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Sam Lungren

Sam Lungren

Sam Lungren is MeatEater's Fishing Editor and a former freelance writer/photographer, commercial fisherman, and editor of BHA's Backcountry Journal. Though originally from Whidbey Island, Washington, he's been in Montana for almost a decade and probably isn't leaving—except during steelhead season. Send him an email sam@themeateater.com or follow him @samlungrenmedia.

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The Great Mountain Goat Debate

Wildlife Management

The Great Mountain Goat Debate
Hunters, anglers, and wildlife managers are occasionally willing to “naturalize” non-native wildlife with high aesthetic and sporting qualities. Think of the reverence and conservation attention paid to brown trout and ringneck pheasants—transplants from Northern Europe and China, respectively. If a...
4 Ways Elk Hunting Is Not Deer Hunting

Elk

4 Ways Elk Hunting Is Not Deer Hunting
“I was pinned down. I couldn’t move or he’d see or hear me,” I explained. “We were only 12 yards apart with a tree in between.” Greg looked at me blankly. “Why didn’t you just run in there and kill him?” This was a long time ago, but it was a revelation in my elk hunting knowledge. Greg has been...
You're Being Too Quiet in the Elk Woods

Big Game

You're Being Too Quiet in the Elk Woods
Jason Phelps’ father initially held dim prospects for his son’s hunting career. “He told me I wasn't quiet enough to be a rifle elk hunter,” Jason said. “So, basically, I was born to be an archery elk hunter because I was allowed to get away with making noise. Those guys put on their white New...
EPA Moves to Block Pebble Mine, Again

Environmental Issues

EPA Moves to Block Pebble Mine, Again
The proposed Pebble Mine and its backers ran into another major obstacle today when the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would continue working toward durable Clean Water Act protections for Alaska’s Bristol Bay Region. Conservation groups, especially those that brought the successful...
Unstuck the Truck: Tools and Techniques for Hunting Season

Hunting

Unstuck the Truck: Tools and Techniques for Hunting Season
This feels like bragging but probably isn’t: I’ve gotten my truck stuck way more times than I can count. It’s a badge of honor, like a battle scar, if you value venturing to very remote places in order to find really good hunting and fishing. It just happens—when rain turns roads to gumbo, erosion...
Video: Giant Halibut Charges Spearfisherman

Saltwater

Video: Giant Halibut Charges Spearfisherman
The line between hunter and hunted has always been blurry at best in the 49th state. Every year people get mauled by brown bears, harassed by black bears, encircled by wolves, or stomped by moose. Turns out even the fish are willing to go on the offensive. On Aug. 21, Chris Pollack and four friends...
Hail to the King: How to Catch Chinook Salmon

Fishing

Hail to the King: How to Catch Chinook Salmon
Twenty commercial salmon fishermens' heads turned in unison away from the beach bonfire toward the loud splash like so many dogs hearing a squirrel. The tide had risen steadily up the adjacent creek mouth as we reveled under the midnight sun, and something big had just jumped. “Was that a seal...
How to Kill a Bull Elk on Opening Day

Elk

How to Kill a Bull Elk on Opening Day
The cow and calf must have thought we were sagebrush in the frail predawn light. We crouched low, motionless but completely exposed, as they sauntered on up out of the gulley not 12 yards away. We waited until they had passed before standing to see which way the rest of the herd was coming. Suddenly...
What the Infrastructure Package Means for Hunters and Anglers

Public Lands & Waters

What the Infrastructure Package Means for Hunters and Anglers
A group of Republican and Democratic Senators reached an agreement last week to advance a trillion-dollar legislative package aimed at restoring the country’s roads, bridges, waterways, and public lands. The “Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” has won support from several...
7 Wrong Ways to Hold a Fish

Freshwater

7 Wrong Ways to Hold a Fish
It’s that time of year when many people who don’t normally go fishing find themselves on a beach or boat and, often by no fault of their own, end up with a fish in their hands. These folks can to some degree be excused for improper handling. The rest of you should know better. It's important to...