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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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It's telling (and fun) to test all the new flagship compounds side by side, but one of the highlights is mapping out where the archery industry is headed — and what bowhunters should look out for.

Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.

Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson .

Guests include P.J. Reily and Conner Kaufhold of Lancaster Archery.

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Contained inside the "Big Beautiful Bill," which will influence national priorities for health care, taxation, agricultural policy, and defense spending, is a provision that would require the U.S. government to sell between 2 and 3 million acres of federal land over the next five years to help fill the budget hole created by tax breaks.

Hunters and public land advocates strongly oppose this large-scale sale of public lands. And in this episode of the podcast public lands advocate Randy Newberg and OL's conservation editor Andrew McKean explain how bad the land-sale bill truly is — and how hunters have a real opportunity to kill it.

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When lawyers for the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance finally got their hands on the thousands of texts and emails exchanged among four anti-hunting wildlife commissioners, they uncovered just how bad the anti-hunting takeover has gotten there.

Find all the evidence against the commissioners here: https://sportsmensalliance.org/news/exposing-washington-fish-and-wildlife-commissioner-violations/

Guest is Todd Adkins, senior vice president of the Sportsmen’s Alliance.

Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.

Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson.

Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs.

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In this bonus episode, hunting editor Andrew McKean returns to his Missouri family farm in November for a farewell to his childhood home and his late father. He couldn't know that he'd come away with the best buck of his life.

The original story, "The Homecoming Buck," appeared in our Nov. 2010 issue. You can also see photos here: www.outdoorlife.com/homecoming

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A class-action lawsuit is accusing retailers like Bass Pro and bowmakers like Hoyt of artificially inflating the prices of archery equipment. Industry insiders say they’re simply enforcing minimum advertised prices to help local bow shops and protect consumers.

Full story: https://www.outdoorlife.com/pricefixing

Guest is executive gear editor Scott Einsmann.

Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.

Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson.

Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs.

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