An Outdoor Life essay recounts how a younger Tlingit generation is learning subsistence practices and passing on traditions shaped by elders.
Conserving My People’s Subsistence Culture Means Retracing It
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The Best Access Tool For Deer Season Is Already In Your Garage
Outdoor Life reports that clearing a planned route with a backpack blower may reduce walking noise for private-land deer hunters.
It’s Never Too Late To Learn To Hunt
An Outdoor Life report follows a 48-year-old Montana man who took hunter education, practiced with a rifle and harvested his first deer with a mentor.
Squirrel Hunts Aren’t Just For Kids
Outdoor Life argues squirrel hunting can sharpen patience, observation and ethical shot selection for hunters of all experience levels.
You’re Not That Good At Shooting A Bow: This Video Teaches Lessons In False Confidence And Shooting With Hope
Outdoor Life examines a hunter’s successful 70-yard whitetail shot, arguing the deer’s movement may have turned a low-percentage shot into a lethal one.
Sorry, But Elk Aren’t Really That Tough
Outdoor Life examines elk’s reputation for toughness, drawing on a writer’s hunts and emphasizing shot placement over cartridge size.
The Mountain Buck I Missed Still Haunts Me. Here’s What It Taught Me
An Outdoor Life report recounts a missed mountain buck and explains how terrain, patience and readiness shape whitetail hunting in the West.
We Tested The Best Bowie Knives For EDC, Survival, And The Outdoors
Outdoor Life’s 2026 Bowie knife test names picks for hunting, camping, EDC and other uses, with trade-offs in size, materials and design.
Don’t Hunt If Your Heart Isn’t In It
An Outdoor Life essay says hunting mentors should discuss killing openly and ask newcomers how they feel before a hunt.
The Best Prime Day Leatherman Deals: Up To 50% Off Multi-Tools
Outdoor Life lists Leatherman tools and accessories at discounts of up to 50% during Amazon’s Oct. 6–7 Prime Big Deal Days.
