Big Game Hunting (Page 3)

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

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These 2 Record Whitetail Bucks Changed Bowhunting Forever

By Jeff Murray, Michael Pearce

The Ultimate Hunting Bucket List: 10 North American Hunts to Do Before You Die

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Experienced Whitetail Hunters Don’t Care About Score. Here’s How to Estimate a Buck’s Age — and Why It Matters

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

35 Nuggets of Deer Hunting Wisdom to Read Before the Season

By Alex Robinson

Tips from an Elk Guide: Learn to Pattern the Herd and You’ll Find Big Bulls

By Duncan Dobie

Here’s What the Old School Elk Experts Learned About Wallows — and How to Hunt Big Bulls Over Them

Whitetail Deer Hunting

These Two Brothers Shot Stomper Velvet Bucks During One of the Earliest Whitetail Hunting Seasons in the Country

Whitetail Deer Hunting

What Data on 2,000 Blood Trails Tell Us About Broadheads, Shot Placement, and Deer Tracking

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Forget Trail Cameras and Feeders. Try Hunting Wilderness Whitetails the Old Way

How to Call Elk: Tactics for the Modern Era of Elk Hunting

By Chad Schearer, James Bandt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

10 Weird Deer Hunting Tactics That Actually Work

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Traditional Mock Scrape Setup Still Brings in Big Bucks. Here’s How to Build It

By Bob Fratzke, as told to Glenn Helgeland

Big Game Hunting

Misguided Adventures: My 5 Craziest Hunting Guide Stories

By Charles Elliott

I’ve Hunted Elk for 50 Years. Here’s How It’s Changed (and How It Has Stayed the Same)

By Scott Haugen

The Best Elk Hunting Boots of 2026, Field Tested and Reviewed

Whitetail Deer Hunting

15 Secrets for Patterning a Big Buck Before the Season

By Josh Honeycutt

We Moved to Alaska to Live Off the Land — and It Was a Lot Tougher Than I Expected

By V.A. EBERHART

Whitetail Deer Hunting

A Return to Market Hunting Would Be a Reckless Solution for Overpopulated Deer Herds

By Natalie Krebs

This Deer Hunting Tool Is Better Than a Corn Pile and It’s Probably in Your Garage

By Scott Einsmann

Big Game Hunting

My Wife and I Made Every Mistake Possible on Our First Mountain Goat Hunt

By Aubrey F. Taylor

We Got Stranded on a Sheep Hunt With Bugs, Bears, and No Food

Big Game Hunting

‘No Place for Cowardice.’ Hunting Dangerous Game in Old Botswana

By Col. Henry S. Cilliers

I Thought Calling Deer Was a Joke. But Then Bucks Came Charging In

By Norbert M. Ellis

‘I Heard the Crunch of Something Breaking.’ How I Survived a Double Grizzly Bear Attack

I Hunted the Giant Double-Curl Ram of Ice Mountain

By JOHN B. WINSOR

Animal Advocates Ask Montana to Force Hunters and Trappers to Carry Bear Spray

By Natalie Krebs

This Legendary Sheep Hunter Once Chased Mouflon and Aoudad on a High-Fenced Texas Ranch. Here Are His Takeaways

By Jack O'Connor

Antelope Hunting

I Shot the World-Record Pronghorn with My Bow

By Judd A. Cooney

Mule Deer Hunting

Are You Stoked for Your DIY Western Hunt? Here’s What the Podcasters and Influencers Aren’t Telling You

By Alex Robinson

Big Game Hunting

This Fearless Legend Hunted Jaguars with Nothing But a Spear in the Americas

By Howard J. Cooper

Big Game Hunting

O’Connor in Africa: Hunting Gemsbok in the Kalahari with a Trusted .270 Winchester

By Jack O'Connor

Big Game Hunting

I Shot One of the Biggest Woodland Caribou in the World

Mule Deer Hunting

In the Good Old Days, We Hunted Giant Summer Mule Deer High in the Rockies

By PETER BARRETT

Big Game Hunting

Jack O’Connor in Africa: The Locals Nicknamed Me ‘Old Man Who Can’t Hit Pala Pala.’ And They Were Almost Right

By Jack O'Connor

Big Game Hunting

I Shot a Grizzly with a 22 ARC — and the Results Were Not Surprising

My Greatest Day in 30 Years of Guiding Backcountry Hunts

In Dependence Day: A Blind Hunter Finds His Way on an Elk Hunt

By Craig Jourdonnais

Big Game Hunting

Roosevelt on Safari: A Leopard Attack, an Ambush, and a Quest Fulfilled

By Kermit Roosevelt

I Almost Froze to Death on a Solo Bighorn Hunt

By Cassidy Caron, as told to Scott Einsmann

I Finally Drew a Bighorn Sheep Tag. I Was Too Out of Shape to Punch It

By John F. Lane, as told to Charles Elliott

Big Game Hunting

Yes, Jack O’Connor Got Buck Fever. He Didn’t Let It Bother Him

By Jack O'Connor

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Took Jack O’Connor on His Last Hunt

By Jack Atcheson Sr., as told to Jim Zumbo

Fred Bear Didn’t Question His Bow on His First Moose Hunt. He Questioned Himself

The Invention of the Grand Slam Killed Sheep Hunting for the Everyman

By Jack O'Connor

New Mexico Hunting Guides Charged in Scheme to Sell Elk Tags to Out-of-Staters

I Deer Hunted with Babe Ruth. He Tagged a Nice Buck and Wrestled a Cow

My Client Was Finally in Position on Our Sheep Hunt. Then the Avalanche Struck

By Eric Collier

Big Game Hunting

My Buddy and I Got Lost on a Wilderness Hunt. I Survived, But He Didn’t

By Guy Beauregard

Big Game Hunting

Carmichel in Australia: Charged by a Backwater Buffalo

By Jim Carmichel

A Fly-In Hunt Turns into a Fight for Survival Against Wolves and High Water

By Jerry Valentine, as told to Ben East

A 7-Year-Old Picked Up a Shed Antler. It Had a GPS Tracker Attached — and His Dad Got a Ticket

Big Game Hunting

I Grew Up on Safari. The Most Dangerous Game Isn’t What You Think

By Michael Branham, as told to Jim Rearden

Mule Deer Hunting

I Tried Teaching My Duck Hunting Buddy to Bowhunt. A Dozen Blown Stalks Later, He Surprised Me

Every Farmer and Hunter Had a Story About the Elusive White Buck. Here’s How I Finally Caught Up to Him

By Dale Johnson

Big Game Hunting

I Walked Away From a Record Book Bull to Kill the Woodland Caribou of My Dreams

By Grancel Fitz

Jack O’Connor’s Last Sheep Hunt

By Jack O'Connor

Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Giant Nontypical Northwoods Buck Was Found Hanging in a Wisconsin Cabin. It’s Backstory Remains a Mystery

Big Game Hunting

I Arranged a Shoestring Safari — Then Got My Rifle Confiscated and Had to Beg the Outfitter for a Job. It’s a Hunt I’ll Never Forget

By James Carkhuff

Fred Bear Said the Best Shot of His Life Was on This World-Record Stone Sheep

By Fred Bear, as told to Byron W. Dalrymple

Mule Deer Hunting

O’Connor in Old Mexico: My Luckiest Day of Deer Hunting — Ever

By Jack O'Connor

I Shot a Deer So Big I Genuinely Thought I’d Killed an Elk

By Sidney Mawson

Antelope Hunting

How to Insult Your Western Hunting Guide

By Charles Elliott

Mule Deer Hunting

“You Can’t Eat Antlers.” One of the Biggest Bucks Ever Taken in Colorado Was Nearly Lost to History

By Arthur Hawthorne Carhart

Big Game Hunting

Video: Sleep In and Take Your Time When Targeting Turkeys That Won’t Gobble

By Roy Holdford