Big Game Hunting (Page 2)

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

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Truth About Big Bucks and Bad-Tasting Venison

By Jack Hennessy

‘This Bull Was Just Incredible.’ Pennsylvania Hunter’s 428-Inch Elk Is Likely the New State Record

This Is the Easiest Way to Tan a Deer Hide

Big Game Hunting

He Died for 5 Days, Then Came Back. Here’s How This Caribou Hunter Escaped an Arctic Blizzard

Big Game Hunting

Revisiting the Buffalo Slaughter, One of the Darkest Chapters in America’s Hunting History

By ROSS C. McCLUSKEY

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Maryland Crossbow Couple Doubles on Big Bucks the Same Evening

Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘Nets Are for Fishing.’ Here’s Why Many Hunters Don’t Want to Have Their Trophy Animals Officially Scored

By Andrew McKean

Whitetail Deer Hunting

11 Giant Whitetail Bucks That Still Have Mysterious Backstories

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Rattle in a Buck, Based on Whitetail Deer Research

By Alice Jones Webb

I Shot the First Elk With the New 6.5 Creedmoor Plus Peak Ammo. It’s an Undeniable Elk Hunting Cartridge

By Alex Robinson

This Bowhunter Reluctantly Abandoned His Elk Meat After a Grizzly Bear Fed on It. Then Game and Fish Charged Him

By Natalie Krebs

The Best Broadheads for Deer of 2026

By Scott Einsmann

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Do Deer Really ‘Jump the String?’ Here’s What All Bowhunters Should Know

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Compound Bowhunter Tags 22-Point Velvet Buck Before His Wife Could Get a Shot With Her Recurve

Ohio Farmer Tags 231-Inch ‘Flyer’ Buck That He Missed Two Years Ago

An Old-School Elk Hunter’s Opinion: You Need Real Hunting Skills (Not Expensive Gear) to Shoot Big Bulls

By Scott Haugen

Solving the 65-Year Mystery of the Jordan Buck, the Second Biggest Whitetail Ever Killed in America

Big Game Hunting

The Golden Age of Big-Game Hunting in America

By Michael Norman

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How I Beat Bowhunting Buck Fever and Snapped My Big Buck Losing Streak

By Scott Einsmann

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Swamp Bucks

By Josh Honeycutt

Big Game Hunting

The Lost Art of Shooting Running Game

By John B. Snow

Mule Deer Hunting

The Worst Hunters I’ve Ever Guided

This 11-Year-Old Shot a Giant Velvet Buck on Her Birthday

Big Game Hunting

Why Do Bears Attack? This Decades Old Database from Alaska Offers Some Hints

By Christopher Batin

Old-School Elk Hunting Tips from This Western Legend

A 207 7/8-Inch Whitetail Rack Was Hiding in a Basement for Decades. Now It’s Officially the Second Biggest Buck of All Time

By Scott Einsmann

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Deer Hunters Should Avoid These 7 Types of Rubs and Scrapes

By Josh Honeycutt

How a Kentucky Lineman Arrowed a 200-Inch Buck on Opening Day

‘I’m Glad I Blacked Out.’ Moose Hunter Miraculously Escapes Brown Bear Attack

By Kris Millgate

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Is the South the New King of Whitetail Country?

By Josh Honeycutt

One Lucky Shot Saved This Deer Hunter from Being Mauled By a Mountain Lion

Antelope Hunting

This Ultra-Runner Was on a Quest to Chase Down a Pronghorn on the Open Prairie

By Christine Peterson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Shot the Heaviest Buck Ever Taken in Maine. Then the Controversy Started

By Horace R. Hinkley

Big Game Hunting

Here’s Why Big-Bore Rifles Got So Popular in the Late 90s

By Jim Carmichel

Whitetail Deer Hunting

13 Massive Drop-Tine Bucks That Made Hunting History

By Josh Honeycutt

Bowhunter Tags Likely New Archery World-Record Shiras Moose in Idaho

By Kris Millgate

‘Looked Like Something Out of Alaska.’ This Idaho Bull Could Be the New All-Time World-Record Shiras Moose

By Kris Millgate

Watch: Serial Poacher with 174 Violations Is Confronted by Game Wardens. Now There Are Warrants Out for His Arrest

“Pray for Strength.” Faith and Friendship Helped This Preacher Survive a Brutal Grizzly Bear Mauling

How to Prevent Altitude Sickness (and What to Do When It Strikes)

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Here’s What All Deer Hunters Should Know About Acorns and Oaks

By Colin Moore, Alex Robinson

Big Game Hunting

Hunting Could Ruin Your Marriage — Or Make It Stronger

By Christine Peterson

Big Game Hunting

“A Slow-Motion Ballet of Death.” We Tracked a Wounded Cape Buffalo

By John Wootters

Whitetail Deer Hunting

10 Things Hunters Think Spook Deer, But Usually Don’t

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Kill Big Bucks in States That Allow Baiting — Without Baiting

By Tony J. Peterson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Mysterious Backstory of the Ahrens Buck — a World-Record Whitetail That Vanished

By Mark LaBarbera, Stephanie R. Boyle

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Where to Hunt Deer in the Big Woods — Tips from a Maine Whitetail Legend

Whitetail Deer Hunting

What Do Deer Actually Eat? These Are a Whitetail’s All-Time Favorite Foods

Idaho’s Selway Wilderness was Once an Elk Paradise. This Legendary Writer Had a Classic Backcountry Hunt There

By Jack O'Connor

Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Richard P. Smith

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Inside the Mind of Dan Infalt, the ‘Big Buck Serial Killer’

By Josh Honeycutt

I Dropped the Potential World Record Bighorn Ram Off a Cliff

By F. H. Riggall

I Was Convicted of Trespassing After Covering Public Land Access Issues on Our Controversial Wyoming Elk Hunt

By Andrew McKean

Bowhunting Shot Placement 101: Where to Aim on a Deer

By Scott Einsmann

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Early Season Is Often Your Best Chance to Tag a Mature Buck. Here’s How to Make the Most of It

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

Whitetail Deer Hunting

10 Secrets for Hunting Buck Rub Lines, from the Deer Hunter Who First Revealed Them

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Truth About Rope Scrapes, One of the Most Useful Tactics in Whitetail Hunting

By Natalie Krebs

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 50 Places Where Big Bucks Actually Live

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

What It Feels Like to Miss the Biggest Buck of Your Life at 45 Yards — With a Rifle

By Natalie Krebs

Mule Deer Hunting

Do Hunters Really Need to Wear Camouflage? Here Are the Colors Deer Can See

‘Unlike Anything Our Biologists Have Witnessed.’ Bison Die-Off Causes Emergency Changes for Utah Hunt. Meanwhile, Drought Conditions Mean More Cow Elk Tags

By Kris Millgate

How to Eat in the Backcountry — Without Blowing Up Your Stomach

By Diana Helmuth

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Deer Hunters Should Be Making Mock Scrapes Right Now. Here’s How to Do It

By Josh Honeycutt

Mule Deer Hunting

We Hunted a Giant Mule Deer Buck on a Remote Island

By PAUL W. GARTNER