Big Game Hunting (Page 2)

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

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Antelope Hunting

To Hunt Pronghorns in a Howling Blizzard, We Left the Jeep Behind and Saddled Up

By Charles Elliott

Whitetail Deer Hunting

5 Essential Rules for Hunting Mature Bucks from the Ground

I Spent 5 Years Bowhunting One of the Biggest Nontypical Bucks Ever. Then My Buddy Killed Him

Whitetail Deer Hunting

What It Took to Kill the Biggest Buck of My Life

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

7 Odd Deer Hunting Tactics You’ve Probably Never Tried But Should

By Michael Hanback

‘I Was on the Clock.’ Ohio Bowhunter Gets Permission for Just 30 Days, Tags Giant on the Opener

Mule Deer Hunting

23 Hunters, 46 Deer, and a Record-Book Buck: Inside a Classic Mule Deer Camp

By Erwin A. Bauer

Whitetail Deer Hunting

10 Reasons Why Late October Is the Best Time to Tag a Mature Buck

By Josh Honeycutt

‘I Was Shaking.’ Georgia Hunter’s First Archery Buck Could Be the New State Record

‘Is This How It Feels to Die?’ I Was Sick and Stranded in the Backcountry

By Jim Carmichel

Mule Deer Hunting

An Old-School Western Mule Deer Hunt in Memory of Two Midwestern Dads

By Andrew McKean

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Best Access Tool for Deer Season Is Already in Your Garage

By Derek Horner

Mule Deer Hunting

It’s Never Too Late to Learn to Hunt

By Nick Ciafardone

Here’s Why This Giant Missouri Buck Was Still in Velvet in Late September

Sorry, But Elk Aren’t Really That Tough

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Mountain Buck I Missed Still Haunts Me. Here’s What It Taught Me

Story and photographs by Bill Buckley

This Fishing Guide’s Clients Canceled, So He Went Hunting Instead — and Arrowed a 200-Plus-Inch Buck

Big Game Hunting

Don’t Hunt If Your Heart Isn’t in It

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Pennsylvania Has the Best (and Oddest) Deer Hunting Culture in America

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Ohio Bowhunter Takes 200-Class Buck With His Recurve at 15 Yards

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Don’t Overthink Your Archery Setup. Here’s What Makes a Perfect Deer Hunting Bow

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Deer Hunt During the Dreaded ‘October Lull’

By Mark Melotik, Tony Hansen

Big Game Hunting

“Knockdown Power” Is the Biggest Myth in Big Game Hunting

By Jim Carmichel, Ron Spomer

Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Traditional Deer Hunting Tactic Is the Best Way to Get Away from Other Hunters This Season

By James E. Churchill

Big Game Hunting

You’ve Been Sighting In Your Rifle All Wrong. Use This Method Instead

By John B. Snow

Big Game Hunting

“I Felt It Sink to the Handle.” This Hunter Used an Ice Axe to Fight Off a Charging Grizzly Bear

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Old-School Tactics for Hunting Bucks Around Streams and Swamps

Big Game Hunting

Here’s How One of the World’s Greatest Animal Behaviorists Mastered the Art of Stalking Game

By Dr. Valerius Geist

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Veteran Bowhunters Use These 18 Sneaky Tricks to Fool Big Bucks in October

By Michael Hanback

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Here’s Why You Should Try Ditching Your Treestand and Hunting Deer from the Ground This Season

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 10 Best Stand Locations for Hunting the Whitetail Rut

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Here’s Why a Deer’s Sense of Smell Is So Much Better Than Yours

By Natalie Krebs

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Crossbow Hunter Stalked Into Range of This Monster 214-Inch Buck

Big Game Hunting

“Get Close Before You Shoot!” Old-School Lessons from a Grizzly and Goat Hunting Adventure

By Jack Honhart

Whitetail Deer Hunting

9 Deer Diseases Every Hunter Should Know About

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 287-Pound South Carolina Whitetail That Almost Outsmarted a Legendary Deer Hunter

By Archibald Rutledge

Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘A Buck Like This One Is Special.’ Bowhunter’s 17-Point Florida Deer Is Actually a Giant

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How Long Do Whitetail Deer Live?

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Best Deer Hunting Cartridges of 2026

By John B. Snow

Whitetail Deer Hunting

8 Surprising Ways That Whitetail Deer Communicate With Their Tails

By Tom Carpenter

Mule Deer Hunting

Hunter Tags Famous Nontypical Buck in Wyoming. Could It Be a New State Record?

By Natalie Krebs

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