About Outdoor Life

Outdoor Life is an outdoors magazine about hunting, fishing, survival and camping. It is a sister magazine of Field Stream. Outdoor Life launched in Denver, Colorado in January 1898. Founder and Editor-in-Chief (1898-1929), J.A. McGuire, intended Outdoor Life to be a magazine for sportsmen, written by sportsmen, covering all aspects of the outdoor arena. The first issue ranged in topics from a moose hunt in Alaska 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