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This Weird Bass Bait Is Fetching Absurd Prices. Here’s Why

By Derek Horner

Wildlife Management

New Mexico Hunting Guides Charged in Scheme to Sell Elk Tags to Out-of-Staters

A Hammerhead Busted My Kayak, Then Towed Me for Miles. Rescue Looked Grim

Natural Disaster Survival

A Wildfire Broke Out Just Miles from My Lookout Tower. I Had to Choose: Stay or Evacuate?

By Rod Diedrick, as told to Eric Collier

Public Lands & Waters

‘I’m Gonna Start Target Practicing.’ New Mexico Landowner Arrested on Felony Charges for Threatening Fishermen at Gunpoint

Largemouth Bass

To Catch the Biggest Bass of Your Life, Try Fishing Smaller Lakes

By Charles Elliott

We Canoed 200 Miles into the Bush for the Best Walleye and Pike Fishing of Our Lives

By Don St. John

I Was Charged by a Grizzly with Three Cubs. All I Had Was My .38 Special

Black Bear Hunting

I Deer Hunted with Babe Ruth. He Tagged a Nice Buck and Wrestled a Cow

Largemouth Bass

Old-School Advice for Catching Giant Bass on Dragonflies

By Robert E. Price

What Happens After Shed Hunters Find Human Remains

By Natalie Krebs

A Sheep-Killing Grizzly Mauled My Ranch Hand, Who Managed to Crawl a Mile for Help

By Dick Mosher, as told to Ben East

I Was Trapped on a Cliff Edge, Staring Down a Charging Grizzly

Catfish Fishing

These Are the Biggest North American Catfish of All Time

By Ken Perrotte

These Trusty (and Seriously Weird) Baits Still Have a Cult Following

By Byron W. Dalrymple

Public Lands & Waters

Most Montanans Support Corner Crossing. Some Landowners Are Threatening to Withdraw Existing Access Over It

By Andrew McKean

Wildlife Management

A Hunter Killed a Mule Deer in Alaska This Spring. That’s Both Good and Bad News

By Natalie Krebs

27 Vintage Gun Ads That Introduced Some of America’s Most Iconic Firearms

By Natalie Krebs

Catch These 6 Live Bait Species to Land More Fish This Summer

Policy & Legislation

The Trump Administration Will Open More Federal Lands to Off-Road Vehicles. Backcountry Hunters Warn of Overcrowding

By Natalie Krebs

Kentucky Teen Arrows Potential World-Record Bighead Carp with a Busted Arrow

By Natalie Krebs

Largemouth Bass

Serious Bass Anglers Should Know When to Fizz Fish. Here’s How to Do It Safely

By Kristine Fischer

Climate & Environment

We’re Having Our Worst Wildfire Year in a Decade, and It’s Probably Going to Get Worse

By Natalie Krebs

How I Discovered the Best Time to Catch Monster Brown Trout Is at Night

Natural Disaster Survival

My Client Was Finally in Position on Our Sheep Hunt. Then the Avalanche Struck

By Eric Collier

Largemouth Bass

How to Fish Glide Baits: The Trendiest Way to Catch a Giant Largemouth Bass

Wilderness Survival

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

By Guy Beauregard

Before Graduation, My Buddies and I Canoed 600 Miles Through the Canadian Wilderness. We Almost Didn’t Make It

Saltwater Fishing

I Was All Alone When I Fought an 11-Foot Swordfish from My 17-Foot Boat

By Earl Gustkey

Wildlife Management

Feral Hogs Can Spread CWD. So Why Are These States Still Transporting and Importing Them?

By Natalie Krebs

Crappie Fishing

Minnesotans Are Harvesting 80 Million Pounds of Fish — More Than Twice the DNR Estimate. Has Forward-Facing Sonar Lead to Over Harvesting?

By Alex Robinson

Double Barrel Shotguns

How to Be an Insufferable Shotgun Snob, According to Jim Carmichel

By Jim Carmichel

Public Lands & Waters

Here’s Where the Trump Administration Plans to Open Hunting, Fishing Opportunities on Refuge and Park Service Lands

By Andrew McKean

These Invasive Dragons Are the Ultimate Gamefish. Here’s How to Catch Them

By Scott Einsmann

Old-School Float Tips for Targeting River Smallmouth

By Hank Bradshaw

This Guide on Lake Superior Has Helped Break the Minnesota Lake Trout Record Four Times in a Row

Human Remains Were Found on My Deer Hunting Property. Here’s What Happened Next

By Natalie Krebs

Foraging & Gardening

Officials Beg Californians to Stop Picking Wild Mushrooms Amid Record Number of Poisonings

Saltwater Fishing

We Fished Enemy Territory During the Vietnam War

By Fitzhugh Turner

Policy & Legislation

Radical Initiative to Ban Hunting and Fishing in Oregon Is One Step Closer to Making the Ballot

After I Escaped from a German Labor Camp, I Survived on Rabbits and Pheasant

I Killed the Last Grizzly in Colorado By Stabbing It With an Arrow

7 Unbelievable (But True) Stories of Record Catches, Wild Fights, and One Pissed-Off Shark

By Paul M. Liikala

My Dog Sacrificed Himself to Save My Life in a Brown Bear Attack

Wildlife Management

Texas Could Soon Require Hunters to Report Mountain Lion Harvests

Bluegill Fishing

Why You’re Only Catching Small Bluegills, and How to Fix It

By Byron W. Dalrymple

Catfish Fishing

Tournament Fisherman Weighs in a Record-Breaking Catfish in West Virginia

Largemouth Bass

Should Anglers Keep More Largemouth Bass to Improve Trophy Fisheries?

Largemouth Bass

The Near World-Record Bass That Changed California Fishing Overnight

By Chuck Garrison

Wildlife Management

These Two Morons Filmed Themselves Hand-Feeding a Wild Grizzly Bear

The 10 Gnarliest Freshwater Fish in the World (and How to Catch Them)

Smallmouth Bass

We Found an Unreal River Smallmouth Bite Despite Blazing Hot Weather

Beaver Ponds Are Still a Secret Spot for Catching Trout. Here’s How to Fish Them

By Nelson Bryant

Pipe Bomb Found in an Urban Lake Was Put There to Blast Fish, Officials Say

Wild Caught Fish Recipes

Secrets for a Better Tasting Largemouth Bass Fry

The Biggest Sharks of All Time

By Ken Perrotte

A Rattlesnake Bite on a Fishing Trip Cost Me a Leg, and Nearly My Life

Black Bear Hunter Kills a Charging Grizzly with His Rifle at 5 Yards

Public Lands & Waters

Senator Seeks to Transfer 140,000 Acres of Louisiana’s Only National Forest. Residents Are Furious

By Natalie Krebs

Public Lands & Waters

Stevan Pearce Confirmed as BLM Director, Despite His Position on Public Land Sales

By Andrew McKean

Wyoming to Cut Wolf Harvest in Half Amid Disease Outbreak Near Yellowstone

How to Catch Big Trout on Soft Plastics

Big Game Hunting

Carmichel in Australia: Charged by a Backwater Buffalo

By Jim Carmichel

The Ultimate Guide to Fishing a Chatterbait

By Kristine Fischer, Derek Horner