We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › There are lots of suppressors on the market, but the Omega 36M is one of the most versatile and useful cans you’ll find. That modularity makes it one of the best options for a hunter or shooter looking to buy their first one. When buying my first suppressor, I wanted one that I could use on multiple rifles, so I picked a .30-caliber can that was made to thread over muzzle brakes or flash hiders. I could install the brakes on different rifles and swap the can between them at will — a ..read more

A South Carolina fossil hunter is lucky to be alive and with both arms intact after a near-death encounter with an alligator last week. William Georgitis, who lives near Charleston, was scuba diving in the Cooper River on April 15 when he was brutally attacked, death-rolled, and pinned to the bottom of the river by the large gator. The attack lasted for around 15 minutes, according to one of Georgitis’ friends. At one point, with his mangled arm stuck in the alligator’s jaws and no air left in his tank, Georgitis fought back with the only weapon he had at the time: a screwdriver.    ..read more

Too many people have no clue how to coexist with wildlife, and this latest video of a pair of black bear cubs harassed and injured for a photo op in North Carolina is just the latest example — and the subject of a current investigation. After a woman was videoed removing a cub from a tree branch and dropping it, one of the two young bears was injured as a result and is currently in a rehabilitation facility. The other has yet to be located after it fled. Onlookers captured the footage at an apartment complex in Asheville on Tuesday. Five people crowd around a thicket of branches hanging over a ..read more

How badly do you need to catch a fish? Naturally we all want to connect when we get on the water, but have you ever asked yourself how much catching a fish really means to you? Are you willing to ruin someone’s day to get it done? Are you willing to be jerk to catch a striped bass? Are you willing to sabotage somebody else’s bite to get your own fix?  If we were all relying on catching fish to avoid starving in winter, maybe a bit of ruthlessness could be justified, but we’re not. The anglers in the viral video here (shared by @stripedbasshunt) aren’t starving to death either, yet they ne ..read more

A series of blasts shocked residents of a rural area north of Deer River, Minnesota, roughly six weeks ago. The source? State foresters with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources using dynamite to decimate two enclosed deer stands built illegally on trees in Bowstring State Forest. The explosions were strong enough to knock the drink off resident Jim Fena’s countertop, he tells Outdoor Life.  “I live less than a mile from there,” Fena says. “It was late morning or early afternoon, and I thought it was a jet breaking a sound barrier. I didn’t really know what it was. But the window ..read more

Living in a gateway town to Yellowstone National Park comes with the usual perks and challenges, from abundant wildlife to summers flooded with tourists. But a new spectacle arose on April 12 for Gardiner Public School students and faculty when they discovered that a pack of wolves had killed a cow elk, dragged the carcass onto the GHS football field, and eaten part of it right there — leaving behind a mess of blood, meat, and hide. Superintendent Jim Baldwin posted a photo of the discovery to Facebook, where it caught folks’ attention and was reposted by friends.  A Yellowstone National ..read more

On Friday the Bureau of Land Management released the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Ambler Industrial Road that would have stretched 211 miles through the Brooks Range of Alaska to access a copper deposit worth an estimated $7.5 billion. The BLM’s decision of “No Action” indicates the agency’s intent to deny the permit for the Ambler Road, according to the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. “Today’s news is exactly what hunters and anglers have been hoping for in terms of being one step closer to preventing the Ambler Road from being built,” TRCP’s ..read more

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Northern pike, chain pickerel, and muskies are all members of the same family. And if we were comparing them to the porridge in “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” pike fishing would be “just right.” More Americans have access to pickerel, but a 25-incher would be a giant. Muskies, conversely, aren’t called the “fish of 10,000 casts” for nothing. They require specialty tackle and a lot of time and dedication. Then you have the northern pike, which hits a toothy-fish sweet spot. Pike f ..read more

The hunting community is experiencing whiplash after several articles appeared on mainstream news sites this week announcing that two hunters have died after eating venison from deer with chronic wasting disease. Wildlife experts say there is no evidence to support these claims. Viral news website The Daily Mail published a story on Thursday titled “Two hunters ‘become first Americans to die from ZOMBIE DEER disease’ after eating infected venison.” The coverage is based on a research abstract published in Neurology on April 9 titled “Two Hunters from the Same Lodge Afflicted with Sporadic CJD ..read more

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Humminbird has long been one of the top players in the marine electronics game, and rather than resting on those laurels they continue to innovate with new technologies like Mega 360. However, choosing the best Humminbird fish finder for your own personal needs is not as easy as just plunking down your cash on the most expensive unit or units they make. Depending on your budget, where you fish, and how you’re likely to grow as an angler, there’s a unit that’s best for your situation ..read more