The Yellowstone River, in Yellowstone National Park, glows at sunset. The newly-passed Great American Outdoors Act will provide funding to address the ruinous backlog of “deferred maintenance” in our National Park system. (Pixabay/) I was headed home from Cody, Wyoming, after a long backpacking trip in the Shoshone National Forest, where a buddy of mine

What’s the best method to organize your tackle box? How do you bait a salmon egg on a hook? What’s the most effective way to chum for carp? You’ll find the answers to those fishing questions, plus a few others, in this list of ingenious fishing tips—courtesy of Field & Stream readers. If you like

We’re on the cusp of another elk season, and hunters are getting in shape, scouting like mad, and daydreaming about lovesick bulls screaming their way into bow or gun range. Well, if you’re going to dream, you may as well dream big. And the bulls below should provide plenty of fantasy fodder. Here are the

The outside world has never been lacking for ways to dispatch you into the next plane of existence. Our nightmares are dominated by venomous snakes, shark bites, and wolf attacks, but you’re far more likely to die from a mosquito bite, the source of which kills more people than any other creature. We’re also very

A well-used 12-gauge Browning Superposed Lightning. (Matthew Every/) My mother liked nice things. It’s no surprise she shot a 20 gauge Browning Superposed in the early 60s. She also sold it before I was old enough to object, so I know firsthand what it’s like to pine for a Superposed. If you were an American

Some hunters quit waterfowling when steel shot replaced lead thirty years ago. Early steel loads weren’t as good as those we have now. They were inconsistent in both velocity and ignition. Water got into them, rusting shot and ruining primers. They were slow, and they were made in the same shot sizes that worked for

If you think that the hundreds of pounds of lean meat you’d get from a moose will be enough food to keep you fed and alive all winter, think again. (skeeze/Pixabay/) Spend enough time in the outdoors, and you’re bound to wonder how you would handle a true survival scenario. Could you gather and forage

Summer hatches can be just as productive as those in the spring. (Tom Keer/) Given the option of going to a summer picnic or slinging a fly line, I’ll take the latter every time. But summer hatches can be a letdown. Water temps are warm, hatches are light, and it’s a long way until the fall.

Rifle cartridges are not the most effective mechanisms for producing high projectile speed. Other things work much better. The 120mm smoothbore main gun on the M-1 Abrams tank fires a depleted-uranium penetrator rod at least 5,700 fps. (I’ve also heard 6,300 fps from someone who was in a position to know.). The Navy’s Rail Gun,

Packing heat with a Wilson Combat EDC X9S 9mm Luger. (Richard Mann/) Every day it’s becoming clearer that you are responsible for your own personal safety. And to be able to do that effectively—in the worst circumstances—you will need a reliable gun chambered for a cartridge for which you can find fight-stopping ammunition. Considering that

The tragedy of rifle neglect (like dandruff or flatulence) occurs even in the finest people. But that doesn’t make it right. Your rifle wants to be your friend and will perform faithfully for you. All it needs to succeed at this is some careful but cheap attention, outlined in these 10 steps. 1. Scrub your

Not even COVID-19 could stop ICAST—the annual fishing-tackle trade show—from happening. Granted, this year’s show “happened” virtually, but I was still able to get a sneak peek at the year’s best new freshwater and saltwater fishing lures for largemouth bass, walleyes, striped bass, and more. There is an exciting mix of brand-new baits, plus improved

The Remington 870 is at home in duck blinds, deer stands, and anywhere in between. (Matthew Every/) It’s America’s pump gun. With over 11,000,000 made, Remington 870s are everywhere. My favorite place for an 870 is resting on my knee as I sit against a tree trunk in the turkey woods, but you will see

Packing heat with a Wilson Combat EDC X9S 9mm Luger. (Richard Mann/) Every day it’s becoming clearer that you are responsible for your own personal safety. And to be able to do that effectively—in the worst circumstances—you will need a reliable gun chambered for a cartridge for which you can find fight-stopping ammunition. Considering that

There are products you can live with and products you can live without, and then there’s gear that just makes life better. Here’s a look at the top 10 most innovative and impressive fishing accessories we saw at this year’s ICAST. 1. Bubba Blade Multi-Flex Interchangeable Blade System Bubba Blade Multi-Flex Interchangeable Blade System. (Bubba

Moving is a large-scale and extraordinary event that can become not just a change of residence, but a new stage of life. It is important to carefully plan the transportation of things to a new house and also take into account many unobvious moments before and after the move. Therefore, we have prepared several tips

This year, fishing manufacturers have not let up one bit to produce gear that will keep you happy. A whole new arsenal of rods and reels are available to the angler, whether targeting largemouth bass or yellowfin tuna. Here are our top picks for 2020. 1. Abu Garcia Zenon Reels Abu Garcia Zenon Reels. (Abu

Final cleaning after construction is not easy and requires a lot of effort. To ensure that expensive repairs will not be spoiled by your attempts to remove dust and spots, it is better to involve professionals in cleaning. Having spent a lot of money on your home repair, you have probably come up with a

Pretty much all of the really impressive “biggest snakes in the world”—the 50-footers and up—live online or in Hollywood. (Many of the latter starred in the 1982 Arnold Schwarzeneggar breakthrough hit Conan the Barbarian and are retired now.) But even in the real world, a handful of snake species can grow to immense proportions. The

If there is one meal that’s more satisfying that a delicious, well-crafted sandwich—it’s a delicious, well-crafted sandwich stuffed with the hard-earned meat of wild game or fish that you’ve brought home from the woods or the water. Over the years, we’ve published many sandwich recipes, but the eight here—featuring venison, moose, upland game, and no

The author takes aim with a custom-built Scout rifle. (Richard Mann/) None of us want a life with only one gun. But the idea of having one gun that you can turn to—no matter the need—has been and remains appealing. It was that exact proposition that inspired Gunsite Academy founder Jeff Cooper’s concept of a

A velvet buck chows down in a Missouri clover field. (Tony Campbell/Alamy/) On a summertime woods walk the other day, I saw that the boughs of the wild apple trees are sagging with green fruit this year. It made me think that a certain deer trail I know of is going to be on fire

A group of shooters on a sporting clays course. (NSSF/) Clay birds make the best reactive targets of all. They come at you, fly away, cross, drop, bounce on the ground, and you never tire of seeing all the different ways they break: into big pieces, little pieces, or hanging puffs of dust. Trap, skeet,

Chef Jeremiah Doughty’s Ginger & Garlic smoked venison.Jeremiah Doughty Native Americans had Pemmican, Ancient Romans had Coppiette, people in various regions of Africa produced Quant’a, Kilishi, and Biltong. All these recipes are a bit different, but the core process is the same: Take a quality cut of meat, spice it, then dry it by sun,

For as long as there have been hunters, there’s been jerky—at least as best we can tell. Ötzi the Iceman—a 5,300-year-old hunter found frozen solid in the Italian Alps—had a last meal of dried ibex and red deer meat. Archeologists have found sun-dried jerky in ancient Egyptian tombs. The Incas pounded Alpaca meat flat and

Tony Sheppard shows off two slab crappies that he caught while live-scoping. (Will Brantley/) Tony Sheppard hasn’t put the rod holders in his boat all year, and that’s odd for a professional crappie fisherman whose home waters are Kentucky and Barkley lakes. Sheppard has grown up fishing the massive impoundments, which are among the country’s

There’s not much authentically dangerous game out there, which is why rifles and cartridges for same are not sold in every gun store. But these critters deserve to be taken seriously. “The ones that shoot back,” I’ve heard them called, and it’s a valid label. The group includes the big cats, the big bears, Cape

Ruffed grouse live in dense cover. It’s important to pick a shotgun that is lightweight and maneuverable. (LisaTaylorPhoto from Pixabay /) Grouse and the cover they live in shape grouse guns. Heavy brush demands a light, compact gun that can be carried in one hand while the other fends off branches. Limited visibility dictates open

Why is the typical world record the Holy Grail of whitetail deer hunting? After all, the non-typical record is more than 100 inches bigger, and there isn’t a hunter alive who doesn’t love “character” in a whitetail rack. The simple answer is that the typical record is harder to break. The beautiful mess of a

A buck visit a late-summer food plot. (Scott Bestul/) When the food-plot craze was just gaining steam, there were all sorts of articles like this one promising easy-peasy plots whipped up in a jiffy with nothing more than a sprayer, a few hand tools, and a bag of seed. It sounded so good, I about