According to loved ones, the men were out on an evening hunt when heavy fog and cold rain set in in the San Juan Mountains
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 plan to overturn the 2001 Roadless Rule threatens some of the best hunting and fishing we have left on America’s public lands
Back from recess, the US House of Representatives is using a controversial maneuver to eliminate management plans on BLM lands in three states
From a 500-plus pound mako to a 92-pound grass carp, these are the biggest fish ever taken with archery tackle
Tree stands, rifles, shotguns, guns safes, optics, and boots are all on sale over at Bass Pros for their annual Fall Hunting Classic sale
Anglers travel from all over the world to catch wels catfish in Europe. Here are five 100-plus pound monsters from the IGFA record books
The individuals are accused of poaching at least 10 trophy deer and elk in Montana over a four-year period
The United States Justice Department is standing behind federal rulings that blocked a massive, open-pit mine in the headwaters of the world’s biggest remaining salmon run
These paddlefish are true bottom-dwelling monsters, and every one of them weighs well over 100 pounds
A provision in the federal budget includes mandatory oil and gas drilling projects for up to 1.6 million acres of public hunting and fishing grounds in Alaska
