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Colorado's Legendary Trout Rivers Are Drying Up — And the Fishing Closures Are Historic It is the kind of summer that rewrites records and upends plans. Across Colorado in July 2026, rivers that have drawn fly anglers from across the country for generations — the Colorado, the Rio Grande, the Eagl

Pennsylvania's Highest Court Draws a Hard Line: No More Warrantless Game Warden Searches on Private Land For more than a century, game wardens across the United States have operated under a legal doctrine that most private landowners never knew existed — and one that, if they did know about it, th

The Manufactured Hunt: Why the Release of Captive-Bred Animals for Shooting Is Facing a Reckoning Across the Western World Every autumn across Europe and the United States, tens of millions of birds are loaded onto trucks and dropped into fields and woodlands. They are pheasants, partridges, quail

Is Your Bow Actually Ready for Hunting Season? Here's a scenario that'll hit close to home for a lot of guys: you've been dreaming about this hunt for months. You've got your treestand picked out, your camo washed in scent-free detergent, and your trail cam showing a shooter buck working the same

Dead Fish in the Firehole: Yellowstone Shuts Down Three Iconic Rivers as Summer Heat Turns Lethal For the thousands of anglers who plan pilgrimages to Yellowstone National Park every year, the Madison, Firehole, and Gibbon rivers represent something close to sacred ground. These are fly-fishing wa

7 Things That Attract Predators to Your Camp That You'd Never Guess Image credit: Flux.1 Camping in bear, mountain lion, or wolf country demands mor

8 Perfect Survival Knives Image credit: Gentleman's Pursuits/Canva Camping gear bans are becoming a real headache for outdoor enthusiasts and preppe

6 Things Your Hiking Boots Are Trying to Tell You Image credit: Flux.1 Your hiking boots take a beating so your feet don't have to, but most men nev

Oklahoma's Emergency Hunting Rules Are Now in Effect — Here's What Every Hunter Needs to Know If you planned a last-minute out-of-state deer hunt in Oklahoma this fall, your window for buying a license and heading straight to the field just closed. The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission mov

Behind Bars and Into the Field: Montana's Prison Pheasant Program Is Growing — and So Is the Debate On a stretch of fenced agricultural land at the Montana State Penitentiary in Deer Lodge, a couple dozen ring-necked pheasants pace the wire walls of a flight pen, their iridescent feathers catching