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A man paddles toward a bull moose
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Fred Bear Didn’t Question His Bow on His First Moose Hunt. He Questioned Himself

By Fred Bear

An illustration of an old-school bowhunter glassing a hillside.
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I Tried Teaching My Duck Hunting Buddy to Bowhunt. A Dozen Blown Stalks Later, He Surprised Me

By Brian Kahn

You Go I Stay feature story from Outdoor Life
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Fred Bear’s Wildest Hunt: The Day He Faced a World‑Record Brown Bear at 20 Yards

By Fred Bear, as told to Ben East

Fred bear stone sheep
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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

Beka Garris and her daughter shoot a recurve bow.
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How My Decision to Embrace Traditional Bowhunting Has Shaped Three Generations of Family

By Beka Garris

Blue, black, and white illustrations of a bowhunter in NYC.
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How a Born-and-Raised New Yorker Fell in Love with Bowhunting

By Cliff Cadet

A photo illustration of a deer with the NYC skyline in the back
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Things My Fellow New Yorkers Say When They Find Out I’m a Hunter

By Cliff Cadet

Whitetail Adrenaline showcases spot-and-stalk tactics for whitetails on public land.
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‘Whitetail Adrenaline’ Changed Everything We Knew About Hunting Mature Bucks from the Ground

By Alex Robinson

An Oklahoma bow hunter with a record-book bull elk.
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After Finally Listening to My Buddy, My Bull Is a New Oklahoma State Record

By Bob McNally

A bowhunter with the new Oklahoma record nontypical elk.
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Army Veteran Arrows State-Record Elk on a Military Base in Oklahoma

By Bob McNally

spirit bear photo
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I Shot a Monster Interior Grizzly Bear With My Recurve Bow

By Tyler Freel

crossbow testing
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The Best Bows, Crossbows, and Archery Gear of 2025, Based on In-Depth Range Testing

By Scott Einsmann

The author with a nice whitetail deer reaped with his bow and decoy.
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The 5 Rules of Reaping Whitetail Deer

By Derek Horner

Testing the Hoyt and Mathews whitetail bows
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Black Friday Deals on Archery and Bowhunting Gear

By Scott Einsmann

A bowhunter with a huge, 34-point Missouri buck.
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Missouri Bowhunter Ends 3-Year Quest for ‘Cactus Jack,’ a 34-Point Buck

By Bob McNally

A hunter and his buddy with a big Missouri buck.
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Louisiana Bowhunter Drives 9 Hours North to Tag a Giant Buck After a Rainstorm

By Bob McNally

A bowhunter admires a big Iowa buck.
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Public-Land Hunter Says This Huge Iowa Buck Is ‘the Pinnacle of His Bowhunting Life’

By Bob McNally

A bowhunter with an 8-point buck.
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Bowhunter Tags His Target Buck After Watching It for 6 Years on Trail Cameras

By Bob McNally

A Missouri bowhunter with a buck.
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College Kid Plays Hooky and Arrows a Huge Missouri Buck with 3 Main Beams

By Bob McNally

A bowhunter with a rare piebald buck taken in Ohio.
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‘Just Like Clockwork.’ Ohio Bowhunter Tags a Rare Piebald Buck He’d Been Seeing On Trail Cams for Years

By Bob McNally