Outdoor Life

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IN DEEP • Your next big adventure is waiting across the stream next door

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LETTERS

THE BUCK STOPS HERE

HIDDEN GEMS • Get carried away by unexpected currents

OAR POWER TO YOU • Catch more fish—and live to talk about it—with these essential rowing tips

GET THE DROP(BACK) • When rivers warm up, don’t miss out on one last round of steelhead fire

UNDERDOG FIGHTING • Pit yourself against one of the most maligned brawlers in moving water

LITTLE RIVER, BIG ’EYES • Daunted by giant lakes? Go with the lesser flows for walleye victory

GENUINE ARTIFACTS • Sometimes a river has a lot more to give you than fish

HEADS UP • Will favorable conditions this spring make for heavy deer antlers come fall? Biologists say it takes more than the right rain at the right time

PUPPY PRESSURE • Using techniques honed by the military, dog trainers reduce stress by selectively adding it

THE BEST BEAR UNIT IN THE WORLD • Idaho’s remote Selway Zone has plenty of bears, few roads, and unexplored mountains for miles

GOBBLER GEAR • Experience matters, but the right equipment can give you a leg up on a suspicious old tom this spring

THE 200 CLUB • THE 200 CLUB

HENRY GARDEN GUN • A HANDY.22-CALIBER SMOOTHBORE

SEEING RED • How to master red-dot sights on a handgun

REVIVING A.270 WINCHESTER • How to get an old favorite to shoot well again

AMERICAN SILVER • Join the ranks of the shad army and do battle with the most important fish in U.S. history

PADDLE YOUR WAY TO PARADISE • Whether you’re after big game in Alaska or turkeys and whitetails in the heartland, a remote river will carry you to better hunting grounds

THE BIG FLOAT • A raft hunt for caribou in the Alaskan tundra

RUN IT RIGHT • Keep your Alaskan float-hunt dream from turning into a nightmare with the proper gear and planning

STRIKE A RIVER-BOTTOM GOBBLER • Hit the water when river valleys overflow with spring gobbles

SLIP INTO A BIG BUCK’S BEDROOM • Use backwaters for the ultimate stealth hunt

WILLOW CREEK • AN OBSCURE STREAM SHAPES LIFE, DEATH, AND LANDSCAPE ON THE PRAIRIE

ACCESS RIGHTS & WRONGS • IN THE WEST, WHERE THE WATER IS FOR FIGHTING AND WHISKEY IS FOR DRINKING, WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S GAINED AND LOST BY PRIVATIZING RIVER ACCESS

The Rat Pack • MILLIONS OF MARSH-DESTROYING NUTRIA ROAM LOUISIANA’S BAYOUS. OUR MISSIO IS TO TAKE THEM OUT AND, YES, EAT ’EM

WHEN GOBBLERS GO GHOST • The gobbler that was so vocal on the roost at dawn has suddenly clammed up. Did you blow a sour call? Or did he move away? New research might cause you to rethink everything you know about turkey calling

Hell or High Water • DESPITE DECADES OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, THE COUNTRY’S OLDEST RIVER REMAINS RESILIENT—AND FLUSH WITH SMALLMOUTH BASS. BUT TO ACCESS THE BEST FISHING, YOU’LL NEED A BOAT, THE SKILL TO ROW IT, AND THE WILL TO TAKE ON WEST VIRGINIA’S WHITEWATER

GODFATHER of the BIGHORN • HOW PHIL GONZALEZ’S LIFE BECAME INTERTWINED WITH ONE OF OUR GREATEST TROUT FISHERIES

THE 2020 TACKLE TEST • We put 40 of the hottest new rods and reels, from baitcasters to dry-fly sticks, through their paces. These 16 models won the showdown

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CURRENT PERSPECTIVES • Around and around...