdown. More Could Be on the Horizon

A screenshot of AI YouTube hunting personality

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Meet Kayla, the Sexy AI-Generated Huntress Telling You How to Hunt Deer

By Alex Robinson

A photo of police rescuing a man stuck in mud in Maine.

Wilderness Survival

Watch: Police Rescue Duck Hunter Who Got Stuck in a Quicksand-Like ‘Honey Pot’

By Natalie Krebs

Caribou on tundra with a map of the ambler road behind them.

Big Game Hunting

The Ambler Road Project Would Jeopardize One of the Last Great Wilderness Hunts in America

By Natalie Krebs

A black bear in Shenandoah National Park.

Man Found Dead in Arkansas Campground Was Likely Killed by a Bear. This Would Be the Second Fatal Attack There in a Month

An illustration of pronghorn antelope running

Antelope Hunting

A Sneeze Turned into the Best Pronghorn Tactic I Ever Tried

By Bert Popowski

A young hunter with a huge Indiana buck tagged on opening day.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

My 8-Year-Old ‘Kept His Cool’ When This 180-Class Buck Bedded in Front of Us

A college angler holds up his plaque after winning the Bassmaster College Bracket.

The Top College Angler of 2025 Just Donated Every Cent of His Cash Winnings to This Good Cause

A hunter with a flintlock rifle in Kansas

Antelope Hunting

I Took a Pronghorn with My Flintlock After the Longest Stalk of My Life

A painting of two ruffed grouse.

The Best Grouse Hunting in America Isn’t Where You Think

By Worth Matthewson

Two photos of a big wisconsin buck with tons of mass.

Wisconsin Bowhunter Arrows Giant 16-Point That Was ‘Much Bigger a Few Years Ago’

Two photos of a missing black Lab

Waterfowl Hunting

A Hunter Was Reunited with His Lost Duck Dog Thanks to Social Media, and This Clever Trick

An illustration of a bull elk

Antelope Hunting

How My Wife and I Bought 5 Big-Game Tags and Pulled Off the Western Hunt of a Lifetime

By Robert Merchant

Three wolves stand on a hill in the woods.

Wisconsin Wolves Have Already Attacked More Hunting Dogs Than Last Year — With 6 Dogs Killed in Just 2 Days

A man unleashes a hound in the snow.

Our Best Hound Turned Out to Be the Dog I Never Believed In

An angler holds up a huge snapper caught in Panama.

This ‘Beast’ of a Snapper Should Set a New World Record

A crew of anglers with a big tarpon on the scales.

This Teen’s First-Ever Tarpon Is a Pending World Record

A man holds up a nice smallmouth bass caught in the fall.

Quick Strike Podcast: Understanding Lake Turnover Can Rescue Your Fall Fishing

A New Jersey diver holds up a winter flounder he speared.

New Jersey Man Spears State-Record Flounder While Diving at a WWII Shipwreck

A FWC staffer holds up a Burmese python cauhgt in Florida.

Wildlife Management

Can You Make a Living Hunting Pythons? We Asked Florida’s Invasive Snake Contractors

By Christine Peterson

magazine illustration of man in deep mud

Wilderness Survival

This Duck Hunt Almost Killed Me. That’s Why I’ll Never Hunt Alone Again

By H.A. Shanklin

A Michigan hunter with a black bear.

Black Bear Hunting

This 97-Year-Old Tagged a Bear After Waiting 9 Years to Draw a Tag

I Shot the Third Biggest Elk of All Time

By Clarence Brown as told to John O. Cartier

A bowhunter kneels behind a big buck in Wisconsin.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Bowhunter Tags 20-Point Buck While Sneaking into His Stand at Dawn

teen hunter Samantha Bartlett with a Pennsylvania bull elk

14-Year-Old Becomes the Youngest Hunter to Ever Tag a Bull Elk in Pennsylvania

A canal in Florida with law enforcement vehicles nearby.

Two Hunters and Their Dogs Were Killed by Lightning in Florida, Officials Say

A hunter smiles alongside his bird dog after a successful duck hunt.

I Trained My Shelter Dog to Hunt Ducks and Grouse in a Month. He’s a Natural

By Kris Millgate

A photo of Peyton Huges, who died while kayak fishing, and Texas Game Wardens.

Officials Recover Body of College Kayak Angler Who Went Missing Ahead of Bassmaster Tourney

A black bear running across a road.

Wildlife Management

Former Grizzly Manager Says This Tech Is the Answer for Hazing Bears, Even on College Campuses

illustration of jack o'connor with big-game animals and rifle cartridge

Podcast: Jack O’Connor Was Right All Along

By Alex Robinson

Bear 747 in Brooks falls.

Wildlife Management

9 Photos of Alaska’s Enormous ‘Fat Bear Week’ Champs

By Natalie Krebs

Freel with an interior Alaska Grizzly

I’ve Killed Dozens of Bears. Here’s What Actually Makes a Great Bear Gun

Two bucks eat in a suburban yard.

Wildlife Management

Researchers Are Feeding Treats to Suburban Whitetails. Here’s Why