Some tackle shops become legends. Capitol Fishing Tackle was one of them. For more than a century, the legendary shop called Manhattan home before quietly becoming part of New York history.

In October 2003, Field & Stream documented the shop in a feature titled “The Weirdest Tackle Shop in America.” Looking back today, it reads like a snapshot of a place that could only have existed in one city at one moment in time.

Story: Jonathan Miles | Photography: Jon Wasserman
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During an Oval Office ceremony on July 13, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing federal agencies to reduce the size of Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments. Both landscapes are managed for multiple uses and remain open to hunting and fishing.

Supporters say the move gives Utah more control over federal lands. Opponents argue it removes protections for wildlife habitat and backcountry landscapes.

Like previous efforts to shrink national monuments, the order is expected to face legal challenges.

Full story by @travishallmedia for Field & Stream. ...

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The lights don’t come on until the sun goes down. Competitive raccoon hunting has evolved into a world of six-figure dogs, $100,000 purses, and handlers chasing the next hunt across the Midwest. But beneath the money is a tradition built on great hounds, long nights, and hunters who’d rather be remembered than get rich.

These photos are from “Howl Play: The High-Stakes Game of Modern Raccoon Hunting” by Allie Conti, with photography by Tom Fowlks for Field & Stream. ...

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The timing matters.

A bull bison launched a 65 year old visitor roughly 8 feet into the air after charging through Yellowstone’s Bridge Bay Campground. Wildlife photographer Mike MacLeod captured the encounter, saying the bull had already been acting aggressively before the attack.

The incident came just as Yellowstone’s annual bison rut was beginning. Over the next several weeks, mature bulls shift their focus to breeding. They shadow cows, spar with rival bulls, bellow, wallow, and become far less tolerant of anything they see as competition. It is one of the most volatile times of year to be around North America’s largest land mammal.

Yellowstone is home to the continent’s last continuously wild plains bison herd. A mature bull can weigh nearly 2,000 pounds and run up to 35 mph. Hunters have long understood that during the rut, reading an animal’s behavior matters just as much as keeping your distance.

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Gravity always wins.

According to Matthew Skuse, this boat-over-boat recovery is his go-to way to deal with a swamped canoe. Skuse guides kayak and open canoe expeditions in Norway and teaches bushcraft, winter survival, and sea survival, where efficient recoveries like this are part of the job.

Technique & video: @matt.skuse
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The funny thing about Randall knives is that nobody set out to make them collectible.

They became collectible because they worked. Hunters carried them. Soldiers trusted them. Guides wore them until the leather went soft and the carbon steel turned gray. Somewhere along the way, a few men made it their life’s work to learn every stamp, every sheath, every story behind the blades that survived.

Duke McCaa and Mitchell Harrison are the keepers of Randall history, aka the “Blade Runners.” They know which knives matter, where they came from, and why some are worth far more than the steel they’re made from. This is a glimpse into their private collection. At the end of the day though, it’s less about owning a Randall than understanding one.

This is the “Blade Runners: A Look At The Private Collection of Two Randall Knife Traders” story & photography by Andrew Hetherington for Field & Stream. ...

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Nobody called it “making memories.” It was just what you did. You turned over rocks looking for caddis and stoneflies. You watched for the rise and an upstream push. Your tackle box rattled every step, lunch got smashed in the cooler and that’s why we remember it.

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Living dinosaurs. Texas floodwater. You may remember Chef Will “Clams” Levatino from Field & Stream Fish Camp in Florida, where he turned invasive clown knifefish into an incredible camp meal. This time, he joined us in Livingston, Texas, for a Field & Stream Texas RV Adventure and tagged his first gar.

The Trinity River was flooding, the alligator gar were feeding, and the bite was unlike anything we’d seen. Over the course of the trip, the team landed multiple gar over 6 feet long—including one stretching 6 feet 8 inches, about the height of an NBA forward, and another true giant measuring 7 feet 3 inches.

Along the way, the team caught gar on flies, swimbaits, cut bait, lures, and live-scope presentations, shared breakfast burritos and fried chicken sandwiches around camp, and spent time with The Fish Whisperer, whose Gar Stopper rig is helping reduce gut hooking and improve catch-and-release survival for one of North America’s most iconic freshwater fish.

Full Video Out Now on our YT 🎥 Featuring @clams_levatino presented by @victorinoxnorthamerica
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One old weed eater. One bright idea. When the sun goes down, Ty Walker flips on a homemade rig built from an old weed eater and a fish light. The light draws in insects. Instead of getting zapped, they tumble naturally into the pond—turning summer nights into an all-you-can-eat buffet for the trout.

It’s the kind of practical solution you’d expect from the man who brought Virginia’s century-old Smoke In Chimneys trout hatchery back to life. Every trout is raised in cold, mineral-rich spring water flowing straight from a limestone aquifer just yards from the hatchery—about 3,000 gallons a minute with a naturally high pH.

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Long before Outfitters Supply became a trusted name in the backcountry, Russ Barnett was packing horses through Montana’s wilderness and figuring out what worked—and what didn’t.

Those days on the trail shaped everything that followed. In 1986, he founded Outfitters Supply with a focus on practical gear built for outfitters, hunters, and anyone who depended on horses and mules to reach wild places. Nearly four decades later, that same hands-on approach continues to define the company.

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Clock is ticking. This is the final call to enter for a chance to experience Indy Race Weekend with @23xiracing, meet @corey.heim, and go behind the scenes with the 23XI No. 67 Team. #HEIMTIME #INDY ...

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