Recent Hunting And Fishing Articles

Oregon's PEACE Act: The Ballot Initiative That Would Criminalize Hunting, Fishing, and the American Outdoor Way of Life It started as a fringe idea championed by a small circle of Portland-based animal rights activists. Now it's a genuine political flashpoint with national implications. A petition

The Return of the Trophy: How Trump's Second Term Is Reshaping America's Role in Elephant Hunting For decades, the question of whether an American sportsman should be permitted to fly to southern Africa, kill one of the world's most intelligent animals, and ship its head home as a decoration has s

The New Rules of the Hunt: What Every American Big-Game Hunter Must Know Before the 2026–2027 Season There was a time when returning from a successful African safari meant little more than coordinating with a taxidermist, packing your gear, and booking the flight home. Those days are gone. Interna

The 10 Most Instagrammable Fishing Lakes in North America Image credit: OpenAI North America is home to some of the most breathtaking freshwater sce

Wisconsin's Sharp-Tailed Grouse Is Disappearing — And This Fall, Hunters Will Have to Stay Home Again There is a bird in the sandy, fire-sculpted barrens of northwestern Wisconsin that most Americans have never seen and that a growing number of wildlife professionals fear could vanish from the sta

NOAA Raises Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Bag Limits for 2026: What Every Offshore Angler Needs to Know After a bruising 2025 season that left entire charter fleets scrambling and coastal tackle shops hemorrhaging revenue, recreational bluefin tuna fishermen along the Atlantic seaboard finally have someth

These 10 States Are the Best Places to Fish in 2026 Image credit: OpenAI Fishing in America is as much about the experience as it is about the catch

The Biggest Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Access in Federal History Is Underway There are moments in American conservation history that amount to genuine turning points — moments when the bureaucratic machinery of Washington actually shifts in a direction that puts more land beneath more boots.

The 7 Best Waters to Catch a Trophy Muskie Image credit: OpenAI The muskellunge — or muskie — has earned its reputation as the fish of ten thousand

For decades, American commercial fishermen have played by the rules — obtaining permits, following catch limits, reporting their hauls honestly, and watching foreign operators do none of the above while undercutting them at every turn. That frustration reached a turning point recently when the Stat