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.

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Field & Stream

Familiar Ground

Jed’s Last Point • After countless hours in the field and emergency visits to the vet, the hunting life of a dog comes to an end

Heaven on Wheels • An old Craigslist camper, dressed up with plastic pink flamingos, was the author’s first home away from home

The Family Farm • After his great-uncle’s land changes hands, the author takes one more walk to his favorite hunting spots

My Home Waters • In the course of a year, the author adopts a trout stream as his own and in the process discovers a deeper concept of home

Where Adventure Begins • Equal parts gear grotto and refuge, the author’s basement is where every hunting and fishing trip starts and ends—and where memories are savored

The Con Artist • With a few basic tools and a lifetime of experience, New Jersey craftsman J.P. Hand brings blocks of wood to life

Birds From Hell • Want to make an Eastern uplander feel far from home? Make him sweat and suffer (and dry-heave) in the unforgiving terrain of chukar country

My Happy Place • Torn from his boyhood home as a teenager and battling depression, the author finds refuge in a sprawling public riverbottom

The Back Way • It’s not a shortcut, but when the author takes this route, he gets home sooner

Goodbye to the Divide • A hunting camp on a steep and punishing Western ridge was like a home to the author—until it all vanished

The Streak • When you’re in the zone on the river, enjoy it. You never know when the next cold spell will start

Kentucky Windage • Ballistics charts are helpful, but so is lots of experience—and a bit of luck—for hunting in wide-open spaces

Change of Heart • You might have to wait all spring for a gobbler to get your pulse racing. But that moment can transform everything

Roasted Trout With Fennel Mash and Pickled-Radish Vinaigrette • In case you needed more incentive to catch your limit, here’s a delicious recipe the family will love

Odd Man In • Becoming a hunter helped me find people and places to belong to

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Outdoor Life

Calm Waters • Your best survival tool is between your ears

Soul Survivor • Jessie Krebs is on a crusade to make the backcountry, and the skills required to thrive there, accessible to everyone—especially the people who need it most

Dreaming on the Tundra • When a caribou hunter sets out from his small village in Nunavut, a snowstorm turns his day trip into a five-day ordeal

Life & Death in Grizzly Country • Rising grizzly populations, mountain town sprawl, and more tourists mean we’re seeing a surge in deadly bear attacks. It’s a good theory. The only problem? It isn’t true

This Happened to Me! • A moose tangles with Bridgett Watkins of Salcha, Alaska, and her sled team

Lost and Found • A kid walks out of the night and into your camp—lost, scared, and half-frozen. Would you know what to do?

Can Hunting Survive in California? • And if it can’t, who is going to pay to conserve the state’s wildlife and habitat?

Stranded in Sheep Country • Weathered in and short on food, the author and his buddy suffer through the hungry side of a fly-in hunt

Bushcraft or Bust • The modern world is no excuse to abandon our most primitive skills