Hunting and Fishing News & Blog Articles

It’s a question that comes up a lot. What is the perfect hunting rifle? More specifically, what’s the perfect hunting rifle for the challenges that come with stalking game in mountains and the wide-open spaces of the West? This is a topic I’ve pondered and one that my friends and I have kicked around plenty. We’ve discussed it while passing a flask

The 28-gauge is more than enough gun to take pheasants with authority within reasonable range, as the author demonstrates on this pheasant drive. (Michael Dickerson/) To hear some people tell it, the 28-gauge shotgun is imbued with magical powers, and if you listen to these fans long enough, you might come away convinced that you could use a 28 to

Wyoming Legislators Attempt To Burn Down Nonresident Hunters! Some legislators in Wyoming introduced what seemed to be a very controversial bill regarding how Wyoming allocates and prices their big game licenses and tags. Senate bill SF0094 outlined a drastic change in license pricing and allocation for the 2022 hunting season.  Although this bill

Introducing The 2020 Bowtech Revolt Bow The new Revolt bow from the leading contemporary bow engineers at Bowtech Archery was crafted for today’s varied types of bowhunters. Bowhunters who hunt the West for mule deer, elk, and antelope prefer a bow that is compact enough to carry through the Aspens and Pines and slip through thick brush in the high

Across the upper midwest, walleye is regarded as the best eating fish around. (Jamie Carlson/) I live in Minnesota, and around here and across much of the upper Midwest, the walleye is king. Many people believe it’s the all-around greatest fish that has ever been. And while I enjoy it, I’m not sure it’s the best we have to offer. My biggest critici

While walking the floor at SHOT Show, some things draw you to a booth for the sake of curiosity alone. There is a lot of high-tech stuff, expensive stuff, sleek stuff, practical stuff, and some impractical stuff, too. But the following is a collection of gear that was hard to place, weird, or just too cool to walk by without stopping. We’ll start w

Today’s hunter hits the woods, fields, and marshes with dogs by their sides, eager to locate game and help owners bring it home for the table. But hunting with a dog is not without its risks. The great outdoors is an unforgiving place at times, and being prepared for unforeseen obstacles is the best way to avoid disaster. Here are 10 things to cons

Lance Clinton with a big rooster caught in his home waters of Jaco, Costa Rica. (Agustin Muñoz/) “Tuna!” The rip of his drag sounds like a kicked hornets’ nest as I pedal my kayak toward him. The sun breaks over the cloud-ringed mountains and casts a sapphire light across the bay—an Instagram sunrise, for sure. And in the center of it all is Clinto

Urban deer populations are on the rise in many communities across the country. (USFWS/) Thanks to everything from culling urban whitetail populations to elk herd management, and meat confiscation by conservation officers when lawbreakers poach animals, state agencies are ending up with wild game they can’t keep. So what do they do with it? Agencies

Thousands of silver carp take to the air below Kentucky’s Lake Barkley Dam during a recent electroshocking survey by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. (courtesy of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources/) In the aquatic world, there’s always another bad actor coming down the pike. Whether animal or vegetable, e

Outfitter Lee Livingston (far left) guided the author to this Wyoming wilderness ram. (Andrew McKean/) I wouldn’t have met Lee Livingston, or have gotten to count him as a lifelong friend, if I hadn’t hired him to guide me to a Wyoming bighorn sheep. On the other hand, I could have killed that ram without Lee, a registered outfitter based in Cody.

Lazyman Stands are high-quality and affordable Donny Carmical knows how to build with fiberglass. Years ago he established a business building fiberglass swimming pools, waterproofing for waterfalls and koi ponds. Then, 20 years ago Donny came up with the idea that he could make a great deer stand out of fiberglass. Originally, it was just a person

That’s an estimated 500-pound marlin connected to Adam Fisk, in his tiny fishing kayak, in Panama. (Courtesy Robert Field/) Adam Fisk, Head of Operations for the Los Buzos Resort Panama, caught a record 450-pound marlin from his kayak last year. Now he’s done it again, hooking into an estimated 500-pound marlin that towed him 15 miles offshore. You

Archery competitions will make you a better bowhunter. I recently competed in the barebow division of the esteemed Lancaster Archery Classic ... and I got my ass kicked. My performance is forever-immortalized in the score cards posted on the internet that will haunt me till the end of time. In the days that followed, I asked myself “what the hell h

The Archon Type B has an appealing Cyberpunk design aesthetic. (Bill Buckley/) The company that makes this pistol takes its name from the rulers of ancient Greece—the chief magistrates of Athens and other city-states were known as Archons. That name strikes a romantic chord, though the effect is somewhat dulled by the pedestrian moniker Type B. Ins