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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

Nearly 1,000 Acres of Great Salt Lake Wetlands Are on the Block — And Not Everyone Likes What Comes Next Thirty years ago, Salt Lake City's airport struck a deal with the land. Bulldozers and graders were reshaping the tarmac, carving out a new runway that would inevitably displace swaths of wetla

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

8 Deer Diseases Every Hunter Should Know About Image credit: Flux.1 Spending time in the field means developing a relationship with the land and the

10 Tips for Firearm Safety This Fall Image credit: Flux.1 As hunting season ramps up and cooler temperatures draw more people outdoors with firearms

Hunt the Hunters: Find Whitetails on Pressured Public Land Let's be real. If you've spent any serious time hunting public land during deer season, you know the feeling. You pull into the trailhead parking lot before first light, and there are already three trucks sitting there with their tailgates

The Hidden Cost of the Hunt: Why Lead Ammunition Is Undermining Hunters' Conservation Legacy There is a tension sitting at the center of American hunting culture that doesn't get nearly enough airtime around the campfire or in the gear aisle. Hunters have long positioned themselves — correctly, in