Hunting (Page 19)

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

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23 Dirty Turkey Hunting Myths

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Indiana Taxidermist Helps Identify State’s First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease

Wildlife Commissioner Cited for Hunting Turkeys Over Bait Says He Didn’t Know the Crickets Were There

Michigan Is Getting Sued for Shortening Its Coyote Season

Turkey Hunting Tips from the Pros

By Alex Robinson, Michael Hanback, Doug Howlett

Vermont Tones Down an Animal Rights Overhaul of Its Wildlife Board After Hunter Pushback

Elk Hunters Had a Phenomenal Season in Wyoming While Idaho Saw the Worst Elk Harvest in a Decade

Nevada’s First-Ever Moose Season Excites Hunters as Big-Game Applications Open

Rare Trail Cam Photos Capture a Coyote Fighting Golden Eagles

7 Myths About Shed Hunting Dogs

By Tony J. Peterson, Natalie Krebs

The Best Outdoor Life Covers Through the Decades

Big Game Hunting

Botswana President Bashes UK’s Proposed Trophy Import Ban, Calls It a Return to ‘Colonial Conquest’

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt

By Taylor Chamberlin, As told to Scott Einsmann

Big Game Hunting

Arizona Will Stop Auctioning Big-Game Tags to the Wealthiest Hunters

Big Game Hunting

Auction vs. Raffle Tags: Should States Stop Selling Big-Game Tags to the Highest Bidder?

By Andrew McKean

Big Game Hunting

Cape Fear: Hunting Buffalo in the Matetsi Safari Area of Zimbabwe

Story by John B. Snow, Photographs by Justin Moore

Hoyt vs Mathews: What’s the Real Difference Between These Top Bow Makers?

Grizzly Bear Hunting

Killing a Grizzly the Old-Fashioned Way: With a Longbow and a Stone-Point Arrowhead

The Wolf-Dog That Called in a Pack of Wolves for Frank Glaser

as told to Jim Rearden, By Frank Glaser

Strebbie’s Gun: A Turkey Hunter’s Legacy Lives on Through His Shotgun

By Gerry Bethge

Watch: Turkey Hunter Calls in Florida Panther to 10 Yards

My Daughter Shot Her First Rabbit at 5 Years Old — With a Bow

Big Game Hunting

States Want to Issue Lots of Transferrable Big-Game Tags to Landowners. Regular Hunters Want to Stop Them

By Andrew McKean

Thieves Are Stealing More and More Racks From Hunters in the West — and Their Profits Keep Growing

A Stretch of the Yellowstone River Long-Closed to Waterfowl Hunting Might Reopen Soon. Some Hunters Aren’t Thrilled

Where to Shoot a Turkey: A Guide to No More Misses

By Alex Robinson

Rue Mapp Is Learning to Hunt, But She’s Got a Bigger Mission

By Christine Peterson

Big Game Hunting

The onX Effect: Digital Mapping Apps Have Changed the Way We Hunt. Now What Will They Do With All Our Data?

By Christine Peterson

Sitka Turkey Tool Belt Review

By Scott Einsmann

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Man Convicted of Wildlife Crimes for Trying to Help Undercover Game Wardens Recover a Deer with His Drone

Classic Outdoor Life Covers Are Now Available as Prints and Posters

By Alex Robinson

The Best Snow Goose Decoys of 2026

Big Game Hunting

Can Hunting Survive in California? And If It Can’t, Who’s Going to Pay to Conserve the State’s Wildlife and Habitat?

Story by Christine Peterson, Photographs by Tom Fowlks

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Drones Could Revolutionize How Hunters Recover Lost Deer … If They’re Not Banned First

By Hayden Sammak

Mississippi Has a Wild Hog Problem. Lawmakers Think Legalizing Drones for Hunting Them Will Help

How to Pluck a Duck

By Natalie Krebs

The Story Behind the Snow Goose Mass Die-Off Video

The Best Slate Calls of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

By Scott Einsmann

Antelope Hunting

There’s Now a Jurassic Park for Vanishing Wildlife. It’s Called Texas

Story by Dac Collins, Photographs by Jeff Wilson

Hunting Argali Sheep with a Crappy Scope, One Box of Ammo, and No Translator

By John B. Snow

Spandau Arms S2 Review: Field Testing a $500 Semi-Auto Duck Gun

By Ashley Thess

Black Bear Hunting

Houndsman Killed a 400-Pound Bear with a Knife to Save His Dog and Hunting Buddy

By Richard P. Smith

‘Disrespectful Violations’ Prompt Ute Tribe to Close 4 Million Acres to Nontribal Hunters, Anglers, Campers

By Natalie Krebs

Mule Deer Hunting

Question of Ethics: The Buck I Was Snow Tracking Suddenly Broke Through the Ice. Should I Shoot Him?

By Nick Fasciano

Watch: A Biologist Darts a Mountain Lion. It Nearly Attacks Him

Coyote Tactics: How to Hunt the Coyote Rut

By Brian McCombie

Photos: The Iconic Hand-Carved Decoys of the Illinois River Valley

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Does Ozonics Actually Work? Here’s What 5 Independent, Diehard Deer Hunters Say After Field Testing

By Alex Robinson

Hunter Tags 15-Point Buck with Unusual Double Rows of Tines

Mule Deer Hunting

Here’s What Top Chronic Wasting Disease Researchers Can’t Say on the Record

By Andrew McKean

Why Everybody Loves to Hate Nonresident Elk Hunters

By Andrew McKean

Welcome to the New, Uncertain Era of DIY Sheep Hunting

Wild Game Recipes

The Best Wild Game Seasoning, Taste Tested

By Jack Hennessy

Rabbit Season Is the Perfect Opportunity to Break into Traditional Bowhunting

Colorado Cancels April Mountain Lion Season Amid Anti-Hunting Opposition

Hunter’s First Deer Is an Old, 8-Point Leucistic Buck

Deer Hunter Success Rates Vary as Southeast Hunters Punch Tags, Northeast Hunters Eat Tag Soup

Small Game Hunting

‘It Didn’t Eat Your Face Off?’ Minnesota Trapper Gives Out-of-Season Pine Marten Mouth-to-Mouth

Josh Bowmar Claims He Killed a World-Record Crocodile, Sparking Controversy

Hunter Tags ‘Dwarf Buck’ the Size of a Labrador Retriever

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Biggest Bucks of 2023

By Alex Robinson

A Christmas Hunt for the Black Hare of Halcott Mountain

By Art Flick Jr.

The Best Duck Loads, Range Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

Black Bear Hunting

This Could Be the Heaviest Black Bear Ever Tagged in North Carolina