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The illustrations of Outdoor Life magazine covers range in subject from running black bears with hounds to freak grizzly attacks, and even includes the odd polar bear here and there. We couldn't fit all the covers into one post, however, so this gallery contains nearly every OL bear cover ever published from 1900 to 1939. Stay tuned for the next installments.

Top of the Mountain and the downhill slide: The Heddon River Runt Spook (part 4) The period right after World War II up until the late 1950's, was a time when the Heddon River Runt Spook was about as popular as a lure could get and certainly was the number one selling plug for James Heddon's Sons. Many variations were added to the line along with several new colors, all in an effort to keep sales going strong. It seemed almost impossible to look into a tackle box from this period and not see…

This gallery is part of our collection of nearly every bear cover ever published in Outdoor Life magazine, which includes illustrations that range from running black bears with hounds to freak grizzly attacks to odd-looking polar bears.

In the early part of last century, Outdoor Life was the magazine of western adventure. These twenty five covers were works of art that still stand the test of time.

Philip R. Goodwin (1881–1935) -- Okay, I'll admit he wasn't really a cowboy, but he was a close friend of cowboy artist Charlie Russell, and did spend a lot of time visiting him in Montana. And, few artists painted better pictures of cowboys in action. I first discovered -- and fell in love with -- his art when I was just a boy because he painted scenes of my two passions -- cowboys with a pack strings and hunters or fishermen canoeing. Almost every sporting goods store or hardware store had…

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In the early part of last century, Outdoor Life was the magazine of western adventure. These twenty five covers were works of art that still stand the test of time.

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