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Best Arrows and Broadheads For Elk

By Mark Kayser

Best Deer Hunting Calibers of 2022

By John B. Snow

How to Choose a Compound Bow—and Set It Up—for Elk Season

By Jace Bauserman

101 Best Deer Hunting Tips For the Rut

By Michael Hanback

Famous Bear, Grizzly 399, Kills Elk Calf on Camera

By Bob McNally

Louisiana Crossbow Hunter Couldn’t Afford a Deer Lease. Instead, He Tagged a Giant Buck From His Backyard Porch

By Bob McNally

Wisconsin Hunters Pass on Locked-Up Bucks, Use Angle Grinder to Free Them

By Dac Collins

Video: Colorado Man Wakes Up to Discover a Mountain Lion Eating an Elk on His Front Porch

By Natalie Krebs

Boone and Crockett Says the Use of Smart Riflescopes, GPS-Enabled Tech, and Trail Cams That Transmit Images In Real Time Isn’t Fair Chase

By Andrew McKean

Washington Deer Hunter Shoots a Buck, Then Three Wolverines Chase It Off a Cliff

By Dac Collins

When Non-Resident Hunters Killed Elk in Populated Areas This Fall, It Turned into a Hunting PR Nightmare

By Dac Collins

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64 Hunters Drew Montana Sheep and Moose Tags in Error, 7 Get to Keep Them Anyway

By Katie Hill

How Far Should We Push Our Kids in the Outdoors?

By Christine Peterson

Hunting Argali Sheep with a Crappy Scope, One Box of Ammo, and No Translator

By John B. Snow

Desert Bighorn Ram Killed and Left by a Poacher in Colorado

By Katie Hill

Can Sheep Hunting in the Yukon Survive Another Century?

By Alex Robinson

The Migrations Issue of Outdoor Life Is Here

By Alex Robinson

Alaskan DIY Hunter Tags the Ram of a Lifetime

By Tyler Freel

Ram of Pilot Mountain: The Story of Jack O’Connor’s Biggest Sheep

By Jack O’Connor

An Alaskan Sheep Hunt Turns Into a 70-Mile Hike From Hell

By Tyler Freel

13-Year-Old Texas Girl Becomes Youngest Female Hunter to Complete North American Sheep Grand Slam

By Katie Hill

I Finally Drew a Bighorn Sheep Tag. I Was Too Out of Shape to Punch It

By John F. Lane , Charles Elliott

Sheep Hunting Looks Glamorous, But It Mostly Involves Soggy Gear, Chafing, and B.O.

By Tyler Freel

64 Hunters Drew Montana Sheep and Moose Tags in Error, 7 Get to Keep Them Anyway

By Katie Hill

Shed Hunter Finds $10,000 Mule Deer Antler, One of Five Hidden Across the West

By Dac Collins

Alaska Man Faces 21 Felony Charges for Phony Moose Guiding Service

By Katie Hill

Maine Reports Worst Moose Hunt Success Rate in Recent History

By Katie Hill

This Happened to Me: I Should Have Died in a Floatplane Crash

By Casey West , Dac Collins

A Widowed Homesteader Learns to Hunt Moose, or Die Trying

By Olive A. Fredrickson

The Pebble Mine Site Is a Moose Hunter’s Paradise

By Sam Lungren

Trying to Stop a Brown Bear Attack with a .38 Special, from the Archives

By Cecil Rhode

The Top Moose Cartridges and Bullets

By Tyler Freel

Long Before the “Into the Wild” Bus Became a Tourist Deathtrap, It Was My Dad’s Hunting Camp

By Tyler Freel

Video: Bull Moose Have Brutal Fight in Family’s Driveway—Then One Jumps Into a Pickup Truck

By Tyler Freel

Close Calls and Second-Guesses: Frustrating Hunts Happen to Everyone

By Tyler Freel

Shed Hunter Finds $10,000 Mule Deer Antler, One of Five Hidden Across the West

By Dac Collins

Why Everybody Loves to Hate Nonresident Elk Hunters

By Andrew McKean

Trail Cam Captures a Collared Wolf Killing a Collared Elk in Eastern Oregon

By James Nash

Oregon Bowhunter Arrows New State-Record Cascade Roosevelt Bull

By Dac Collins

My Son Killed an Elk at 801 Yards. Here’s Why I’ve Taught Him to Shoot Long Range

By Aram von Benedikt

This Happened to Me: How a Riding Accident Helped Turn Me Into a Hunter

By Katie Hill

The Best Hunting Backpacks of 2023, Tested and Reviewed

By The Editors

I Killed the Last Grizzly in Colorado, From the Archives

By Ed Wiseman

Do Elk Bugle with Regional Accents?

By Katie Hill

Solo Wilderness Hunts Are Overrated, and Always Have Been

By Natalie Krebs

Oregon Bowhunter Tags a State Record Bull

By Dac Collins

Wyoming Politician Nina Webber Charged with Reckless Endangerment in Hunting Incident

By Katie Hill

There’s Now a Jurassic Park for Vanishing Wildlife. It’s Called Texas

By Dac Collins

Farmer’s Giant Nontypical Buck Confirmed as a New Kansas Crossbow Record

By Bob McNally

The Best Food Plots for Deer of 2023

By Brodie Swisher

Shed Hunter Finds $10,000 Mule Deer Antler, One of Five Hidden Across the West

By Dac Collins

Hogs vs. Deer: Can Whitetail Managers Take Back Feral Pig Country?

By Josh Honeycutt

The Ghost of Greyback Ridge

By Andrew McKean

This Wyoming Hunter Wants You to Buy a Deer Tag, But Not Use It

By Bob McNally

442 Deer and Elk Culled in Idaho in Attempt to Contain Chronic Wasting Disease

By Katie Hill

New No. 2 Pennsylvania Archery Buck Is Finally Recognized

By Bob McNally

Mitch Rompola Buck: The True Backstory on Why the Deer Was Never Entered as a World Record

By Richard P. Smith

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt

By Taylor Chamberlin , Scott Einsmann

This Happened to Me: I Butchered a Deer in My Brooklyn Apartment and the Cops Came

By Alex Robinson

There’s Now a Jurassic Park for Vanishing Wildlife. It’s Called Texas

By Dac Collins

This Wyoming Hunter Wants You to Buy a Deer Tag, But Not Use It

By Bob McNally

Jim Carmichel’s Favorite Hunting Rifles

By Jim Carmichel

Jack O’Connor’s Last Hunt, From the Archives

By Jack Atcheson Sr. , Jim Zumbo

Hunter Tags Nearly 30-Inch-Wide “Super Freak” Pronghorn on Opening Day

By Dac Collins

Wyoming Cuts 11,300 Pronghorn, Mule Deer Tags Due to Drought and Disease

By Wade Thiel

Didn’t Draw a Tag? Here are 3 of the Best States to Hunt Last-Minute Pronghorn

By Jace Bauserman

This Ultra-Runner Is on a Quest to Persistence-Hunt a Pronghorn

By Christine Peterson

Western Bowhunting: Use Cows to Tag a Pronghorn

By Mark Kayser

Mule Deer and Pronghorn Pregame

By John Taranto

Pronghorn Antelope Hunting Tips and Tactics

By Andrew McKean

Public-Land Pronghorns: Where and How to Hunt Antelope on a Budget

By Mark Kayser

Latest Big Game Hunting Stories

There’s Now a Jurassic Park for Vanishing Wildlife. It’s Called Texas

By Dac Collins

/ Jun 3, 2023

The Lost Art of Shooting Running Game

By John B. Snow

/ May 25, 2023

Buffalo Bill Cody’s Deathbed Interview, from the Archives

By Chauncey Thomas

/ May 22, 2023

Farmer’s Giant Nontypical Buck Confirmed as a New Kansas Crossbow Record

By Bob McNally

/ May 18, 2023

64 Hunters Drew Montana Sheep and Moose Tags in Error, 7 Get to Keep Them Anyway

By Katie Hill

/ May 18, 2023

Video: Caribou Catch a Ride on Flowing River Ice

By Tyler Freel

/ May 17, 2023

The Best Food Plots for Deer of 2023

By Brodie Swisher

/ May 16, 2023

Shed Hunter Finds $10,000 Mule Deer Antler, One of Five Hidden Across the West

By Dac Collins

/ May 16, 2023

Our Editor-in-Chief Interviews Teddy Roosevelt After His Mountain Lion Hunt, From the Archives

By J.A. McGuire

/ May 16, 2023

Hogs vs. Deer: Can Whitetail Managers Take Back Feral Pig Country?

By Josh Honeycutt

/ May 16, 2023

The Best 10mm Ammo of 2023, Tested and Reviewed

By Tyler Freel

/ May 4, 2023

The Ghost of Greyback Ridge

By Andrew McKean

/ May 2, 2023

Alaska Man Faces 21 Felony Charges for Phony Moose Guiding Service

By Katie Hill

/ May 1, 2023

An Inside Look at the Last Great Tannery in America

By Nic Antaya , Alex Robinson

/ Apr 28, 2023

This Wyoming Hunter Wants You to Buy a Deer Tag, But Not Use It

By Bob McNally

/ Apr 25, 2023

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By Jim Carmichel , Ron Spomer

/ Apr 20, 2023

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Featured In Big Game Hunting

Best Arrows and Broadheads For Elk

Best Deer Hunting Calibers of 2022

How to Choose a Compound Bow—and Set It Up—for Elk Season

101 Best Deer Hunting Tips For the Rut

Famous Bear, Grizzly 399, Kills Elk Calf on Camera

Louisiana Crossbow Hunter Couldn’t Afford a Deer Lease. Instead, He Tagged a Giant Buck From His Backyard Porch

Wisconsin Hunters Pass on Locked-Up Bucks, Use Angle Grinder to Free Them

Video: Colorado Man Wakes Up to Discover a Mountain Lion Eating an Elk on His Front Porch

Boone and Crockett Says the Use of Smart Riflescopes, GPS-Enabled Tech, and Trail Cams That Transmit Images In Real Time Isn’t Fair Chase

Washington Deer Hunter Shoots a Buck, Then Three Wolverines Chase It Off a Cliff

When Non-Resident Hunters Killed Elk in Populated Areas This Fall, It Turned into a Hunting PR Nightmare

Explore Big Game Hunting

64 Hunters Drew Montana Sheep and Moose Tags in Error, 7 Get to Keep Them Anyway

How Far Should We Push Our Kids in the Outdoors?

Hunting Argali Sheep with a Crappy Scope, One Box of Ammo, and No Translator

Desert Bighorn Ram Killed and Left by a Poacher in Colorado

Can Sheep Hunting in the Yukon Survive Another Century?

The Migrations Issue of Outdoor Life Is Here

Alaskan DIY Hunter Tags the Ram of a Lifetime

Ram of Pilot Mountain: The Story of Jack O’Connor’s Biggest Sheep

An Alaskan Sheep Hunt Turns Into a 70-Mile Hike From Hell

13-Year-Old Texas Girl Becomes Youngest Female Hunter to Complete North American Sheep Grand Slam

I Finally Drew a Bighorn Sheep Tag. I Was Too Out of Shape to Punch It

Sheep Hunting Looks Glamorous, But It Mostly Involves Soggy Gear, Chafing, and B.O.

64 Hunters Drew Montana Sheep and Moose Tags in Error, 7 Get to Keep Them Anyway

Shed Hunter Finds $10,000 Mule Deer Antler, One of Five Hidden Across the West

Alaska Man Faces 21 Felony Charges for Phony Moose Guiding Service

Maine Reports Worst Moose Hunt Success Rate in Recent History

This Happened to Me: I Should Have Died in a Floatplane Crash

A Widowed Homesteader Learns to Hunt Moose, or Die Trying

The Pebble Mine Site Is a Moose Hunter’s Paradise

Trying to Stop a Brown Bear Attack with a .38 Special, from the Archives

The Top Moose Cartridges and Bullets

Long Before the “Into the Wild” Bus Became a Tourist Deathtrap, It Was My Dad’s Hunting Camp

Video: Bull Moose Have Brutal Fight in Family’s Driveway—Then One Jumps Into a Pickup Truck

Close Calls and Second-Guesses: Frustrating Hunts Happen to Everyone

Shed Hunter Finds $10,000 Mule Deer Antler, One of Five Hidden Across the West

Why Everybody Loves to Hate Nonresident Elk Hunters

Trail Cam Captures a Collared Wolf Killing a Collared Elk in Eastern Oregon

Oregon Bowhunter Arrows New State-Record Cascade Roosevelt Bull

My Son Killed an Elk at 801 Yards. Here’s Why I’ve Taught Him to Shoot Long Range

This Happened to Me: How a Riding Accident Helped Turn Me Into a Hunter

The Best Hunting Backpacks of 2023, Tested and Reviewed

I Killed the Last Grizzly in Colorado, From the Archives

Do Elk Bugle with Regional Accents?

Solo Wilderness Hunts Are Overrated, and Always Have Been

Oregon Bowhunter Tags a State Record Bull

Wyoming Politician Nina Webber Charged with Reckless Endangerment in Hunting Incident

There’s Now a Jurassic Park for Vanishing Wildlife. It’s Called Texas

Farmer’s Giant Nontypical Buck Confirmed as a New Kansas Crossbow Record

The Best Food Plots for Deer of 2023

Shed Hunter Finds $10,000 Mule Deer Antler, One of Five Hidden Across the West

Hogs vs. Deer: Can Whitetail Managers Take Back Feral Pig Country?

The Ghost of Greyback Ridge

This Wyoming Hunter Wants You to Buy a Deer Tag, But Not Use It

442 Deer and Elk Culled in Idaho in Attempt to Contain Chronic Wasting Disease

New No. 2 Pennsylvania Archery Buck Is Finally Recognized

Mitch Rompola Buck: The True Backstory on Why the Deer Was Never Entered as a World Record

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt

This Happened to Me: I Butchered a Deer in My Brooklyn Apartment and the Cops Came

There’s Now a Jurassic Park for Vanishing Wildlife. It’s Called Texas

This Wyoming Hunter Wants You to Buy a Deer Tag, But Not Use It

Jim Carmichel’s Favorite Hunting Rifles

Jack O’Connor’s Last Hunt, From the Archives

Hunter Tags Nearly 30-Inch-Wide “Super Freak” Pronghorn on Opening Day

Wyoming Cuts 11,300 Pronghorn, Mule Deer Tags Due to Drought and Disease

Didn’t Draw a Tag? Here are 3 of the Best States to Hunt Last-Minute Pronghorn

This Ultra-Runner Is on a Quest to Persistence-Hunt a Pronghorn

Western Bowhunting: Use Cows to Tag a Pronghorn

Mule Deer and Pronghorn Pregame

Pronghorn Antelope Hunting Tips and Tactics

Public-Land Pronghorns: Where and How to Hunt Antelope on a Budget

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