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Hunting How-To

Buzzer-Beater Bucks: Don't Hang Up Your Gear Just Yet

With the rut in the rearview in most of the South, winter is a great time to tag a buck.

Bob Robb

5 Ways to Use Trail Cams for Off-Season Deer Intel

Look to game cameras for clues to help you tag a big buck next fall.

Lynn Burkhead

Chilly Dogs: Cold-Weather Canine Care

How to keep your bird dog safe when the temperatures plummet.

Tom Keer

Shooting: Pros & Cons of Shorter Barrels

Rifles with short barrels are increasingly popular with hunters, but do benefits outweigh

Richard Mann

Make Human Pressure Help You Tag a Mature Rut Buck

Hunter pressure is a fact of life in the East during the rut. Here's how to benefit from it.

Doug Howlett

Shot Placement Tips for Hunting Whitetails

Making the shot count isn't easy, especially during the rut, but with the right information

Josh Honeycutt

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Fishing How-To

Crash the Surface with Topwater Lures that Fall Bass Love

Bass feed ravenously on baitfish during the fall months. Cast a topwater lure to catch loads

Glenn Walker

The Ol' Ball & Chain: Don't Overlook Carolina Rigs for Bass

The "C-rig" is one of the most versatile bass-fishing techniques ever devised. September is an

Shane Beilue

Bass Crash Course: How to Skip a Jig

Getting your lures to bass under a dock or brush is easier than you might realize.

Shane Beilue

Crappie Weather: Late-Summer Patterns Can Produce Hot Fishing

Paying close attention to the conditions can pay dividends when chasing crappies.

Jim Gronaw

Big-Water Smallies on the Columbia River

Every jetty, backwater and block of willows can hold smallmouth bass on the mighty river. And

Gary Lewis

3 Proven Tactics to Boat More Late-Summer Catfish

Slow-trolling, drifting and anchoring all have their place for summer catfishing.

Dan Anderson

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Conservation & Politics

Congress Overwhelmingly Votes to Restore Funding for Shooting Sports and Hunter Education in Schools

Biden is expected to sign the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act into law and

Lynn Burkhead

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in Deer: Can We Curb Devastating Outbreaks?

The scourge of researchers, wildlife managers and hunters, EHD has a deadly impact on

Andrew McKean

Sportsmen's Groups File Wolf Petitions with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

One petition provides pathway for delisting and returning recovered wolf populations to state

Sportsmen's Alliance

Conservation: Accessing Private Hunting Land

Programs that pay landowners to permit public hunting may safeguard the future of access.

Andrew McKean

A Seasonal Salute to the Turkey Hen

While gobblers get most of the attention in spring, take a minute to consider the hardships of

Andrew McKean

EPA Clean Water Act Decision Protects Alaska Salmon Ecosystem

Momentous ruling likely means end to the controversial Pebble Mine proposal, which threatens

Lynn Burkhead

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Survival

How to Treat Chigger Bites

How does one go about getting rid of chiggers and treating chigger bites? Your first line of

Lynn Burkhead

Idaho Hunter Survives Black Bear Attack

An Idaho hunter is recovering from serious injuries he sustained in a black bear attack.

Game & Fish Online Staff

Must-Know Outdoor Skills: Become a Real Woodsman

Learning the woodsmanship skills presented in this column not only is an insurance policy, but

Keith Sutton

Survival Camps Offer Preparedness Training

For generations, survival skills were primarily the domain of outdoorsmen, who often learned

P. J. Perea

The Right Knife Matters: 7 Blades for the Outdoorsman

Non-hunters often ask me about skinning and field-dressing as if they are a sort of

Game & Fish Staff

How to Survive a Major Flood

What would you do if you were in this situation? Would you be prepared to help your family

Peter B. Mathiesen

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Big Bucks

Tagged Out: Big Bucks Harvested During 2023 Season

Our readers share their memorable whitetail hunts from this season (Updated).

Game & Fish Staff

With Rut Just Ahead, Illinois Hunter Arrows Giant Public-Land Whitetail

Everything fell into place on a windy afternoon hunt that almost didn't happen.

Jack Hennessy

The Hunt for 'Chopper': A Crazy-Wide Trophy Pronghorn

Unique antelope taken by California hunter is "the buck of 100 lifetimes."

Josh Honeycutt

Huge Utah Mule Deer is Typical Velvet Bow World Record

Killed in 2012, 218-plus-inch buck certified in new Pope and Young category.

Game & Fish Staff

Jaw-Dropping Trio of Monster Non-Typical Bucks

Trophy Report: 180-inch-plus whitetails from Ohio, Oklahoma and Alberta.

Josh Honeycutt

Trophy Buck: Long-Beamed Muzzleloader Booner Was Worth the Wait

This big late-season Iowa whitetail, taken days before Christmas, checks all the boxes.

Josh Honeycutt

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Records

College Point Guard Catches Record-Sized Brook Trout

She caught and released the huge brookie during a fly-fishing trip in Arkansas.

Lynn Burkhead

Giant Texas Alligator Gar Could Be New World Record

Weighing more than 280 pounds, the big catch could break a 72-year-old IGFA record.

Lynn Burkhead

Déjà Blue: Tennessee Angler Breaks Own Catfish Record

Eclipsing 120 pounds, the pending record blue catfish was caught in almost the exact same spot.

Lynn Burkhead

Released 9-Pound Smallmouth Bass Would Have Beaten Angler's Own Record

G&F News Digest: Flounder record, tragic bear attack, million-dollar disqualification, storm

Lynn Burkhead

Pending State-Record Flathead Catfish Caught in PA

Pushing nearly 70 pounds, the humongous fish measured just shy of the world catch-and-release

Lynn Burkhead

118-Pound Uninvited Fish Species Breaks State Record

G&F News Digest: Wheeler wins MLF event, record-class moose bulls found locked together, Duck

Lynn Burkhead

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