Big Game Hunting(Page 9)

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

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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.

I Killed the Last Grizzly in Colorado

Illustration of caribou, hunter, and blizzard

Big Game Hunting

Miracle on the Tundra: How One Caribou Hunter Survived a 5-Day Blizzard

A composite image of deer visiting vine scrapes.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Truth About Rope Scrapes, One of the Hottest Tactics in Whitetail Hunting

By Natalie Krebs

Two hunters in Texas with a plains zebra.

Antelope Hunting

There’s Now a Jurassic Park for Vanishing Wildlife. It’s Called Texas

Story by Dac Collins, Photographs by Jeff Wilson

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Hunting Argali Sheep with a Crappy Scope, One Box of Ammo, and No Translator

By John B. Snow

trophy whitetail heads

The Case Against Scoring Big-Game Animals

By Andrew McKean

A buck lies half-submerged in half-frozen water.

Mule Deer Hunting

Question of Ethics: The Buck I Was Snow Tracking Suddenly Broke Through the Ice. Should I Shoot Him?

By Nick Fasciano

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Does Ozonics Actually Work? Here’s What 5 Independent, Diehard Deer Hunters Say After Field Testing

By Alex Robinson

A trail camera photo of a buck in Mississippi.

Hunter Tags 15-Point Buck with Unusual Double Rows of Tines

High fence deer could hold the key to CWD resistance.

Mule Deer Hunting

Here’s What Top Chronic Wasting Disease Researchers Can’t Say on the Record

By Andrew McKean

A hunter in camo secures a tag around the antlers of a nice elk.

Why Everybody Loves to Hate Nonresident Elk Hunters

By Andrew McKean

A hunter sits beside a dall ram, and looks into a steep alpine basin.

Welcome to the New, Uncertain Era of DIY Sheep Hunting

A mountain lion tom peeks through some branches.

Big Game Hunting

Colorado Cancels April Mountain Lion Season Amid Anti-Hunting Opposition

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Hunter’s First Deer Is an Old, 8-Point Leucistic Buck

A mature whitetail buck sniffs the air in Tennessee.

Deer Hunter Success Rates Vary as Southeast Hunters Punch Tags, Northeast Hunters Eat Tag Soup

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Hunter Tags ‘Dwarf Buck’ the Size of a Labrador Retriever

the biggest bucks of 2023

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Biggest Bucks of 2023

By Alex Robinson

massive north carolina black bear feature

Big Game Hunting

This Could Be the Heaviest Black Bear Ever Tagged in North Carolina

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How This Hunter Killed Three 200-Inch Bucks in Three Years

By Hayden Sammak

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Ohio Crossbow Hunter Stalks into Position on a Bedded 200-Class Buck

By Jason Thomas, as told to Dac Collins

Bowhunter Tags Surprise 210-Class Iowa Buck on Pressured Public Ground

Bowhunter Tags Surprise 210-Class Iowa Buck on Pressured Public Ground

By J.D. Vandenburg, as told to Andrew McKean

Man shoots Savage shotgun.

The 15 Best Shotguns for Deer Hunting

By Tony Hansen, Curtis Niedermier

SD bowhunter massive palmated buck

Bowhunter Tags Double Palmated Buck After Passing It Two Years in a Row

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New York Hunter Gets a Second Chance on This 180-Inch Buck

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tags Giant Kansas Buck with Double Drop-Tines

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Big Bucks Over Bait

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Bowhunter Tags Legendary 212-Inch Buck from a Brush Blind

By Hayden Sammak

A teen with her giant blackpowder buck.

Mule Deer Hunting

Teen Tags Monster Mule Deer, Finds Its Sheds 50 Yards from Where It Fell

late season buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Why Post-Rut Is the New Best Time to Hunt Whitetails

By Michael Hanback

How to Tan a Deer Hide, the Easy Way

mule deer hunting

Mule Deer Hunting

Mule Deer Hunting Tips

By Colton Heward

wisconsin bowhunter kills cougar

Big Game Hunting

Wisconsin Bowhunter Kills Cougar in Self Defense: “I Felt Like the Only Option I Had Was to Shoot”

bowhunter tags 18 point giant with help from friends

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Pennsylvania Crossbow Hunter Tags Giant 18-Point Buck with a Little Help from His Friends

saskatchewan two for one buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Saskatchewan Hunter Takes ‘Two-For-One’ Buck with a Giant Deadhead Stuck to Its Rack

lindsay thomas deer hunting

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Hunt Trophy Does, Turn Off the Damn Phone, Befriend Your Neighbors, and Make Deer Hunting Fun Again

By Alex Robinson

maine record 8 point

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Maine Hunter Tags One of the Biggest 8-Points in State History

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

High Schooler Tags Enormous East-Texas Buck That Should Set a New State Record

Bus 142 as a hunting camp.

Long Before the ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Became a Tourist Deathtrap, It Was My Dad’s Hunting Camp

ok bowhunter years long quest for GLT

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Ends 3-Year Quest for 180-Class Oklahoma Buck

An illustration of a deer heart and a fixed blade knife.

6 Wild-Game Rituals That Are About Much More Than the Meat

By Gerry Bethge, Josh Dahlke, Tyler Freel, David Karczynski, Ben Long, Andrew McKean

big pile of animal teeth

Big Game Hunting

An Inside Look at the Wildlife Lab That Ages 10,000 Animals Every Month

Grant woods buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Dr. Grant Woods on What Hunters Should Know About the Rut, Weather, and Deer Activity

By Alex Robinson

wyoming proposal unlimited elk permits for ranchers

Lawmaker Proposes ‘All-You-Can-Kill’ Elk Permits for Wyoming Ranchers

oklahoma bowhunter massive whitetail opening day

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Oklahoma Bowhunter Tags a 230-Inch, 30-Point Buck on Opening Day

alabama velvet buck

Bowhunter Tags 16-Point Buck Still in Velvet, Could Be an Alabama State Record

Freddy Krueger and a whitetail buck are facing off in a hunter's worst nightmare.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Freddy Krueger Bucks: The Deer That Haunt Our Nightmares

A bison looks into the camera withe elk on the hillside behind her.

Big Game Hunting

After More Than a Century of Conservation Efforts, Why Can’t We Recover America’s Buffalo?

By Andrew McKean

The best rifle scopes for deer hunting laid out on rocks.

The Best Rifle Scopes for Deer Hunting of 2025

By Andrew McKean

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Cover During the Rut, with Dr. Craig Harper

By Alex Robinson

whitetail scrapes

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Ultimate Guide to Making and Hunting Mock Scrapes

By Josh Honeycutt

Teen hunter tags big crossbow buck.

16-Year-Old Pennsylvania Hunter Sets a Women’s Crossbow State Record

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Truth About Deer Jumping the String: There’s No Formula for One of Bowhunting’s Biggest Challenges

By Alex Robinson

whitetail deer scat

What Does Deer Poop Look Like?

Freel with 2023 moose

The Top Moose Cartridges and Bullets

John Dudley buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

John Dudley on How to Beat Buck Fever

By Alex Robinson

kentucky bowhunter three years stud in velvet

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kentucky Bowhunter Waits Three Years to Tag 192-Inch Velvet Buck

By Josh Honeycutt

whitetail eating acorns

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Whitetails on the Acorn Crop This Fall

By Colin Moore, Alex Robinson

A big elk hanging from a meat pole and a hunter holding a freshly skinned skiull.

This Huge New Mexico Bull Could Be an Archery State Record

best deer hunting caliber

Best Deer Hunting Calibers

By John B. Snow

large moose in brush with mountains behind him, plus story title

How Not to Kill a Moose, from the Archives

By Frank C. Hibben

The best broadheads for deer are displayed in the woods.

The Best Broadheads for Deer of 2025

By Scott Einsmann

best tasting exotic game animals

Big Game Hunting

The 10 Best Tasting Exotic Game Animals

what do moose eat

What Do Moose Eat?