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Whitetail Deer Hunting

3 Incredible Stories of Snow Tracking Bucks in the Big Woods

By Hal Blood, Ralph P. Stuart

Three police cars by a white pickup in Antelope Valley.
Rabbit Hunting

I Found a Human Skull While Rabbit Hunting Near Los Angeles

By Chris Grillot

A hunter holds up a big Virginia buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Hunter Tags a Giant Buck Four Hours Away, Makes It Home Just in Time for Thanksgiving Dinner

By Bob McNally

A rifle hunter with a giant Maine buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Maine Fisherman Bleats in Giant Swamp Buck While Hunting on the Ground, ‘Just Like My Grandfather Did’

By Bob McNally

doe lies on ground next to truck with broken windshield
Whitetail Deer Hunting

After I Shot a Deer, It Leapt on My Truck and Smashed My Windshield

By Cheyne Matzenbacher

A protester speaks out against bear hunting during a rally.
Black Bear Hunting

This Group Is Paying Hunters $2,000 Not to Use Their Tags, in a Final Effort to Thwart Florida’s Bear Hunt

By Dac Collins

A hunter with a heavy Pennsylvania black bear.
Black Bear Hunting

Pennsylvania Hunter Tags Biggest Black Bear of the Season with His Wife’s Lucky Rifle

By Bob McNally

A bull elk in the brush.
Elk Hunting

Idaho Is Eliminating OTC Deer and Elk Tags for Nonresidents and Moving to a Draw System

By Kris Millgate

A Pennsylvania flintlock rifle with a compartment in the stock.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

19 Timeless Photos from Pennsylvania’s Flintlock Season, the Last of Its Kind in the Country

Photographs by Henry Hung, Story by Derek Horner

An old color photograph of two deer hunters in Mississippi.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Spent Thanksgiving with Southern Hunters Who Ran Deer Hounds. Here’s What I Learned

By Robert E. Price

A kid's first deer hunt in a Louisiana swamp in the 1960s.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

My Son’s First Trip to Deer Camp Was a Rite of Passage — for Both of Us

By Grits Gresham

Black Friday Deals Treestands, Blinds, Climbing Sticks, and Saddles
Deer Hunting

The 29 Best Black Friday Deals on Treestands, Blinds, and Climbing Sticks

By Derek Horner

An illustration of a boy riding a horse with his dog in front.
Deer Hunting

The Thanksgiving I Spent Alone in the Woods

By Jack McPhee

Black Friday Deals on Meat Processing Equipment and Gear
Wild Game Recipes

The 32 Best Black Friday Deals on Meat Processing Equipment

By Derek Horner

Testing the Hoyt and Mathews whitetail bows
Bow Hunting

Black Friday Deals on Archery and Bowhunting Gear

By Scott Einsmann

An illustration of a grizzly bear tumbling down a mountain as hunters get out of the way.
Grizzly Bear Hunting

A Grizzly Stole My Son’s First Deer. So We Tracked the Bear Down

By William J. McRae

duck hunting waders
Duck Hunting

The 6 Best Deals on Duck Hunting Waders for Black Friday (Save Hundreds) 

By Alex Robinson

A dog wearing a gps collar.
Hunting Dogs

Black Friday Deals on Hunting Dog Gear

By Natalie Krebs

A crossbow hunter with a 14-point velvet buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

This 16-Point Velvet Buck Is a New Maryland State Record

By Bob McNally

roosevelt elk
Elk Hunting

I Shot the Biggest Roosevelt Elk of My Life on a Drive

By Scott Haugen

American Woodcock. (Photo by: Picturenow/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Upland Bird Hunting

I’ve Hunted Woodcock My Whole Life. I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This

By Henry S. Beverage

illustration of a deer hunter drawing
Mule Deer Hunting

How a New College Grad Found Direction from His Grandpa’s Deer Rifle

By Andrew McKean

Two bucks swimming across a pond
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Watch: The Craziest Rut Footage You’ll See All Year

By Natalie Krebs

Beretta suprema
Duck Hunting

Beretta AX800 Suprema Review: This Could Be the Ultimate Duck Hunting Semi-Auto

By Alex Robinson

An illustration of a giant double-beamed buck running away from horses in the snow.
Trophy Deer

I Tracked This Double-Beamed Buck for 8 Miles Across Ohio

By Paul Helser, as told to Ben East

An elk hunter with his bull elk and the rancher who stole it.
Elk Hunting

Watch: A Landowner Stole My Buddy’s Public-Land Elk to Deter Us from ‘Hunting This Outfit’

By Andrew McKean

deer walks uphill in brushy field
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Quit Treestands a Decade Ago. It Turns Out Hunting Whitetails from the Ground Is More Fun

By Andrew McKean

A giant Missouri buck.
Trophy Deer

He Almost Skipped the Hunt for His Son’s Homecoming, Then Shot a 200-Class Droptine

By Bob McNally

mallards on private land
Waterfowl Hunting

Copper Wire Thieves ‘Cripple’ Arkansas Duck Waters Just Ahead of Opener

By Dac Collins

A bowhunter with a Missouri buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Missouri Bowhunter Tags 180-Class Buck That He Nicknamed ‘Texas Red’

By Bob McNally

Earl T. McMaster with his big Montana hwitetail.
Duck Hunting

I Shot a Limit of Mallards, then Tagged the No. 4 All-Time Record Buck

By Earl T. McMaster

deer hunting
Mule Deer Hunting

These Basic Tools and Tactics Can Make Any Deer Hunter a Better Shooter

By Alex Robinson

A crossbow hunter with a big Kansas buck.
Trophy Deer

Fishing Guide Grunts in This Stud Kansas Buck to 2 Yards

By Bob McNally

A black and white and red illustration of a hunter looking behind him to see a big buck.
Mule Deer Hunting

Old-School Advice for Still-Hunting Whitetail Deer

By Ben East

A whitetail buck in a grassy field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Why Trophy Deer Hunting Is a Trap

By Jim Zumbo

A bowhunter with a huge, 34-point Missouri buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Missouri Bowhunter Ends 3-Year Quest for ‘Cactus Jack,’ a 34-Point Buck

By Bob McNally

A Maine hunter in blaze orange and a green check coat with a nice buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘I Laughed, I Cried.’ After 36 Years, North Woods Hunter Finally Tags His First Deer

By Natalie Krebs

Illustration of a hunter aiming a rifle at a deer in the snow.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Legendary North Woods Deer Tracker Is the Last of His Kind

By Gerry Bethge

A buck approaches cover
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Whitetail Tactic Most Hunters Abandoned — and Why It Still Works

By Beka Garris

A moose hunter falls backward as a black bear charges
Moose Hunting

My Guide Left Me Alone, and I Was Mauled by a Black Bear

By William D. Brown

A big Ohio buck photographed with a cellular trail camera.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Ohio Crossbow Hunter Sees a 190-Class ‘Mega Buck’ on Camera — and Tags It That Afternoon

By Bob McNally

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Trophy Deer

He Bought the World Record Whitetail Sheds for $1 Million — Then Found Out They Had Been Tampered With

By Alex Robinson

Two hunters with a pending North Dakota record ram.
Sheep Hunting

North Dakota Hunter Tags Pending Record Bighorn with the Current Record-Holder by His Side

By Kris Millgate

An illustration of a bear biting the hand of a West Virginia houndsman.
Black Bear Hunting

A Black Bear Tried to Kill My Dogs. Then It Turned on Me

By John McCoy

A young hunter with her first buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Kindergartener’s First Deer Is a Huge Droptine Buck

By Bob McNally

A magazine spread featuring an illustration of a duck and a US naval destroyer.
Duck Hunting

I Hunted Ducks from a U.S. Naval Destroyer During the Korean War

By D.J. Carrison

A black man in hunters camo holds a rifle.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I’m an Immigrant, a Veteran, and Finally… a Hunter

By Ron Taylor, as told to Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a man, Frank Glaser, flying off a sled led by sled dogs.
Wolf Hunting

The Legend of Frank Glaser, the Toughest Woodsman Alaska Has Ever Seen

By Jim Rearden

A hunter with a big Oklahoma buck.
Trophy Deer

Oklahoma Hunter Tags His Biggest Buck Yet — from the Ground

By Bob McNally

An illustration of a hunter in a blue jacket leaning out a barn window to shoot a deer.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Drove 180 Miles to Hunt Deer. The Biggest Buck of My Life Lived Behind My Barn

By Harold Brigham

a rutting bull moose stands in a river
Moose Hunting

I Spent 12 Days Trapped with a Moose Guide Who Wouldn’t Give Up

By Andrew McKean

A hunter and his buddy with a big Missouri buck.
Deer Hunting

Louisiana Bowhunter Drives 9 Hours North to Tag a Giant Buck After a Rainstorm

By Bob McNally

A hunter with a Pennsylvania buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Tracked a Buck for 36 Hours to Find a Game Warden Had Already Taken the Antlers

By Dac Collins

A mule deer buck in the desert with a sunrise.
Mule Deer Hunting

I Passed on the Biggest Mule Deer of My Life

By Mark Sullivan

A bowhunter admires a big Iowa buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Public-Land Hunter Says This Huge Iowa Buck Is ‘the Pinnacle of His Bowhunting Life’

By Bob McNally

A teen whose face is blurred out sits behind a domestic turkey that he killed during turkey season.
Turkey Hunting

Teen Charged with Felony for Killing a Turkey on His Family Property Found Not Guilty

By Dac Collins

An illustration of Frank Glaser falling down dogs.
Bear Hunting

The Day My Sled Dogs Took On a Grizzly — and Won

By Frank Glaser, as told to Jim Rearden

A view of the village of Kipnuk after Typhoon Halong.
Moose Hunting

Alaskan Officials Extend Moose Seasons in Areas Still Reeling from Devastating Typhoon

By Dac Collins

A dead buck that was infected with EHD.
Deer Hunting

When EHD Hits Deer Paradise a Hunter Is Left to Make Sense of the Devastation

By Andrew McKean

A bowhunter with an 8-point buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tags His Target Buck After Watching It for 6 Years on Trail Cameras

By Bob McNally

A deer hunter with a big buck from Indiana.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Indiana Hunter Tags a Dandy 12-Pointer, Then Hauls the Buck Out in a Canoe

By Bob McNally

An illustration of an old-school hunter rattling
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Was Rattling Really Born in Texas? The Untold Story Behind the Favorite Tactic

By Hart Stillwell

An illustration of a man and a buck falling down a snowy hillside.
Mule Deer Hunting

I Work Hard for All My Deer. This Buck Humbled Me

By Andy Russell

A Soviet-style illustration of a bear.
Black Bear Hunting

The Ex-Communist Bear Baiter of Saskatchewan

By Andrew McKean