Excuse Me, Do I Have Dirt in my Teeth?

Are you sure? Oh, thank you. Yes, I ate shit once again.

Oct 27 • 

Nicole Qualtieri

7

3

How to Become a Hunter

Becoming a hunter opens up new potential foodways, big adventures, and a bevy of applicable skillsets.

Oct 9 • 

Nicole Qualtieri

13

6

'Westrn Radio': How to Become a Hunter, Part 1

Our first resource-driven multimedia series offers aspiring hunters a way forward.

Oct 9 • 

Nicole Qualtieri

1

44:13

Ungulate Highways

In search of mountain caribou in Idaho's Selkirk Mountains

Oct 7

7

September 2025

Love audiobooks? Listen to 'Westrn Radio'

Our first award-winning piece, read aloud!

Sep 11 • 

Nicole Qualtieri

13

1

33:55

The Deer Gyno Will See You Now

Dr. Elizabeth Painter studies whitetails, and it begins in utero.

Sep 4

15

August 2025

Extreme Gardening

Writer Sylvia Dekker's backyard garden becomes her own Rocky Mountain wilderness

Aug 26 • 

Kestrel Keller

, 

Nicole Qualtieri

, and 

In the Presence of Wild Things

8

WHY PRINT IS ON PAUSE

TL;DR? "The Hunting Issue" is next, and we need to raise $15,000 to put it in the mail.

Aug 25 • 

Nicole Qualtieri

12

No Country for Old Burros

Nicole attends a wild horse and burro adoption. Can she make it out empty- handed?

Aug 14 • 

Nicole Qualtieri

13

4

GearDaddy's 'Top Ten Things for Summer'

Nicole is back with her summer gear haul!

Aug 6 • 

Nicole Qualtieri

12

July 2025

When Urine Trouble with Wildlife

A rugged outdoorsman faces up to the three kings of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem — and walks away singing.

Jul 15 • 

Nicole Qualtieri

 and 

Kestrel Keller

10

3

PREVIEW: The Westrn’s Summer 2025 Print Edition

Subscribe now for 20% off our annual print + digital subscription before we ship later this week!

Jul 14 • 

Kestrel Keller

 and 

Nicole Qualtieri

9

2