Field & Stream

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Field & Stream

Breaking Away

Fisheye Lens

Ask Petzal • Our legendary rifles editor answers your most pressing questions—like it or not

Buck Hunters Go Big • New data reveals a record percentage of mature bucks in the whitetail harvest

Strange Brood • After 17 years underground, thousands of Brood X cicadas could be coming to a stream near you

Great Escapes • We always want to get away. The draw of wild places and adventure never stops tugging at the sleeves of hunters and anglers. But 2021 is different. Now, more than at any moment most of us can remember, it’s time to escape—and get lost in the outdoors. Are you ready?

The True North • For those looking for a genuine, real-deal escape, a caribou hunt might be the last great one left

The Holiday Getaway • How to ignore potatoes, shoot a limit of teal, and be extra grateful on Thanksgiving

Anywhere or Bust • Locked down inside a D.C. apartment for months, the author will do anything to get outside—even pay for a Texas turkey hunt

Smoke on the Water • Sacred memories of campfires and canoeing on a long-ago fishing trip make a tragedy easier to bear

The Sand Hill • When you can’t hunt one of your favorite spots, just knowing it’s still there is enough

The Swimming Hole • Sometimes the best place to escape a crowd is where it never bothers to look

The Guilt-Free Zone • There’s more room for forgiveness in the great outdoors than anywhere else

Portals to the Past • A journey that began with an adventure story in a library leads to a jungle in foreign lands on the adventure of a lifetime

This Is No Small Game • Ask a Southwestern hunter who grew up chasing jackrabbits, and they’ll tell you that these critters are serious business—and seriously fun to hunt. Not only are the fast, huge hares a gas to shoot, they also make for some of the most underrated wild game in the country

Cheap Thrills • Sure, far-flung getaways are great, but there’s plenty of excitement to be enjoyed close to home. Consider this your summertime guide to low-budget, and even lower-brow, adventure

Ready, Set, Strip • The classic “trout set” may work on browns and ’bows in the creek—but not when a giant tarpon inhales your fly on the flats

Hunting in the Time of COVID • Some took up baking. The author became a better turkey hunter

An Uncomfortable Aoudad • A spot-and-stalk sheep hunt in West Texas challenges the author to push his boundaries and try something a little out there

Have a Nice Trip • I’m getting better at falling down

Outdoor Life

A NEW FRONTIER • Our all-new digital edition takes on Alaska

THE PAST

TRACKING THE WOLF MAN • Frank Glaser was a wolfer, an adventurer, and an Alaskan legend. The author follows his boot prints into the wilderness

THE DEVIL’S COUNTRY • Within the forests and oceans of Southeast Alaska, there are forces at work that even the most experienced hunters can’t explain

THIS HAPPENED TO ME! • Back in the 1980s, Skip Scott of Fairbanks had a close call with a grizzly

THE PRESENT

LOST IN THE GLOOM • The difference between a dream hunt and heartbreak balances on a knife-edge ridge

WATERS OF PLENTY • In Alaska, even a seemingly unremarkable river can offer the fishing adventure of a lifetime

GUNS OF THE LAST FRONTIER • When you finally make that dream trip to Alaska to chase sheep, moose, or grizzlies, which rifle will you be carrying? We bet it will look something like one of these four guns

THE FUTURE

THE GATEWAY HUNT • Caribou...