Big Game Hunting(Page 10)

Big-game hunting tips and tactics for chasing deer, elk, bears, antelope and more.

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Deer Biologist Accuses Tennessee Wildlife Agency of Intentionally Overestimating Chronic Wasting Disease Cases

By Dac Collins, Katie Hill

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Big Game Hunting

This 900-Pound Gator Is the Second-Heaviest Ever Harvested in Florida

ontario new record typical whitetail

Giant Typical Likely to Become the New No. 1 Hunter-Killed Buck in Ontario

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Hunting a Record Bighorn in Broken Country

By Natalie Krebs

Chris Palomo's big columbia blacktail buck in velvet.

Bowhunter Tags Giant Velvet Blacktail After Hunting It for Three Years

Best Calibers for Elk Hunting

The Best Elk Hunting Calibers of 2025

elevated deer blind

How to Build an Affordable and Portable Deer Blind

By Derek Porter, Joe Brown

Where to shoot an elk with a bow.

Where to Shoot an Elk With a Bow

By Scott Einsmann

An illustration of a giant kansas buck

No Man’s Land: The Hunt for a Giant Kansas Buck

By Alex Robinson

Big Game Hunting

The Best Hunters Go on Instinct. Here’s How to Sharpen Yours

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Mule Deer Hunting

Mike Hirschi Might Be the Greatest Trophy Mule Deer Hunter in America. These Are (Some of) His Secrets

By Aram von Benedikt

Sabots shoot flatter than rifled slugs.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Rifled vs. Sabot Slugs: Are You Shooting the Right Whitetail Load this Deer Season?

By Payton Miller, Joe Genzel

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Bow Hunt Deer

By Alex Robinson, Scott Einsmann

wisconsin black bear ties record

Big Game Hunting

Bowhunter Officially Ties Wisconsin State Record for Largest Black Bear

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Mule Deer Hunting

The Legacy, and Last Years, of Jack O’Connor

Colonel Townsend Whelen.

Big Game Hunting

Townsend Whelen’s Top Big Game Cartridges

By John B. Snow

Big Game Hunting

The Best Revolvers

By Bryce M. Towsley

Big Game Hunting

Dads and Caribou

By Jonathan Miller

Grizzly paw and 6.5 Creedmoor cartridges

Big Game Hunting

Grizzly Hunting with a 6.5 Creedmoor

The best food plots for deer

The Best Food Plots for Deer of 2025

By Brodie Swisher

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Big Game Hunting

Buffalo Bill Cody’s Deathbed Interview, from the Archives

By Chauncey Thomas

Mule Deer Hunting

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

archival photo of theodore roosevelt on a hunt in colorado

Big Game Hunting

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

By J.A. McGuire

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

By Josh Honeycutt

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Mule Deer Hunting

The Ghost of Greyback Ridge

By Andrew McKean

rifle knockdown power

Big Game Hunting

Debunking the Infamous Rifle Knockdown Power Myth

By Jim Carmichel, Ron Spomer

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Big Game Hunting

How to Cook a 12-Foot Gator: Alligator Recipes from a Florida Chef

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Big Game Hunting

.30-06 Springfield Cartridge Review: Why This Classic Is Still Effective Today

florida ranch alligator

Big Game Hunting

Massive 12-Foot Alligator Killed on South Florida Cattle Ranch

no 2 archery buck pennsylvania

Whitetail Deer Hunting

New No. 2 Pennsylvania Archery Buck Is Finally Recognized

Mitch Rompla buck

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

By Richard P. Smith

oregon record cascade roosevelt elk

Oregon Bowhunter Arrows New State-Record Cascade Roosevelt Bull

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Heart & the Skull: Sometimes a First Deer Hunt Requires a Punched Tag

By Ashley Thess

nasal botfly larvae in deer nose

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Those White Grubs in Your Deer’s Nose Are Just Botfly Larvae. Don’t Panic

A mule deer buck stands beside a whitetail buck on the prairie.

Mule Deer Hunting

Mule Deer vs. Whitetail Deer: How to Tell Them Apart

In the War Against CWD, Deer Breeders in Texas Are Being Cast as Both the Enemy and the Answer

In the War Against CWD, Deer Breeders in Texas Are Being Cast as Both the Enemy and the Answer

mule deer bucks

Mule Deer Hunting

The $725K Mule Deer Tag: Auction Tags Set All-Time Record at Western Hunt Expo

By Andrew McKean

Jim Carmichel with rifle and bear.

Antelope Hunting

Jim Carmichel’s Favorite Hunting Rifles

By Jim Carmichel

Maine moose hunt harvest numbers low

Maine Reports Worst Moose Hunt Success Rate in Recent History

Justin Kallusky record rocky mountain goat

Big Game Hunting

What It Took to Tag the World Record Mountain Goat

old magazine illustration of moose and canoe

A Widowed Homesteader Learns to Hunt Moose, or Die Trying

By Olive A. Fredrickson

hunting deer with dogs

Are Deer Dogs Really a Problem for Deer Hunting in the South?

hunter with large mule deer

Mule Deer Hunting

Mexico’s 200-Inch Mule Deer Are Legendary. That Doesn’t Make Them Easy to Kill

By Andrew McKean

Perfectly cooked wild game venison steaks in a cast iron skillet.

Venison Facts Amid the Lion Diet TikTok Craze and World Carnivore Month

By Alex Robinson

what colors can deer see

What Colors Can Deer See?

montage of bowhunter, goats, mountains, birds

Big Game Hunting

Making the Shot on a Once-in-a-Lifetime Mountain Goat Hunt

By Alex Robinson

The Biggest Whitetail Bucks of 2022

By Alex Robinson

alex robinson with whitetail buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

What It Took to Kill the Biggest Buck of My Life

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tags Biggest Six-Point You’ll See This Year

Best Mule Deer Cartridges

Mule Deer Hunting

Best Mule Deer Cartridges

By John B. Snow

Crazy Mountains land swap proposal Forest Service

Public-Land Hunters Object to Land Swap in Montana’s Crazy Mountains

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Pennsylvania Crossbow Hunter Tags Biggest Archery Bull in State History

The Benelli M1 Super 90 was one of the best shotguns ever built.

Big Game Hunting

Canada’s Semi-Automatic Firearm Ban Would Include Many Common Hunting Rifles and Shotguns

Illinois bowhunter shot 22-point whitetail buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Full Story Behind the Xen Mcallister Buck, a Giant 22-Point Nontypical

the hunting public

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Tips from The Hunting Public: Chasing Open Country Whitetails in North Dakota

By Derek Horner

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

20 Deer Hunting Tips for Opening Day

Two hunters kneel behind a large buck in the woods.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Where to Hunt Deer in the Big Woods

The Winchester 1984 is one of the best .30-30 lever actions.

A Lever Action .30-30 Winchester Is Still One of the Best Deer Hunting Rifles (and Here’s Why)

By Mark Chesnut

Lindell Richey's giant 200-inch Greene County, Georgia, buck.

Georgia Deer Hunter Accepts Last-Minute Hunt Club Invite, Shoots a Massive 200-Inch Buck

By Natalie Krebs

group of male hunters standing over a deer

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bond of Brothers: Military Vets Find Healing in the Hunt

By Chuck Thompson

best rut stands

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 10 Best Stand Locations for Hunting the Rut

By Josh Honeycutt

7 Deer Hunting Tactics You’ve Never Tried Before But Should

Whitetail Deer Hunting

7 Deer Hunting Tactics You’ve Never Tried Before But Should

By Michael Hanback

Hunter carrying elk antlers

The Final Climb: A Steep Lesson in Elk Hunting

By Scott Einsmann

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Tips from The Hunting Public: Chasing Public Land Whitetails in Iowa

By Derek Horner