Field & Stream

Founded in 1895, FIELD & STREAM is the world's leading outdoor brand. Each month, F&S delivers hunting and fishing tactics from the experts, gear reviews, and adventure stories.

Field & Stream

A Classic Tarpon Fishing Scene in Mexico

Story in the Snow • Tracking a big-woods buck is as old-school as it gets, but there’s still no more exciting way to hunt deer

Trees of Life • For serious waterfowlers, a greenhead hunt in the flooded timber of Arkansas is a rite of passage

Pitch Perfect • For the wingshooter, there is no hunt more classic than a day in the grouse woods

Elk, the Right Way • There’s elk hunting, which is wonderful. Then there is elk hunting on horseback

The King of Doubles

Great Old Gear • It’s true that they don’t make stuff like they used to. But even if they did, there are some tried-and-true classics—like Dad’s knife or that lucky bass plug—that we would keep right on using anyway. Here are our favorites

The Wild Bunch • What makes hunting and fishing such a rich part of our lives? The outdoors is part of it, and the critters. But when you get down to it, it's the people. Some taught us everything we know, some changed the way we hunt or fish, and some are just so good they give us something to shoot for

Consider the Squirrel • A seasoned bushytail hunter can teach you a thing or two about awareness—and woodsmanship

Forever Guns • The author has bought and sold more shotguns than he can remember. But these he’ll never part with

Beavercue, Anyone? • Learning to trap has transformed the author’s “off”-season, not to mention his family’s eating habits

The Truth About Trail Cams • Here’s why that big bruiser really keeps showing up in your pics

Outdoor Life

Trophy Troubles • It’s time to redefine why we hunt

We’re All Meat Hunters

Any. Legal. Bull. • Low success rates and crowded public forests be damned. For Midwestern deer hunters, a Colorado bull elk is still the most accessible and coveted trophy of all

Trouble on the Tundra • Caribou hunting in Alaska is a prime example of why we shouldn’t try to separate trophy hunters from meat hunters

The Trophy Meal • Yes, big old bucks can make fine table fare. And no, you don’t have to be a top chef to make it happen

Wild Gifts • Like many in his Kaska tribe, Curtis LaDue has a foot in both modern and ancient worlds. He’s working hard to retain his connection with his Yukon homeland, one bag of moose meat at a time

We’re All Trophy Hunters

Heads & Horns • Trophy hunting helped save North America’s wildlife. But does it have a place in our hunting culture’s future?

The Smallest Trophy • It doesn’t matter that Coues deer are tiny whitetails with undersize antlers. The physical and mental challenge of hunting mature desert bucks isn’t just worth it—it’s the whole point

Cape Fear • In Zimbabwe’s Matetsi Safari Area, which is authentic wild Africa, you hunt eye to eye with elephants, Cape buffalo, and lions

This Happened to Me! • Sheep hunter Cody Kreitel of Anchorage, Alaska, had a death-defying spill

Chasing 29 • The dean of barebow hunting looks back on a lifetime of achievement. And ahead to at least one more trophy

One Buck at a Time • A high schooler’s perspective on trophy hunting