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Adventure

The Story of a $10 Bet, and the 1,000 Mile Horseback Ride That Changed My Life

By Ben East

A photo collage of the new pending world-record bull
Hunting

The Real Story Behind the Casey Brooks Bull, the Pending World Record Elk

By Natalie Krebs, Dac Collins

A whitetail deer's head peeking over tall grass in a field.
Hunting

How to Find an Affordable Deer Hunting Lease

By Alex Robinson

Most accurate 6.5 creedmoor ammo.
Guns

Most Accurate 6.5 Creedmoor Ammo, Tested

By Tyler Freel

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Guns

The Best Straight-Wall Deer Rifles

By Brad Fitzpatrick, Tyler Freel

Alex Robinson packs out sheep with one of the best hunting backpacks.
Gear

The Best Hunting Backpacks of 2025, Chosen by the Editors

By The Editors

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Hunting

Shed Hunting: Ultimate Guide to Finding Antlers

By Tom Carpenter, Michael Hanback, Derek Horner

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Gear

How to Adjust Binoculars Properly

By Bill McRae, Andrew McKean

Wayne Carlton bugles in the aspens.
Hunting

Remembering Wayne Carlton, the Hunter Who Revolutionized Wild-Game Calling

By Andrew McKean

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Conservation

How Long Do Deer Live?

By Katie Hill

TSI
Hunting

Beginner’s Guide to Timber Stand Improvement: How to Manage Your Woods for Deer and Other Wildlife

By Josh Honeycutt

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Hunting

The Ultimate Guide to Elk Hunting

By Jace Bauserman, Andrew McKean

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Hunting

How Big Is a Moose?

By Alex Robinson

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Conservation

President Teddy Roosevelt Conserved Millions of Acres of Federal Lands. It Was His Greatest Legacy

By Jim McCafferty

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Hunting

Hog Hunting: A Beginner’s Guide

By Mike Dickerson

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Hunting

Where to Shoot a Deer

By Alex Robinson, Brian McCombie

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Guns

The Best Deer Hunting Rifles

By John B. Snow

A Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep stands atop a ridge.
Hunting

$1.3 Million Bighorn Sheep Tag Sets Record for Most Expensive Auction Tag Ever

By Dac Collins

An illustration of bighorn rams in Oregon.
Hunting

I Thought My Once-in-a-Lifetime Hunt Was a Bust. Then I Killed the Biggest Bighorn Ever Taken in Oregon

By Windell W. Winterbottom

A split screen of a deer standing in the woods on one side and a man with a rifle raised standing next to a woman on the other
Hunting

Watch: Hunter Pops the Question, Then Drops a Deer at 100 Yards

By Alice Jones Webb

A hunter with a 20-year-old Georgia doe.
Hunting

This 20-Year-Old Georgia Doe Might Be the Oldest Deer Ever Killed in the State

By Bob McNally

A horse with panniers loaded with antlers.
Hunting

Idaho Now Requiring Nonresident Shed Hunters to Buy a License. Montana, Other Western States Eyeing Similar Changes

By Kris Millgate

Two hunters on a cliff edge attempt to haul a mountain goat up.
Hunting

A ‘Dream’ Hunt for Mountain Goats Means Whitewater, Sheer Cliffs, and Tough Shots

Written and Illustrated by Harry S. Lin

An illustration of Roy Chapman Andrews shooting a charging boar.
Adventure

I Faced Man-Eating Tigers, Vicious Wild Boar, and Roaming Bandits in Korea

By Roy Chapman Andrews

A Massachusets hunter with a big buck.
Hunting

Middle-School Teacher Tags the Biggest Typical Buck Killed in Massachusetts in a Decade

By Bob McNally

A group of bull elk stand in the snow.
Conservation

Conservation Groups, Hunters Fight Off Bill That Would Have Let Wyoming Landowners Sell Their Big-Game Tags for a Profit

By Kris Millgate

An illustration of a man in a fur lined hood and a growling husky
Adventure

My Best Sled Dog Tangled with Polar Bears, Hunted Birds, and Saved My Life More Times Than I Can Count

By Frank Dufresne

A mule deer buck in Wyoming.
Conservation

Hunting Big Bucks Year After Year Helps Curb Chronic Wasting Disease, Study Shows

By Natalie Krebs

Two whitetail bucks.
Hunting

6 Buck Harvest Trends That Deer Hunters Should Know

By Josh Honeycutt

An illustration of a hunter about to shoot a bull moose.
Hunting

We Were Charged by a Bull on Our Late-Season Moose Hunt

By Russell Annabel

A mule deer buck in snowy woods.
Hunting

Wyoming Lawmakers Want to Quadruple Hunting License Application Fees

By Dac Collins

A bull elk bugles on the side of a hill behind two cows.
Conservation

Colorado Is Switching Its Big-Game Draw. Here’s Why Hunters with Preference Points Are Short-Changed

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of Jim Carmichel and an Iranian game warden.
Hunting

Carmichel in the Middle East: Risking Our Lives to Hunt Iranian Ibex

By Jim Carmichel

A lone mule deer buck stands on a snowy ridge.
Hunting

Why Mule Deer Are North America’s Greatest Big-Game Animal

By Kubie Brown

Four deer lit up with a thermal on a prairie.
Conservation

Survey: Idaho Big-Game Hunters Would Ban Drones and Thermals, But Keep Most Other Tech

By Andrew McKean

A nice Ohio buck with a unicorn antler.
Hunting

‘I Hadn’t Shot a Deer All Year.’ Hunter Tags Unicorn Buck in the Final Days of Muzzleloader Season

By Bob McNally

A bowhunter with a giant Rocky Mountain bull elk.
Hunting

Bowhunter with 86 Bulls to His Credit Tags a Pending World-Record Elk

By Dac Collins

A hunter with a big Kansas whitetail buck.
Hunting

Army Vet Gets His First Whitetail Buck on Last Day of the Season, and It’s a 19-Point Giant

By Bob McNally

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Hunting

16 Deer Hunting Mistakes You Won’t Make Again Next Season

By Josh Honeycutt

A 16-year-old holds up moose antlers against a blue sky in a vintage photo
Hunting

Instead of Staying Home for the Holidays, My Daughter Wanted to Go Moose Hunting

By Bob Cary

A collage of big bucks from 2024.
Hunting

The Biggest Bucks of 2024

By Dac Collins

A Kansas rifle hunter with a big elusive buck.
Hunting

Kansas Soldier Ditches His Tree Stand and Tags Elusive ‘Ghost’ Buck from the Ground

By Bob McNally

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Conservation

Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged

By Christine Peterson

A photo of CJ Alexander with huge Ohio deer with text overlaid.
Hunting

Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year

By Alex Robinson

A hunter with a tall-tined illinois buck.
Hunting

Illinois Hunter Shoots 184-Inch Buck While Sitting in a Lawn Chair

By Bob McNally

A hunter kneels beside a nice buck
Hunting

Indiana Bowhunter Used a Spreadsheet to Help Kill This 184-Inch Buck

By Bob McNally

An older whitetail buck, bedded
Hunting

9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

A trail camera photo of a giant deer.
Hunting

Rookie Crossbow Hunter’s First Buck Is a 200-Class Nontypical Monster

By Bob McNally

Fred bear stone sheep
Hunting

Fred Bear Took His World-Record Stone Sheep with the ‘Best Shot I’ll Ever Make’

By Fred Bear, as told to Byron W. Dalrymple

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Hunting

Podcast: What We Get Wrong About Whitetails, with Jeff Sturgis

By Alex Robinson

A big 10-point buck in the back of a UTV.
Hunting

Kansas Farmer Tags What Could Be One of the Top 5 Archery Bucks Ever Taken in the State

By Bob McNally

A hunter in a wide-brimmed hat kneeling behind a gray desert bighorn.
Hunting

Carmichel in Arizona: How to Hunt an Inaccessible Desert Bighorn

By Jim Carmichel

Freel and Miller Drag a Buck
Hunting

Hunter Amnesia: What It Is, and How You Can Avoid It

By Tyler Freel

Ashley Matchett and Chris Janeski
Hunting

On Her First Successful Deer Hunt with Her Husband, Hunter Shoots a Super Wide Pennsylvania Buck

By Bob McNally

A man holds up the rack of a large 14 point whitetail buck as the sun sets behind him.
Hunting

Tyler Jordan Tags a 200-Class Louisiana Buck That Could Be the New State Record

By Alice Jones Webb

An Oklahoma bowhunter with a 17-point buck.
Hunting

An Oklahoma Bowhunter Heard Rumors That the 180-Class Buck He’d Been Hunting for Years Had Been Hit by a Car. They Weren’t True

By Bob McNally

Two whitetail shoulder mounts hang on a white wall.
Hunting

A Son Finally Tracked Down His Dad’s Long-Lost Buck. It’s the Biggest Typical Whitetail Ever Killed in Kansas

By Alice Jones Webb

Boone and Crockett Club have declared javelina as a new trophy big game species.
Hunting

Boone and Crockett Accepts Javelina as the Continent’s Newest Trophy Species, the First Addition in Nearly 25 Years

By Andrew McKean

A bowhunter in the woods with a nice buck.
Hunting

Bowhunter Tries a Closer Setup, Draws on a Huge Buck While Surrounded by Does

By Bob McNally

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Hunting

The Biggest Mishaps of My Deer-Hunting Career, by Jim Zumbo

By Jim Zumbo

Learning how to skin a deer is relatively easy, all you need is a sharp knife.
Hunting

How to Skin a Deer, Step by Step

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter with a big Pennsylvania buck.
Hunting

Pennsylvania Hunter Tags a 170-Class Public-Land Buck on a Family Deer Drive

By Bob McNally

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Hunting

Tips for Patterning and Hunting a Late-Season Buck

By Josh Honeycutt

A bowhunter with a big Indiana buck.
Hunting

Bowhunter Tags the Biggest Buck of Her Life in Indiana While Hunting a New Spot

By Bob McNally