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An illustration of a guide creeping along a rock.
Big Game Hunting

Is It a Guide’s Job to Risk His Life for a Client?

By Eric Collier

the hunting public
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Video: How the Hunting Public Mastered Deer Drives

By Roy Holdford

7 PRC vs 7 Rem Mag
Elk Hunting

7 PRC vs 7mm Rem Mag: Here’s Why the New Cartridge Is Superior

By Mike Dickerson

A color illustration of a man rappelling with a sheep on a rope.
Sheep Hunting

Treacherous Country, Mischievous Horses, and One Missing Ram Turned Our DIY Sheep Hunt into a Rodeo

By Robert M. Hobbs

Marine Scout Sniper Memorial Hunt Giveaway
Big Game Hunting

Marine Scout Sniper Memorial Hunt Giveaway

By John B. Snow

A photo of freeing a horse from muskeg
Sheep Hunting

A Plane Crash, a Car Wreck, and Bogged Horses: How My Wife and I Turned the Worst Hunt of Our Lives into the Best

By Pete Kollar

A photo illustration of a deer with the NYC skyline in the back
Deer Hunting

Things My Fellow New Yorkers Say When They Find Out I’m a Hunter

By Cliff Cadet

A sketch of two mule deer running
Mule Deer Hunting

My Stepson and I Tagged Out at the Same Time. My Buck Was One of the Biggest Ever Taken in Colorado

By Bill Crouch

milo hansen with his big buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Milo Hanson, the Saskatchewan Farmer Who Tagged the Biggest Buck of All Time, Dies at 81

By Andrew McKean

Two photos of rams.
Sheep Hunting

Back When Odds of Drawing a $10 Desert Bighorn Tag Were 1 in 7, My Wife Enlisted Me as Her Guide

By Robert V. Broadbent

An illustration of hogs in Hawaii fighting a hog dog.
Big Game Hunting

Wild Hogs Nearly Killed Me, My Buddy, and His Dog Deep in the Jungle of Hawaii. It Was the Most Fun I’ve Ever Had

By Lyman Nichols Jr.

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Big Game Hunting

Hunting African Game with a .500 S&W Magnum

By John B. Snow

A big bull elk in Colorado known as Split 5
Elk Hunting

‘Split 5’ Was One of the Most Photographed Bull Elk from Rocky Mountain National Park. A Hunter Tagged Him This Fall

By Kris Millgate

Photos of a big Manitoba buck
Trophy Deer

‘This Season It Was My Turn,’ Says Canadian Hunter Who Tagged a 200-Class Buck from Behind a Hay Bale

By Bob McNally

Barnes Harvest .223 ammo for deer
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Here’s Why the .223 Remington Is the Most Underrated Deer Cartridge

By Tyler Freel

Whitetail Adrenaline showcases spot-and-stalk tactics for whitetails on public land.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘Whitetail Adrenaline’ Changed Everything We Knew About Hunting Mature Bucks from the Ground

By Alex Robinson

bighorn sheep
Sheep Hunting

It Took Me Decades to Draw a Bighorn Sheep Tag — But It Was Well Worth the Wait

By Andrew McKean

hunter with sheep head
Sheep Hunting

Hunting Sheep In the Yukon Has Been a Dream Adventure for Generations. But That Opportunity May Be Fading

By Alex Robinson

A Pennsylvania hunter with a big 10-point buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Pennsylvania Hunter Tags a Giant Buck with His Flintlock. It Should Become a New State Record

By Bob McNally

6.8 western cartridge
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Sharpshooter Is Fined $10,000 After Deer Culling Violations

By David Zeug

An illustrated collage of scenes from deer hunting.
Mule Deer Hunting

I Watched the Glory Days of Mule Deer Hunting Rise, Then Slip Away. I’m Still Hopeful for What Comes Next

By Jim Zumbo

An elk hunter with a giant Alaska bull.
Elk Hunting

I Traveled to Alaska for My First-Ever Elk Hunt and Tagged a Pending Record Bull on Opening Day

By Dac Collins

An old illustration of a hunter shooting a shark and a buck in the sea.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Just Wanted to Shoot a Nice Buck. I Ended Up Fighting a Shark

By Phil H. Moore

This is how you master the wind while prone
Big Game Hunting

How Hunters Can Master the Wind on Long Shots

By John B. Snow

trophy coues deer at night
Deer Hunting

I Hunted Coues Deer in Mexico’s Cartel Country

By John B. Snow

An illustration of a man smoking a pipe in a deer camp
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Let the Biggest Buck of My Life Walk So a Kid Could Tag It

By Perry Johnson

tiny but heroic looking jack russell terrier stands in front of downed cape buffalo
Big Game Hunting

10 Epic Photos of the Fearless Safari Dogs in South Africa

By Tyler Sladen

An Oklahoma bow hunter with a record-book bull elk.
Elk Hunting

After Finally Listening to My Buddy, My Bull Is a New Oklahoma State Record

By Bob McNally

An Iowa hunter with a 14-point buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Disabled Army Vet Caps off a Special Muzzleloader Season with Two Big Bucks in Three Days

By Bob McNally

A bowhunter with the new Oklahoma record nontypical elk.
Elk Hunting

Army Veteran Arrows State-Record Elk on a Military Base in Oklahoma

By Bob McNally

A black and white photo of Jack O'Connor standing over a cape buffalo.
Big Game Hunting

O’Connor in Botswana: Charged by a Cape Buffalo That Refused to Die

By Jack O'Connor

A hunter with a giant South Dakota buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Instead of Sleeping In, Brothers Stalk and Tag a 21-Point Giant on Public Land

By Bob McNally

A hunter's pickup truck caught fire in the desert.
Sheep Hunting

I Drew an Incredible Sheep Tag. It Turned into the Hunt from Hell, Even Before Our Truck Caught Fire

By Jim Zumbo

Two mountain goat hunters walk a ridge.
Big Game Hunting

I Shot a Mountain Goat on an Epic Hunt in Alaska — Then It Rolled Off a Cliff

By Alex Robinson

Pennsylvania deer
Whitetail Deer Hunting

PA Hunters Take 3 Deer from the Same Stand on Opening Day (and One Was a Giant Buck)

By Bob McNally

A buck watches a hunter.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I’ve Been Hunting Deer for 40 Years. These Are the Biggest Mistakes I’ve Seen Them Make

By Ben East

Photographs of the best bucks of 2025 on a bulletin board
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Biggest Bucks of 2025

By Bob McNally

Two old color photographs of mule deer hunters
Mule Deer Hunting

We Miraculously Got Permission to Hunt a Secret Canyon and Had the Best Deer Hunt of Our Lives

By Chester Chatfield

An illustration of two deer fighting in front of a doe.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How My Family Took 7 Vermont Bucks in a Single, Unforgettable Season

By Harold Willey Jr.

Christmas cards for your best hunting buddies.
Deer Hunting

4 Christmas Cards Pat McManus Always Wanted to Send His Hunting Buddies, But Couldn’t

By Patrick F. McManus

A Wisconsin hunter and a huge typical buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Hunter Tags One of the Biggest Typical Bucks in State History During Extended Gun Season

By Bob McNally

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Big Game Hunting

Podcast: Our Senior Staff Writer Nearly Died on a Backcountry Hunt. Here’s What We’ve Learned from the Experience

By Alex Robinson

jack o'connor's rifles
Big Game Hunting

Photos of Jack O’Connor’s Perfect Winchester Model 70

By Gary Lewis

A photo of a buck in a snowy field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

A Pennsylvania Hunter Had His “Buck of a Lifetime” Stolen. So Why Are People Blaming Him?

By Dac Collins

A tannery employee holds up mountain lion hides ready for shipping
Big Game Hunting

24 Incredible Photos from the Last Great Tannery in America

By Alex Robinson

An Indiana hunter with a big buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Indiana Hunter Tags Giant 190-Class Buck After Watching Him for 4 Years — and Missing Him Once

By Bob McNally

A hunter gored by a buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Almost Lost My Eye While Wrestling a Buck

By Bob McNally

The author with a nice whitetail deer reaped with his bow and decoy.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 5 Rules of Reaping Whitetail Deer

By Derek Horner

an illustration of a sheep hunter falling down a slope
Sheep Hunting

This Happened to Me: I Almost Froze to Death on a Solo Bighorn Hunt

By Cassidy Caron, as told to Scott Einsmann

A hunting party posing with a musk ox.
Big Game Hunting

Hunting Musk Ox and Caribou in Greenland Was Nothing Like I Imagined

By Andrew McKean

two polaroids with brett favre and his mule deer buck
Mule Deer Hunting

I Took Brett Favre on His First Mule Deer Hunt

By John B. Snow

A Wisconsin hunter with a big buck on opening day; a young hunter with he first deer, also tagged on opening day.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Shot a Big Wisconsin Buck Just Seconds Before a Young Hunter Tagged Her First Deer

By Kasey Okrzesik

A hunter in blue overalls sits behind a tree looking at a deer in this illustration.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Shot My First Buck on the Run, During a Low-Country Deer Drive

By John Wongrey

allyson rosier buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

“I Hope My Baby Grows Up to Be a Deer Hunter.” Pregnant Woman Shoots 190-Class Buck on the Last Day of the Season

By Bob McNally

illustration of hunter answering door
Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Alex Robinson

an old photograph of a hunter in a yellow canoe with a nice buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Want to Kill a Great Late-Season Buck? Float a River

By Tom Huggler

tracking deer
Whitetail Deer Hunting

3 Incredible Stories of Snow Tracking Bucks in the Big Woods

By Hal Blood, Ralph P. Stuart

A hunter holds up a big Virginia buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Hunter Tags a Giant Buck Four Hours Away, Makes It Home Just in Time for Thanksgiving Dinner

By Bob McNally

A rifle hunter with a giant Maine buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Maine Fisherman Bleats in Giant Swamp Buck While Hunting on the Ground, ‘Just Like My Grandfather Did’

By Bob McNally

doe lies on ground next to truck with broken windshield
Whitetail Deer Hunting

After I Shot a Deer, It Leapt on My Truck and Smashed My Windshield

By Cheyne Matzenbacher

A bull elk in the brush.
Elk Hunting

Idaho Is Eliminating OTC Deer and Elk Tags for Nonresidents and Moving to a Draw System

By Kris Millgate

A Pennsylvania flintlock rifle with a compartment in the stock.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

19 Timeless Photos from Pennsylvania’s Flintlock Season, the Last of Its Kind in the Country

Photographs by Henry Hung, Story by Derek Horner

An old color photograph of two deer hunters in Mississippi.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Spent Thanksgiving with Southern Hunters Who Ran Deer Hounds. Here’s What I Learned

By Robert E. Price

A kid's first deer hunt in a Louisiana swamp in the 1960s.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

My Son’s First Trip to Deer Camp Was a Rite of Passage — for Both of Us

By Grits Gresham