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Elk Hunting

‘This Bull Was Just Incredible.’ Pennsylvania Hunter’s 428-Inch Elk Is Likely the New State Record

By Bob McNally

Deer Hunting

This Is the Easiest Way to Tan a Deer Hide

By Beka Garris

Big Game Hunting

He Died for 5 Days, Then Came Back. Here’s How This Caribou Hunter Escaped an Arctic Blizzard

By Dac Collins

Big Game Hunting

Revisiting the Buffalo Slaughter, One of the Darkest Chapters in America’s Hunting History

By ROSS C. McCLUSKEY

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Maryland Crossbow Couple Doubles on Big Bucks the Same Evening

By Bob McNally

Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘Nets Are for Fishing.’ Here’s Why Many Hunters Don’t Want to Have Their Trophy Animals Officially Scored

By Andrew McKean

Whitetail Deer Hunting

11 Giant Whitetail Bucks That Still Have Mysterious Backstories

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Rattle in a Buck, Based on Whitetail Deer Research

By Alice Jones Webb

Elk Hunting

I Shot the First Elk With the New 6.5 Creedmoor Plus Peak Ammo. It’s an Undeniable Elk Hunting Cartridge

By Alex Robinson

Elk Hunting

This Bowhunter Reluctantly Abandoned His Elk Meat After a Grizzly Bear Fed on It. Then Game and Fish Charged Him

By Natalie Krebs

Deer Hunting

The Best Broadheads for Deer of 2026

By Scott Einsmann

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Do Deer Really ‘Jump the String?’ Here’s What All Bowhunters Should Know

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Compound Bowhunter Tags 22-Point Velvet Buck Before His Wife Could Get a Shot With Her Recurve

By Bob McNally

Trophy Deer

Ohio Farmer Tags 231-Inch ‘Flyer’ Buck That He Missed Two Years Ago

By Bob McNally

Elk Hunting

An Old-School Elk Hunter’s Opinion: You Need Real Hunting Skills (Not Expensive Gear) to Shoot Big Bulls

By Scott Haugen

Trophy Deer

Solving the 65-Year Mystery of the Jordan Buck, the Second Biggest Whitetail Ever Killed in America

By Ron Schara

Big Game Hunting

The Golden Age of Big-Game Hunting in America

By Michael Norman

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How I Beat Bowhunting Buck Fever and Snapped My Big Buck Losing Streak

By Scott Einsmann

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Swamp Bucks

By Josh Honeycutt

Big Game Hunting

The Lost Art of Shooting Running Game

By John B. Snow