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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An arctic gamble. Matthew Spears bought a used hovercraft, hauled it roughly 50 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and spent three days hot tent camping in the country that inspired Felix Pedro’s 1902 gold expedition.

The trip had all the setbacks you’d expect from Alaska. The throttle froze. The river started icing over. He ran out of gas after getting caught up exploring and paddled the last stretch back to his van. He even smoked out the hot tent trying to bake cookies. But if you’re itching to see how the craft performed, Spears’ full trip is on his YT.
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When his father, Merton Parks, founded Parks’ Fly Shop in Gardiner in 1953, Richard was just 10 years old. Before long, he was tying flies, learning Yellowstone’s waters, and guiding anglers by 18.

After serving in the U.S. Army and co-authoring two fishing books, Parks returned to continue the family legacy while becoming a leading voice for trout conservation. His work with Trout Unlimited and other organizations helped protect the waters that made the shop famous, proving that the best guides don’t just know the river—they fight for its future.

More than 70 years after its founding, Parks’ Fly Shop remains one of Yellowstone’s most iconic fly-fishing destinations, and Richard’s story is woven into nearly every cast made along these legendary waters.

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The best hunting seasons are built months in advance. On his 250-acre West Virginia farm, Kirk Price is putting in the work long before opening day. He’s removing invasive autumn olive, managing his timber, and creating better habitat for deer, turkeys, and the wildlife that depends on healthy ground.

In this project, he’s also setting up the new Field & Stream 600 lb. Steel Deer Corn Feeder and filling it with the Field & Stream Elite Feed Blend to help supplement natural forage as part of his overall property management plan.

How are you getting ready for the season 🤔

If you’re working on your own property this summer, @tractorsupply has the tools, feed, and equipment to help you get ready for the season ahead. ...

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Every fly angler has forgotten something. Most places, you’re out of luck.

In Slovenia, Laurens Bubendorfer solved the problem with a 24-hour self-service fly shop, where anglers can grab flies and other essentials any time of day before heading to the river. @flyshop247 @laurenbubendor ...

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The land doesn’t owe you a story. The good ones have to be earned. These old July covers & stories got that right. So here’s to 250 more years of loving this land, taking the long way in, and raising a cold one to the stories worth passing on.

Old School Sunday.
Archival Project // @fieldandstream × @yuenglingbeer ...

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Theodore Roosevelt owned a great many rifles. The one he thought most highly of was a Winchester Model 1895 chambered in .405 Winchester. When Roosevelt left for Africa in 1909, the Model 1895 was Winchester’s newest lever gun, built to handle modern smokeless cartridges. He packed three of them for the trip. Before long, he’d given the rifle a nickname that stuck: “Big Medicine.”

Later, Roosevelt wrote, “The Winchester .405 is... the medicine gun for lions.” Coming from a man who owned hundreds of firearms, there wasn’t much higher praise.mMore than a century later, “Big Medicine” is still remembered for the same reason Roosevelt remembered it: when the shooting got serious, it answered the mail.

Historical photos and rifle images from Free Range American and The Big Game Hunting Blog. ...

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250 years in steel on walnut.

To kick off America’s big 250th, Benelli created two limited-edition Super Black Eagle 3s. The Republic Edition is limited to just 50 shotguns and features full-color patriotic artwork with gold-accented engravings.

The Heritage Edition is limited to 250 total guns—125 in 12-gauge and 125 in 20-gauge—with engraved details inspired by 250 years of the American story.

📸: @benelli_usa ...

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Happy Fourth. Go catch a story. 🇺🇸

In a classic Field & Stream essay, Ted Leeson made the case that no fish better represents America than the humble bluegill—not because it’s flashy, but because it’s adaptable and willing to bite for just about anyone.

He argued panfish are “the fish of the people,” teaching generations of kids how to fish, feeding countless families, and proving that the best days on the water don’t require expensive gear or exotic destinations.

Story by Ted Leeson. Photography by Holly Lindem. ...

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The fight over the West Fork Bitterroot is a version of a conflict playing out on public land watersheds across the West: resource extraction proposed at the headwaters of fisheries that anglers have spent generations protecting. What makes this one worth watching is scale—an 11.3-square-mile mine claim above a river known for salmonflies and 20-to-40 fish days is not a minor disturbance.

The outfitters, conservation groups, and local residents pushing back here represent the same constituency that has defended trout water from Idaho to New Mexico. Their opposition matters, and so does the outcome.

Drop a “MINE” comment and we’ll DM the full story by Travis Hall @travishallmedia ...

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That’s nearly two centuries of dodging anglers before Henry Liebman caught this 40-pound shortraker rockfish off Sitka, Alaska, on June 25, 2013. It became the new state record, but the bigger story was its age.

Based on its size, Alaska biologists believed the fish could have been around 200 years old—meaning it survived 199 Fourth of Julys before finally taking a hook.
Some fish become dinner. Others become history.

Archival Field & Stream story by Joe Cermele. ...

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