If I were to flip you the bird left-handed, which I sometimes do to mix things up, you’d notice that my middle finger is crooked, with a bulged knuckle. Why does it look like that? Catfish noodling.

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Sights: Skinner aperture rear sight and white-striped front sight. (Drilled for scope mounting.) ...

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After years of getting bigger, turkey shotguns are now shrinking as small-gauge options attract interest among hunters. That’s just as true in 2025 as it was in ’24, when we saw a raft of new turkey ...

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Riflescopes have evolved a great deal over the last quarter-century. We are far from the Burris Ballistic Plex reticle and simple, elevated turrets of the early 2000s. The current trend with hunting ...

Conservationists are raising alarms about legislation that could significantly impact big game hunters in Wyoming. The proposal, Draft Bill 26LSO-0212, would allow the state’s landowners to transfer ...

Hunters can endlessly debate the different types of camo for deer hunting. Everyone seems to have a favorite. The thought processes and technology that go into the design of modern camouflage patterns ...

Shotguns and rifles rightfully get the call for the majority of hunting and outdoor-related tasks. Yet, American outdoorsmen and women love their sidearms, too. From rimfires to massive wheelguns to ...

When it comes to long-range hunting rifles, I get asked two questions more than any others. The first is: “What are the best rifles money can buy these days?” Well, if you want an answer to that, pour ...

Last week, the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources unveiled a plan to sell off as much as 3 million acres of federally managed public lands across several western states.