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Celebrating 125 Years of Outdoor Life • A helluva lot has changed since OL was founded, but some things never will

From the Archives • Some highlights from the past 125 years

Outdoor Life Covers Through the Decades • Our magazine covers captured the changing landscape of hunting and fishing in America. They’re also just plain cool

Our Editor-in-Chief Interviews Teddy Roosevelt After His Mountain Lion Hunt • Yeah, Theodore Roosevelt was an OL fan

Buffalo Bill Cody’s Deathbed Interview • Shortly before his death, in 1917, the soldier, showman, and sharpshooter gave one last interview

Amelia Earhart on Flying and Fly-Fishing • The legendary aviation pioneer flies her plane to Wyoming for a high-country fishing trip

Hemingway in Cuba: Fighting Hungry Sharks and Big Marlin • “Six times he cleared the water. Then, fighting deep, he went off like a torpedo, taking out line in long jerks, the rod snapping back and forth like a whip”

Deer Hunting with Babe Ruth • The king of home-run hitters goes after big game in Nova Scotia

Remembering Cactus Jack • He was a hunter—that says most of it—and he could write about it better than almost anyone else who ever put paper in a typewriter. Here’s what he was really like, warts and all, by a man who knew him to the inner core

The Future • The times may change, but we’re still ahead of them

Private Landowners Can Save Public Hunting in America • There’s an excellent case to be made for funding public hunting and conservation on private lands, but will anyone hear it?

Antarctica Will Be Our Last, Most Elusive Wilderness • The Seventh Continent has given rise to some of the most heroic explorers and survival tales of all time. But the Antarctica most visitors see today is a carefully supervised illusion

Fishing for Dinosaurs: Why the Ancient Bowfin Has a New Cult of Followers • Respect for an American underdog is on the rise thanks to a shift in how, where, and why we fish

There’s Now a Jurassic Park for Vanishing Wildlife. It’s Called Texas • Landowners in Texas are stocking high-fence ranches with exotic—and sometimes threatened—species for high-dollar hunts. As countries struggle to fund conservation and fight poaching, is this the last line of defense?

Two Rifles for the Ages, Chambered in .35 Whelen • Legendary gunmaker Griffin & Howe is marking its 100th anniversary this year with two singular rifles