Big Game Hunting (Page 5)

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

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A collection of images of the Richard Waters buck, which was presented as a fair-chase buck.
Trophy Deer

‘I’m Stupid, Yes,’ Says Wisconsin Man Who Tried to Claim a 49-Point High-Fence Deer Was a State Record

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a man lost in the woods running in front of a mirage station wagon
Big Game Hunting

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

By Guy Beauregard

A surprised looking hunter with a giant Missouri deer.
Trophy Deer

After My Dad Died, I Hunted Our Farm One Last Time — and Killed the Best Buck of My Life

By Andrew McKean

This Pennsylvania Father Is Raising Three Girls Who Love Hunting as Much as He Does
Big Game Hunting

This Pennsylvania Father Is Raising Three Girls Who Love Hunting as Much as He Does

By Alice Jones Webb

Hunters in red buffalo check
Elk Hunting

After 25 Years of Big Game Hunting, All I Wanted Was to Tag an Elk

Illustrated and written by Bob Kuhn

A large bull moose
Moose Hunting

I Ditched a Bogus Outfitter for a Real Wilderness Moose Hunt

By William N. Roach

A large herd of aoudad move across the Texas landscape.
Sheep Hunting

Texas Adds Aoudad to the List of Animals You Can Hunt from Helicopters

By Alice Jones Webb

A hunter climbs up with a goat strapped to his back in Hawaii
Big Game Hunting

Hunting Goats in Hawaii Isn’t Especially Hard. It’s Packing Them Out That’s the Problem

By Lyman Nichols Jr.

kangaroo culling
Big Game Hunting

I Hunted with a Professional Kangaroo Shooter in Australia

By Scott Haugen

hunter leads horse, carrying dead mule deer, down a steep sidehill
Mule Deer Hunting

Carmichel in the Backcountry: A Packtrain Pileup, Quick Shooting, and a Trophy Buck

By Jim Carmichel

A close-up of hundreds of fat winter ticks on a moose
Moose Hunting

Vampire Ticks Are Ravaging New England Moose. Hunting Could Help

By Alice Jones Webb

A boar hunt
Big Game Hunting

Participating in a Traditional German Boar Hunt Requires Grit, Luck, and a Sense of Humor

By Col. Ward R. Betz

A buck stands in the trees
Deer Hunting

Alabama Is Auctioning Off 5-Year Hunting Leases on Some of Its Public Land

By Dac Collins

A deer eats an apple
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Tennessee Legalizes Baiting During Deer Season — for an Extra $50 Fee

By Alice Jones Webb

A trail cam picture of a buck in a field.
Deer Hunting

A Hunting Personality Is Suing a Game Warden, Claiming Bogus Bait Charges Ruined His Reputation

By Dac Collins

camel hunting
Big Game Hunting

I Hunted Feral Camels In the Australian Outback

By Scott Haugen

Montana national guardsmen land a helicopter.
Elk Hunting

Montana National Guard Under Investigation After Allegedly Using a Helicopter to Steal Shed Antlers

By Dac Collins

controversial bucks
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 5 Most Controversial Trophy Bucks in Recent History

By Alex Robinson

Cody Kabus returned a trophy-class buck to the rightful Wisconsin hunter
Whitetail Deer Hunting

A Wisconsin Bowhunter Killed the Biggest Buck He’d Ever Seen. Then He Gave It to Another Hunter

By Alice Jones Webb

tiger hunter
Big Game Hunting

A Tiger Killed 23 Sheep in a Neighboring Village. We Spent Weeks Tracking It Down

By Cyril E. Holland

The setup the author used to hunt black bears with a 6.5 Creedmoor
Elk Hunting

I’ve Become Recoil Shy in My Old Age. Is the 6.5 Creedmoor a Legit Elk Round?

By John B. Snow

wisconsin whitetail buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Claims Record Deer Populations and High Harvests, But CWD Trouble Looms

By Alex Robinson

A hunter packs out a buck; a busted ankle injured during the hunt.
Mule Deer Hunting

I Fell in a Hole While Packing Out My Buck in a Storm. This Old SOS Trick Saved Me

By Kubie Brown

A black and white and orange illustration of a bowhunter at full draw.
Big Game Hunting

We Wanted to Bowhunt Caribou. Our Guides Were Skeptical — at First

By Cliff Coe, as told to Frank Tinker

An illustration of a giant nontypical Ohio buck
Trophy Deer

I Killed Ohio’s Biggest Nontypical Buck on My First Deer Hunt

By Chester Veach, with Bill Thomas

Stormy and her dad pose with a caribou in velvet.
Big Game Hunting

This 13-Year-Old Texas Girl Is the Youngest to Ever Complete the Super 10 Slam

By Alice Jones Webb

An illustration of a hunter facing down a charging cape buffalo.
Big Game Hunting

I Was Charged by a Cape Buffalo While Testing One of the Earliest .458 Win. Mags

By Dr. Charles B. Stacy

A bull elk stands on a hill side
Big Game Hunting

Idaho Hunters Want Restrictions on Drones, Thermals, and Cellular Trail Cams

By Andrew McKean

A buck pronghorn antelope
Antelope Hunting

Antelope Numbers Are Dropping. That’s Why Two Hunters Are Launching the North American Pronghorn Foundation

By Andrew McKean

A velvet-racked buck makes the most of the growing season.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

What Are the Keys to Managing for Bucks with Bigger Antlers?

By Andrew McKean

an elk hunter was life flighted after cutting himself with a knife
Elk Hunting

This Happened to Me: I Severed My Artery While Quartering an Elk and Almost Bled Out on the Mountain

Henry Rauschenbach, as told to Alice Jones Webb

A sheep hunter leaps across a waterfall high in the mountains.
Sheep Hunting

My Bush Plane Crashed. I Went Sheep Hunting Anyway

By Donald L. Jenkins

The Brunk buck
Trophy Deer

How I Still-Hunted the Second Biggest Buck Ever Tagged in Missouri

By Jeffrey A. Brunk

A shoulder mount on display at an outdoor show in Wisconsin.
Trophy Deer

This 49-Point Buck Was Promoted as a New State Record. Critics Say It Was Pen Raised

By Dac Collins

Two whitetail shoulder mounts hang on a white wall.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

30 Years Later, Kansas Officially Certifies 200-Inch Archery Buck as the New State Record

By Natalie Krebs

eider hunting
Big Game Hunting

Tales of Spring Subsistence Hunting in the Arctic: Bot Fly Larva, Caribou Fetus, and Boiled Eiders

By Scott Haugen

Tevis McCauley arrested
Trophy Deer

Tevis McCauley, the Infamous Kentucky Whitetail Heaven Outfitter, Has Been Arrested as a ‘Fugitive from Justice’

By Natalie Krebs

A bull elk grazes in a field.
Big Game Hunting

Deer and Elk Hunters in Washington State Can No Longer Hunt Over Bait

By Dac Collins

A bowhunter in white draws on a bighorn
Sheep Hunting

I Arrowed the World-Record Bighorn with a $25 Sheep Tag

By Ray Alt

an illustration of a bear dragging a dead cow by hunters.
Mule Deer Hunting

The Worst (and Best) Hunters I’ve Ever Guided

By Victor Mack

An illustration of a buffalo hunter resting his rifle on shooting sticks
Big Game Hunting

Jack O’Connor’s Ode to the Humble Rifle Rest

By Jack O'Connor

A composite illustration of a caribou hunter
Big Game Hunting

I Just Wanted to Go Caribou Hunting. I Didn’t Expect to Tag the World-Record

By Jim Tappan

shed hunting
Whitetail Deer Hunting

10 Underrated Spots to Find Shed Antlers

By Josh Honeycutt

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Big Game Hunting

A $3,710 Elk Tag? Utah Set to Double Hunting Fees for Nonresidents

By Natalie Krebs

Horace Hinkley stands beside his heavy maine buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Controversy of the Hinkley Buck, the Heaviest Deer Ever Killed in Maine

By Horace R. Hinkley

A woman in a blue and black illustration rides a horse, the outdoor life girl
Deer Hunting

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
Elk 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.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Find an Affordable Deer Hunting Lease

By Alex Robinson

Most accurate 6.5 creedmoor ammo.
Big Game Hunting

Most Accurate 6.5 Creedmoor Ammo, Tested

By Tyler Freel

straight wall deer rifles
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Best Straight-Wall Deer Rifles

By Brad Fitzpatrick, Tyler Freel

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

The Best Hunting Backpacks, Chosen by the Editors

By The Editors

shed hunting
Deer Hunting

Shed Hunting: Ultimate Guide to Finding Antlers

By Tom Carpenter, Michael Hanback, Derek Horner

Man holds binoculars up.
Big Game Hunting

How to Adjust Binoculars Properly

By Bill McRae, Andrew McKean

Wayne Carlton bugles in the aspens.
Elk Hunting

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

By Andrew McKean

mature whitetail buck in grass
Deer Hunting

How Long Do Deer Live?

By Katie Hill

TSI
Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Josh Honeycutt

elk hunting
Elk Hunting

The Ultimate Guide to Elk Hunting

By Jace Bauserman, Andrew McKean

how big is a moose
Moose Hunting

How Big Is a Moose?

By Alex Robinson

An illustration of a bedded pronghorn with president teddy Roosevelt lying in the brush behind it
Big Game Hunting

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

By Jim McCafferty

hog hunting
Big Game Hunting

Hog Hunting: A Beginner’s Guide

By Mike Dickerson

where to shoot a deer
Deer Hunting

Where to Shoot a Deer

By Alex Robinson, Brian McCombie

Winchester Model 70
Deer Hunting

The Best Deer Hunting Rifles

By John B. Snow

A Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep stands atop a ridge.
Sheep 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.
Sheep 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