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Bass Fishing

## Quick Strike Podcast: Why You Need to Fish for These Hard-Fighting Florida Exotics Before You Die

Fall is a great (and overlooked) time to smash peacock bass

By Joe Cermele

### Latest News

- Pike and Muskie Fishing

### Giant Muskie Caught and Released in Green Bay Is a New Wisconsin Record

By Dac Collins
- Salmon and Steelhead Fishing

### Watch: ‘Ginormous’ Atlantic Salmon Takes Angler on a Mile-Long Run Downriver

By Dac Collins
- Gear

### Check Out Outdoor Life’s New Line of Merch

By Alex Robinson
- Climate & Environment

### Why the Roadless Rule Is Important for Hunters and Anglers

By Bjorn Dihle
- Elk Hunting

### I’ll Always Remember the Day I Went Round for Round With a Grizzly

By Don Vitto, as told to Jim Zumbo

## Gear Reviews

- ### We Shoot 100,000 Rounds Per Year. Here’s the Ear Protection We Wear

By Scott Einsmann, By Tyler Freel

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- ### My 4 Favorite EDC Flashlights Are Insanely Bright and Pocketable

By Scott Einsmann

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- ### 8 Headlamps that Won’t Leave You in the Dark

By Alice Jones Webb

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- ### The Best Spotting Scopes of 2025, Budget to Premium Optics Tested

By Andrew McKean

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## Guns

Hunting Rifles

### Jack O’Connor’s Opinion of the Old .30-30 Winchester

By Jack O’Connor

Handguns

### This Is a Better Way to Carry Your Pistol in the Backcountry

By Tyler Freel

Ammo

### This Clever Tool Makes Modifying Your Own Cases Much Easier

By Tyler Freel

Ammo

### Lever-Gun Shoot-Out: .44 Remington Magnum vs .45-70 Gov’t

By John B. Snow

Hunting Rifles

### Jack O’Connor’s Opinion of the Indestructible .30-06

By Jack O’Connor

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Hunting

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### The 20 Biggest Myths in Deer Hunting

By Michael Hanback

### Ivy League College Kids Who Butchered a Black Bear in Their Dorm Had the Cops Called on Them

By Dac Collins

### What I’ve Learned from the 50-Plus Moose I’ve Killed, and the Ones That Tried to Kill Me

By Ted Updike

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Fishing

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### ‘Marathon’ Angler Who Broke 24-Hour Fishing Record on 9/11 Didn’t Stop Until He’d Caught 2,977 Sunfish

By Dac Collins

### 18 Wild Photos of Catfish Noodlers Wrestling Giant Flatheads

By Natalie Krebs

### She Just Landed Idaho’s New State-Record Catfish. The Old Record Belonged to Her Husband

By Bob McNally

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Guns

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### 5 Best Budget-Friendly Semi-Auto Shotguns for a Grand (or Less)

By Alex Robinson, By John B. Snow

### The 40 Best Labor Day Gun Deals

By Tyler Freel

### Why a $1,000 Deer Rifle Setup Is All You’ll Ever Need

By Alex Robinson

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Conservation

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### 13 Weird and Wonderful Wildlife Photos from a Day in the Life of a Conservation Biologist

By Natalie Krebs

### Wildlife Poaching Is Costing Americans an Outrageous Amount of Money

By Andrew McKean

### After Influencer Ryan Lampers Was Charged with a Slew of Wildlife Violations, Gritty Bowman Speaks Out

By Dac Collins

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Policy & Legislation

### Podcast: “This Type of Mine Has Not Been Done Without Polluting.” Why the Boundary Waters Mine Is a Bad Trade

Under the Tump Administration, there’s a real possibility that a proposed mine near the Boundary Waters could advance. Here’s why outdoorsmen don’t want that to happen

By Alex Robinson

Camping

### The 6 Best Camping Cots We’ve Tested

By Nate Kennedy, By Laura Lancaster

Adventure

### My African Safari Nearly Ended in a Shootout

By Scott Haugen

Camping

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

By Leon Copenhaver

Adventure

### The Best Packrafts, River Tested

By Ashley Thess

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## Survival

Wilderness Survival

### My Boy Scout Troop Rescued a 78-Year-Old Backpacker (and Former Scoutmaster) Lost in the California Wilderness

The older man had no food or water, and he’d been wandering without his pack for two days when the troop found him

By Kris Millgate

Survival

### Boomer the Bear Dog Was Stranded on a Cliff for Two Days. Then He Got an Unlikely Rescue

By Kris Millgate

Survival

### The Bizarre Disappearance of Wade Tackett Still Haunts Southeast Alaska

By Bjorn Dihle

Animal Attacks

### ‘It’s Just Unheard Of.’ Arkansas Just Had Its First Black Bear Attack in Decades

By Kris Millgate

Wilderness Survival

### I Hiked Too Far While Hunting Early-Season Deer and Lost My Mind from Heat Stroke

By George H. Gibson

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