Outdoor Life

Outdoor Life is a magazine focused on outdoor activities like camping, fishing, hunting, and survival skills. It is part of the same family as Field & Stream and is often grouped with Sports Afield, making them the top three publications in American outdoor media. The magazine first appeared in Denver, Colorado, in January 1898. Its founder and first Editor-in-Chief, J.A. McGuire, envisioned Outdoor Life as a publication created by sports enthusiasts for fellow outdoor lovers, exploring every facet of outdoor adventures.

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#30537

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#7132

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#15

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Save More Than $100 on Electronic Ear Pro (11 Deals)

2 days ago | outdoorlife.com | Scott Einsmann

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Electronic hearing protection keeps your situational awareness intact and allows you to have conversations on the range. Some even have Bluetooth capability so you can listen to music or a podcast while you shoot. If you’re looking to make the switch to electronic ear pro, here are 11 deals on some of the best options.
A Photographer Captured These 7 Incredible Images After Placing Cameras Around a Wolf Kill

1 week ago | outdoorlife.com | Kris Millgate

Wildlife filmmaker Jake Davis of Jackson, Wyoming found an elk carcass that generated images and stories the ages. It’s a six-by-six bull elk that he initially saw on a snow-covered hill near his hometown in February. One day the bull was standing near a road with flesh ripped from its neck and flank. The next day it was dead under an evergreen tree. Davis knew if wolves had caused the injuries, they’d be back so he set a camera trap.
Watch: Fox and Bald Eagle Battle Over Striper Carcass in Maryland Backyard

1 week ago | outdoorlife.com | Alice Jones Webb

A video showing a bald eagle and a red fox tussling over a striped bass carcass is making the rounds on social media after a Maryland man recorded the skirmish in his backyard and posted the footage on Instagram. Casey Holland, a mortgage loan officer from Earlville, Maryland, woke up to a wild show on the morning of June 7. Just behind his kids’ swing set, a red fox and a bald eagle were squaring off for dibs on a pile of fish that Holland had caught and cleaned the night before.
Hunters Now Have a Real Chance to Defeat the Public Land Sales Bill. Here’s Why

1 week ago | outdoorlife.com | Andrew McKean

As Backcountry Hunters & Anglers mobilizes a nationwide “Flood the Lines” day on Wednesday, June 25, and as Western congressmen and women come home to cranky neighbors, the movement to kill the provision to sell public lands has hit high gear. Political insiders now say there’s a real chance the intense opposition to the bill that requires the sale of 3 million acres of federal land in the West could result in it being pulled.
iKamper Skycamp DLX Mini: A Backpacker Tries Her First Rooftop Tent

1 week ago | outdoorlife.com | Laura Lancaster

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › “Oh, I have some thoughts about rooftop tents,” my neighbor Kris told me, when I mentioned I was testing the iKamper Skycamp DLX Mini. He didn’t elaborate, but his tone had said enough: Rooftop tents are some bourgeois thing, not the kind of gear real people use. This mirrored my own thinking.
8 Sneaky Reasons You Keep Losing Big Fish

1 week ago | outdoorlife.com | Joe Cermele

So much can go wrong on the water, and even the smallest missteps can cost you a trophy fish. Your personal-best snook can run under a dock and break you off. That 7-pound largemouth can throw your frog in one head-shaking jump. The brown trout of a lifetime that just sipped your fly can shoot down a riffle and bust that delicate 6-pound tippet. The common denominator is these scenarios, however, is that they are largely out of our control.
'It's the Equivalent of Seeing Bigfoot.' Anglers Catch Incredibly Rare Moonfish in Florida

1 week ago | outdoorlife.com | Dac Collins

Florida guide Laurel David and Capt. Richard Fairbanks are second-generation fishermen who’ve spent their whole lives in the Ft. Lauderdale area. But neither of them were ready for the rare and otherworldly-looking fish they caught on a charter trip on Father’s Day. The 148-pound opah, also known as a moonfish, was the first one they’d ever held in person. And as far as they know, it’s one of the only fish of its kind ever caught off the Florida coast.
Podcast: Sportsman’s Alliance Uncovers “Bad Government on Steroids” Within Washington Wildlife Commission

1 week ago | outdoorlife.com | Alex Robinson

Over the last several years, we’ve done a lot of reporting on how Washington state manages its wildlife. The reason for this is that Washington has been a clear example of how anti-hunting philosophy can creep into a state’s wildlife management strategy and lead to absurd hunting restrictions. The State’s department of fish and wildlife functions through its wildlife commission, which consists of nine citizen members appointed by the governor.
Save $100+ on Hunting Boots from Crispi, Salomon, LaCrosse, and Danner

1 week ago | outdoorlife.com | Scott Einsmann

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › If you’re looking to break in a new pair of boots this summer, I found great deals on some of our favorite boot brands. Most of the deals are more than $100 off, but those deep discounts come at a caveat. Only select sizes are on sale and some of the boots are “open box” products. But if you’re lucky enough to be one of the sizes on sale you can save more than 50 percent off.
Colorado Campground Bans Tents After Black Bear Swats One with Kids Inside

1 week ago | outdoorlife.com | Dac Collins

A popular campground in Colorado’s White River National Forest has taken the proactive and unusual step of banning tents and all other soft-sided shelters to keep campers safe from bears. The U.S. Forest Service enacted the tent ban at Difficult Campground on Wednesday, after a black bear scratched at a tent there with two young children inside it.