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Regional Strut Update: Turkey Activity Heating Up With Warmer Temps

Gobblers are sounding off in many states. Our expert advice gets you ready for a successful

Game & Fish Staff

4 Keys for Consistent Success This Turkey Season

Lessons learned step-by-step over the years include fundamental skills every turkey hunter

Lynn Burkhead

How to Boost Your Odds for Foul-Weather Turkeys

Neither wind nor rain nor blowing snow should keep you from the gobblers this season. Tailor

Heath Wood

Regional Strut Update: Timely Turkey Reports from Experts Across the Country

Our turkey experts bring you the latest info to help you plan for opening day.

Game & Fish Staff

Shooting: Find the Perfect Focal Plane

Tailor your choice of riflescope reticle—in the first or second focal plane—to your intended

Richard Mann

Choosing the Right Binocular for Hunting

Always and forever, a good binocular is the most important basic hunting tool.

Craig Boddington

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Fishing How-To

Return to the Old Ball & Chain?

If you haven't fished a Carolina rig lately, now's the time to revisit this timeless classic.

Glenn Walker

Baitcaster Basics: The Overhead Cast

Bass Crash Course: Technique tweaks to maximize distance and accuracy.

Shane Beilue

Bass Crash Course: How to Properly Tune a Baitcasting Rig

Avoid backlashes by making simple adjustments to your reel and matching your lures to your

Shane Beilue

Take It to the Bank for Hefty Cold-Weather Rainbows

Rely on these tactics to increase encounters with big trout when stalking the river's edge.

Gary Lewis

Live Sonar Has Changed How We Fish, But Is It Too Helpful?

New fish-finding technology is so effective at boosting catch rates that anglers should use it

Dr. Jason A. Halfen

Bass Crash Course: Tips & Tricks for Bladed Jigs

After two decades, this highly customizable, easy-to-use lure is still hard to beat for

Shane Beilue

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Conservation & Politics

EPA Clean Water Act Decision Protects Alaska Salmon Ecosystem

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

Lynn Burkhead

NSSF SHOT Show Rewind: New, Familiar Faces at Annual Governors' Forum

Recap of the gathering in Las Vegas—National Shooting Sports Foundation.

Matt Manda

NSSF Profile: 5 Questions with U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.)

Occasional profile feature on elected leaders, by the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

National Shooting Sports Foundation

Patagonia Owner Gives $3 Billion Company to Planet Earth

Yvon Chouinard, who founded the outdoors apparel company in 1973, says in stunning transfer,

Lynn Burkhead

Assessing the 'Dark Figure' of Poaching in America

The Boone and Crockett Club aims to quantify wildlife crimes—and their hidden costs—through a

Andrew McKean

Duck Numbers Down, But Bright Spots Found in 2022 Breeding Population Survey

What do the survey results mean for waterfowl hunting this season?

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

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

Top 10 Big Buck Stories from the 2021 Deer Season

Here's a look at giant whitetails harvested this past season.

Josh Honeycutt

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Records

Huge Catch Breaks Idaho Northern Pike Record

The certified 40-plus-pounder caught in northern Idaho breaks a 13-year-old record.

Gem & Fish Staff

17-Pound Largemouth Continues Lake's Amazing Run

Is Texas getting ready to produce a new state-record bass?

Lynn Burkhead

Smallmouth Record for Christmas

Hungry for kokanee, record smallies are becoming common on Idaho's Dworshak Reservoir.

Lynn Burkhead

'Speechless': Lake Ontario Muskie a World-Class Catch?

The caught-and-released behemoth was almost five feet long and weighed 58 pounds.

Thomas Allen

Florida Man Breaks Own Snook World Record … Twice!

It's been quite a snook-fishing season for one fly angler.

Lynn Burkhead

Bass-Fishing Record Tied in Georgia. Shoal Bass, That Is

It was the second time in the past year that a record shoalie was caught in the Peach State.

Game & Fish Staff

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