Big Game Hunting(Page 12)

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Glassing a sheep basin
Big Game Hunting

A Backcountry Packing List for DIY Mountain Hunters

By Tyler Freel

Wyoming whitetail season.
Mule Deer Hunting

Deer Hunting Season 2022 Forecast: A State-by-State Guide

By Brian Lovett

Jack O'Connor with a lion
Big Game Hunting

The Coolest Old Jack O’Connor Photos from the Outdoor Life Archives

By Natalie Krebs

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Sheep Hunting

A Classic Dall Sheep Hunt in the Yukon, From the Archives

By Charles Elliott

Indiana Is Now the Top Trophy Whitetail State. Here’s Why
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Indiana Is Now the Top Trophy Whitetail State. Here’s Why

By Natalie Krebs

Deer hunters dragging a buck.
Deer Hunting

How to Get Into Shape for Deer Hunting (and Avoid Heart Attacks and Injuries This Season)

By Adam Moore

416 rigby cape buffalo
Big Game Hunting

The 10 Best Dangerous Game Cartridges

By John B. Snow

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Best Places to Hang Tree Stands for Bowhunting Season

By Brodie Swisher

Introducing kids to hunting is a delicate business.
Deer Hunting

Some Kids Just Aren’t Meant to Be Hunters. But All Kids Should Get the Chance

By Beka Garris

earlyseasondeer
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Early Season Deer

By Alex Robinson, Bob Humphrey, Craig Dougherty, Tony Hansen

a killer sloth bear in India
Big Game Hunting

A Killer of Men: The Story of a Deadly Sloth Bear, From the Archives

By Frank C. Hibben, introduction by Tyler Freel

Dall sheep hunt.
Big Game Hunting

Hunting Cartridges That Are Still Available During the Ammo Shortage

By Tyler Freel

whitetail looking over snow covered mountain
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Mountain Whitetails

By Bill Buckley

collage of bolt-action rifles
Deer Hunting

The Best Bolt-Action Rifle Bargains

By Outdoor Life Writers

Bull elk in Montana.
Elk Hunting

“Bulls for Billionaires.” Are Montana’s 454 Permits a Step Toward Privatizing the State’s Elk Herd?

By Andrew McKean

Thick trees in the fog
Big Game Hunting

When a Lost Kid Wanders into Your Hunting Camp

By Nick Fasciano

A whitetail deer herd killed by lightning.
Deer Hunting

Lightning Strike Kills Herd of Deer, a Wild Story from the OL Archives

By Alex Robinson

Granola bar cut up on an Alaska map of Dall sheep country
Sheep Hunting

Stranded in Sheep Country with Bugs, Bears, and No Food

By Tyler Freel

This Mule Deer Has Cutaneous Fibromas, and It’s Freaking Out Residents in Colorado
Mule Deer Hunting

This Mule Deer Has Cutaneous Fibromas, and It’s Freaking Out Residents in Colorado

By Natalie Krebs

red wolf and whitetail deer
Deer Hunting

Could Red Wolves Actually Improve Deer Populations and Hunting in the Southeast?

By Christine Peterson

Turkey hunting relationships.
Deer Hunting

Hunting Creates Bonds Between Friends and Family Like Nothing Else Can

By Beka Garris

Federal Subsistence Board Just Voted on Closing 60 Million Acres of Public Land in Alaska to Non-Local Moose and Caribou Hunters
Big Game Hunting

Federal Subsistence Board Just Voted on Closing 60 Million Acres of Public Land in Alaska to Non-Local Moose and Caribou Hunters

By Tyler Freel

A Subaru Forester with a deer on the hitch.
Deer Hunting

The Deer Wagon: I Traded My Silverado for a Subaru—and I Don’t Regret It

By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

Freel Dall sheep
Sheep Hunting

Does Cartridge Selection Really Matter for Mountain Game?

By Tyler Freel

Massive 23-Point Nontypical Buck Ranks as the Fifth Biggest Whitetail Ever Taken in North Carolina
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Massive 23-Point Nontypical Buck Ranks as the Fifth Biggest Whitetail Ever Taken in North Carolina

By Bob McNally

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Pennsylvania Hunter Tags One of the Top 10 Non-Typical Bucks in State History

By Dac Collins

Here Are 16 New Big Game Animals Entered into the Boone & Crockett Record Books
Big Game Hunting

Here Are 16 New Big Game Animals Entered into the Boone & Crockett Record Books

By Bob McNally

deer fear human voices, NDA
Deer Hunting

You Know What Sound Spooks Deer More Than Wolf or Coyote Howls? Your Voice

By Dac Collins

29 north american big game animals
Big Game Hunting

Chasing 29: Hunting Every North American Big-Game Animal with a Barebow

By Paul Schnell with Andrew McKean

hiking with a backpack
Elk Hunting

The Average Joe’s Training Program: Get Into Backpacking Shape for Mountain Hunts

By Jace Bauserman

yukon moose guide
Moose Hunting

Wild Gifts: Yukon Moose Hunting Guide Curtis LaDue Has a Foot in Both Modern and Ancient Worlds

By Andrew McKean

northwoods buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Why Is Deer Hunting in the Northwoods on the Decline? And Will It Ever Rebound?

By Patrick Durkin

whitetail does in the snow
Deer Hunting

If Chronic Wasting Disease Is Fatal, Why Aren’t We Finding CWD-Killed Deer in the Woods?

By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

The Story of the World-Record Whitetail
Trophy Deer

The Story of the World-Record Whitetail

By The Editors

Freel glasses aoudad
Sheep Hunting

Aoudad in West Texas: Is the “Poor Man’s Sheep Hunt” Really a Sheep Hunt?

By Tyler Freel

The original Boone and Crockett national collection trophy mounts are now housed in Springfield, Missouri.
Big Game Hunting

The History—and Future—of Trophy Hunting in North America

By Christine Peterson

Two hunters on a deer drive.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Tommy’s Boys: A Crew of New England Hunters Copes with Loss by Driving Deer

By Gerry Bethge

Tarif Alkhatib and Grayson County Buck, aka "Shredder"
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Sixth Time’s the Charm: Texas State Trooper Arrows Possible County-Record Buck

By Dac Collins

Bowhunting through the firearm season is how the author hunts.
Deer Hunting

Why I Bowhunt During Gun Season

By Beka Garris

lever action rifle on hunt
Big Game Hunting

The New Marlin 1895 SBL .45/70 Rifle Is the Best Lever-Action in the Company’s History

By John B. Snow

Brian Gailis with buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tags a 200-Inch Buck in the St. Louis Suburbs After 5 Years of Hunting Him

By Bob McNally

Clark shot this buck the first week of Decemebr.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

North Carolina Mountain Buck Could Be the New State Non-Typical Record

By Bob McNally

nebraska buck
Mule Deer Hunting

Nebraska Rancher Tags 210-Inch Mule Deer Buck on a Quick Hunt After Work

By Bob McNally

O'Connor Takes Aim
Big Game Hunting

What Would Jack O’Connor Say About Long-Range Hunting and the 6.5 Creedmoor? His Work Already Tells Us

By Tyler Freel

John Carter arrowed a 200-inch West Virginia buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

West Virginia Deer Hunter Arrows 200-Inch Buck That’s Almost a State Record

By Bob McNally

Bull elk kills cow in Smoky Mountains
Elk Hunting

Photos: Rutting Bull Kills Cow Elk in Great Smoky Mountains

By Joe Subolefsky

Spartan Ascent Tripod w Browning XBolt
Big Game Hunting

Spartan Precision Ascent Tripod Review: A Versatile and Durable Tool for Mountain Hunters

By Tyler Freel

Whitetail Deer Cartridge Shoot-Out: .30-30 Win. vs. .243 Win. vs. .30-06 Springfield
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Whitetail Deer Cartridge Shoot-Out: .30-30 Win. vs. .243 Win. vs. .30-06 Springfield

By Ron Spomer

Beka Garris and her daughter shoot a recurve bow.
Deer Hunting

Bloodlines: How One Bowhunter’s Decision Is Shaping the Way Three Generations Hunt

By Beka Garris

whitetail buck and hunter montana
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Whitetail Deer Hunting Montana’s Milk River Is Overrated—Until It Isn’t

By Andrew McKean

5 Maine Whitetails That Weighed Over 200 Pounds in 2021
Whitetail Deer Hunting

5 Maine Whitetails That Weighed Over 200 Pounds in 2021

By Bob Humphrey

Pennsylvania Public Land Hunter Kills a Massive 205-Inch Drop-Tine Buck
Deer Hunting

Pennsylvania Public Land Hunter Kills a Massive 205-Inch Drop-Tine Buck

By Bob McNally

The Meadows buck scored 210 inches.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Oklahoma Bowhunter Passed on 190-inch Buck to Kill an Even Bigger Record Whitetail

By Bob McNally

Point creep is affecting the draw results for certain hunters out West.
Big Game Hunting

Is Point Creep Killing Western Big-Game Hunting?

By PJ DelHomme

Colt Russell with a nice Adirondack buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

New York Still Hunter Arrowed This 20-Point “Houdini” Buck in the Adirondacks

By Bob McNally

Freel glasses for caribou in the arctic
Big Game Hunting

A DIY Bowhunt for Caribou Along Alaska’s Haul Road

By Tyler Freel

dragging out a buck
Deer Hunting

Rutting Bucks and Bad-Tasting Venison. Here’s What Deer Hunters Need to Know

By Jack Hennessy

New Spartan Forge Hunting App Uses Artificial Intelligence to Predict Deer Movement
Whitetail Deer Hunting

New Spartan Forge Hunting App Uses Artificial Intelligence to Predict Deer Movement

By Erik Barber

Hunting seasons are designed so that does who still have fawns with them may be tagged.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

It’s Okay (and Sometimes Necessary) to Shoot Does with Fawns During Hunting Season

By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

You have to be a creative thinker to get you moose home in Alaska.
Moose Hunting

10 of Alaska’s Best Custom Moose Buggies

By Tyler Freel

Mark Drury Arrows a Monster 216-Inch Iowa Whitetail
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Mark Drury Arrows a Monster 216-Inch Iowa Whitetail

By Bob McNally

Kansas Bowhunter and Outfitter Takes a Giant 200-Inch Buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kansas Bowhunter and Outfitter Takes a Giant 200-Inch Buck

By Bob McNally

Moose steak is the best steak.
Moose Hunting

Moose Steak Is the Best Steak You Will Ever Eat

By Tyler Freel

Master Shot Placement on Western Big Game
Big Game Hunting

Master Shot Placement on Western Big Game

By Ron Spomer