Hunting (Page 15)

Hunting tips and in-depth stories on hunting for deer, turkeys, waterfowl, big-game and more.

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Waterfowl Hunting

In Wisconsin, Home of the Sandhill Crane Recovery, Legislators Are Now Considering a Hunt

By Andrew McKean

Anti-Hunters Seek to Ban All Hunting with Hounds in Arizona

By Natalie Krebs

The Best Dog Training Collars, Tested and Reviewed

By Natalie Krebs

Best .410 Turkey Guns of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

Big Game Hunting

Wyoming Lawmakers Want to Quadruple Hunting License Application Fees

Predator Hunting

My Buddy Called in a Mountain Lion. It Attacked Before He Ever Saw It

By Reed Peterson

Big Game Hunting

Colorado Is Switching Its Big-Game Draw. Here’s Why Hunters with Preference Points Are Short-Changed

By Natalie Krebs

Black Bear Hunting

Veteran Tags Potential Record Black Bear During Louisiana’s First Bear Season in Decades

By Jonathan Olivier

Big Game Hunting

Carmichel in the Middle East: Risking Our Lives to Hunt Iranian Ibex

By Jim Carmichel

Mule Deer Hunting

Why Mule Deer Are North America’s Greatest Big-Game Animal

I Was Attacked by a Timber Wolf

Big Game Hunting

Survey: Idaho Big-Game Hunters Would Ban Drones and Thermals, But Keep Most Other Tech

By Andrew McKean

Why Duck Hunters Die

By Alex Robinson

Podcast: Wolves Will Be Delisted, Public-Land Transfer Attempts Will Fail, and Other 2025 Predictions

By Andrew McKean

Black Bear Hunting

Sixth Grader Tags Nearly 600-Pound Black Bear While Hunting with His Grandpa

By Alice Jones Webb

Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘I Hadn’t Shot a Deer All Year.’ Hunter Tags Unicorn Buck in the Final Days of Muzzleloader Season

How to Hunt Coyotes: A Crash Course in Coyote Hunting Across the Country

By Tom Carpenter, Colton Heward

A Young Pup, an Old Setter, and a Point I’ll Never Forget

By Floyd A. Baker

The Best Duck Decoys

By Alex Robinson

Patriots Hall-of-Famer Caught Turkey Hunting Behind Stadium Says ‘I Hunted that Property Forever’

Bowhunter with 86 Bulls to His Credit Tags a Pending World-Record Elk

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Army Vet Gets His First Whitetail Buck on Last Day of the Season, and It’s a 19-Point Giant

Pheasant Hunting

A Manhattan Legislator Aims to End New York’s Pheasant Stocking Program. Here’s Why All Bird Hunters Should Be Concerned

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

16 Deer Hunting Mistakes You Won’t Make Again Next Season

By Josh Honeycutt

Instead of Staying Home for the Holidays, My Daughter Wanted to Go Moose Hunting

Alaska Trappers Catch One of the Biggest Wolves Ever Recorded

How to Find and Hunt Grouse in Successional Habitat

By Derek Horner

The Best Stories of 2024

The Biggest Bucks of 2024

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kansas Soldier Ditches His Tree Stand and Tags Elusive ‘Ghost’ Buck from the Ground

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged

By Christine Peterson

The Year My Family Skipped Traditional Christmas to Hunt and Fish Was Our Best Yet

By Erwin A. Bauer

The Best Wild Rabbit Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year

By Alex Robinson

How to Hunt Late-Season Canada Geese When You Can’t Get on the X

Breda B3.5SM Review: The Italian Shotgun You Haven’t Heard of, But Should Know About

By Alex Robinson

Illinois Hunter Shoots 184-Inch Buck While Sitting in a Lawn Chair

How to Handle and Freeze Birds You Plan to Mount, According to a Taxidermist

By Natalie Krebs

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

The Best Motion Duck Decoys, Field Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

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

Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Alex Robinson

Black Bear Hunting

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

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

Carmichel in Arizona: How to Hunt an Inaccessible Desert Bighorn

By Jim Carmichel

Mule Deer Hunting

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

Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

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

Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Alice Jones Webb

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

Pheasant Hunting

Podcast: How to Miss Fewer Birds

By Natalie Krebs

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

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

Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

Mule Deer Hunting

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

Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Tips for Patterning and Hunting a Late-Season Buck

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

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

By James D. Nunnally

Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

How Not to Hunt Rabbits After Dark

By Wilson H. Stover

Wild Game Recipes

The Best Venison Backstrap Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb