Silas Turner’s longnose gar beat the previous state record by a full 12 ounces
Author: Travis Hall
Travis Hall
Travis is Field & Stream's full-time associate editor. He covers breaking outdoor news and pressing conservation issues. Highlights Education Hall graduated from the University of Southern Indiana with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 2012. His outdoor education began at age three in pursuit of stripper-pit panfish, and it continues to progress on a near daily basis. Experience Hall lives with his wife and two young sons in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley where he’s cutting his teeth on the finer points of elk, mule deer, and mountain grouse hunting. He grew up hunting whitetails and wild turkeys on reclaimed coal country in southern Indiana. F&S Lightening Round Favorite Place to Fish: Any fishing access site along the Bitterroot River; Favorite Critter to Hunt: Rut-crazed whitetails; Bucket List Adventure: September elk in Montana’s Big Snowy Mountains; Most Prized Piece of Gear: Savage Lightweight Hunter chambered in .308; All-Time Favorite F&S Story: “F&S Classics: The Day Bear Died,” by Hal Herring Notable Work
A new Public Lands Order has troubling implications for an iconic public-land hunting-and-fishing destination in Alaska
Darren Nunley’s largemouth weighed well over 15 pounds, besting a state record set back in 2015
The incident has sparked concerns about the potential spread of Chronic Wasting Disease from domesticated big game into wild deer and elk herds in Idaho
The bill would green-light a foreign mining operation upstream of an iconic Wilderness Area despite widespread public opposition
The father of Mossy Oak founder Toxey Haas, “Mr. Fox” played a key role in the resurgence of wild turkeys and turkey hunting in the Southeast
Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke and 10 other Republican members of the newly formed Public Lands Caucus voted to scrap critical safeguards for America’s most-visited wilderness area—and of its best public-land, hunting-and-fishing destinations
Hunting and angling groups are up in arms over a bill that would pave the way for open-pit mining in the headwaters of the nation’s most-visited wilderness
The Trump Administration’s pick to run the nation’s largest land-management agency is reigniting concerns over public-land sell-offs
The Clean Water Act extends federal protections to key fish and wildlife habitat. It’s also imperative for the clean drinking water that all Americans rely on
