If your fall plans involve a campsite—whether you’re backpacking to the middle of the backcountry woods or staking out a spot at the local campground—it’s a great time to think about ...

Trained as a high school English teacher and coach, Scott Bestul left that lucrative field to pursue another—as a full-time freelance writer in 1990. He sold his first story to Field & Stream a ...

Regarding survival, a reliable food supply is high on the list of needs for disaster readiness. A well-rounded, easy-to-transport kit that keeps you nourished for days—without repeating the same ...

But that’s not true for most cellular trail cameras—and especially not when it comes to Spypoint’s new Flex-M. This ...

Brooks took both of his top-five bulls during consecutive years in Graham County, Arizona. The bigger of the two, number 3 of ...

Americans love small-gauge guns. They’re light, trim, and easy to carry. But there are some pretty big tradeoffs to going small. First and most important is that small-bore shotguns simply can ...

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 ...

Some gun lovers like to joke around the holidays that when you’re shopping for a gift for them, they’re a size 9mm. Of course, while you really can’t go wrong giving a gun lover ammo for the ...

When reviewing some of the most popular rangefinders for bowhunting, let me start with a little story. Five years ago, in the middle of a Colorado wilderness, I met the best elk hunter you’ve ...

Whoever coined the adage, “knowledge is power,” must’ve been an elk hunter—because when it comes to this pursuit, the more information you have, the more tricks you can put up your sleeve ...

Phil Bourjaily sold his very first outdoor story—a feature about snipe hunting—to Field & Stream in 1987. He became the brand’s Midwest regional editor in 1995, and the shotgun columnist ...