Classic Outdoor Life Covers Now Available as Prints and Posters
The photos and illustrations on Outdoor Life magazine’s covers captured iconic scenes from hunting and fishing. Scroll through these old covers and you’ll recognize moments you’ve likely experienced.
One common cover scene is a hunter momentarily distracted, maybe by a cup of coffee, a pipe, or a fence, while a big buck charges by or a rooster flushes from cover. If we were to illustrate this moment today, the hunter would be looking at their phone. There are also scenes of a monster fish skyrocketing into the sunset ready to spit the hook with a tremendous head shake. And there are a few “ope moments” depicting an outdoorsman bumping into a bear or suddenly noticing a mountain lion lurking.
The new cover shop offers a variety of customizable frames, mats, and sizes of classic Outdoor Life covers. From left: The May 1950, February 1957, and October 1926 covers.
Now you can browse all of these scenes and more at our online cover shop. Order posters and quality framed prints of the Outdoor Life covers that mean the most to you. Peruse categories that focus on different critters and decades (photography starts appearing in the 1950s and illustrations before then). Once you find the right cover, choose from 11 different sizes, dozens of frames, and more customizable options.
Get a framed and matted print of the July 1932 cover.
These covers make ideal gifts, especially for outdoorsmen who have everything. They’re also perfect art pieces for hunting camps and cabins.
While scanning through these covers, I noticed an illustration that not only looks like a moment I’d recognize, but it looks almost exactly like me. It’s the May 1950 cover, which ran 37 years before I was born. Adding to the accuracy of this illustration is the fact that I am a terrible fly fisherman. The times I’ve caught trout on a fly rod almost certainly looked chaotic and uncoordinated like this.
The May 1950 cover illustrates what it looks like when the author goes fly fishing.
I think I’ll order this cover and hang it over my desk to remind myself not to take things, especially fishing, too seriously.
A skilled hunter, dedicated conservationist, and advocate for ethical practices. Respected in the hunting community, he balances human activity with environmental preservation.