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How to Hunt Early Season Deer

By Alex Robinson , Bob Humphrey , Craig Dougherty , Tony Hansen

The Best Youth Compound Bows to Start Bowhunting

By Jace Bauserman

The Best Hunting Rifles of 2022

By Alex Robinson , John B. Snow , Tyler Freel

The Best Duck Hunting Shotguns for Waterfowlers

By Joe Genzel

Best Arrows and Broadheads For Elk

By Mark Kayser

Best Deer Hunting Calibers of 2022

By John B. Snow

Bear Gun Shootout: 10mm vs .44 Mag.

By John B. Snow

How to Choose a Compound Bow—and Set It Up—for Elk Season

By Jace Bauserman

The 28-Gauge Shotgun Can Kill Ducks as Effectively as a 12-Gauge (At Modest Ranges)

By John Gordon

Dove Hunting Ultimate Guide: Tips and Tactics for Bagging More Birds

By Brad Fitzpatrick , Joe Genzel , Michael Pearce

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Deer Jerky Recipe

By Wade Truong

Eating Bird Innards: How to Pull, Prepare, and Cook Wild Bird Giblets

By Jack Hennessy

How to Make Deer Jerky in an Oven, Smoker, and Dehydrator

By Michael Pendley

Rutting Bucks and Bad-Tasting Venison. Here’s What Deer Hunters Need to Know

By Jack Hennessy

Venison Schnitzel: Your Family Won’t Know It’s Deer Meat

By Beka Garris

The Best Ways to Cook Every Cut of Venison

By Jamie Carlson

Venison Meatballs Are the Best Meal to Make with Your Final Package of Deer Meat

By Beka Garris

The Ultimate Red Meat: Venison vs Beef

By Alex Robinson

The Ultimate Guide to Cooking Wild Game with Alcohol

By Jack Hennessy

How to Grill the Ultimate Venison Burger This Summer

By Jack Hennessy

The Undercuts: How to Cook the Most Underrated Cuts of Venison

By Jamie Carlson, Josh Dahlke, and Krissie Mason

What’s Better for Cooking Wild Game: The Grill or Cast Iron?

By Jack Hennessy

The Best Goose Calls of 2022

By Joe Genzel , John Gordon

The Best Duck Calls of 2022

By Joe Genzel

The Best Snow Goose Decoys of 2022

By Joe Genzel

USDA Walks Back Canada Waterfowl Ban, Will Allow Hunters to Bring Meat Across the Border

By Dac Collins

Pintails Hit Their Lowest Population in Decades. Some Researchers Think We Could be Miscounting Them

By Keegan Sentner

A Pacific Waterfowl Oasis Ran Out of Water. These Duck Hunters Are Footing the Bill for Some More

By Katie Hill

The Best Duck Hunting Waders

By Joe Genzel

Fabarm XLR5 Chesapeake Review: Italy’s Next Gas-Driven, 3-Inch Auto-Loader

By Joe Genzel

Two Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges Close to Bird Hunting Due to Extreme Drought

By Katie Hill

The Best Duck Hunting Dogs

By Tom Keer

The Weirdest Critters I’ve Ever Hunted: 4-Legged Ducks, Medusa Bucks, and Muletail Hybrids

By Brad Fenson

How to Hunt Ducks

By Joe Genzel

The Best Chokes for Pheasant Hunting of 2022

By Joe Genzel

The Best Upland Hunting Boots of 2022

By Colton Heward

Two Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges Close to Bird Hunting Due to Extreme Drought

By Katie Hill

The Best Upland Hunting Pants of 2022

By Colton Heward

Tungsten Super Shot: An Inside Look at How the Deadliest Birdshot of All Time Is Made

By Nick Charney

The U.K. Releases 55 Million Game Birds Every Year. This Group Says Not to Release Any Amid Avian Flu Fears

By Dac Collins

The Most Underrated Hunting Dog Breeds

By Jennifer Wapenski , Joe Genzel

Montana’s Controversial Pheasant Stocking Program Moves Forward

By Dac Collins

The Best .410 and 28-Gauge Semi-Auto Shotguns

By John Gordon

If These Nine Shotgun Writers Could Only Have One Gun, Which Smoothbore Would They Pick?

By Joe Genzel

Dove Hunting Ultimate Guide: Tips and Tactics for Bagging More Birds

By Brad Fitzpatrick , Joe Genzel , Michael Pearce

Benelli vs. Beretta: Which Italian Shotgun Maker Is Your Favorite?

By Joe Genzel

The Best Turkey Loads of 2022

By Joe Genzel

Best Turkey Vests of 2022

By Adam Moore

Best Turkey Calls of 2022

By Brian Lovett

Tungsten Super Shot: An Inside Look at How the Deadliest Birdshot of All Time Is Made

By Nick Charney

The Best Turkey Blinds of 2022

By Jace Bauserman

The Best Turkey Hunting Boots of 2022

By Adam Moore

Pennsylvania Bans Turkey Hunting With Muzzleloaders, Slug Guns, and Pistols Amid Population Declines

By Kristen A. Schmitt

One for the Diehards: The Latest Digital Edition of Outdoor Life Is Here

By Alex Robinson

Vortex SPARC Solar Review: A Red Dot for Your Turkey Gun

By Adam Moore

Benelli vs. Beretta: Which Italian Shotgun Maker Is Your Favorite?

By Joe Genzel

Gobbler Taken by Longtime Maryland Hunter Is the Pending No. 2 All-Time Turkey in the State

By Bob McNally

Co-CEOs Will Lead NWTF Into Its Next Half-Century of Conservation

By Andrew McKean

Hunting Iguanas in Old Mexico, a Story From the Archives

By Michael Cramond

The Best Chokes for Pheasant Hunting of 2022

By Joe Genzel

The Best Squirrel Calls of 2022

By Brodie Swisher

The Best Squirrel Hunting Rifles

By Brodie Swisher

How to Hunt Rabbits

By Brodie Swisher

The Best Air Rifles for Squirrels of 2022

By Jim Chapman

The Best Folding Shotguns for Survival and Self Defense

By Payton Miller

The Most Underrated Hunting Dog Breeds

By Jennifer Wapenski , Joe Genzel

How to Take High Percentage Shots on the Dove Opener and Hit More Birds

By Joe Genzel

The Best .410 and 28-Gauge Semi-Auto Shotguns

By John Gordon

The Best .410 Handguns for Snakes and Backyard Pests

By Joe Genzel

Some Kids Just Aren’t Meant to Be Hunters. But All Kids Should Get the Chance

By Beka Garris

.222 Remington Magnum: A Classic Cartridge That Still Gets It Done on Varmints and Predators

By Pat Mundy

Court Case Involving Three Vermont Hunters, a 61-Year-Old Suspect, and a Can of Bear Spray Moves Forward

By Dac Collins

Texas Man Catches Massive 14-Foot Alligator Next to RV Park

By Katie Hill

Texas Man Catches His First Alligator, and It’s a Mossy-Tailed Beast

By Dac Collins

Two Giant, 13-Foot Alligators Taken from South Carolina Lakes in One Day

By Bob McNally

Video Showing Killer Whales’ Hunting Tactics Demonstrates Why Orcas Are the Ultimate Predators

By Alex Robinson

Georgia Brothers Tag Monster Alligator After Sending Up a Prayer

By Bob McNally

The Best Coyote Calls of 2022

By Heath Wood

The Best Bear Hunting Dogs

By Brodie Swisher

Tungsten Super Shot: An Inside Look at How the Deadliest Birdshot of All Time Is Made

By Nick Charney

Officials Search for Suspect Who Shot a Washington Bear Hunter and Fled the Scene

By Dac Collins

Amateur Snake Hunters Catch Giant 17-Foot Python in Florida

By Kristen A. Schmitt

The Best Bear Hunting Dogs

By Brodie Swisher

The Best Dog Beds for Your Family Hunting Dog

By Scott Einsmann

The Best Duck Hunting Dogs

By Tom Keer

How to Hunt Ducks

By Joe Genzel

The Most Underrated Hunting Dog Breeds

By Jennifer Wapenski , Joe Genzel

Virginia Property Owners Are Suing to End a Hunter’s “Right to Retrieve” Their Dogs

By Wade Thiel

How to Take Good Photos of Your Dog

By Bill Buckley

The Best Dog GPS Trackers for 2022

By Robb Moore

Choir in the Pines: The Dogmen of the South

By Durrell Smith

Texas Game Wardens Help Rescue a Bird Dog from the Bottom of a 50-Foot Well

By Dac Collins

“Working Dogs for Conservation” Is Training Rescues to Sniff Out Conservation Problems

By Bob McNally

Do We Need to Better Regulate Coyote Trapping in Order to Save It—and Save Our Bird Hunting Dogs?

By Andrew McKean

Monster Velvet Bucks from Kentucky and Tennessee

By Josh Honeycutt

Kentucky Bowhunter Tags Tall-Antlered Buck

By Katie Hill

Why I Hunt the Whitetail Rut by Moon Phase—and You Should Too

By Michael Hanback

What If Grizzly Bears Killed as Many Hunters as Treestand Accidents Do?

By Katie Hill , Alex Robinson

The Best Bow Quivers for 2022

By P.J. Reilly

Bowhunter Tags a 225-Inch Monster Buck on Vermejo Ranch

By Dac Collins

The Best Arrow Rests of 2022

By P.J. Reilly

How to Hunt Whitetails on the Acorn Crop This Fall

By Colin Moore , Alex Robinson

Watch: Bowhunter Arrows Bull that Rolls Downhill and Almost Crushes His Cameraman

By Dac Collins

The Best Broadheads for Deer in 2022

By Scott Einsmann

The Best Bow Releases of 2022

By P.J. Reilly

Oregon Bowhunter Tags an Old Warrior Muley Buck on Opening Weekend

By Dac Collins

Close Calls and Second-Guesses: Frustrating Hunts Happen to Everyone

By Tyler Freel

Monster Velvet Bucks from Kentucky and Tennessee

By Josh Honeycutt

Kentucky Bowhunter Tags Tall-Antlered Buck

By Katie Hill

Kansas Hunter Tags Giant 230-Inch Buck During Early Muzzleloader Season

By Alex Robinson

The Best Times to Hunt the Whitetail Rut This Season

By Michael Hanback

The Best Deer Decoys of 2022

By Adam Moore

I Ditched a Bogus Outfitter for a Real Trophy Moose Hunt, From the Archives

By William N. Roach

Famous Bull Moose Killed in Fight with Even Bigger Bull

By Bjorn Dihle

Why I Hunt the Whitetail Rut by Moon Phase—and You Should Too

By Michael Hanback

Tips from The Hunting Public: How to Hunt Whitetails in Public Land River Bottoms

By Derek Horner

What If Grizzly Bears Killed as Many Hunters as Treestand Accidents Do?

By Katie Hill , Alex Robinson

Attacked on the Nushagak: When a Moose Hunter Gets Pinned by a Brown Bear, It’s Up to His Hunting Partner to Save His Life

By Dac Collins

Latest Hunting Stories

Close Calls and Second-Guesses: Frustrating Hunts Happen to Everyone

By Tyler Freel

/ Sep 28, 2022

The Best Goose Calls of 2022

By Joe Genzel , John Gordon

/ Sep 28, 2022

Monster Velvet Bucks from Kentucky and Tennessee

By Josh Honeycutt

/ Sep 28, 2022

.222 Remington Magnum: A Classic Cartridge That Still Gets It Done on Varmints and Predators

By Pat Mundy

/ Sep 28, 2022

Kentucky Bowhunter Tags Tall-Antlered Buck

By Katie Hill

/ Sep 27, 2022

The Best Duck Calls of 2022

By Joe Genzel

/ Sep 27, 2022

Kansas Hunter Tags Giant 230-Inch Buck During Early Muzzleloader Season

By Alex Robinson

/ Sep 27, 2022

Court Case Involving Three Vermont Hunters, a 61-Year-Old Suspect, and a Can of Bear Spray Moves Forward

By Dac Collins

/ Sep 27, 2022

The Best Times to Hunt the Whitetail Rut This Season

By Michael Hanback

/ Sep 27, 2022

The Best Deer Decoys of 2022

By Adam Moore

/ Sep 26, 2022

I Ditched a Bogus Outfitter for a Real Trophy Moose Hunt, From the Archives

By William N. Roach

/ Sep 26, 2022

Famous Bull Moose Killed in Fight with Even Bigger Bull

By Bjorn Dihle

/ Sep 26, 2022

Why I Hunt the Whitetail Rut by Moon Phase—and You Should Too

By Michael Hanback

/ Sep 23, 2022

Tips from The Hunting Public: How to Hunt Whitetails in Public Land River Bottoms

By Derek Horner

/ Sep 23, 2022

What If Grizzly Bears Killed as Many Hunters as Treestand Accidents Do?

By Katie Hill , Alex Robinson

/ Sep 23, 2022

The Ruger Red Label: America’s Last Working-Class Over/Under

By Colton Heward

/ Sep 23, 2022

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