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A black and white photo of Jack O'Connor packing out a ram on horseback
Sheep Hunting

The Invention of the Grand Slam Killed Sheep Hunting for the Everyman

By Jack O'Connor

A bull elk crosses an alpine meadow.
Elk Hunting

New Mexico Hunting Guides Charged in Scheme to Sell Elk Tags to Out-of-Staters

By Dac Collins

Babe Ruth poses with two other hunters and various dead game animals.
Deer Hunting

I Deer Hunted with Babe Ruth. He Tagged a Nice Buck and Wrestled a Cow

By Bob Edge

Two hunters and a band of rams run from an avalanche
Sheep Hunting

My Client Was Finally in Position on Our Sheep Hunt. Then the Avalanche Struck

By Eric Collier

An illustration of a man lost in the woods running in front of a mirage station wagon
Big Game Hunting

My Buddy and I Got Lost on a Wilderness Hunt. I Survived, But He Didn’t

By Guy Beauregard

Asian buffalo
Big Game Hunting

Carmichel in Australia: Charged by a Backwater Buffalo

By Jim Carmichel

A black and blue and white illustration of a hunter getting caught in floodwaters with a plane in the background.
Moose Hunting

A Fly-In Hunt Turns into a Fight for Survival Against Wolves and High Water

By Jerry Valentine, as told to Ben East

An elk shed on the ground in Wyoming.
Elk Hunting

A 7-Year-Old Picked Up a Shed Antler. It Had a GPS Tracker Attached — and His Dad Got a Ticket

By Dac Collins

An illustration of a lion attacking a man on safari.
Big Game Hunting

I Grew Up on Safari. The Most Dangerous Game Isn’t What You Think

By Michael Branham, as told to Jim Rearden

An illustration of an old-school bowhunter glassing a hillside.
Mule Deer Hunting

I Tried Teaching My Duck Hunting Buddy to Bowhunt. A Dozen Blown Stalks Later, He Surprised Me

By Brian Kahn

A painting of a piebald buck running through the woods with a hunter in the tree behind him.
Trophy Deer

Every Farmer and Hunter Had a Story About the Elusive White Buck. Here’s How I Finally Caught Up to Him

By Dale Johnson

a color photograph of Grancel Fitz with a giant caribou
Big Game Hunting

I Walked Away From a Record Book Bull to Kill the Woodland Caribou of My Dreams

By Grancel Fitz

an old color photo of Jack O'Connor sits on horseback
Sheep Hunting

Jack O’Connor’s Last Sheep Hunt

By Jack O'Connor

mystery buck wisconsin
Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Giant Nontypical Northwoods Buck Was Found Hanging in a Wisconsin Cabin. It’s Backstory Remains a Mystery

By David Zeug

An illo of a big kudu bull with a hunter in the background
Big Game Hunting

I Arranged a Shoestring Safari — Then Got My Rifle Confiscated and Had to Beg the Outfitter for a Job. It’s a Hunt I’ll Never Forget

By James Carkhuff

Fred bear stone sheep
Sheep Hunting

Fred Bear Said the Best Shot of His Life Was on This World-Record Stone Sheep

By Fred Bear, as told to Byron W. Dalrymple

Jack O'Connor hunting deer in the desert.
Mule Deer Hunting

O’Connor in Old Mexico: My Luckiest Day of Deer Hunting — Ever

By Jack O'Connor

An illustration of people on a porch admiring the Cuyler Hill NY buck.
Trophy Deer

I Shot a Deer So Big I Genuinely Thought I’d Killed an Elk

By Sidney Mawson

An illustration of a herd of pronghorn antelope.
Antelope Hunting

How to Insult Your Western Hunting Guide

By Charles Elliott

The big grizzly creek mule deer
Mule Deer Hunting

“You Can’t Eat Antlers.” One of the Biggest Bucks Ever Taken in Colorado Was Nearly Lost to History

By Arthur Hawthorne Carhart