Our predictions are in but what’s yours? Drop it + your state.

Find out which days you need to be in the deers woods in our 22nd annual Best Days of the rut by F&S contributor Adam Lewis powered by @moultrieproducts ...

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One of the biggest whitetails in American history sat in a basement.

Sam Aiuppa killed the massive typical buck during a 1991 pheasant hunt in LaSalle County, Illinois, then kept the rack downstairs for more than three decades. It took an electrician spotting the antlers and telling Aiuppa what he had to finally set the record process in motion.

Today, the Boone and Crockett Club officially confirmed the buck at 207 7/8 inches, making it the biggest typical whitetail ever taken in the United States. It tops the legendary Jordan buck by 1 6/8 inches and now ranks second in the world behind Milo Hanson’s 213 5/8-inch Saskatchewan giant.

Full Story by @travishallmedia ...

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We’re sending one winner and a guest to Charlotte for the ultimate 23XI race experience ‼️

Race tickets, hotel stay, a behind-the-scenes tour of Airspeed, a meet-and-greet with Corey Heim, $1,000 in travel cash, and honorary No. 67 team-member status.

Drop a “HEIM TIME” comment & we’ll DM you the link to enter. Start thinking about who you’d bring with you 🤔 ...

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Ironically, the same era that gave us shoulder pads, big hair, and neon clothes also gave us straight grips, plain pads, and satin finishes.

This is an excerpt from a Field & Stream exclusive feature story by story Phil Bourjaily with photography by Dan Saelinger.

Additional images are from recent classified listings on GI.com. Drop a “RAD” if you want more. ...

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Deer camp will never be the same.

Field & Stream contributing editor and Wild Chef David Draper has spent decades taking game from field to table. His popper playbook goes well beyond the basics: standard duck, cream cheese, and jalapeño with recipes built around everything from venison and elk to wild pork.
Consider these your next camp snacks.

Drop a “POP” & we’ll send you Draper’s full playbook. ...

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Identical twins once took over the rainbow trout record book.

Adam Konrad broke a 37-year-old all-tackle record in 2007 with a 43-pound, 9.6-ounce rainbow caught on 6-pound test. His twin Sean eventually went bigger, two years later, landing Lake Diefenbaker’s infamous 48-pound “Frankentrout” and taking the record for himself.

The triploid rainbow descended from fish-farm escapees, prompting debate over its place in the record book. The IGFA certified it, and 17 years later, nobody has caught a heavier rainbow. That record still belongs to Sean on this Old School Sunday. ...

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An hour of fishing for a shot at $20,000.

Tyler Harmon was fishing the Ohio River last month when he hooked a once-in-a-lifetime catfish. Harmon caught the fish during a spur-of-the-moment trip with his dad and 4-year-old son near their hometown of Ravenswood, West Virginia. They were hoping to catch a small catfish for his son to reel in when one of their rods doubled over.

After a 20-minute fight, Harmon got the massive blue cat to the side of the boat and his dad netted it. The fish was officially certified the following day at 72.75 pounds, beating a West Virginia state record that had been set on the same stretch of river just months earlier.

And the record could come with another prize: Because Harmon caught the fish using a HellCat rod, he may qualify for a $20,000 payout from Catch the Fever campaign.

Best of all, the record fish was released alive back into the Ohio River. Drop a “Blue” comment & we’ll DM you the full story by @travishallmedia ...

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Back in late July, the Alaska Board of Game considered a full hunting and trapping closure for a two-mile-wide corridor that runs for 211 miles through the southern foothills of the Brooks Range.

Known as the Ambler Road, the proposed industrial mining route has been a major source of controversy in the state since 2015. The current proposal would completely prohibit hunting, trapping, fishing, and all public access for a full mile on both sides of the Ambler Road route, encompassing 420 square miles.

At the end of its two-day meeting last July, the Alaska Game Board decided to table the proposal, keeping hunting and trapping along the proposed Ambler Road route open for now. A decision on the proposed closure has been deferred to a future meeting of the Game Board set for January 2027 in Kotzebue.

F&S will continue to follow the Ambler Road project as more details emerge.

Full story by @travishallmedia ...

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