Recent Hunting And Fishing Articles

12 Top Spots to Catch Salmon in the USA Image credit: Gentleman's Pursuits/Canva Ready to reel in some epic salmon? The United States is packed with

The State of the Cast: Why Recreational Fishing in the Southeast Is at a Turning Point For millions of Americans who load up their boats before sunrise, rig their rods at the dock, and push offshore into the warm green water off the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida, fishing isn't a hobby — it's an

There's a certain kind of quiet confidence that comes from walking up to a stretch of river you've never fished before, looking it over for a few minutes, and then going straight to the fish. No fish finder. No depth sounder. No app on your phone telling you where to cast. Just you, the water, and

Colorado's Arkansas River Tailwater Goes on Voluntary Shutdown — And It's a Warning Sign Every Angler Should Take Seriously The Arkansas River tailwater below Pueblo Reservoir has long been one of the most coveted fly fishing destinations on Colorado's Front Range — a blue-ribbon trout fishery tha

North Dakota's 2026 Early Canada Goose Season: Everything Hunters Need to Know Before August 15 If you've been counting down since the last frost melted and the fields turned green, here's your green light. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has locked in the dates for the 2026 early Canada

The Battle for a Clean Farm Bill: How Hunters Won a Major Round — and Why the Fight Isn't Over Every few years, a piece of legislation crosses Capitol Hill that most Americans associate with crop subsidies and school lunch programs. But hidden inside the Farm Bill — a trillion-dollar omnibus that

The Biggest Opening Day in American Conservation History For the tens of millions of hunters and anglers who have spent years butting up against the bureaucratic walls surrounding federally managed land, August 2026 delivered something genuinely rare in Washington: good news, and a lot of it. The

Louisiana Sportsmen Are Being Called On to Feed More Than Just Their Families This Hunting Season When the first cool fronts begin pushing down through the piney hills and cypress swamps of Louisiana each August, a familiar ritual kicks off across the state — hunters start pulling chest freezers a

Yellowstone Reopens Most Rivers and Streams to Fishing After Summer Heat Slammed the Plateau The summer of 2026 has been a brutal one for anglers in Yellowstone National Park. A stretch of searing heat, low snowpack, and dwindling water flows turned what should have been prime fly-fishing season i

Idaho's 2026 Wildfire Season Is Reshaping the Hunt — Here's What Every Serious Hunter Needs to Know Late summer in southwest Idaho arrived this year with smoke on the horizon and serious questions for the thousands of hunters who had already booked camps, drawn controlled hunt tags, and spent mont