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Hunting

Squirrel Taxidermy: How to Mount a Squirrel With This Simply DIY Kit

A DIY squirrel mount is the perfect introduction to taxidermy. Here’s a kit for mounting your first bushy tail

By Beka Garris

Gear Reviews

Guns

Guns

Black Friday Gun Deals: Shotguns, Rifles, and Handguns on Sale

We found the best early Black Friday deals on firearms for your holiday shopping

By Alice Jones Webb

Bull moose taken with best suppressor on .308
Guns

Picking the Best Suppressor for Your Hunting Rifle

By Tyler Freel

Glock pistol magazine
Guns

Glock Pistol Magazines: Save Up to 30% at Cabela’s

By Dave Maccar

Bergara Premier Mg Micro Lite 6.5 Cm
Guns

Bergara Premier MgMicro Lite, Tested and Reviewed

By Tyler Freel

Hunter with sheep he shot with one of the best muzzleloaders.
Guns

The Best Muzzleloaders of 2024

By Brad Fenson

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Hunting

Watch: Wisconsin Bowhunter Arrows 14-Pointer on Public Ground He’s Hunted for 30 Years

By Bob McNally

Veteran Climbs Out of Tree, Stalks and Arrows 19-Point Kansas Buck on Army Land

By Bob McNally

If You Miss the Pheasant Opener, Don’t Bother Hunting … Right?

By Ben East

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Kristine Fischer holds up a big smallmouth bass
Fishing

Virginia Fisherman Sets State Record with a Giant Rainbow Trout He Lost Twice

By Alice Jones Webb

3 Top Salmon Egg Presentations for Catching Trout

By Joe Cermele

The Pain and the Glory: How to Swing Flies for Great Lakes Steelhead

By Kubie Brown

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Shooting Editor John B. Snow rings steel with a lever-action rifle.
Guns

Browning A5 20 Gauge Review: A Light Do-It-All Shotgun with Classic “Humpback” Looks

By Alex Robinson

Rossi LWC Review: We Tested the Cheapest Deer Rifle You Can Buy

By Tyler Freel

The Most Powerful Air Rifles of 2024, Field and Range Tested

By Jim Chapman

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A greenhead flying in a gray sky.
Conservation

Watch: Insurance Companies Paid Out Thousands After a Bear Broke in to Luxury Cars. It Was Clearly a Person in a Bear Suit

By Alice Jones Webb

Researchers Build ‘Zombie Duck Drones’ and Robot Pheasants Out of Taxidermied Birds

By Alice Jones Webb

Q&A: How New Deer Hunters Think About Guns, Butchering, Old-School Hunters, and Their First Kill

By Natalie Krebs

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Adventure

Adventure

Save $200 on an Ascend Sit-on-Top Kayak

Cabela’s members can score big on an Ascend kayak in the run-up to Black Friday

By Dave Maccar

Runner on a trail at night.
Adventure

The Best Running Headlamps, Trail Tested

By Ashley Thess

The fenix 7X is capable of tracking multiple sports and data sets.
Adventure

Garmin fenix 7X Sapphire Solar Smartwatch: 20% Off at Cabela’s

By Dave Maccar

We tested the best hiking gear.
Adventure

The Best Hiking Gear We Use All the Time

By Ashley Thess

The best walkie talkies were tested in a variety of conditions
Adventure

The Best Walkie Talkies of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By Scott Einsmann

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Survival

Survival

I Nearly Froze to Death When Our Argo Sank in the Middle of an Arctic River

While hunting for big game in Alaska, the author and his friend found themselves stranded in the middle of an icy Arctic river

By Scott Haugen

An illustration of a man falling out of a massive wave in a boat in a storm.
Survival

‘It’s a Miracle You’re Alive.’ I Nearly Drowned Alongside the Coast Guard in a Freak Storm

By Orval C. Johnson

An Alaskan brown bear in heavy brush.
Survival

Alaskan Deer Hunter Mauled by Brown Bear Survives Bite to the Head

By Dac Collins

A grizzly bear stands on a hillside in Yellowstone National Park.
Survival

Bowhunter Rescued by Helicopter After He Was Treed by a Grizzly in Montana

By Dac Collins

A black bear sow with two cubs in a field.
Survival

Colorado Man Mauled by a Black Bear Sow with Cubs Inside His Own Home

By Katie Hill

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