Hunting (Page 17)

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

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Duck Hunting

Mallard Numbers Are Up This Year, Plus Duck Hunters Might See a 3-Pintail Limit Next Season

By Natalie Krebs

Bow Hunting

Victory RIP TKO Review: The Goldilocks Hunting Arrow

By P.J. Reilly

Upland Bird Hunting

The Best Shotguns for Bird Hunting of 2025

By Colton Heward, Alex Robinson

Trophy Deer

Poacher Loses Hunting Privileges for 24 Years After Famous ‘Hollywood Buck’ Turns Up Dead on Facebook

By Natalie Krebs

Cougar Hunting

A Big Cat Hunting Ban Would Cost Colorado More Than $60 Million, Study Shows

By Dac Collins

Moose Hunting

A Bull-Moose Brawl and Meat-Packing Sled Dogs: A Mountain Man’s Last Hunt Before Winter

By Anton Money

Small Game Hunting

UK Group Says Hunters Are an ‘Ethnic Minority’ in Need of Protection

By Dac Collins

Waterfowl Hunting

Hundreds of Ducks Dead Amid Reports of Avian Flu and Botulism at Two Critical California Refuges

By Katie Hill

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Michigan Makes Youth Hunt and Opportunities for Disabled Hunters Antlerless Only, Faces Heavy Backlash

By Alice Jones Webb

Hunting Dogs

Sportsmen’s Group Sues Feds Over New Dog Import Rule, Says It Will Cripple Breeders in Canada and Europe

By Dac Collins

Elk Hunting

My Buddy and I Shot the Same Elk — and It Turned Out to Be the Colorado State Record Bull

By Harry E. Troxell III

Big Game Hunting

Hawaiian Hunters Help Turn in Hog-Contest Cheaters Who Stole a Pet Pig

By Alice Jones Webb

Bear Hunting

Minnesota Man Charged with Killing His Neighbor’s Dog While Under Investigation for Poaching Deer and Baiting Bears

By Alice Jones Webb

Wolf Hunting

Hunting Outfitter Accidentally Uses Photo of Famous Coastal Wolf on His Website, Receives Threats from Around the World

By Katie Hill

Bow Hunting

Team USA Wins Bronze in Archery Mixed Team

By Scott Einsmann

Bow Hunting

What Bowhunters Can Learn from Elite Olympic Archers

By Scott Einsmann

Cougar Hunting

Lion Hunting Ban Qualifies for Colorado’s November Ballot

By Andrew McKean

Hunting

A Digital Revolution in Hunter Education

By Andrew McKean

Elk Hunting

I Drew a Rare Archery Elk Tag In Kentucky and the Hunt Was Tougher Than Expected

By Derek McKee

Duck Hunting

3 Teens Arrested After Viral Video Surfaces of a Kid Abusing His Duck Dog

By Natalie Krebs

Elk Hunting

Montana Judge Says Landowners Don’t Have ‘Absolute Freedom’ to Kill Elk, and Allowing Public Hunting Doesn’t Infringe on Their Rights

By Katie Hill

Big Game Hunting

My Hunt for the Man-Eating Lions of Matiyani

By Scott Haugen

Turkey Hunting

Florida Guides Passed Off Pen-Raised Turkeys as Wild Osceolas to Unsuspecting Hunters, Officials Say

By Katie Hill

Sheep Hunting

Carmichel in Alaska: An Odd Way to Die on a Sheep Hunt

By Jim Carmichel

Bow Hunting

The Best Bow Stabilizers

By P.J. Reilly

Mule Deer Hunting

Are Chronic Wasting Disease Fears Making People Quit Deer Hunting?

By Christine Peterson

Wolf Hunting

Yellowstone Park Superintendent Calls for Stricter Wolf Hunting Regulations In Montana

By Katie Hill

Hunting Dogs

The Best Hunting Dogs for Birds, Big and Small Game, and Tracking

By Natalie Krebs, Brian Lynn

Big Game Hunting

Software Glitch Wrongly Awarded Tags to 738 Hunters in Washington State’s Special Permit Draw

By Dac Collins

Quail Hunting

Texas Bird Hunters Helped Fund a New Drug That’s Saving Wild Quail

By Katie Hill

Grizzly Bear Hunting

My Months-Long Hunt for a Cattle-Killing Grizzly, from the Archives

By Jack Tooker

Elk Hunting

Breaking the Rules to Kill a Bull Elk, from the Archives

By Bob Robb

Hunting

Hunting and Fishing Makes Us Better Environmental Stewards, Study Shows

By Katie Hill

Big Game Hunting

The Sable Curse: Chasing the ‘Prince of Africa’ in the Karoo

By Scott Haugen

Hunting

The Federal Government Is Increasing Hunting Restrictions and Limiting Access on Millions of Acres of Public Land in Alaska with These 4 Measures

By Tyler Freel

Grizzly Bear Hunting

Alberta Brings Back Grizzly Hunting, But Only for ‘Problem’ Bears

By Dac Collins

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Ultimate Plan for Scouting Deer in Summer

By Michael Hanback

Cougar Hunting

Anti-Hunting Group Gets Enough Signatures to Put a Cougar Hunting Ban on the Colorado Ballot This Fall

By Natalie Krebs

Grizzly Bear Hunting

Watch: Grizzly Bear Eats a Cow Elk That’s Still Alive

By Katie Hill

Bow Hunting

Video: Heavy Arrow Setups With The Hunting Public Crew (and the Pros and Cons of Shooting Heavy Arrows)

By Alex Robinson

Deer Hunting

Real Talk on Saddle Hunting. Is It Time to Ditch the Treestand?

By Scott Einsmann

Hunting

Hunting Regs Are Too Complicated. This New Hunting A.I. Is Trying to Fix That

By Andrew McKean

Mule Deer Hunting

O’Connor in Arizona: Lost, Trigger Happy, and Tagged Out

By Jack O'Connor

Black Bear Hunting

The Hunt for a Man-Killing Black Bear, From the Archives

By Raymond R. Lyons

Black Bear Hunting

Idaho Hunter Avoids Charges for Killing Grizzly Because State Wildlife Officials Misidentified the Bear, Too

By Dac Collins

Mule Deer Hunting

Montana Police Chief Faces Felony Charges for Illegally Hunting on Tribal Lands and Tampering with Witnesses

By Alex Robinson

Hunting Dogs

Crappie Fishermen Save 38 Dogs from Drowning in Mississippi’s Grenada Lake

By Dac Collins

Hunting

Public Approval for Hunting and Recreational Shooting Continues to Decline in the U.S.

By Andrew McKean

Duck Hunting

During Australia’s Duck Season ‘Circus’ Anti-Hunting Activists Will Steal Your Birds, Paddle Through Your Decoys, and Film Your Kids

Story and Photos by Natalie Krebs

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Is Public Land Deer Hunting Ruined Forever? Dan Infalt, the Big Buck Serial Killer, Weighs In

By Alex Robinson

Elk Hunting

Colorado Eliminates Over-the-Counter Archery Elk Tags for Nonresidents

By Natalie Krebs

Predator Hunting

Hunter Who Mistakenly Killed a Wolf Hundreds of Miles from Its Home Range Won’t Be Charged

By Katie Hill

Mule Deer Hunting

Decoying Prairie Bucks with Dad

By Derek Horner

Cougar Hunting

Anti-Hunting Groups Are Running a Paid Signature Campaign to Ban Cougar Hunting in Colorado. Conservation Orgs Launch “Decline to Sign” Effort

By Andrew McKean

Hunting

6 Louisiana Men Arrested for Allegedly Cheating in Two Hog Hunting Contests

By Dac Collins

Hunting

The Best Hunting Rifles, Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson, John B. Snow, Tyler Freel

Deer Hunting

Does Chronic Wasting Disease Infect Humans? Despite Shocking Headlines, Recent Research Suggests It Does Not

By Alex Robinson

Big Game Hunting

Hunting Wild Red Stag in Argentina During the Roar Is a Lot Like Elk Hunting the Rut — But Better

By Andrew McKean

Big Game Hunting

Hunters of Color Is on a Mission to Make the Outdoors More Accessible to Minorities — Whether the Hunting Community Is Ready or Not

By Dac Collins

Bow Hunting

The Best Recurve and Longbows of 2026, Tested

By Scott Einsmann

Turkey Hunting

I Was Nearly Killed By a Drug Cartel While Turkey Hunting in Mexico

By Scott Haugen

Turkey Hunting

What Distance Should Be Used to Pattern a Shotgun? (And Everything Else to Know About Patterning)

By Andrea Bogard

Cougar Hunting

Close Call: I Shot a Mountain Lion at 7 Paces

By Scott Haugen

Duck Hunting

No, It’s Not a Game-Farm Mallard. DNA Test Confirms First-Ever Documented Leucistic Black Duck

By Natalie Krebs