Big Game Hunting (Page 12)

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

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How This Hunter Killed Three 200-Inch Bucks in Three Years

By Hayden Sammak

Ohio Crossbow Hunter Stalks into Position on a Bedded 200-Class Buck

By Jason Thomas, as told to Dac Collins

Bowhunter Tags Surprise 210-Class Iowa Buck on Pressured Public Ground

By J.D. Vandenburg, as told to Andrew McKean

The 15 Best Shotguns for Deer Hunting

By Tony Hansen, Curtis Niedermier

Bowhunter Tags Double Palmated Buck After Passing It Two Years in a Row

New York Hunter Gets a Second Chance on This 180-Inch Buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tags Giant Kansas Buck with Double Drop-Tines

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Big Bucks Over Bait

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Bowhunter Tags Legendary 212-Inch Buck from a Brush Blind

By Hayden Sammak

Mule Deer Hunting

Teen Tags Monster Mule Deer, Finds Its Sheds 50 Yards from Where It Fell

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Why Post-Rut Is the New Best Time to Hunt Whitetails

By Michael Hanback

Mule Deer Hunting

Mule Deer Hunting Tips

By Colton Heward

Big Game Hunting

Wisconsin Bowhunter Kills Cougar in Self Defense: “I Felt Like the Only Option I Had Was to Shoot”

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Pennsylvania Crossbow Hunter Tags Giant 18-Point Buck with a Little Help from His Friends

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Saskatchewan Hunter Takes ‘Two-For-One’ Buck with a Giant Deadhead Stuck to Its Rack

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Hunt Trophy Does, Turn Off the Damn Phone, Befriend Your Neighbors, and Make Deer Hunting Fun Again

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Maine Hunter Tags One of the Biggest 8-Points in State History

Whitetail Deer Hunting

High Schooler Tags Enormous East-Texas Buck That Should Set a New State Record

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

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Ends 3-Year Quest for 180-Class Oklahoma Buck

6 Wild-Game Rituals That Are About Much More Than the Meat

By Gerry Bethge, Josh Dahlke, Tyler Freel, David Karczynski, Ben Long, Andrew McKean

Big Game Hunting

An Inside Look at the Wildlife Lab That Ages 10,000 Animals Every Month

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Dr. Grant Woods on What Hunters Should Know About the Rut, Weather, and Deer Activity

By Alex Robinson

Lawmaker Proposes ‘All-You-Can-Kill’ Elk Permits for Wyoming Ranchers

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Oklahoma Bowhunter Tags a 230-Inch, 30-Point Buck on Opening Day

Bowhunter Tags 16-Point Buck Still in Velvet, Could Be an Alabama State Record

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Freddy Krueger Bucks: The Deer That Haunt Our Nightmares

Big Game Hunting

After More Than a Century of Conservation Efforts, Why Can’t We Recover America’s Buffalo?

By Andrew McKean

The Best Rifle Scopes for Deer Hunting of 2026

By Andrew McKean

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Cover During the Rut, with Dr. Craig Harper

By Alex Robinson

16-Year-Old Pennsylvania Hunter Sets a Women’s Crossbow State Record

What Does Deer Poop Look Like?

The Top Moose Cartridges and Bullets

Whitetail Deer Hunting

John Dudley on How to Beat Buck Fever

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kentucky Bowhunter Waits Three Years to Tag 192-Inch Velvet Buck

By Josh Honeycutt

This Huge New Mexico Bull Could Be an Archery State Record

How Not to Kill a Moose, from the Archives

By Frank C. Hibben

Big Game Hunting

The 10 Best Tasting Exotic Game Animals

What Do Moose Eat?

Big Game Hunting

New Blood Tracking App Could Change Everything We Know About Recovering Wounded Deer

Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Dac Collins, Katie Hill

Big Game Hunting

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

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

Hunting a Record Bighorn in Broken Country

By Natalie Krebs

Bowhunter Tags Giant Velvet Blacktail After Hunting It for Three Years

How to Build an Affordable and Portable Deer Blind

By Derek Porter, Joe Brown

Where to Shoot an Elk With a Bow

By Scott Einsmann

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

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

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

Big Game Hunting

Bowhunter Officially Ties Wisconsin State Record for Largest Black Bear

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

Big Game Hunting

Grizzly Hunting with a 6.5 Creedmoor

The Best Food Plots for Deer of 2026

By Brodie Swisher

Mule Deer Hunting

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?

By Josh Honeycutt

Mule Deer Hunting

The Ghost of Greyback Ridge

By Andrew McKean

Big Game Hunting

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

Big Game Hunting

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

Big Game Hunting

Massive 12-Foot Alligator Killed on South Florida Cattle Ranch