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This 9-Year-Old is Pushing to Make Hunting Idaho’s Official State Sport

Conservation News

This 9-Year-Old is Pushing to Make Hunting Idaho’s Official State Sport

Kennedy O'Leary

On February 12th of this year, House Bill 652 was introduced in Idaho. If passed, this bill would add a section to Idaho law, declaring hunting as the state’s sport. “This legislation allows Idaho to join a growing trend across the country in declaring a state sport. Whereas Hunting is a bastion of...

Animals, Vol. 10

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Animals, Vol. 10

Spencer Neuharth

Want Deer Hunting to be Less Stressful and More Fun? Pick Up a Rifle

Hunt

Want Deer Hunting to be Less Stressful and More Fun? Pick Up a Rifle

Adam Moore

So You Didn’t Roost a Turkey, Now What?

Turkey

So You Didn’t Roost a Turkey, Now What?

Matthew Every

Are PRC Cartridges Just Magnums With a Fancy Name?

Firearms

Are PRC Cartridges Just Magnums With a Fancy Name?

Matthew Every

City-Dwelling Red Foxes Face Endless Challenges

Wildlife Management

City-Dwelling Red Foxes Face Endless Challenges

Patrick Durkin

Hot Tips for Hunting Javelina

Hunting

Hot Tips for Hunting Javelina

Jim Heffelfinger

Colorado Advances Petition to Ban Fur SalesMar 9, 2026Wildlife ManagementOn Wednesday, after a day of impassioned public comment and sometimes baffling deliberations, the Colorado Parks & Wildlife Commission voted 6-4 to advance a citizen’s petition to prohibit the lawful sale, barter, and trade of wildlife fur. This vote is a win for animal rights groups, but it’s far from an immediate ban on fur sales. Above all, it’s a confusing mess, so let’s dig in, find out what’s going on, and figure out where we go from here.Animal rights groups knew that Colorado Governor Jared Polis appointed several Parks & Wildlife Commissioners who are sympathetic to their cause, and so, in June of last year, these groups submitted a petition to the commission to amend Colorado’s regulations to outlaw trade in fur, with some exceptions.But Polis’s pick for Colorado Parks and Wildlife Director, Laura Clellan,responded with a detailed letterhighlighting the many problems with the petition: it couldn’t demonstrate any relationship between sales of fur and declining animal numbers, it didn’t acknowledge the existing strict regulations on take of furbearers, it cited misleading research that had nothing to do with Colorado, it conflicts with state statute, it would lead to the waste of pelts from animals trapped for nuisance control or crop protection, and its exceptions are badly defined and would create unenforceable rules.

Wildlife Management

Colorado Advances Petition to Ban Fur Sales

Alex Tilney

Recipes

Steve Rinella's Venison MeatloafJul 27, 2020

Raw wild-game meatloaf in loaf pan with spinach, cheese sticks and pine nuts; bowl of seasoned meat and mustard.

Steve Rinella's Venison Meatloaf

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Pemmican: The Original Hunter’s Trail Food

Three venison and cranberry snack bars with chopped nuts on a wooden board

Pemmican: The Original Hunter’s Trail Food

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Venison Shepherd’s Pie

Cast-iron shepherd's pie topped with mashed potatoes and herbs, spoon revealing venison filling

Venison Shepherd’s Pie

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All-Purpose Garlicky Wild Game Meatballs

Raw seasoned meatballs neatly arranged on a metal baking sheet

All-Purpose Garlicky Wild Game Meatballs

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Pan-Roasted Pheasant

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Ep. 1017: Foundations - The Never Ending Quest for New Deer Ground

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Ep. 849: Fur Bans, Gonad Jerky, and Connor “Bass Head” Hellebuyck

Ep. 848: How America Almost Lost Its Birds

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Ep. 848: How America Almost Lost Its Birds

Ep. 458: Tipsy Hawks, Crime, and Grizzlies in California?

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Ep. 458: Tipsy Hawks, Crime, and Grizzlies in California?

Ep. 432: Wild Turkey DNA

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Ep. 432: Wild Turkey DNA

Ep. 431: This Country Life - From Corner to Corner

This Country Life

Ep. 431: This Country Life - From Corner to Corner

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Animals, Vol. 10

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How to Spend More Time Outdoors with Your FamilyJul 24, 2024HuntingWhether you’re a hunter, angler, or outdoor recreator, you might find it tricky to navigate all your pursuits while balancing family time. There’s no better way to remedy this dilemma than by mixing the two.Some of my earliest memories in the outdoors involve me tagging along with my dad and grandfather on rabbit hunts or deer dog drives. I did little more than play with sticks or search for arrowheads in the dry or shallow creekbeds. Other times, my dad dragged my brothers and me camping at our family property to freeze or sweat through our sleeping bags. It was a lot of work for him, but it’s a huge reason my brothers and I have remained so involved outdoors.Now that I have a family of my own, I understand what my dad was doing. I also realize the effort and time that it takes to make the outdoors a priority with your family. It can be extremely fun and extremely tiring, but it’s always worth it. If you want to introduce your family to hunting or just lose cell reception for a weekend, here are a few ways toconsider getting outdoors with the rest of your crew.

Gear

How to Spend More Time Outdoors with Your Family

Adam Moore

AR-15 Workbench: How to Upgrade Your HandguardMar 6, 2025FirearmsThere are lots of reasons you might want a new handguard on your AR-15.A longer guard can be fitted with more accessories and offers more real estate to grip the rifle. Some handguards feature alternative attachment systems (M-LOK, Picatinny, etc.), and some reduce the amount of heat transferred from the barrel. Others are designed to be as lightweight as possible, while still others are designed to be practically bulletproof. Or, you might want to change your handguard just because you want a cooler-looking long gun.Whatever your reason, it’s worth doing the job yourself. Like working on cars or home appliances, there’s something satisfying about modifying your own rifle, and the process is relatively painless with a few simple tools.

Firearms

AR-15 Workbench: How to Upgrade Your Handguard

Jordan Sillars

3 Ways to Make Shed Hunting More Productive

Scout

3 Ways to Make Shed Hunting More Productive

Kaitlin Lospinoso

Baiting Whitetails: Misconceptions, How-to, and RisksMar 5, 2026HuntBaiting is one of the biggest hot-button issues in hunting.Regardless of species, everyone has an opinion. This is especially true for deer hunting, where antler inches can make toddlers out of grown men. Opponents of baiting often raise ethical or moral questions about the tactic itself and the risk of potential disease exposure involved with congregated deer herds. Those in favor ofbaiting compare it to food plotsor similar strategies for attracting and holding deer at specific locations.I live in Mississippi, where baiting is legal. Its restrictions are mainly limited to public lands. For whitetail hunting on private lands, it’s fair game. Talk to nearly any hunter from my state, and you can assume that they’re running corn. It’s just part of the hunting culture. Even though I’m a lifelong resident of this state, I don’t have a ton of experience with baiting. So, to get the lowdown on all things baiting, I spoke withthe Element’s K.C. Smith.K.C. is from Texas, the baiting capital of the whitetail world. He baits on his property there, and grew up in a place where baiting is the norm. K.C. offers a unique and authoritative perspective on baiting specifically because of his experience with it, but also becausehe’s known for killing big buckson public ground with his bow (usually at ground level) all over the country.

Hunt

Baiting Whitetails: Misconceptions, How-to, and Risks

Adam Moore

Lesser Prairie Chickens Delisted from ESAMar 4, 2026Wildlife ManagementThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) recently moved to confirm the delisting of the lesser prairie chicken, a rare and long-embattled species of upland bird. The action is the latest in a back-and-forth over whether the bird should be protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).The species of prairie grouse, which is distinct from the greater prairie chicken, is native to the central and southern Great Plains. It has lost roughly 85% of its range due to large-scale habitat loss and fragmentation,according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The steep decline of the species’ range prompted the FWS to list the species as threatened twice in the last twenty years. First, the agency listed them as threatened in 2015, though it was soon reversed by a judge. Then, the FWS listed the northern population segment as threatened and the southern segment as endangered in 2022 under the Biden Administration.That listing was immediately challenged in court with a lawsuit brought forward by Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, as well as the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. A federal judge sided with those entities in August, citing a flaw in the decision to classify two different population segments. On Thursday, February 26, the FWSpublished a rulethat confirmed the ruling, officially delisting the species.

Wildlife Management

Lesser Prairie Chickens Delisted from ESA

Sage Marshall

5 Ways to Catch More Winter Trout

Fishing

5 Ways to Catch More Winter Trout

Kubie Brown

Texas Angler Catches Same 14-Pound Bass...For the Third Year in a RowJan 16, 2020PikeThey say everything is bigger in Texas, and that couldn’t be more true for Ross Gomez of Post, Texas, who reeled in a 14.74 lb. largemouth bass on the evening of January 22, 2026. But the real story isn’t just the size of the fish; it’s the fact that Gomez had already caught the same bass twice before.