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Can These Popular Hunter Access Programs Survive in the Modern West?
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (784+ words) Sage Marshall joined Field & Stream as an editorial intern in 2018, when he worked at the publication's former office in Manhattan. His desk-mate was a mounted warthog. After graduating from college, he worked as a freelance journalist for two years before…...
Only a Few Days Left to Comment on Interior's Plan to Scrap the "Public Lands Rule"
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (168+ words) Prioritizing the Species We Hunt Aaron Kindle, Director of Sporting Advocacy at the National Wildlife Federation, said the Public Lands Rule would be a net win for hunters and anglers. "The majority of America's mule deer and elk winter range…...
New Map Reveals Specific Public Lands Eligible for Sale in Budget Bill
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (316+ words) Of all of the battles that we've had since public lands were established back in 1781, this is the biggest we've ever had to fight," Backcountry Hunters & Anglers CEO Patrick Berry tells Field & Stream. It's completely unprecedented'not only the scope and…...
Keeping Public Lands in Public Hands: What Will it Take?
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1015+ words) Editor's Note: This story is a guest post written by U. S. Congressman Gabe Vasquez, of New Mexico. Rep. Vasquez is a conservationist, public-lands advocate, and lifelong hunter and angler. He was also once a character in an F&S adventure story…...
Top 10 Trophy Whitetail Counties in the U. S.
1+ mon, 23+ hour ago (1385+ words) Trained as a high school English teacher and coach, Scott Bestul left that lucrative field to pursue another'as a full-time freelance writer in 1990. He sold his first story to Field & Stream a few years later and has been contributing to…...
Strut Reporters: The Best Times to Hunt Turkeys This Spring DRAFT ONLY
1+ year, 1+ day ago (508+ words) The 2025 spring turkey season is finally here. The year's first gobbler hunters took to the woods in Florida and Hawaii yesterday morning, and all through the Deep South, puffed-up toms are already spinning in circles and gobbling their heads off....
How to Turkey Hunt: Essential Tactics for Spring Gobblers
3+ week, 3+ day ago (803+ words) Some of the latest tactics have proven controversial, especially lately. Modern turkey hunters who are worried about declining turkey numbers love to argue over which methods are best and morally superior. I interviewed a hunter last spring who told me…...
What Is the Deadliest Snake in the World?
3+ mon, 23+ hour ago (789+ words) Read Next: The Largest Snakes in the World The king cobra is the world's largest venomous snake. Peter Kraayvanger from Pixabay King Cobras are non-aggressive, intelligent (as snakes go), and endangered, and if you kill one in India you are…...
Gambel's Quail: The Southwest Gamebird
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (227+ words) The gambel's quail, however, is a separate species living in the hot, dry desert. It finds everything it needs in the desert, including cactus fruits and flowers, which make up part of its diet. Gambel's quail are plentiful throughout their…...
The Best Turkey Calls, Tested and Reviewed
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (707+ words) A skilled mouth caller can replicate just about any sound that a wild turkey makes. But some reed configurations are best suited to soft calling'clucks, purrs, tree yelps'while others shine for raspy cutts and loud assembly yelps. I tried around…...