Antler collector Josh Duncan paid a premium to own the world-record whitetail shed antlers. But after he bought them, a troubling revelation came to light on social media. Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson. Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The MeatEater personality and longtime conservationist has been tapped to run Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Here's how Ryan 'Cal' Callaghan thinks about public lands, safeguarding them, and why he's still an optimist about it all. Guest hosted by hunting and conservation editor Andrew McKean. Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gear editor and absolute archery geek Scott Einsmann explains all the testing he's done lately on arrow speed and broadhead performance. Hosted by Editor-in-Chief Alex Robinson. Produced by Executive Editor Natalie Krebs. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Guest is Gear Editor Scott Einsmann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's probably nobody out there who has covered precision rifles, ammo, and optics more intensely than OL shooting editor John B. Snow. But John is not saying to go out there and shoot elk at a thousand yards. In fact, just the opposite. Video — I Built the Ultimate Deer Rifle: https://youtu.be/1U96Mr3nXaE Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson. Guest is shooting editor John B. Snow. Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are a lot of things people get wrong about picking a bear rifle or defensive gun. According to our resident Alaskan and bonafide griz skinner Tyler Freel, here's what actually makes a great bear gun. Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson. Guest is senior staff writer Tyler Freel. Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an unprecedented move, President Trump announced he was invoking an obscure federal provision to disregard public feedback and move forward with the 211-mile private industrial corridor in the Alaskan wilderness. Details on this week's announcement: https://www.outdoorlife.com/ambler Additional reporting on how the Ambler Road could affect caribou hunting: https://www.outdoorlife.com/hunting/ambler-road-western-arctic-caribou/ Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson. Produced and reported by executive editor Natalie Krebs. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The biggest story in the outdoors recently was a tragic one. Two elk hunting buddies, Andrew Porter and Ian Stasco, were found dead in southern Colorado. The week-long search for the missing men captured the hunting community's attention on social media, and generated plenty of sympathy, interest, and misinformation. Here's what actually happened. Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson. Guest is news editor Dac Collins. Produced by Natalie Krebs. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OL's former shooting editor is arguably the greatest outdoor writer of all time. And even though Jack O'Connor was writing decades ago, much of his wisdom still rings true. In today's episode, current shooting editor John B. Snow explains how, in a lot of ways, O 'Connor still looms large over the hunting and shooting world. Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson. Guest is shooting editor John B. Snow. Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A teenager is facing a felony charge in Georgia for killing a turkey that was strutting on his family’s property this spring — a bird that his former high-school history teacher claims was her pet. Here's how a small-town dispute has upended the life of a high-school student, and sparked debate among the hunting community. Read the full story: https://www.outdoorlife.com/turkeyfelony Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson. Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs. Reporting by news editor Dac Collins. Editing by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Alaska hunter Paul Forward explains what it's like bowhunting for doll sheep solo, why the Brooks Range is so special, and why he thinks the proposed Ambler Road is a problem that's worth our attention. This episode is brought to you by Let's Get Real About Skin Cancer, an educational program about advanced non-melanoma skin cancers. Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson. Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Guest is Paul Forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After collecting hundreds of hours of drone footage of wild deer on his family's Missouri property, Derrick Dixson of the Whitetail Research YouTube channel doesn't think about deer hunting the same way. Here are just a few of his observations. This episode is brought to you by Let's Get Real About Skin Cancer, an educational program about advanced non-melanoma skin cancers. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson. Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're hunting public land, you're probably not going to be able to pattern a mature buck before opening day. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. Here's how Shane Simpson thinks about preseason on public ground. 10:44 - Blood Tracking Secrets with Shane Simpson: Apple — bit.ly/45TKtss Spotify — bit.ly/41pHrLi This episode is brought to you by Let's Get Real About Skin Cancer, an educational program about advanced non-melanoma skin cancers. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson. Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs. Guest is Shane Simpson of Shane Simpson Hunting. https://www.shanesimpsonhunting.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thinking about a new pair of binos or a riflescope? Here's what optics editor Andrew McKean recommends before you spend your hard-earned cash. This episode is brought to you by Let's Get Real About Skin Cancer, an educational program about advanced non-melanoma skin cancers. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Hosted by executive gear editor Scott Einsmann. Guest is hunting and optics editor Andrew McKean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many outdoorsmen, conservationists, do not want to see a massive copper-nickle mine carved into the headwaters of the Boundary Waters.  To better explain why, in this episode of the Outdoor Life podcast we interview two folks who have dedicated their careers to the Boundary Waters. The first is Dave Seaton, the owner of Hungry Jack outfitters. Seaton has been making trips into the boundary waters since he was a kid, and he’s been outfitting folks so they can make their own trips for more than three decades.  Then we’ll talk to Lukas Leaf, the executive director for Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters whose main mission is to ensure the protections around this wilderness area remain. Unfortunately, right now, it seems that Leaf and his crew have their work cut out for them.  This episode is brought to you by Let's Get Real About Skin Cancer, an educational program about advanced non-melanoma skin cancers. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson. Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Outdoor Life podcast, gear editor Scott Einsmann sat down with Levi Morgan, a pro-archer, 16-time 3D archery world champion, and a diehard bowhunter who has hunted just about everything in North America. Morgan gave candid advice on bow and arrow setups and how to properly prepare for hunting season. This podcast cuts through a lot of the noise and is direct advice from one of the best to ever shoot a bow. These are some of his takeaways.  This episode is brought to you by Let's Get Real About Skin Cancer, an educational program about advanced non-melanoma skin cancers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a hot summer evening, two Alaskans were scouting for the upcoming moose season when they accidentally walked right into a grizzly bear’s kill. The bear charged at them from just 10 yards and a barrage of gunfire ensued. Here's how one of those men, Brett TerBeek, describes the encounter. Hosted by senior staff writer Tyler Freel. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs. Guest is Brett TerBeek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Contractor and lifelong wrangler Jackie Hughes knows how to scout and bait-trap wary feral horses. She also knows how to deal with irate activists who sabotage her operations, call her a horse killer, and tie up her outfit with lawsuits. Here's how she's trying to manage wild horses in the West, and why the West needs her help. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Reported and hosted by news editor Dac Collins. Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After DOGE canceled funding for the Take Me Fishing campaign and the organization that administers it, the fishing industry was upset. Many online commenters weren't. Conservation editor Andrew McKean and executive editor Natalie Krebs explain what's going on with NGO funding, why critter group CEOs make the salaries they do, and more. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson. Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Earlier this spring, on a ranch in Texas, we got the chance to sit down with the two diehard predator hunters who developed the fast and flat-shooting .22 Creedmoor.  While that cartridge had been developed as a long-range varmint and predator round Derrick Ratliff and David Stroud have also seen it produce some impressive results on whitetail deer. In this episode of the podcast, you’ll hear the origin story of the .22 Creed, and learn about how it fits in with today’s lineup of modern rifle cartridges.  Learn more here: https://horizonfirearms.com/hot-calibers/22-creedmoor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hearing Protection Act got thrown out of the Senate's version of the One Big Beautiful Bill — as expected. Brandon Maddox, the CEO of Silencer Central, breaks down what happened, why the gun industry split into two camps over this, and what all this has to do with the death threats he's been getting. Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio. Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson . Guest is Silencer Central founder and CEO Brandon Maddox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices