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A hunter kneels beside a nice buck
Trophy Deer

Indiana Bowhunter Used a Spreadsheet to Help Kill This 184-Inch Buck

By Bob McNally

best motion duck decoys
Duck Hunting

The Best Motion Duck Decoys, Field Tested and Reviewed 

By Alex Robinson

An older whitetail buck, bedded
Whitetail Deer Hunting

9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

A trail camera photo of a giant deer.
Trophy Deer

Rookie Crossbow Hunter’s First Buck Is a 200-Class Nontypical Monster

By Bob McNally

Fred bear stone sheep
Sheep Hunting

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

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: What We Get Wrong About Whitetails, with Jeff Sturgis

By Alex Robinson

Lester Harvey
Black Bear Hunting

‘He Was Just Getting His Dog.’ Virginia Houndsman Dies After a Black Bear Falls on Him in Freak Hunting Accident

By Katie Hill

A big 10-point buck in the back of a UTV.
Trophy Deer

Kansas Farmer Tags What Could Be One of the Top 5 Archery Bucks Ever Taken in the State

By Bob McNally

A hunter in a wide-brimmed hat kneeling behind a gray desert bighorn.
Sheep Hunting

Carmichel in Arizona: How to Hunt an Inaccessible Desert Bighorn

By Jim Carmichel

Freel and Miller Drag a Buck
Mule Deer Hunting

Hunter Amnesia: What It Is, and How You Can Avoid It

By Tyler Freel

Three dressed squirrels are nestled in a crock pot with onions and celery.
Wild Game Recipes

The Best Squirrel Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb

Ashley Matchett and Chris Janeski
Whitetail Deer Hunting

On Her First Successful Deer Hunt with Her Husband, Hunter Shoots a Super Wide Pennsylvania Buck

By Bob McNally

Human hands stretch out a giant bear paw.
Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Fought Off a Brown Bear with My Fishing Rod, and Other Close Calls While Living in Remote Alaska

By Scott Haugen

A man holds up the rack of a large 14 point whitetail buck as the sun sets behind him.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Tyler Jordan Tags a 200-Class Louisiana Buck That Could Be the New State Record

By Alice Jones Webb

An Oklahoma bowhunter with a 17-point buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

An Oklahoma Bowhunter Heard Rumors That the 180-Class Buck He’d Been Hunting for Years Had Been Hit by a Car. They Weren’t True

By Bob McNally

A hunter with a rooster and his dog.
Pheasant Hunting

Podcast: How to Miss Fewer Birds

By Natalie Krebs

Two whitetail shoulder mounts hang on a white wall.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

A Son Finally Tracked Down His Dad’s Long-Lost Buck. It’s the Biggest Typical Whitetail Ever Killed in Kansas

By Alice Jones Webb

Boone and Crockett Club have declared javelina as a new trophy big game species.
Big Game Hunting

Boone and Crockett Accepts Javelina as the Continent’s Newest Trophy Species, the First Addition in Nearly 25 Years

By Andrew McKean

A bowhunter in the woods with a nice buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tries a Closer Setup, Draws on a Huge Buck While Surrounded by Does

By Bob McNally

an illustration of two hunters and a deer
Mule Deer Hunting

The Biggest Mishaps of My Deer-Hunting Career, by Jim Zumbo

By Jim Zumbo

Learning how to skin a deer is relatively easy, all you need is a sharp knife.
Mule Deer Hunting

How to Skin a Deer, Step by Step

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter with a big Pennsylvania buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Pennsylvania Hunter Tags a 170-Class Public-Land Buck on a Family Deer Drive

By Bob McNally

late season whitetail
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Tips for Patterning and Hunting a Late-Season Buck

By Josh Honeycutt

A bowhunter with a big Indiana buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Bob McNally

A duck hunter shakes his fist at a sky full of ducks.
Duck Hunting

It Should’ve Been the Best Mallard Hunt of Our Lives. Instead, We Almost Died

By James D. Nunnally

An Ohio hunter with a buck he tagged during the rifle opener.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Ohio Rifle Hunter Makes His Second Shot Count, Tags a 22-Pointer on Opening Day

By Bob McNally

A college freshman with his first bow buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Bob McNally

Illustration of two rabbit hunters
Rabbit Hunting

How Not to Hunt Rabbits After Dark

By Wilson H. Stover

Venison backstraps sliced open to show a perfect exterior sear and a rare center.
Wild Game Recipes

The Best Venison Backstrap Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb

A Vermont hunter with a rare smoke-phase turkey.
Turkey Hunting

Vermont Hunter Ends 4-Year Chase for Rare Smoke-Phase Turkey

By Katie Hill

A hunter with a rare-looking buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Teen Tags ‘Unicorn’ Buck on His Second-Ever Solo Hunt

By Bob McNally

A trail cam photo of a buck in Kansas.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kansas Bowhunter Arrows 200-Class Buck That Was a Local Legend

By Bob McNally

A hunter with a buck loaded into a truck bed.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

After 200 Hours of Bowhunting, Wisconsin Hunter Finally Sees His Target Buck on Opening Day of Gun Season

By Bob McNally

A hunter holds up a buck with stickers on its rack.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Hunter Tags Two Back-to-Back Bucks from the Ground in North Carolina

By Bob McNally

Two hunters field dress a deer.
Deer Hunting

How to Field Dress a Deer, Step by Step

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter calls in a blacktail buck.
Deer Hunting

3 Totally Normal Deer Hunting Tactics We Used to Think Were Bogus

By Natalie Krebs

Two hunters sit and pose in the bed of a truck next to a mule deer.
Mule Deer Hunting

An Old-School Western Mule Deer Hunt, in Memory of Two Midwestern Dads

By Andrew McKean

An illustration of a big black bear and a hunter
Black Bear Hunting

I Shot Michigan’s State-Record Black Bear on Thanksgiving Day

By Bob Haataja, as told to Ben East

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: Real Talk About Deer Cartridges and Bullets

By Alex Robinson

The governor of Virginia accepts a deer.
Deer Hunting

Tribes Uphold Centuries-Old Treaty by Delivering Dead Deer to Virginia Governor

By Andrew Sharp

A teen hunter with a big Ohio buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Teen Tags Buck with 5 Drop Tines She and Her Sister Had Watched for Weeks

By Bob McNally

Three fancy Savage 99s
Deer Hunting

Jim Carmichel’s Classic Deer Rifles

By Jim Carmichel

A venison heart on a wooden cutting board beside a stainless steel filet knife.
Wild Game Recipes

The Best Deer Heart Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb

A bowhunter with a 16-point buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Bob McNally

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Duck Hunting

The Best Duck Hunting Jackets of 2025

By Alex Robinson

Mark Drury with a giant whitetail buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

13 Advanced Deer Hunting Tactics from the Experts

By Josh Honeycutt

A bowhunter with a big buck in Illinois.
Trophy Deer

Illinois Bowhunter Was ‘In the Right Place at the Right Time’ to Tag 185-Inch Buck

By Bob McNally

The Best Coyote Calls of 2025
Coyote Hunting

The Best Coyote Calls of 2025

By Heath Wood

A turkey hunter with a goofy expression aims at a longbeard.
Big Game Hunting

The Worst Shots I’ve Ever Made

By Charles Elliott

A buck runs away. Paying attent
Deer Hunting

How to Blood Trail a Deer

By Natalie Krebs

A Florida hunter and his buck.
Trophy Deer

Florida Hunter Tags 187-Inch Buck While Watching the Gators Game

By Bob McNally

A woman stands behind a moose.
Moose Hunting

When My Dad Was Diagnosed with Cancer, I Fulfilled a Dream Moose Hunt for Him

By Ali Juten

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Pheasant Hunting

23 Pheasant Hunting Tips to Put More Roosters in the Bag

By Alex Robinson, Ron Spomer

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Should You Hunt a Buck’s Bedding Area During the Rut? 

By Josh Honeycutt

A photograph of a glossy wood-stocked deer rifle.
Deer Hunting

Jim Carmichel’s Favorite Deer Rifles

By Jim Carmichel

Orvis Black Friday Sale: Early Deals on Fly Fishing and Upland Hunting Gear
Upland Bird Hunting

Orvis Black Friday Sale: Early Deals on Fly Fishing and Upland Hunting Gear

By Scott Einsmann

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Squirrel Hunting

Squirrel Taxidermy: How to Mount a Squirrel With This Simply DIY Kit

By Beka Garris

Hunter with very large deer
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: The Case for Ditching Your Treestand and Hunting from the Ground

By Alex Robinson

A buck on a tailgate.
Trophy Deer

Veteran Arrows Giant Ohio Buck from the Ground After Getting to His Stand Late

By Bob McNally

A deer hunter with a big Illinois buck in CRP grass.
Trophy Deer

Illinois Crossbow Hunter Stalks a 195-Inch Buck Through a Cornfield

By Bob McNally

An illustration of a boy and a buck face to face.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Looks That Kill: Using a Deer’s Curiosity to Your Advantage

By J. Frank Dobie

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

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

By Bob McNally

A bowhunter sitting crosslegged in a field beside a big buck
Trophy Deer

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

By Bob McNally

A painting of a rooster getting up from some tall weeds as a hunter watches.
Pheasant Hunting

If You Miss the Pheasant Opener, Don’t Bother Hunting … Right?

By Ben East