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An elk shed on the ground in Wyoming.

A 7-Year-Old Picked Up a Shed Antler. It Had a GPS Tracker Attached — and His Dad Got a Ticket

An illustration of a lion attacking a man on safari.

Big Game Hunting

I Grew Up on Safari. The Most Dangerous Game Isn’t What You Think

By Michael Branham, as told to Jim Rearden

late season turkey hunting

17 Sneaky Late-Season Turkey Hunting Tips for Targeting Pressured Toms

By Josh Honeycutt

An illustration of an old-school bowhunter glassing a hillside.

Mule Deer Hunting

I Tried Teaching My Duck Hunting Buddy to Bowhunt. A Dozen Blown Stalks Later, He Surprised Me

A painting of a brown Chesapeake Bay Retrieve on a yellow background.

The Duck Dog Who Wouldn’t Abandon a Retrieve, Even If It Killed Him

A painting of a piebald buck running through the woods with a hunter in the tree behind him.

Every Farmer and Hunter Had a Story About the Elusive White Buck. Here’s How I Finally Caught Up to Him

By Dale Johnson

a color photograph of Grancel Fitz with a giant caribou

Big Game Hunting

I Walked Away From a Record Book Bull to Kill the Woodland Caribou of My Dreams

By Grancel Fitz

brown bear hunt

Stalking This Massive Costal Brown Bear Was the Greatest Experience of My Hunting Career

By Scott Haugen

an old color photo of Jack O'Connor sits on horseback

Jack O’Connor’s Last Sheep Hunt

By Jack O'Connor

An illustration of a man taking cover behind a log

“Why You Shoot Your Uncle for an Elk?” There Was a Time When Hunting Was Much More Dangerous

By Jack O'Connor

An older turkey hunter and his wife in Vermont.

I Tagged the First Vermont Gobbler in Modern History Back in 1973

A vermont turkey hunter during the first modern turkey season.

After Bringing the Birds Back from a 100-Year Absence, Vermont’s First Spring Turkey Season Was One to Remember

The Remington 870 Is Still My Favorite Turkey Gun. But There’s One Major Problem

By Alex Robinson

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Giant Nontypical Northwoods Buck Was Found Hanging in a Wisconsin Cabin. It’s Backstory Remains a Mystery

A mountain turkey strutting in the woods

Before We Learned to Call Turkeys in Close, We Hunted Them with Rifles

You Go I Stay feature story from Outdoor Life

Grizzly Bear Hunting

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

An illo of a big kudu bull with a hunter in the background

Big Game Hunting

I Arranged a Shoestring Safari — Then Got My Rifle Confiscated and Had to Beg the Outfitter for a Job. It’s a Hunt I’ll Never Forget

By James Carkhuff

an old photo of Charlie Elliott walking up on a turkey in the woods

The Vintage Turkey Tactics That Never Let Me Down

By Charles Elliott

Fred bear stone sheep

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

Jack O'Connor hunting deer in the desert.

Mule Deer Hunting

O’Connor in Old Mexico: My Luckiest Day of Deer Hunting — Ever

By Jack O'Connor