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Breda B3.5SM Review: The Italian Shotgun You Haven’t Heard of, But Should Know About

This inertia-driven semi-auto is a throwback to the original Super Black Eagle

By Alex Robinson

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Conservation

Congress Passes Two Outdoor Bills That Include Better Shooting Range Access, Implications for Lead Tackle Congress Passes Two Outdoor Bills That Include Better Shooting Range Access, Implications for Lead Tackle

By Andrew McKean
Hunting

Illinois Hunter Shoots 184-Inch Buck While Sitting in a Lawn Chair Illinois Hunter Shoots 184-Inch Buck While Sitting in a Lawn Chair

By Bob McNally
Hunting

How to Handle and Freeze Birds You Plan to Mount, According to a Taxidermist How to Handle and Freeze Birds You Plan to Mount, According to a Taxidermist

By Natalie Krebs
Hunting

Indiana Bowhunter Used a Spreadsheet to Help Kill This 184-Inch Buck Indiana Bowhunter Used a Spreadsheet to Help Kill This 184-Inch Buck

By Bob McNally
Hunting

9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer 9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

Guns

Savage M110 Trail Hunter Lite Review: An Accurate and Affordable Hunting Rifle

This Savage 110 might be the best general-purpose hunting rifle for the money

By Tyler Freel

Guns

Federal and Remington Ammunition Were Sold to a Czech Company. Here’s Why the CEO Says That’s a Good Thing for American Hunters and Shooters Federal and Remington Ammunition Were Sold to a Czech Company. Here’s Why the CEO Says That’s a Good Thing for American Hunters and Shooters

By Alex Robinson

Guns

Podcast: How to Miss Fewer Birds Podcast: How to Miss Fewer Birds

By Natalie Krebs

Sig P320 X-Ten Comp vs Glock G20 Gen 4 magazine comparison

Guns

Bear Gun Shootout Video: Sig P320 X-Ten Comp vs. Glock G20 Bear Gun Shootout Video: Sig P320 X-Ten Comp vs. Glock G20

By John B. Snow

Guns

Revolver Versus Semi-Auto: Which Is Best for Bear Defense? Revolver Versus Semi-Auto: Which Is Best for Bear Defense?

By John B. Snow

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Adventure

What You Need (And Need To Know) To Start Cross Country Skiing

Here’s the skinny on those skinny skis

By Christine Peterson

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Adventure

The Best Instant Coffee for Backpacking: Buzzed & Reviewed The Best Instant Coffee for Backpacking: Buzzed & Reviewed

By Laura Lancaster

Adventure

The Best Coolers of 2024, Tested and Reviewed The Best Coolers of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By Laura Lancaster

Primus Lite Plus, JetBoil Flash, and MSR Windburner backpacking stoves sitting on a picnic table with a grassy field in the background

Adventure

Backpacking Stove Head to Head to Head: JetBoil Flash, MSR Windburner, and Primus Lite Plus Backpacking Stove Head to Head to Head: JetBoil Flash, MSR Windburner, and Primus Lite Plus

By Laura Lancaster

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Adventure

The Best Electric Coolers: Tested and Reviewed The Best Electric Coolers: Tested and Reviewed

By Laura Lancaster

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Survival

I Fought Off a Brown Bear with My Fishing Rod, and Other Close Calls While Living in Remote Alaska

I’ve been charged by brown bears, fended off grizzlies, and even tracked down a man-eating polar bear. Here’s what decades of hunting, fishing, and living in Alaska’s wildest bear country looks like

By Scott Haugen

A duck hunter shakes his fist at a sky full of ducks.

Survival

It Should’ve Been the Best Mallard Hunt of Our Lives. Instead, We Almost Died It Should’ve Been the Best Mallard Hunt of Our Lives. Instead, We Almost Died

By James D. Nunnally

A polar bear walks toward the camera on rocky ground.

Survival

‘Now I Know My Husband Would Die for Me.’ Man Fights Off Polar Bear that Attacked His Wife in Their Driveway ‘Now I Know My Husband Would Die for Me.’ Man Fights Off Polar Bear that Attacked His Wife in Their Driveway

By Dac Collins

Survival

I Nearly Froze to Death When Our Argo Sank in the Middle of an Arctic River I Nearly Froze to Death When Our Argo Sank in the Middle of an 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 ‘It’s a Miracle You’re Alive.’ I Nearly Drowned Alongside the Coast Guard in a Freak Storm

By Orval C. Johnson

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Savage M110 Trail Hunter Lite Review: An Accurate and Affordable Hunting Rifle

Federal and Remington Ammunition Were Sold to a Czech Company. Here’s Why the CEO Says That’s a Good Thing for American Hunters and Shooters Federal and Remington Ammunition Were Sold to a Czech Company. Here’s Why the CEO Says That’s a Good Thing for American Hunters and Shooters

Podcast: How to Miss Fewer Birds Podcast: How to Miss Fewer Birds

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Revolver Versus Semi-Auto: Which Is Best for Bear Defense? Revolver Versus Semi-Auto: Which Is Best for Bear Defense?

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Backpacking Stove Head to Head to Head: JetBoil Flash, MSR Windburner, and Primus Lite Plus Backpacking Stove Head to Head to Head: JetBoil Flash, MSR Windburner, and Primus Lite Plus

The Best Electric Coolers: Tested and Reviewed The Best Electric Coolers: Tested and Reviewed

I Fought Off a Brown Bear with My Fishing Rod, and Other Close Calls While Living in Remote Alaska

It Should’ve Been the Best Mallard Hunt of Our Lives. Instead, We Almost Died It Should’ve Been the Best Mallard Hunt of Our Lives. Instead, We Almost Died

‘Now I Know My Husband Would Die for Me.’ Man Fights Off Polar Bear that Attacked His Wife in Their Driveway ‘Now I Know My Husband Would Die for Me.’ Man Fights Off Polar Bear that Attacked His Wife in Their Driveway

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

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

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