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North Carolina's Elk Are Back — And Now the Hunt Begins For more than two centuries, the mountains of western North Carolina stood silent of one of the most commanding animals that ever walked the Appalachians. Elk, native to Southern Appalachia, had disappeared from Western North Carolina due to

The Trash That Saves Lives: How Plastic Bottles Are Keeping Dolphins Out of Fishing Nets It sounds like the setup to a bad joke — a marine biologist walks into a fishing village with a bag of empty soda bottles — but what researchers discovered when they strapped those bottles onto gillnets off th

Bear Spray vs. Bullets: The Fight Over What Montana Hunters Must Carry Into Grizzly Country It's a debate that cuts right to the heart of how the American West manages its most powerful and controversial predator. On one side, a coalition of wildlife advocates armed with mortality statistics and e

5 Midwest Hotspots for Monster Bluegills Image credit: Gentleman's Pursuits/Canva The Midwest is a haven for anglers chasing bull bluegills—those pl

Buck Rubs vs. Scrapes: What the Woods Are Telling You You've been out there. You're pushing through the timber on a late September morning, frost still clinging to the leaves, coffee long gone cold in the truck. And then you see it — a sapling shredded down to bare white wood, or a patch of freshl

5 Archery Games to Sharpen Your Bow Skills Image credit: Flux.1 Archery is one of those rare pursuits that demands equal parts physical discipline a

Texas Tightens the Rules: What Every Hunter and Angler Needs to Know About the New ID Requirements For decades, buying a Texas hunting or fishing license was about as involved as picking up a six-pack — walk into a sporting goods store, hand over some cash, and walk out ready to hit the field or t

The Blueprint That Could Silence Oregon's Elk Country Somewhere in the high basins of northeast Oregon, a bull elk is doing what elk have done for thousands of years: moving through timber, bedding in the shade of grand fir, drifting toward water in the late afternoon. He has no idea that a 356-pa

Wisconsin Puts Real Money Behind the Hunter Decline Problem There is a quiet crisis unfolding in the American outdoors, one that doesn't make the front page but has wildlife managers, conservation economists, and sporting traditions advocates deeply concerned. Across the country, hunting participa

Every Hunter Keeps These 7 Essentials Image credit: Gentleman's Pursuits/Canva Hunters are a unique bunch, and their homes reflect their passion for