North Dakota is home to both eastern and Merriams turkeys. Jace Eagleson. On Saturday, April 13, opening day of North Dakota’s wild turkey season, an eight-year-old hunter named Archer Eagleson killed the jake of a lifetime while hunting a cattle ranch with his dad. Eagleson shot the all-white turkey just before last light after it charged toward his decoys from 300 yards away. The young hunter is only eight years old but he’s been hunting since he was three and has seven turkeys to his name, his father, Jace Eagleson, tells Field & Stream. Learn how to subscribe to the new Field & St ..read more

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We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › As the weather is warming up, we’re getting excited about long days on the water, with a rod and reel in hand. If you also have fishing on the brain, check out the Bass Pro Shops Spring Adventure sale currently going on. There, you’ll find tons of incredible discounts on top-of-the-line fishing gear from top brands like Shimano, Penn, and Rapala. Get up to 54% off rods, reels, lures, fishing tools and marine electronics, like the wildly popular Pflueger President spinning reel fo ..read more

Steelhead are anadromous rainbow trout that venture out to sea to forage before returning to the freshwater tributaries where they were born to spawn. Adobe Photostock. Anglers in the Pacific Northwest have reason for optimism after biologists in Oregon recored the best return of sea-run rainbow trout to the Upper Willamette Basin in two decades. The news comes just seven years after fishery managers counted the lowest run ever on the Willamette, with roughly 820 fish returning to spawn in 2017. Reports from earlier this month say that some 7,700 steelhead climbed a fish ladder at the Willame ..read more

This file photo from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks shows whitetail buck racked with Chronic Wasting Disease at a research facility in the Sunflower State. Kansas Department of Parks and Wildlife No matter where you stand on the CWD debate—whether you think it’s the most important deer-related issue of our time or more than a little overblown—what’s long been a constant, and a comforting constant at that, is the fact that the disease has never been shown to “jump” from deer to humans. It’s also why this report, “Two Hunters from the Same Lodge Afflicted with Sporadic CJD: Is Chro ..read more

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A local public lands advocacy group says the acreage leads to some of the most popular elk hunting in the Northwest. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) is working to complete the purchase of a conservation easement on important timberland and wildlife habitat in northwest Montana. The agency is attempting to purchase a 32,981-acre conservation easement on property owned by Green Diamond Resources Company, a lumber producer.  Learn how to subscribe to the new Field & Stream magazine here! The proposed easement purchase is step one of a project ..read more

Damp feathers and a wet beard won't stop any spring gobbler from looking for hens. John Hafner Photography Why learn how to hunt turkeys in the rain? Well, just think of spring weather. Sure, if you ask someone to describe the perfect forecast for hunting turkeys, you’ll get some version of clear, calm, and warm. I love days like that, too, but in real life, spring turkey seasons coincide with some of the year’s most turbulent weather. Unless you want to waste the whole season waiting on the couch instead of chasing gobblers, you’d better be able to hunt effectively when the rain clouds roll ..read more

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We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Trail cameras have come a long way since I first started using them. At the risk of dating myself, my first camera was loaded with film. The wait for just 24 photos after dropping it off at the one-hour photo lab at the pharmacy was agonizing. I’ve been running digital trail cameras for years, but admittedly, I’ve been a bit of a laggard for cellular options.   Last season, I finally got my first cellular trail camera, the Tactacam Reveal X Gen 2. Now, I finally underst ..read more