Big Game Hunting(Page 6)

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

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A hunter with a tall-tined illinois buck.
Trophy Deer

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

By Bob McNally

A hunter kneels beside a nice buck
Trophy Deer

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

By Bob McNally

An older whitetail buck, bedded
Whitetail Deer Hunting

9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

A trail camera photo of a giant deer.
Trophy Deer

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

By Bob McNally

Fred bear stone sheep
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

pennsylvania buck
Whitetail Deer 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.
Trophy Deer

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.
Sheep Hunting

Carmichel in Arizona: How to Hunt an Inaccessible Desert Bighorn

By Jim Carmichel

Freel and Miller Drag a Buck
Mule Deer Hunting

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

By Tyler Freel

Ashley Matchett and Chris Janeski
Whitetail Deer 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.
Whitetail Deer 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.
Whitetail Deer 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.
Whitetail Deer 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.
Big Game 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.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Bob McNally

an illustration of two hunters and a deer
Mule Deer 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.
Mule Deer Hunting

How to Skin a Deer, Step by Step

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter with a big Pennsylvania buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Bob McNally

late season whitetail
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Tips for Patterning and Hunting a Late-Season Buck

By Josh Honeycutt

A bowhunter with a big Indiana buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Bob McNally

An Ohio hunter with a buck he tagged during the rifle opener.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Ohio Rifle Hunter Makes His Second Shot Count, Tags a 22-Pointer on Opening Day

By Bob McNally

A college freshman with his first bow buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

College Student’s First Bow Buck Is a 17-Point Kansas Slammer

By Bob McNally

A hunter with a rare-looking buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Teen Tags ‘Unicorn’ Buck on His Second-Ever Solo Hunt

By Bob McNally

A trail cam photo of a buck in Kansas.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kansas Bowhunter Arrows 200-Class Buck That Was a Local Legend

By Bob McNally

A hunter with a buck loaded into a truck bed.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

After 200 Hours of Bowhunting, Wisconsin Hunter Finally Sees His Target Buck on Opening Day of Gun Season

By Bob McNally

A hunter holds up a buck with stickers on its rack.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Hunter Tags Two Back-to-Back Bucks from the Ground in North Carolina

By Bob McNally

Two hunters field dress a deer.
Deer Hunting

How to Field Dress a Deer, Step by Step

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter calls in a blacktail buck.
Deer Hunting

3 Totally Normal Deer Hunting Tactics We Used to Think Were Bogus

By Natalie Krebs

Two hunters sit and pose in the bed of a truck next to a mule deer.
Mule Deer Hunting

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

By Andrew McKean

colorado whitetail
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: Real Talk About Deer Cartridges and Bullets

By Alex Robinson

The governor of Virginia accepts a deer.
Deer Hunting

Tribes Uphold Centuries-Old Treaty by Delivering Dead Deer to Virginia Governor

By Andrew Sharp

A teen hunter with a big Ohio buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Teen Tags Buck with 5 Drop Tines She and Her Sister Had Watched for Weeks

By Bob McNally

Three fancy Savage 99s
Deer Hunting

Jim Carmichel’s Classic Deer Rifles

By Jim Carmichel

A bowhunter with a 16-point buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Bowhunter Bleats in 16-Pointer and Kills It with a 20-Year-Old Bow

By Bob McNally

Mark Drury with a giant whitetail buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

13 Advanced Deer Hunting Tactics from the Experts

By Josh Honeycutt

A bowhunter with a big buck in Illinois.
Trophy Deer

Illinois Bowhunter Was ‘In the Right Place at the Right Time’ to Tag 185-Inch Buck

By Bob McNally

A turkey hunter with a goofy expression aims at a longbeard.
Big Game Hunting

The Worst Shots I’ve Ever Made

By Charles Elliott

A buck runs away. Paying attent
Deer Hunting

How to Blood Trail a Deer

By Natalie Krebs

A Florida hunter and his buck.
Trophy Deer

Florida Hunter Tags 187-Inch Buck While Watching the Gators Game

By Bob McNally

A woman stands behind a moose.
Moose Hunting

When My Dad Was Diagnosed with Cancer, I Fulfilled a Dream Moose Hunt for Him

By Ali Juten

whitetail buck bed
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Should You Hunt a Buck’s Bedding Area During the Rut? 

By Josh Honeycutt

A photograph of a glossy wood-stocked deer rifle.
Deer Hunting

Jim Carmichel’s Favorite Deer Rifles

By Jim Carmichel

Hunter with very large deer
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: The Case for Ditching Your Treestand and Hunting from the Ground

By Alex Robinson

A buck on a tailgate.
Trophy Deer

Veteran Arrows Giant Ohio Buck from the Ground After Getting to His Stand Late

By Bob McNally

A deer hunter with a big Illinois buck in CRP grass.
Trophy Deer

Illinois Crossbow Hunter Stalks a 195-Inch Buck Through a Cornfield

By Bob McNally

An illustration of a boy and a buck face to face.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Looks That Kill: Using a Deer’s Curiosity to Your Advantage

By J. Frank Dobie

A hunter with a buck in front of a red shed.
Trophy Deer

Watch: Wisconsin Bowhunter Arrows 14-Pointer on Public Ground He’s Hunted for 30 Years

By Bob McNally

A bowhunter sitting crosslegged in a field beside a big buck
Trophy Deer

Veteran Climbs Out of Tree, Stalks and Arrows 19-Point Kansas Buck on Army Land

By Bob McNally

Side-by-side photos of a black bear approaching a fresh deer carcass and then dragging it into the woods.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Video: Hunters Watch a Black Bear Steal Their Deer Without Putting Up a Fight

By Katie Hill

A buck scent checks a doe.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 15 Best Spots for Hunting the Peak Rut, Ranked

By Josh Honeycutt

A hunter touches a dead deer on the back..
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Q&A: How New Deer Hunters Think About Guns, Butchering, Old-School Hunters, and Their First Kill

By Natalie Krebs

A youth hunter with his first buck.
Deer Hunting

7-Year-Old’s First Deer Is a Heavy 14-Pointer That Came in to a Decoy

By Bob McNally

Two hunters, one in blaze orange, kneel behind a dead doe.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: How to Help New Hunters Shoot Their First Deer

By Natalie Krebs

harvest does during the rut
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Should You Harvest Does During the Rut?

By Derek Horner

hunting alaska
Big Game Hunting

I Nearly Froze to Death When Our Argo Sank in the Middle of an Arctic River

By Scott Haugen

Two hunters pose with a pronghorn antelope.
Antelope Hunting

A Gold Star Son Learns the Hunting Lessons His Father Left Behind

By Alice Jones Webb

An illustration of a woman carrying a mule deer skull through the yellow aspens.
Mule Deer Hunting

My First Buck Was the Biggest Typical Mule Deer Ever Taken with a Bow. I Almost Discarded the Antlers

By Bill Barcus as told to Lee Kline

A Missouri hunter with a buck in the back of a UTV.
Deer Hunting

‘I Thought I’d Fall Out of the Tree.’ Missouri Hunter Tags Her Biggest Buck Yet

By Bob McNally

A gray wolf walks in front of an elk herd.
Elk Hunting

The Return of Wolves to Colorado Will Change Elk Hunting There. Here’s How

By Dac Collins

A deer hunter with a 30-point buck.
Deer Hunting

Ohio Teen Tags Monster 30-Point Buck from the Ground

By Bob McNally

hunter hanging a tree saddle platform on a tree
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Pros and Cons of Mobile Hunting the Rut

By Josh Honeycutt

A 7-year-old hunter and her dad with a bear, turkey, and buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

7-Year-Old Earns a Pennsylvania ‘Triple Trophy’ After Tagging a Black Bear, Buck, and Gobbler This Fall

By Natalie Krebs

whitetail rut
Deer Hunting

101 Best Deer Hunting Tips For the Rut

By Michael Hanback

deer hunting
Deer Hunting

The Best Gifts for Deer Hunters

By Alex Robinson