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Elk Hunting

I Drew a Rare Archery Elk Tag In Kentucky and the Hunt Was Tougher Than Expected

By Derek McKee

A large elk herd on private land.
Elk Hunting

Montana Judge Says Landowners Don’t Have ‘Absolute Freedom’ to Kill Elk, and Allowing Public Hunting Doesn’t Infringe on Their Rights

By Katie Hill

A village gathers around four dead maneating lions
Big Game Hunting

My Hunt for the Man-Eating Lions of Matiyani

By Scott Haugen

A pair of Dall sheep illustrated.
Sheep Hunting

Carmichel in Alaska: An Odd Way to Die on a Sheep Hunt

By Jim Carmichel

whitetail deer
Mule Deer Hunting

Are Chronic Wasting Disease Fears Making People Quit Deer Hunting?

By Christine Peterson

Jack O'Connor hunting deer in the desert.
Deer Hunting

Jack O’Connor in Old Mexico: His Luckiest Day of Deer Hunting Ever

By Jack O'Connor

A bull moose in velvet.
Big Game Hunting

Software Glitch Wrongly Awarded Tags to 738 Hunters in Washington State’s Special Permit Draw

By Dac Collins

elk on hillside bugles, standing behind two cedar trees
Elk Hunting

Breaking the Rules to Kill a Bull Elk, from the Archives

By Bob Robb

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Big Game Hunting

The Sable Curse: Chasing the ‘Prince of Africa’ in the Karoo

By Scott Haugen

The tips of a whitetail buck's full velvet antlers peek above tall grass.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Ultimate Plan for Scouting Deer in Summer

By Michael Hanback

mystery bucks
Whitetail Deer Hunting

11 Monster Bucks That Are Shrouded in Mystery

By Josh Honeycutt

An illustration of a leopard attacking a man while his hat flies off his head.
Big Game Hunting

Roosevelt on Safari: A High-Stakes Leopard Hunt, from the Archives

By Kermit Roosevelt

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Deer Hunting

Real Talk on Saddle Hunting. Is It Time to Ditch the Treestand?

By Scott Einsmann

two hunters inspect a dead moose, while the third stands back holding his bow and arrows, vintage B&W magazine photograph
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Fred Bear’s First Moose Hunt, from the Archives

By Fred Bear

A Missouri fawn with a tick infestation in its right eye.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Can Ticks Kill Fawns? As Ticks Get Worse, More Fawns Could End Up Like This Missouri Deer

By Natalie Krebs

Jack O'Connor spots a giant mule deer in this black and white illustration.
Mule Deer Hunting

O’Connor in Arizona: Lost, Trigger Happy, and Tagged Out

By Jack O'Connor

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Mule Deer Hunting

Montana Police Chief Faces Felony Charges for Illegally Hunting on Tribal Lands and Tampering with Witnesses

By Alex Robinson

Dan Infalt buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Is Public Land Deer Hunting Ruined Forever? Dan Infalt, the Big Buck Serial Killer, Weighs In

By Alex Robinson

A colorado bull elk stands in a meadow.
Elk Hunting

Colorado Eliminates Over-the-Counter Archery Elk Tags for Nonresidents

By Natalie Krebs

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Mule Deer Hunting

Decoying Prairie Bucks with Dad

By Derek Horner

A whitetail doe's head rests in the leaves after a hunt.
Deer Hunting

Does Chronic Wasting Disease Infect Humans? Despite Shocking Headlines, Recent Research Suggests It Does Not

By Alex Robinson

argentina red stag
Big Game Hunting

Hunting Wild Red Stag in Argentina During the Roar Is a Lot Like Elk Hunting the Rut — But Better

By Andrew McKean

A lone hunter walks a ridge.
Big Game Hunting

Hunters of Color Is on a Mission to Make the Outdoors More Accessible to Minorities — Whether the Hunting Community Is Ready or Not

By Dac Collins

elk running through a field
Big Game Hunting

The Lost Art of Shooting Running Game

By John B. Snow

montana mule deer
Mule Deer Hunting

Montana Raises Record Funds for a Coveted Mule Deer Tag — Through a Public Raffle

By Andrew McKean

A deer eating mushrooms
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Mushrooms Are a Deer’s Secret Favorite Food. Here’s How to Grow an Easy Mushroom Food Plot

By Natalie Krebs

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Trophy Deer

Ohio Buck Could Become Third Biggest Whitetail of All Time, but Major Scoring Questions Remain

By Hayden Sammak

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

CJ Alexander, the Hunter Who Killed a Potentially Record-Breaking Buck in Ohio, Is Now Under Investigation

By Hayden Sammak

A whitetail buck lying in a cut field.
Deer Hunting

Don’t Hunt (or Kill Game) If Your Heart Isn’t in It

By Alex Robinson

A whitetail buck in a grassy field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Oklahoma Plans to Combat CWD by Releasing Captive-Bred Deer into the Wild

By Dac Collins

The original magazine pages of the story Top Shelf Elk by Jack O'Connor.
Elk Hunting

Jack O’Connor Makes a Flawless Shot on a Record-Book Elk

By Jack O'Connor

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Elk Hunting

California Guide’s Roosevelt Elk Is a New World Record. It’s Not His First

By Dac Collins

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Elk Hunting

Tales from the North Country: When a Giant Bull Elk Escaped from a Wisconsin Game Farm, Authorities Called Upon a Retired Marine

By David Zeug

Ryan Watson with his wife and family in Oklahoma.
Deer Hunting

Deer Hunter Faces 12 Years in Prison for Accidentally Bringing Ammo on Vacation to Turks and Caicos

By Dac Collins

Piles of debris lay in the snowy Minnesota woods.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Minnesota DNR Blew Up Illegal Tree Stands with Dynamite: ‘My Whole Place Shook’

By Katie Hill

Jack O'Connor, reclining in the grass while taking a break on a hunt.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Jack O’Connor’s Last Hunt, From the Archives

By Jack Atcheson Sr., as told to Jim Zumbo

Chronic wasting disease hunter head dropoff container
Mule Deer Hunting

Viral Articles Claim Two ‘Hunters Died After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison.’ Here’s What Really Happened

By Katie Hill

A bull elk bugles in the woods.
Elk Hunting

Wisconsin Hunters Will Get More Chances to Hunt Elk This Fall

By Katie Hill

A drop of blood on the tooth of a crocodile.
Big Game Hunting

Hunting the Nile Crocodile, the Very Picture of Death

By Andrew McKean

A hunter with a Rocky Mountain bighorn ewe.
Sheep Hunting

Most Hunters Will Never Get the Chance to Chase a Bighorn Ram, but What About Ewes?

By Christine Peterson

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

30 of the Biggest Whitetail Shed Antler Sets Ever Found

By Josh Honeycutt

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Sheep Hunting

Can Sheep Hunting in the Yukon Survive Another Century?

By Alex Robinson

A whitetail buck flags its tail in a field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Indiana Taxidermist Helps Identify State’s First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease

By Katie Hill

Babe Ruth poses with two other hunters and various dead game animals.
Deer Hunting

A Deer Hunt with Babe Ruth, from the Archives

By Bob Edge

A Wyoming bull in Yellowstone National Park.
Elk Hunting

Elk Hunters Had a Phenomenal Season in Wyoming While Idaho Saw the Worst Elk Harvest in a Decade

By Dac Collins

Two bedded Shiras bulls.
Moose Hunting

Nevada’s First-Ever Moose Season Excites Hunters as Big-Game Applications Open

By Katie Hill

A tannery employee holds up mountain lion hides ready for shipping
Big Game Hunting

An Inside Look at the Last Great Tannery in America

Photographs by Nic Antaya, Story by Alex Robinson

Large elephant herd walking in Botswana.
Big Game Hunting

Botswana President Bashes UK’s Proposed Trophy Import Ban, Calls It a Return to ‘Colonial Conquest’

By Dac Collins

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt
Deer Hunting

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt

By Taylor Chamberlin, As told to Scott Einsmann

A pair of desert bighorn sheep.
Big Game Hunting

Arizona Will Stop Auctioning Big-Game Tags to the Wealthiest Hunters

By Dac Collins

A big trophy mule deer buck.
Big Game Hunting

Auction vs. Raffle Tags: Should States Stop Selling Big-Game Tags to the Highest Bidder?

By Andrew McKean

A cape buffalo taken while hunting in Zimbabwe,
Big Game Hunting

Cape Fear: Hunting Buffalo in the Matetsi Safari Area of Zimbabwe

Story by John B. Snow, Photographs by Justin Moore

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Moose Hunting

Trying to Stop a Brown Bear Attack with a .38 Special, from the Archives

By Cecil Rhode

Elk eating hay in Montana.
Big Game Hunting

States Want to Issue Lots of Transferrable Big-Game Tags to Landowners. Regular Hunters Want to Stop Them

By Andrew McKean

Thieves are sawing antlers off skulls and selling them to shed buyers.
Trophy Deer

Thieves Are Stealing More and More Racks From Hunters in the West — and Their Profits Keep Growing

By Dac Collins

A bird hunter walks across the North Dakota prairie
Deer Hunting

Why Do I Hunt? The Answer to Hunting’s Toughest Question

By Jim Zumbo

Jack O’Connor’s Final Word on How to Pick a Deer Rifle
Deer Hunting

Jack O’Connor’s Final Word on How to Pick a Deer Rifle

By Jack O'Connor

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Big Game Hunting

The onX Effect: Digital Mapping Apps Have Changed the Way We Hunt. Now What Will They Do With All Our Data?

By Christine Peterson

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Moose Hunting

An Ontario Moose Hunt Turns Into a 10-Day Survival Ordeal, From the Archives

By Elwyn "Bud" Myers

A drone-mounted camera shows a wounded buck in the woods.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Man Convicted of Wildlife Crimes for Trying to Help Undercover Game Wardens Recover a Deer with His Drone

By Dac Collins

Asian buffalo
Big Game Hunting

Carmichel in Australia: Charged by a Backwater Buffalo

By Jim Carmichel

Hunters line up for a duck blind lottery in darkness. Photo by Tom Fowlks
Big Game Hunting

Can Hunting Survive in California? And If It Can’t, Who’s Going to Pay to Conserve the State’s Wildlife and Habitat?

Story by Christine Peterson, Photographs by Tom Fowlks

A Tennessee hunter with a buck and a drone flying overhead.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Drones Could Revolutionize How Hunters Recover Lost Deer … If They’re Not Banned First

By Hayden Sammak

An illustration of the last grizzly bear in Colorado attacking a hunter.
Elk Hunting

I Killed the Last Grizzly in Colorado

By Ed Wiseman