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Gear for your food plot. ( Peter Neumann via Unsplash/) Right now, serious hunters everywhere are thinking about improving the wildlife habitat on their hunting properties with food plots. If you want to grow a field that’s green and good for deer, this is the list for you. This is made for breaking dirt with an ATV. (Amazon/) A four-wheeler is nev

After a recent short stint hunting spring bears in Montana I had a run-in with some wood ticks, aka the American dog tick. After watching for them carefully the first day, I picked four off me and by the next night, one slipped through my inspection and already started to embed into my upper leg!  $%&#!  After taking a close look I could tell it wa

A picturesque hunting plot of brassicas in the fall woods. (BioLogic/) Bobby Cole is an expert at growing food plots and works at Mossy Oak BioLogic. He loves seeing people have success with their own plots. We recently caught up with Cole to ask him 11 critical questions about growing a successful whitetail food source. 1. Outdoor Life: What steps

The more you get into overland hunting, the more gear you will likely buy, but you don't need much to get started. (Damon Bungard/) Overlanding and hunting go together naturally. Many of us take trips each fall, staying in motels or renting a cabin, so we can have a warm home base at night after a long day of chasing roosters or sitting in a treest

Learn how to survive a bear attack and defend yourself from a black bear or grizzly bear. Know your self defense options and how to prepare for bear country whether you are hiking, camping, backpacking or hunting. Dan Pickar tests bear spray and shows how to use it properly. He also simulates a bear charge and tries to shoot a moving target with di

Hunting caribou is a smart choice for your first trip to Alaska. (Tyler Freel/) The hunting opportunities in Alaska are as diverse as the people living here. And choosing the species to pursue on your first hunt in Alaska can be daunting, because there is such a variety of wild game to pick from. Each hunter is different, and you have to decide wha

The author at a field trial in Georgia. (Wil Sensing, Project Upland/) Editor’s Note: If there’s one thing that’s certain after these last few weeks, it’s that Americans need to come together. To do that, we first must listen to those of us who have been ignored for too long. At Outdoor Life, that means black and other minority hunters and anglers

Bullfrogs are the ideal summertime target. (Pixabay/) It couldn’t be a frog. The eyes were spaced too wide. But as I edged closer, the headlamp illuminated a bullfrog that looked as big as a rabbit. It squatted on a thin bank surrounded by brush and across a deep hole of water. There was only one way to get him. Sulfurous smells of what the swamp h

Dangerous game, like the Cape buffalo, drove development of big bore double rifles. Dangerous game keeps them relevant to this day. (Ron Spomer/) Just as the lever-action .30/30 is iconic in the North American whitetail woods, certain rifles and cartridges are African safari icons. But which are they? Which define the long, rich tapestry of safari

B.A.S.S. goes live all week long on ESPN2. (Chris Zaldain/) While professional sports leagues are in the beginning stages of restarting their seasons in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdowns, bass fishing pros are already at back to work. Major League Fishing (MLF)—one of the last pro sports standing back in March—ended an 80-day COVID-related pause l

For years we have been using the Outdoor Edge line of knives in the field, especially their replaceable-blade folding knives. You’ve probably also seen the various knives from Outdoor Edge in this replaceable-blade family in our subscription offers. All of these have been folding knives – until now. For 2019 Outdoor Edge added to their line of repl

The Great American Outdoors Act is a win for hunters, anglers, and outdoor-lovers all across the U.S. (Steve Hillebrand / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/) In a rare and much needed piece of good news this week, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote in favor of the Great American Outdoors Act. This landmark bipartisan legislation will fully—and perman

Learn how to use Eastmans’ TagHub to find hunting opportunities that fit your vacation schedule! Scott Reekers shows you how to sort hunting units by season dates to find hunts that fit your needs. You only have some days for hunting, especially, out-of-state, and TagHub can help you make the most of your limited time. KICK HERE TO Subscribe To The

John B. Snow’s MK107 Mod 2-M by Primary Weapons System. (John B. Snow/) Recent uncertainty and social unrest caused me to reevaluate the firearms I travel with for personal protection. I had many different types of guns chambered in a variety of cartridges and while reviewing my collection I came to the old realization that less is more. While the

Many hunters choose the Grey’s River region of Wyoming for their mule deer and elk pursuits for any number of good reasons. Region-G is home to some of the largest mule deer on the planet Earth and the massive public lands in this region are free of designated Wilderness and grizzly bears making the area even more appealing to masses of nonresident