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The Montana Department of Fish & Game was releasing this adult male grizzly bear when something went wrong.
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The '08 SHOT Show set new records for number of attendees, exhibits, floor space, and real he-men wearing tactical packs, but it was tragically lacking in booth babes.
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Anticosti: The Isle of Whitetails
Trip Report
Anticosti: The Isle of Whitetails   20-Nov-2008
This 3,000-square-mile island off the coast of Quebec may be surrounded by water, but the draw for sportsmen is a whitetail deer population numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Story and photos by Joe Cermele
Game Faces Contest
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week   19-Nov-2008
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week
Snow is falling and so are big bucks all around the country. This week our readers show off monster racks, big bass, elk, trout, ducks, and even a piranha. Send in your photos of fish and game for a chance to wind up in the pages of Field & Stream and win a flashlight worth $99.
Fishing
The Key To Catching Swordfish   17-Nov-2008
The Key To Catching Swordfish
Executive Editor Mike Toth learned how to hook these nocturnal predators during the daytime while fishing in the Florida Keys this summer. The secret? You have to go deep.
Contest
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week   12-Nov-2008
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week
Today is the day that our experts predict will be the best of the year for tagging a buck (see our Rut Guide in the November issue). So what are you doing in the office? Go outside and shoot something big, then send us its picture. In the meantime, enjoy this latest crop of photos from our reader shots contest.
Hunting
How to Judge a Buck   10-Nov-2008
How to Judge a Buck
Can you guess the score of these 10 Boone & Crockett whitetails? Plus: a brief guide to green scoring antlers in the field.
Trail Cam Contest
Trail Cam Contest October Winners   06-Nov-2008
Trail Cam Contest October Winners
With fall in full swing, our reader's trail cameras have captured some wild photos of trophy bucks, monster bears, and bruiser bull elk. We just hope these animals aren't giving them the slip in the field during hunting hours.
Game Faces Contest
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week   05-Nov-2008
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week
Our readers ring in November with bass, bears, bucks, and one monster bull elk. Not to mention some nice trout, pike, and turkeys. How's your season going? Send us your photos and you could wind up in Field & Stream.
Special Report
Special Report: The "Field & Stream Buck" Falls   04-Nov-2008
Special Report: The
In September, we posted a video of a monster buck walking around unfenced property in Wisconsin that many hunters and experts speculated could be a new typical world record. Now, two months later, we have more images of the deer from the bowhunter who shot it on November 1. Check the new photos, plus the original video and weigh in on this trophy
Photo Gallery
The Urban New Yorker's Unflattering View of Palin   03-Nov-2008
The Urban New Yorker's Unflattering View of Palin
We sent a few staffers out with cameras Friday to capture shots of Sarah Palin costumes (and other related weirdness) at the annual Halloween Parade in Manhattan and elsewhere around town. Check out this gallery to see what they brought back and read commentary by Chad Love.
Trip Report
Bow Hunting for Elk in Colorado's Gunnison National Forest   31-Oct-2008
Bow Hunting for Elk in Colorado's Gunnison National Forest
Deputy Editor Jay Cassell spent eight months in the gym preparing for a week-long high-country elk hunt in the Rocky Mountains this September. Click here to see the photos from his trip.
Game Faces Contest
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week   29-Oct-2008
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week
It’s almost November and the Northeast just got hit by a snow storm. But that doesn’t mean its cold all over the country. From warm weather fish babes to snowy mountain bucks, check out the latest batch of trophy photos entered into our game faces contest.
Special Feature
150 Years of Theodore Roosevelt   27-Oct-2008
150 Years of Theodore Roosevelt
October 27 is the 150th birthday of the father of conservation, and arguably the biggest hunter that ever sat in the Oval Office. Check out this gallery of classic T.R. shots, and learn how he helped shape the way we hunt today. Story by Thomas McIntyre.
Special Feature
The Teddy Roosevelt Trivia Test   27-Oct-2008
How much do you know about the President who's done more for hunting and conservation than any other politician in our history? Take this quiz to find out.
New Quiz!
Test Your Tree Stand IQ   23-Oct-2008
Test Your Tree Stand IQ
How much do you know about hunting from a tree stand? Take our latest quiz by Dave Hurteau to see if you're set up correctly (and safely) to take that trophy buck.
Slide Show
When All Else Fails, Shoot Your Decoys   21-Oct-2008
When All Else Fails, Shoot Your Decoys
Shotguns columnist and waterfowl fanatic Phil Bourjaily started taking kids duck hunting on Iowa's annual Youth Waterfowl Hunt seven years ago, and hasn't missed the two-day season since. This year he brought his camera along to document the fun.
F&S Adventure
Expedition Report: Golden Dorado in the Bolivian Amazon   17-Oct-2008
Expedition Report: Golden Dorado in the Bolivian Amazon
Kirk Deeter spent two weeks in cocaine country dodging piranhas and jaguars as he flew, drove, rafted, then poled his way to some of the last best fishing on the planet.
Game Faces Contest
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week   15-Oct-2008
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week
Bow seasons are underway, the trout are biting, and judging from these photos, so are the muskies. Take a look at our latest round of Game Faces victory shots and submit your own today for a chance to be in the pages of Field & Stream.
Slide Show
The Best Custom Turkey Calls of the Past 10 Years   13-Oct-2008
The Best Custom Turkey Calls of the Past 10 Years
With fall seasons under way across the country, we thought you might enjoy this gallery of unique sporting works of art; the winners of the National Wild Turkey Federation's working and decorative turkey call-making contests, from 1999 to 2008.
Slide Show
Bull Elk Takes On a Wolf Pack   10-Oct-2008
Bull Elk Takes On a Wolf Pack
Wildlife photographer Don Jones captured these dramatic photos of a pack of wolves wearing down a healthy bull elk by pinning the animal in the cold water of Yellowstone's Lamar River.
Largemouth Gallery
The 16 Biggest Fish of the 2008 BASS Season   06-Oct-2008
The 16  Biggest Fish of the 2008 BASS Season
When the money is on the line during the ESPN Outdoors Bassmasters Series, the tournament pros have one mission in mind..."go large." Here's a look back at the guys who did just that, catching the biggest fish of the 2008 BASS season, with some insights on where and how they caught them. Story by Kirk Deeter
Game Faces Contest
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week   01-October-2008
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week
Feel that? It's getting cooler every day, and not surprisingly, we've seen fewer bass and more hunting trophy shots in just one week of fall. Send your shots our way and you could end up in F&S.
Slide Show
Salmon Paradise Under Fire   29-Sept-2008
Salmon Paradise Under Fire
Alaska is one of the few remaining places in the U.S. that offers anglers true seclusion from the modern world on rivers touched only by lucky visitors, wolves and bears. Hal Herring's slide show chronicling a recent trip to one such place will have you ready to book a trip, but the Alaskan Pebble Mine might change your plans.
Photo Gallery
The 2008 Heroes of Conservation Awards   26-Sept-2008
The 2008 Heroes of Conservation Awards
On September 25, 2008, Field & Stream honored the seven Heroes of Conservation Finalists at the Museum of Natural History in New York City. We also presented Hod Kosman of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, with the Hero of the Year Award. Here is an inside look at the gala.
Game Faces
Reader Shots: The Best of Summer   24-Sept-2008
Reader Shots: The Best of Summer
It's officially fall, but before we start posting fresh photos of the deer, steelhead, and muskies you'll take this season, we thought we'd recap the summer with a look back at your shots that made our Editor's Picks from the last few months. Send us your photos today for a chance to be on the pages of F&S.
Game Faces Contest
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week   19-Sept-2008
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week
Are northern pike any match for a Barbie rod? Can a 7-year-old use a grunt call effectively? These and other questions answered in this week's reader photos gallery. Submit your shots today for a chance to win a Surefire Flashlight.
Special Report
The Sportsman's Choice: Field & Stream Interviews the Presidential Candidates   17-Sept-2008
The Sportsman's Choice: Field & Stream Interviews the Presidential Candidates
Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain are diehard hunters or fishermen, but both claim to be the better man for issues that matter to sportsmen. We figured the best way to find out was to sit down and ask them some tough questions.
Photo Gallery
New Fish Babes Photos!   15-Sept-2008
New Fish Babes Photos!
30 more shots of our female readers hoisting the summer's catch. From fat redfish to bucketmouth bass, check them out here. And if you're a Fish Babe, visit this gallery to submit your photos.
Game Faces Contest
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week   11-Sept-2008
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week
Ever try "underwater fishing?" One of our readers has, and he says it's the way to go for big bass. Find out how he does it, plus learn about a mother-son hunting duo and a muskie that made headlines in this week's reader shots gallery. Send in your photos and stories for a chance to be in F&S.
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