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10 Scenic Road Trips Everyone Should Take Image credit: Gentleman's Pursuits/Canva If you’re itching to hit the open road and soak in some jaw-dropp

Victor Garcia, Washington's Newest Fish and Wildlife Commissioner, Dies After 17 Months of Service Victor Garcia — a retired schoolteacher, lifelong fisherman, and dedicated hunter from Skagit County — brought exactly the kind of real-world, boots-on-the-ground perspective that conservation bodies

Michigan Drops the "Rifle Line": What the September 12 Rule Change Means for Over 600,000 Hunters Few regulations in American deer hunting have carried as much geographic weight as Michigan's so-called "rifle line." For decades, that invisible boundary — running roughly from Muskegon on the west t

The Deadliest Insects in the American Backcountry Image credit: Flux.1 The American backcountry is one of the most rewarding places a man can spend

Oregon's Push to Lock Down Hunting and Fishing Rights in the State Constitution In a state better known for its Portland craft breweries and progressive ballot initiatives, a quieter but consequential fight is now unfolding in Salem and across Oregon's rural counties — one that could permanently r

Squirrel Hunting Tricks Your Grandpa Knew There's a good chance the first animal you ever hunted wasn't a trophy whitetail or a bugling bull elk. For a whole lot of us, it was a gray squirrel — spotted from the edge of a hardwood thicket on a cool October morning, the kind of morning where the fro

Utah's 2026 Hunting Season Just Got a Lot More Complicated — And the Reasons Why Should Concern Every Hunter in the West The Utah Wildlife Board convened on August 20, 2026, for what many expected to be a routine public meeting. What emerged was a cascade of emergency decisions driven by two separ

7 Essential Tips for National Forest Camping Image credit: Gentleman's Pursuits/Canva Camping in a national forest is a badass way to unplug, soak u

Colorado's November Showdown: Voters Will Decide Whether Hunting and Fishing Belong in the State Constitution Come November 3, 2026, Colorado voters will face a question that goes far beyond the trout streams and elk meadows of the Rocky Mountains. Colorado voters will decide whether to enshrine h

The Travel Management Rule Revision Is a Political Chess Move, Not a Gift to Off-Roaders On the surface, the U.S. Forest Service's announcement that it intends to revise its Travel Management Rule sounds like a win for anyone who has ever strapped a helmet on, dropped a dirt bike into first gear,