Recent Hunting And Fishing Articles

Every year, as the leaves start turning and that familiar chill creeps into the morning air, hunters across the country start making their lists. Licenses. Tags. Gear checks. And inevitably, ammunition. If you're the kind of guy who's been picking up the same box of lead rounds from the same shelf

5 Tips for DIY Duck Hunts in the Potholes Image credit: Flux.1 The prairie pothole region is one of North America's most

Every deer hunter has been there. You roll up to your spot before first light, the wind has shifted, and you're stuck hunting out of the same creaky old box blind you've been dragging around for a decade. The roof leaks a little, the windows stick, and every time you shift in your seat the thing gr

Lake Erie Is Officially North America's Best Fishing Spot — And the Numbers Back It Up For decades, anglers across the continent have argued about where the fishing is truly best. The Pacific Northwest crowd swears by its salmon rivers. Florida devotees will not stop talking about the Keys. The ba

Snow Geese, Population Goals, and a Historic Pause: What Maryland's 2026-27 Waterfowl Season Means for Hunters Every October, waterfowl hunters across the Mid-Atlantic coast check their calendars, oil their decoys, and square away their licenses before the season swings open. This fall, however, M

The Best Places to Retire If You Want to Hunt Public Land Image credit: Flux.1 For the serious hunter, retirement isn't just about slowing down — it

A few years ago I sat in a perfectly placed stand over a green soybean field in Kansas for the entire opening week of season. The field had browsing scars everywhere — the kind that make you feel good about yourself when you're hanging a stand the week before. I was convinced I'd found the spot. I

Pennsylvania Lawmaker Wants to Lock In Your Right to Hunt and Fish — Permanently In a move that could reshape the legal landscape for millions of Pennsylvania sportsmen for generations to come, State Senator Greg Rothman has introduced legislation that would enshrine the right to hunt, fish, and t

America's Best-Kept Hunting and Fishing Secrets Are on Your Public Lands Right now, somewhere in the American West, a trout stream is running clear and cold through federal land that most people have never heard of. Elk are moving through sage-covered draws on a national monument that sees a fract

Ditch the Treestand and Hunt Deer on the Ground Let's be real — most of us grew up thinking that if you weren't up in a tree, you were doing it wrong. The treestand became the gold standard of whitetail hunting somewhere along the way, and a whole lot of guys never looked back. Hang your stand, st