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The Biggest Opening in Federal Hunting and Fishing History Is Here — And It Changes Everything For decades, American hunters and anglers have watched access to federal public lands shrink incrementally — not through dramatic legislative actions, but through quiet regulatory accumulation, budget-dr

Stop Waiting for Cold Fronts to Kill Your Buck Every deer hunter you know does the same thing. They obsessively watch the weather app, circle cold front days on the calendar, and take time off work when the mercury finally drops. Cold fronts get all the glory, and honestly, they deserve some of it

Massachusetts Moves to Modernize Hunting Laws — and the Debate Is Anything But Quiet For decades, a hunter in Massachusetts has been legally barred from heading into the woods on a Sunday. Not because of lack of land, or lack of game, or lack of license — but because of a law with roots in Puritan

5 Best Fish to Target in Early Summer Image credit: Flux.1 As the last of spring's chill fades and water temperatures begin to climb, early summer m

Congress Takes Aim at the World's Most Brazen Maritime Cheaters For decades, American fishermen — from the red snapper captains working the Gulf of Mexico to the crab and salmon fleets anchored off Alaska — have watched foreign vessels strip the world's oceans with something close to impunity. The

Frankenfish Rising: How Bowfishing Became the Front Line Against the Chesapeake's Most Notorious Invader After dark on the Potomac River, somewhere near Quantico, Virginia, the water tells a different story than it does in daylight. A boat moves slowly through shallow tributaries. The river buzzes

The Fish That Broke Washington: How a Red Snapper Season Became a Federal Showdown Somewhere off the coast of St. Augustine, in water roughly 150 feet deep, a red snapper was putting up the kind of fight that keeps saltwater anglers booking charters months in advance. The angler on the other end o

5 Best Baits for Fishing the Bass Spawn Image credit: Flux.1 Few moments in freshwater fishing rival the bass spawn — a brief, predictable window ea

The Fall of the Reef Donkey: How the Gulf's Greater Amberjack Fishery Collapsed — and What Comes Next For anyone who has ever dropped a heavy jig to the bottom around a Gulf of Mexico oil platform and felt what happens next — the sudden, freight-train surge, the burning drag, the rod bent nearly t

7 Underrated Western US Fishing Destinations Image credit: Flux.1 The American West is legendary fishing country, but most anglers end up crowding t