Predator Hunting

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Old magazine illustration of cougar leaping at hunter
Cougar Hunting

The Truth About Cougar Attacks on Humans, From an Officer Who Investigated Them

By John Lesowski

An illustration of a teen running from a grizzly bear
Grizzly Bear Hunting

How My Guide’s Quick Thinking Saved a Kid from an Enraged Grizzly Bear

By Jules Ashlock

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

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

By Bob Edge

A gray wolf in Yellowstone.
Wolf Hunting

Wyoming to Cut Wolf Harvest in Half Amid Disease Outbreak Near Yellowstone

By Dac Collins

brown bear hunt
Bear Hunting

Stalking This Massive Costal Brown Bear Was the Greatest Experience of My Hunting Career

By Scott Haugen

You Go I Stay feature story from Outdoor Life
Grizzly Bear Hunting

Fred Bear’s Wildest Hunt: The Day He Faced a World‑Record Brown Bear at 20 Yards

By Fred Bear, as told to Ben East

An illustration of a woman riding a horse by a moose getting attacked by wolves
Wolf Hunting

I Raised 3 Kids Alone in the Heart of Wolf Country. These Are the Tough Lessons We Had to Learn

By Olive A. Fredrickson

mountain lion hunting
Cougar Hunting

Calling Mountain Lions at Close Range Is a Predator Hunt Unlike Anything Else

By Scott Haugen

A coyote hide in a washing machine.
Coyote Hunting

How to Clean a Coyote Hide in Your Washing Machine

By Tyler Freel

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Predator Hunting

The Night I Treed Four Cougars, and Nearly Died Chasing Them

By E. Boyd Hilderbrand, as told to Ken Crandall

A color illustration of a wolf attacking a grizzly over a caribou carcass.
Wolf Hunting

I Spent 40 Years Living with Wolves. They Still Manage to Surprise Me

as told to Jim Rearden, By Frank Glaser

A harbor seal in Alaska.
Grizzly Bear Hunting

Alaska Man Contracts Mysterious ‘Seal Finger’ Disease in What Officials Are Calling a Medical First

By Tyler Freel

hunter aims at bear
Grizzly Bear Hunting

The Alaska Bear Hunt That Tested My Entire Family

By Kenneth C. Kellar

An illustration of a black bear attacking a dog
Black Bear Hunting

I Joined a Horseback Posse to Track Down a Cattle-Eating, Dog-Killing Black Bear

By Don Walker

archival photo of theodore roosevelt on a hunt in colorado
Cougar Hunting

I Interviewed Teddy Roosevelt After His Wilderness Mountain Lion Hunt. Here’s Why His Rifle Had Teeth Marks

By J.A. McGuire

.375 H&H vs. .375 Ruger
Black Bear Hunting

375 Ruger vs. 375 H&H: Is the Old Classic Still the Better Worldwide Hunting Cartridge?

By Tyler Freel

A huge florida black bear
Black Bear Hunting

Anti-Hunters Tried to Hijack Florida’s Black Bear Season, But Officials Say the Hunt Was a ‘Success’ Anyway. Here’s the Harvest Data

By Kris Millgate

A hunter in a cowboy hat with a revolver is charged by a mountain lion leaping out of a tree
Predator Hunting

I Spent a Decade Chasing the Deadliest Livestock Killer in Utah’s History

By Frank Miniter

coyote hunting lake superior
Coyote Hunting

8 Wild Photos of Coyote Hunting On Lake Superior

By David Zeug

Wisconsin trapper with furs, which will last longer than meat from game.
Predator Hunting

Hunting for Meat Is Widely Accepted. Wearing Fur from the Predators You Hunt and Trap Should Be, Too

By Skye Goode