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![You don't have to summit 10,000-foot mountains to kill wild game out West.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/04/HZBHQOYCPZCEFLHUSEYDBTF3GM.jpg?w=674)
Big Game Hunting
7 Myths About Hunting Western Big Game That Easterners Need to Know
![The author (Andrew McKean) glasses for deer on his home property in north-central Montana.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/04/CXTTTLXAJFACZI5BJSWDQ3F3UQ.jpg?w=675)
Big Game Hunting
Close To Home Adventures: Life on the Prairie
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Conservation
When to Call the Game Warden
![A hunter smiles and kneels behind a large mule deer in the snow.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/08/XDZHD7NK3ZEN7CCFU772CEIV3A.jpg?w=600)
Big Game Hunting
In the Future: There Will Always Be Public Hunting Land in America
![Close up details of a whitetail deer head and antlers with it lying in the dirt.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/08/WA7M2VDHAFF5HEUHAI5JXHCVJY.jpg?w=599)
Climate & Environment
In the Future: Hunters Will Geek Out on Soil Science
![A bearded man wearing glasses and orange reflective hunting gear collars his hunting dog that is standing in the bed of the hunter's truck.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/05/IMAWSEU5WVGKVL6ZZ3T63ACODQ.jpg?w=599)
Big Game Hunting
In the Future: These 4 Newcomers Will Help Fix Outdoor Media
![A whitetail deer stands in a large open woods with the sun setting in the evening.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/05/MQGS3QTEGVEELPDWPYIGN3ZC7Y.jpg?w=600)
Big Game Hunting
In the Future: CWD Won’t Kill Whitetail Deer Hunting
![Satellite image of agricultural fields and timber with waypoints and red property line grids.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/14/UWIIDJH6F5EFVLVZVND2G3R3NQ.jpg?w=754)
Big Game Hunting
Map These 5 Food Sources to Find Deer All Season Long
![A brown hog walking through a field.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/28/J5LFRWNZ2NFOVET3OU5IFY5NFY.jpg?w=600)
Conservation
9 Ways to Hunt Hogs in Mid-Summer
![A black man in hunters camo holds a rifle.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/01/ECPQC4GY2ZFBXGIU5Q6BEP6APQ.jpg?w=674)
Conservation
I’m an Immigrant, a Veteran, and Finally… a Hunter
![Two deer running through an open field near a road.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/30/OJBWNYAJXJGXBBBNLZWTBHBB3I.jpg?w=601)
Big Game Hunting
Will a Decrease in Roadkill Mean More Deer in the Woods this Fall?
![A food plot of brassica plants.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/15/BNVJMBJLTVF7RISPGHJJ74G2KE.jpg?w=600)
Big Game Hunting
11 Strategies For Growing The Perfect Deer Food Plot
![Hunter walking through the woods with a turkey.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/23/B6OGG76WJVE2XLFNHGPQF4EACA.jpg?w=600)
Conservation
Will Coronavirus Get More People into Hunting?
![A yellow lab running through an open field.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/09/ZMKJJNHXZVEMNC4ZL5IXR4FFFE.jpg?w=601)
Big Game Hunting
Willow Creek: An Obscure Stream Shapes Life, Death, and Landscape
![Female angler fishing in the Montana Boulder River.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/09/H4E2YE424ZCPXCKNAK6PIVGJZE.jpg?w=600)
Conservation
What’s Gained and Lost by Privatizing River Access?
![A velvet-racked buck makes the most of the growing season.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/26/Q62SQKUMM5CADOIVHRLNEL6I3M.jpg?w=600)
Big Game Hunting
The Keys to Deer Antler Growth
![Angler holding a trout in the water.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/14/2TR43HG5A5FHNHFYAPND73PWRE.jpg?w=599)
Conservation
When Wilderness is a Catch-22
![Two hunters kneeling behind Wyoming ram.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/05/JGFSHYVDNBEABNNYCX3QI7VORY.jpg?w=600)
Big Game Hunting
Wyoming Has a Wilderness Problem
![Two hunters in camo and orange vests drag a deer.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/21/C744AHQYCZFAXN36FMFK5VOBC4.jpg?w=600)
Conservation
What’s Next for Citizen Conservation?
![An elk standing in the snow.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/16/T7PHB6IM3FGBNJDCNR7NE6MM64.jpg?w=600)
Big Game Hunting
Elk Hunting a Secret Public-Land Spot in the Utah Backcountry
![Alex Robinson fishing in the Tongass National Forest.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/15/IFXD2YQGYVFWVOTSUH2RVXTYSY.jpg?w=674)
Climate & Environment