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

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

By Cliff Coe, as told to Frank Tinker

A blue color phase black bear, also known as a glacier bear.

I Tagged the First Glacier Bear Ever Taken by a Modern Bowhunter I Tagged the First Glacier Bear Ever Taken by a Modern Bowhunter

By James F. Martin

Hunter, elk, and selfbow

How to Make a Bow and Arrow: A Beginner’s Guide to Making a Wood Bow How to Make a Bow and Arrow: A Beginner’s Guide to Making a Wood Bow

A Massachusets hunter with a big buck.

Middle-School Teacher Tags the Biggest Typical Buck Killed in Massachusetts in a Decade Middle-School Teacher Tags the Biggest Typical Buck Killed in Massachusetts in a Decade

Fred bear stone sheep

Fred Bear Took His World-Record Stone Sheep with the ‘Best Shot I’ll Ever Make’ 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

A bowhunter with a big Indiana buck.

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

A college freshman with his first bow buck.

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

A bowhunter with a 16-point buck.

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

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

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

A bowhunter sitting crosslegged in a field beside a big buck

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

The new Hoyt RX-9 Ultra is Hoyt's best carbon bow to date.

Hoyt RX-9 Ultra Review: Testing the Most Expensive Hunting Bow on the Market Hoyt RX-9 Ultra Review: Testing the Most Expensive Hunting Bow on the Market

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

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

Alabama Bowhunter Scores Big Again with a 14-Point Drop Tine Missouri Buck Alabama Bowhunter Scores Big Again with a 14-Point Drop Tine Missouri Buck

Hunter poses with his bow and a large drop tine buck with 13 points.

Ohio Hunter Arrows Remarkable ‘Droop’ Tine Buck Ohio Hunter Arrows Remarkable ‘Droop’ Tine Buck

By Alice Jones Webb

Jeremy Wynn buck

Illinois Bowhunter Tags 2 Giant Bucks on a Small Private Property and Public Ground Illinois Bowhunter Tags 2 Giant Bucks on a Small Private Property and Public Ground

The author wearing the Ambient Jacket as an outer layer.

Sitka Women’s Ambient Jacket Review: A Quiet and Packable Mid-Layer Sitka Women’s Ambient Jacket Review: A Quiet and Packable Mid-Layer

By Jackie Holbrook

Ohio bowhunter kneels next to a buck.

Bowhunter Gets a Second Chance at a Massive Ohio Buck Bowhunter Gets a Second Chance at a Massive Ohio Buck

A hunter with a buck taken in Virginia.

‘I Know He Was with Me.’ Virginia Hunter Tags 20-Point Buck with His Late Father’s Bow ‘I Know He Was with Me.’ Virginia Hunter Tags 20-Point Buck with His Late Father’s Bow

A Minnesota bowhunter with a 12-point buck.

Minnesota Bowhunter Shoots a 12-Point, 175-Inch Buck Minnesota Bowhunter Shoots a 12-Point, 175-Inch Buck

The Curt Van Lith buck and the Bill Kontras bucks, illustrated.

The Kontras and Van Lith Bucks, Two Record Deer That Changed Bowhunting The Kontras and Van Lith Bucks, Two Record Deer That Changed Bowhunting

By Jeff Murray, Michael Pearce