Unlike compound bows, spotting scope manufacturers don’t release a new flagship model each year. In fact, many optic companies will go years between developing a new spotter. That’s why, as hunters, ...

A binocular harness is a useful piece of gear that most hunters overlook. And when you can’t find an accessible spot for your binos, rangefinder, or wind checker, you’ll be wishing you had a harness ...

A young waterfowling friend recently got a German shorthair and asked me what kind of upland shotgun he should buy so he could take his dog hunting. I said, “That’s the wrong question. You’ve already ...

Blind chairs seem like a silly thing to obsess over, but they kind of aren’t. During deer season, you might spend as much time, if not more, sitting in a blind chair as you do your Lay-Z-Boy. They’ve ...

I grew up on a 55-acre farm where we always used walkie talkies (and cheap ones, at that). These days, you might ask, “Why would you need walkie talkies now that we have cell phones?” The simple ...

Muskie fishing demands both mental grit and physical endurance. Hours of casting and retrieving—at times with lures measured in pounds, not ounces—push both anglers and gear to their absolute limits.

Read Field & Stream’s survival stories, emergency preparedness guides, and wilderness skills instruction. Our editors cover survival techniques, real-life rescue accounts, and essential skills every ...

Shotguns digest more shells in a season than most rifles will in a lifetime. They get knocked around in the uplands, splattered with mud in the marsh, and shot and shot and shot at the range. A lot of ...

Back in the March, Field & Stream reported on a Public Land Order that removed protections from Alaska’s famed Dalton Highway—a vast swath of federally managed public land known for caribou hunting ...

An extreme initiative in Oregon that would ban hunting and fishing is one step closer to making the November ballot. Oregon Initiative Petition 28—which would categorize hunting, fishing, trapping, ...

The rough desert road pitches sharply upward and then disappears into rock. Ahead of me, a Ford Explorer Tremor Edition—identical to the one I’m driving—tilts skyward and crawls over a mess of ...

The Franchi MULE is a compact, general-purpose bolt-action rifle built on the proven Momentum action with a 16-inch threaded barrel, dual backup iron sights, and an extended Picatinny rail for ...