The Outdoor Life Podcast

Why There's No Such Thing as the Best Broadhead

To separate bowhunting lore from fact, and gear editor Scott Einsmann spent a week shooting nine popular mechanical broadheads while testing them for durability, accuracy

Are New Hunting Rifles Really Better Than the Old Ones?

Have ergonomics and accessories from the precision rifle world actually made modern hunting rifles more effective, or do they just get in the way? Senior staff writer Tyl

Here's Why They're Actually Killing the Roadless Rule

Last week the US Forest Service announced plans to scrap a key conservation rule for 44 million acres of public lands. Chris Wood, the current CEO and president of Trout

I Shot a Grizzly with the 22 ARC

Senior staff writer and our Alaska bear man Tyler Freel explains why modern bullets have made cartridge size irrelevant for many hunting applications. This episode is br

What 2,000 Blood Trails Tell Us About Recovering Deer

Seasoned bowunter and tracking-dog handler Shane Simpson co-created an app to connect deer hunters with blood trackers. That app also collects a mountain of data about br

A Return to Market Hunting and Venison Sales?

Every so often, a state or agency considers legalizing the sale of wild venison. Catherine Appling-Pooler of the National Deer Association explains why wild venison sales

First Came the DOGE Cuts, Then Came the Wildfires

As a former wildland firefighter and former U.S. Forest Service District Ranger for the heart of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Aaron Kania digs into forest m

The Bait That's Taken Over Bass Fishing, and Other ICAST Trends

There's a hot new lure that's blowing up the bass-fishing world, along with a few new trends in fishing and fishing media at large. OL's resident bass guy, Derek Horner,

Trump 'Decimated' Two Popular National Monuments. Here's Why That Might Be Unlawful

President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week to shrink two popular Utah national monuments, this time by even more than he did in 2017. The order cuts the s

How to Not Die in the Backcountry, According to My Trauma Surgeon

Last fall OL's senior staff writer Tyler Freel nearly died on a backcountry horseback hunt. During the ride out, he was thrown from his horse, breaking several ribs, punc

The Greatest Guns in American History (That You've Never Heard Of)

You can't talk about American history without also talking about firearms. Firearms historian Ashley Hlebinsky picks some of her favorite American firearm innovations and

Is This the Beginning of the Great Wildlife Refuge Sell-Off?

Big Oaks NWR, the largest national wildlife refuge in Indiana could close to public use if the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service choses to scrap its real estate agreement. The

Decoding Last Week's Public-Lands Whiplash

Between attempts to rollback the Roadless Rule, revise BLM grazing rules, and reevaluate Wilderness Study Areas, politicians and federal agencies appeared to launch a ful

Meet the Stream-Access Renegade Authorities Were Scared to Arrest

Roger Hill has spent years pushing back against Colorado's murky stream access laws. After getting harassed by landowners for fishing and stonewalled in the courts, Hill

This New 6.5 Creed Ammo Is the Future of Shooting

Did Federal’s Plus Peak 6.5 Creedmoor just make the 6.5 PRC obsolete? Shooting Editor John B. Snow, who tested the round in three rifles, explains how this new high-press

Human Remains Were Found on Our Deer Property

This spring, human remains were discovered on executive editor Natalie Krebs' family hunting property. The revelation triggered an investigation that is, to a certain deg

What It Felt Like to Get Struck by Lightning

Hunter Wyche was fishing when he was thrown sideways by an exploding pine tree and electricity coursed through his body. Here's how he survived, and what the experience w

Brace for Public Land Sales, Development Under the Next BLM Director

Congress is poised to approve Stevan Pearce as the new leader of the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees some 245 million acres of public lands and 700-plus million

Is Trout Fishing in the West Doomed This Season?

Minimal snow pack and record heat this spring have created a bit of a doomsday scenario for Western trout fishing, especially in the Southwest. However, there are some br

It's Time to Reconsider Turkey Hunting Ethics

This week hunting and conservation editor Andrew McKean and editor-in-chief Alex Robinson weigh in on a viral reaping video that sparked disagreement within the hunting c