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Outdoor Life

Outdoor Life is an outdoors magazine about hunting

Hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing living animals for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to law....
, fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of catching fish. Fishing techniques include Fish net, Fish trap, Spearfishing, angling and Gathering seafood by hand. The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as different types of shellfish, squid, octopus, turtles, Edible frog and some edible marine invertebrates....
, survival

Survival

Survival may refer to:* Survival analysis* Survival of the fittest* Survival kit* Survival rate* Survival skills* Survivalism, a survival belief based around preparation for survival after social upheaval...
and camping

Camping

Camping is an outdoor recreational activity.The participants, known as campers, get away from urban areas, their home region or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or more nights, usually at a campsite....
. It is a sister magazine of Field & Stream
Field & Stream

Field & Stream is a magazine featuring hunting, fishing, and other outdoor activities in the United States.Founded in 1895 by John P. Burkhard and Henry Wellington Wack, the magazine has a readership of approximately 10 million....
.

Outdoor Life launched in Denver, Colorado

Colorado

The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
in January 1898. Founder and Editor-in-Chief (1898-1929), J.A. McGuire, intended Outdoor Life to be a magazine

Magazine

for quarterly in Heraldry see Quartering Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of Article , generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscription, or all three....
for sportsmen, written by sportsmen, covering all aspects of the outdoor arena.

The first issue ranged in topics from a moose

Moose

File:Alces alces NA.svgThe moose or elk , , is the largest Extant taxon species in the deer family . Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a "twig-like" configuration....
hunt

Hunt

Hunt may refer to:...
in Alaska

Alaska

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Outdoor Life is an outdoors magazine about hunting

Hunting

Fishing

Survival

Camping

Colorado

Magazine

Moose

Hunt

Hunt may refer to:...
in Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
to advice about Native Americans. Some of the original sections were titled, "Photography" (much like the Snapshots section in the magazine today), "Trap and Target" and "In the Game and Field".

At a time when publishing was advancing in technology, Outdoor Life was an innovator. In 1903, the first photograph was printed on the cover in black and white. A short time later, in 1906 the first color cover appeared on the magazine. As OL developed and established itself on the forefront of sportsman magazines, it took a big step. In 1934 Outdoor Life moved from its original location in Denver to New York City

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, where it remains today.

Outdoor Life editorial material was vast over the years, following its audience’s interests in new developments and progression, such as aviation

Aviation

File:Norwegian military Bell 412SP helicopters.jpgAviation refers to activities involving man-made flying devices , including the people, organizations, and regulatory bodies involved with them....
, motor vehicles and boating

Boating

Boating, the leisurely activity of traveling by boat typically refers to the recreational use of boats whether power boats, Sailing, or yachts , focused on the travel itself, as well as sports activities, such as fishing or waterskiing....
. However, OL stayed true to its original focus: the outdoorsman. Outdoor Life also frequently lists hunting and fishing tips and quizzes as well as testing new outdoor gear, keeping it and their readers on top of their game.

Over the years, Outdoor Life has been lucky enough to have luminaries in the field write for the magazine. Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short story author, and journalist. He was part of the 1920s expatriate community in Paris, France, and one of the veterans of World War I later known as "the Lost Generation"....
accompanied OL on a marlin fishing trip in Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....
in 1935. Zane Grey

Zane Grey

Zane Grey was an United States author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West....
, a well-known adventure writer and big game fisherman was a common contributor between 1918 and 1932. Also, former President Teddy Roosevelt contributed from 1901- 1904. Other famous contributors to Outdoor Life include Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Mary Earhart ; was a noted United States aviation pioneer, and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross , awarded for becoming the first aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean....
, Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Clark Gable was an Cinema of the United States, nicknamed "The King of Hollywood" in his heyday. In , the American Film Institute named Gable seventh among the AFI's 100 Years......
, and Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth, Jr. , also popularly known as "Babe", "The Bambino", and "The Sultan of Swat", was an United States Major League Baseball baseball player from –....
.

For many years, Outdoor Life was owned by Time Inc.

Time Inc.

Time Inc. is a major subsidiary of the media conglomerate Time Warner, the company formed by the 1990 merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications....
In 1990 Time Inc. was bought by Warner communications to create Time Warner

Time Warner

Time Warner Inc. is the world's third largest media and entertainment Conglomerate by market capitalization , headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City....
, a conglomerate of communication, publication and entertainment companies. The magazine also licensed their title to the Outdoor Life Network

Versus (TV channel)

Versus is a cable television sports channel owned by Comcast and shown in the United States. It was previously known as OLN until a name change on September 25, 2006....
cable channel from its 1996 launch until 2006, when the network dramatically de-emphasized programs about fishing and hunting, and changed their name to Versus (TV channel)

Versus (TV channel)

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
version of the channel. In 2007, Time Warner sold OL and several other publications to Bonnier Group, which owns OL today.

The Outdoor Life Conservation Award was first given in 1923 to those who “accomplish the greatest good for the sportsmen’s cause in the United States,” said founder J.A. McGuire. Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize....
is the most famous recipient.

There is also an Outdoor Life Conservation Pledge

Outdoor Life Conservation Pledge

The Outdoor Life Conservation Pledge was established in 1946 and then revised in 1993. The pledge was written to remind readers of Outdoor Life magazine and other sportsmen of the vigilance needed to preserve the natural world....
. It was established in 1946 and then revised in 1993. It has been taken by thousands of people including Harry Truman and Al Gore

Al Gore

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. is an United States environmentalism activist who served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President of the United States Bill Clinton....
and it runs on the letters page of every issue of Outdoor Life.

The pledge reads: “I pledge to protect and conserve the natural resources of America. I promise to educate future generations so they may become caretakers of our water, air, land and wildlife.”

This and other magazines of this nature have been critical of PETA

Peta

Peta can refer to:* peta-, an SI prefix denoting a factor of 1015* Peta, Greece, a town in Greece* Peta, the Pali word for a Preta, or hungry ghost in Buddhism...
and other "Animal Rights" groups, and anti-hunting groups.

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