For the best all-around deer rifle built to last a lifetime, the Wilson Combat NULA Model 20 leads the pack. Hunters wanting a strong new entry should look at the Weatherby Backcountry Guide Ti.

It doesn’t matter what outdoor activity I’m doing; I always pack a headlamp. Choosing the right hands-free light may seem like an easy task—just pick the brightest, right? However, there are a lot of ...

Rifle scopes have evolved a great deal over the last quarter-century. We are far from the Burris Ballistic Plex reticle and simple, elevated turrets of the early 2000s. The current trend with hunting ...

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 ...

Hunting arrows are overlooked. Everyone obsesses over compound bows and accessories, but rarely do they put the same thought or analysis into arrow selection. This is a big mistake. Your arrow is the ...

THEY OUGHT TO WRITE COUNTRY SONGS about losing fish. As every angler knows, breaking it off with a big bass or untying the knot with a beautiful trout is as painful as any other split, and just as ...

For versatile all-around performance, the Rapala Original Floating Minnow excels with its slow wobble action across seasons and water conditions. For explosive topwater action in warmer months, the ...

Find the best rifle ammunition tested by Field & Stream’s shooting experts. We evaluate centerfire rifle cartridges for accuracy, terminal ballistics, and hunting effectiveness across calibers from ...

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 ...

If there is a rifle cartridge that everyone is tired of hearing about it’s the 6.5 Creedmoor. However, it’s hard to discuss any of the new cartridges introduced since the Creed hit the scene without ...