Nobody’s caught a bigger lake trout on rod and reel since.

Lloyd Bull caught this 72-pound giant on Great Bear Lake in 1995, after years of making the trip north. He was trolling a Husky Dardevle when the fish hit.

It measured 59 inches long, carried a 32-inch girth, and weighed exactly 72 pounds. For perspective, guides on Great Bear estimate an angler might put in 1,000 to 1,500 hours just to encounter a lake trout over 50 pounds.
Bull found one considerably bigger.

More than 30 years later, it remains the IGFA all-tackle world record on this Old School Sunday. ...

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Morgan Wallen knew the Iowa 8.

With the season ‘26 season coming down to the wire, Morgan and Mark Drury put in sit after sit this past January. They hunted through fog and slow movement, watched the buck appear without offering a shot, and went back to the blind to try again.

On the second to last night, the tall eight stepped out. Morgan said he’d never been more nervous with a deer.

He got it done. “This deer means a lot to me,” he said. “Thank you, Iowa.” Mark and the @druryoutdoors crew captured the full hunt for Deer Season 26. Watch the episode [out now] on the Drury Outdoors YT channel. ...

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He was already trying to paint rivers when he floated an idea to his brother:

What if he used a fly rod? His brother laughed.

Ben Miller went outside, made a cast, and watched the paint hit. It clicked.

Miller is an angler who studied art in college and went on to teach high school art for 12 years. Now he studies a river’s currents and seams, then changes the speed and force of his cast to turn what he sees into strokes of paint.

He paints on plexiglass because it has the depth of water. As Miller puts it, looking through the clear surface feels a little like looking into a river. He works in his studio and on the riverbank, where an A-frame easel can stand up to the wind that once sent his old easel flying.

A slow river calls for a softer cast. A waterfall takes more force. Speed, distance, and even the brush at the end of his line change the mark. A painting may take five hours of work, though the deeper Miller gets into a piece, the longer it seems to take.

He wants to be excited by the color, the cast, and the moment paint strikes the surface. “Because if I’m not excited by it, why would anyone else be?”

Interview + media by Cameron Evans @camevansmedia for @fieldandstream featuring @benmillerpaints 🎣 🎨 ...

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Nice caribou, Sam. And congrats.

For anyone meeting him through this photo: Sam Barber is a country singer from southeast Missouri whose song “Straight and Narrow” helped put him on the map. He grew up hunting and fishing, which makes the Alaska caribou photos he posted a little less surprising than the comment section might suggest…

Some called the hunt “gross” and “disgusting.” Others wondered how a country singer posting a hunting photo had managed to catch anyone off guard. ...

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Five generations don’t happen by accident.

When Dick Yuengling took over the family brewery in 1985, he faced a simple choice: grow or fold. What followed was four decades of big bets, hard decisions, and a brewing legacy that helped carry America’s oldest brewery into a new era.

Presented by @yuenglingbeer ...

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His 72-hour adventure starter kit ➡️

Dillon Lamon floated 40 miles down Maine’s St. John River, camping along the banks, fishing for musky, and cooking his way through whatever he picked up at roadside farmstands. Then the weather turned, his tent snapped, and the duct tape and paracord started earning their keep. Here’s everything he packed for the trip.

The full Field & Stream Adventure is on our YT channel. Drop a “PACK” comment & we’ll DM you the full video.

#FSMaineAdventure feat. @dilllfish ...

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A Las Vegas company called Rhea Data is proposing a 4-million-square-foot data center complex across roughly 3,700 acres of BLM-managed public land in south Ada County near Boise, Idaho.

The project is still in its very early stages. Initial plans include a natural gas power plant and a transmission line right-of-way extending into an adjacent county. The proposal will undergo environmental analysis, with a Notice of Intent kicking off the NEPA process and a public comment period.

Full story by @travishallmedia ...

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One last hunt.

On November 30, 1942, Edward Dodge headed into a snowy patch of Erie County, Pennsylvania, timber known as Jumbo Woods. He came out with a 28 point buck that would eventually score 233 1/8 inches, one of the great whitetails in Pennsylvania history.

The next morning, Dodge reported for active duty with the U.S. Army. More than 80 years later, that buck still stands out. From Old School Sundays, an archival series presented by Yuengling. ...

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The USDA has added 15 days to the comment period on its plan to completely repeal the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which would allow new road building on approximately 45 million acres of public land across the country. Public land users have until October 6 to comment on the USDA’s preferred alternative.

Drop “ROADLESS” in the comments, and we’ll send you a link to the USDA’s comment portal.

Full story by @travishallmedia. ...

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Two more pins on the map.📍Field & Stream Lodge Co. is headed to Bend, Oregon, and Big Bear, California, with both new lodges set to open in 2028.

Bend puts us right on the Deschutes River in Oregon, with Mt. Bachelor and Smith Rock nearby. Big Bear lands us in the San Bernardino Mountains of California, just a short walk from Big Bear Lake.

They’ll join our first lodge in Bozeman, Montana bringing Field & Stream Lodge Co. to three outdoor towns across the West. Bozeman. Bend. Big Bear. See you out there. ...

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