By CJ Lotz

Hollywood heavyweight Steven Spielberg will tell the tragic true story of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle’s life. The director will join forces with Bradley Cooper, who is slated to play the lead role in the upcoming film.

Kyle is celebrated as the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history, with 160 confirmed kills. He was shot and killed in February by a fellow veteran in Texas. Kyle wrote the bestselling autobiography "American Sniper" after leaving the Navy in 2009.

Spielberg rarely directs films on contemporary subject matter, so this project comes as a surprise to some in Hollywood.

The film will replace the delayed sci-fi flick "Robopocalypse" on the director's schedule.

By Peter B. Mathiesen

Three years ago, outdoor writer, photographer, and consummate sportsman Peter Mathiesen left his hometown of St. Louis to start a new life in Alaska. Here’s why he made the move, what everyday life is like, and how it feels to have Denali right outside your window.

Restlessness is something that has always followed me. At the age of 18, I moved from the Midwest to New York City with just $300 in my pocket. It was no wonder that after 30 years back in my hometown of St. Louis with a hefty mortgage, two children finishing college, and a wife wrapping up a Ph.D., I reconsidered our heavily scheduled existence.

By CJ Lotz

Most whitetail vs. motorcycle moments end a lot uglier than this one.

By CJ Lotz

Yoann Galeran, a deckhand on an Australian fishing boat, was swimming out to retrieve a dinghy when a saltwater crocodile attacked him.

Galeran felt the crocodile grab him by the head and try to pull him deep into the water. He wrestled with the croc, punched it in the head and neck and was able to swim away to safety.