A Pennsylvania father and his two adult sons are being accused of poaching dozens of trophy bucks over several years, according to law enforcement officers with the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Carl Nelson III, 70, Carroll Nelson IV, 44, and Mark Nelson, 40, have been hit with 71 charges for...

If you asked most American hunters to name every kind of rifle action, they’d probably forget about the straight pull. While fairly common overseas–most famously on the Austro-Hungarian Mannlicher rifle–straight-pull bolt guns never really caught on here in the States. The reasons for this are...

On September 22, Dante Piraino of Baldwinsville, New York, was fishing in a B.A.S.S. Nation tournament hosted in Ogdensburg when he reeled in the catch of a lifetime. Fishing in about 30 feet of water in the St. Lawrence River and using a soft plastic lure, Piraino managed to reel in a behemoth nine...

Every couple of years, someone in Colorado fights or kills a mountain lion in a strange way. In 2019, a runner choked a lion to death with his bare hands, and in 2022, a man was attacked on his porch in Montezuma County. Now, there’s one more strange encounter to add to the list. On September 26th...

The echoes of Ancient Rome continue in our government, engineering, and the way we count Super Bowls. But Romans also sparked a less savory phenomenon: fake hunting. Today, “canned” hunts for captive animals are regarded as violations of fair chase principles. But not so in ancient Rome, where...

Recently, I practically gave away the last of my plastic mallard decoys. It was such a deal, that the guy I sold them to almost felt guilty. But I didn’t have use for them any more. For about two years, I’ve slowly been building up a rig of all wooden decoys. Most come from decoy carver friends of...

Today’s MeatEater Mini-Crossword theme is gear. Can you beat Randall’s score of 260 with a time of 20 seconds? Let us know in the comments! If you need help, use the assist button (lightbulb icon) on the top right-hand corner of the screen. You can reveal a letter, reveal a word, or check your...

The people have spoken, and by the narrowest of margins, the Winchester Model 70 has defeated the Remington 700 and been crowned the Greatest Deer Rifle of All Time. The Model 70 was always a favorite, but its path to the championship wasn’t easy. It had to overcome the Remington 7600 in the first...