Hunting (Page 2)

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

Latest in Hunting

Turkey calling tips

Turkey Calling Tips: The Ultimate Guide to Bringing a Gobbler in Close

By Josh Honeycutt, Alex Robinson

mountain lion hunting

Calling Mountain Lions at Close Range Is a Predator Hunt Unlike Anything Else

By Scott Haugen

Idaho has declared hunting its state sport.

Idaho Declares Hunting the Official State Sport, Asks for Help Choosing a State Gun

By Kris Millgate

A vintage photo of a turkey hunter in old-school camo.

12 Old-School Tips for Tagging Wary Gobblers

A tom turkey hiding in the woods.

Turkey Van Tour Video: What to Do When Gobblers Go Ghost

By Roy Holdford

A coyote hide in a washing machine.

How to Clean a Coyote Hide in Your Washing Machine

An illustration of a herd of pronghorn antelope.

Antelope Hunting

How to Insult Your Western Hunting Guide

By Charles Elliott

magazine pages showing cougar attacking hunter

Predator Hunting

The Night I Treed Four Cougars, and Nearly Died Chasing Them

By E. Boyd Hilderbrand, as told to Ken Crandall

The big grizzly creek mule deer

Mule Deer Hunting

“You Can’t Eat Antlers.” One of the Biggest Bucks Ever Taken in Colorado Was Nearly Lost to History

By Arthur Hawthorne Carhart

A wild turkey looks around nervously in the woods.

I Had a Perfect Setup — Then Made the Worst Move in Turkey Hunting

By Charles Elliott

We tested TSS turkey loads through brush.

We Tested TSS Turkey Loads Through Brush and the Results Were Shocking (Video)

By Scott Einsmann

A wild turkey struts in a green spring field.

Turkey Hunting Is the Best Way to Introduce Someone to Hunting. Change My Mind

A color illustration of a wolf attacking a grizzly over a caribou carcass.

I Spent 40 Years Living with Wolves. They Still Manage to Surprise Me

as told to Jim Rearden, By Frank Glaser

Big Game Hunting

Video: Sleep In and Take Your Time When Targeting Turkeys That Won’t Gobble

By Roy Holdford

Juice the frog dog fetches bullfrogs in Louisiana.

Meet Juice, the 7-Year-Old Lab from Louisiana Who Fetches Bullfrogs

By Natalie Krebs

a happy dog running in a green field

How to Turn a Rescue, a Couch-Potato Lab, or an Off-Breed Pup into a Hunting Dog

By Jennifer Wapenski

An English setter points a planted pigeon.

‘Planting Birds for Your Pointer, That’s Gone.’ A Vague Provision in the Farm Bill Would Make It Impossible to Train Your Hunting Dog

Dustin Jone DD Adams award call.

Podcast: How to Choose a Pot Call, According to a Champion Turkey Caller

By Scott Einsmann

turkey van tour

Video: I Turkey Hunt Out of a Van for 3 Months Every Spring. Welcome to the Turkey Van Tour

By Roy Holdford

A buck in velvet eats mushrooms in the woods

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Mushrooms Are a Deer’s Secret Favorite Food. Here’s How to Easily Grow a Mushroom Food Plot

By Natalie Krebs

A guide hauls decoys back to a trialer.

Waterfowl Hunting

One of Canada’s Best Duck-Hunting Provinces Is Now Restricting Nonresidents. Here’s Why

How to Scout for Turkeys

How to Scout for Turkeys

By Alex Robinson

A hunter with a mule deer buck tagged in Montana.

Mule Deer Hunting

It Was Supposed to Be the Toughest Deer Season in Years. We Hunted Anyway

By Andrew McKean

A duck hunter smiles in the marsh.

‘I Was Hooked.’ This Volunteer-Led Program Has Introduced 100,000 New Duck Hunters Across North America

By Kris Millgate

Two Irish hunters crawl after curlew in an illustration.

Upland Bird Hunting

I Thought Snipe Hunting Was a Joke. Then I Moved to Ireland

Big Game Hunting

The Red Stag Roar in New Zealand Is the Craziest Rut Hunt on the Planet

By Scott Haugen

A collection of TSS turkey loads.

The Best Turkey Loads of 2026, Tested on Ballistic Gel (Video)

By Alex Robinson

An illustration of a leopard attacking a man while his hat flies off his head.

Big Game Hunting

Roosevelt on Safari: A Leopard Attack, an Ambush, and a Lifelong Quest Fulfilled

By Kermit Roosevelt

A barred owl flying in the night.

How to Hoot Like an Owl Using Your Natural Voice

By Natalie Krebs

The Best Turkey Calls, Tested and Reviewed

The Best Turkey Calls, Tested and Reviewed

By Brian Lovett, Scott Einsmann

Testing the best turkey red dots in the field

The Best Red Dots for Turkey Hunting of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson, Scott Einsmann

American folk hero Buffalo Bill Cody poses with taxidermy deer, antlers, and revolvers against a backdrop, 1871. Note: Image has been digitally colorized using a modern process.

I Was the Last Person to Interview Buffalo Bill Cody Before He Died. Here’s What He Said

By Chauncey Thomas

A pot call modified to be a two sided call

This Clever Turkey Call Hack Will Help You Bring Toms in Close

By Scott Einsmann

spring snow geese

Where to Hunt Spring Snow Geese: These Are Your Best Bets for DIY and Guided Hunts

By M.D. Johnson

Video: We Helicoptered into Landlocked Public Ground for an Epic Elk Hunt — Then a Rancher Stole Our Bull

By Andrew McKean

An illustration of two men trying to cut trapped dogs loose from a canoe.

I Was Bowhunting in Old Mexico with the Legendary Lee Brothers When Tragedy Struck

By Delbert L. Chears

A harbor seal in Alaska.

Grizzly Bear Hunting

Alaska Man Contracts Mysterious ‘Seal Finger’ Disease in What Officials Are Calling a Medical First

A hunter on skis reaches down for a bird that a dog is retrieving for him.

Photos: Meet the Renegade Hunters Who Are Skiing into the Backcountry with Their Bird Dogs

Photographs by Peter Wadsworth, Story by Ashley Thess

turkey hunting shotguns

The Best Turkey Shotguns of All Time

By Alex Robinson

Testing the best turkey vests

The Best Turkey Vests of 2026, Field Tested and Reviewed

By Adam Moore, Alice Jones Webb

The Best Turkey Hunting Blinds of 2026

The Best Turkey Hunting Blinds of 2026

By Jace Bauserman

Beka Garris and her daughter shoot a recurve bow.

How My Decision to Embrace Traditional Bowhunting Has Shaped Three Generations of Family

An illustration of a guide creeping along a rock.

Big Game Hunting

Is It a Guide’s Job to Risk His Life for a Client?

By Eric Collier

hunter holding dead nutria and gun; overhead view of boat in muddy river

I Learned to Hunt (and Cook) Louisiana’s Invasive Swamp Rats Like a Local

By Gerry Bethge

Blue, black, and white illustrations of a bowhunter in NYC.

How a Born-and-Raised New Yorker Fell in Love with Bowhunting

the hunting public

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Video: How the Hunting Public Mastered Deer Drives

By Roy Holdford

A duck hunter and his dog with a duck in Florida.

Remembering Crown, the Very Good Duck Dog Who Retrieved 42 Species of North American Waterfowl

By Kris Millgate

7 PRC vs 7 Rem Mag

7 PRC vs 7mm Rem Mag: Here’s Why the New Cartridge Is Superior

By Mike Dickerson

hunter aims at bear

Grizzly Bear Hunting

The Alaska Bear Hunt That Tested My Entire Family

By Kenneth C. Kellar

Hunter holding up turkey.

How I Finally Killed the Legendary Cohutta Gobbler, the Turkey Every Hunter Wanted

By Charles Elliott

A color illustration of a man rappelling with a sheep on a rope.

Treacherous Country, Mischievous Horses, and One Missing Ram Turned Our DIY Sheep Hunt into a Rodeo

By Robert M. Hobbs

Marine Scout Sniper Memorial Hunt Giveaway

Big Game Hunting

Marine Scout Sniper Memorial Hunt Giveaway

By John B. Snow

turkey traveling

Podcast: Underrated Destinations for the Traveling Turkey Hunter

By Alex Robinson

An illustration of a black bear attacking a dog

Black Bear Hunting

I Joined a Horseback Posse to Track Down a Cattle-Eating, Dog-Killing Black Bear

A photo of freeing a horse from muskeg

A Plane Crash, a Car Wreck, and Bogged Horses: How My Wife and I Turned the Worst Hunt of Our Lives into the Best

canadian turkey slam

This Legendary Turkey Hunter Became the First Person to Tag a Wild Gobbler in Every Canadian Province Where Hunting Is Allowed

By Alex Robinson

archival photo of theodore roosevelt on a hunt in colorado

I Interviewed Teddy Roosevelt After His Wilderness Mountain Lion Hunt. Here’s Why His Rifle Had Teeth Marks

By J.A. McGuire

A photo illustration of a deer with the NYC skyline in the back

Things My Fellow New Yorkers Say When They Find Out I’m a Hunter

Two Labrador retrievers in a dog box.

Quick-Thinking Guide, Volunteer Firefighters Rescue 30 Bird Dogs from a Burning Kennel

A sketch of two mule deer running

Mule Deer Hunting

My Stepson and I Tagged Out at the Same Time. My Buck Was One of the Biggest Ever Taken in Colorado

Halo Collar 5 on two GSPs

Halo Collar 5 Review: The Collar Every Dog Owner Needs

By Scott Einsmann

milo hansen with his big buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Milo Hanson, the Saskatchewan Farmer Who Tagged the Biggest Buck of All Time, Dies at 81

By Andrew McKean

.375 H&H vs. .375 Ruger

Black Bear Hunting

375 Ruger vs. 375 H&H: Is the Old Classic Still the Better Worldwide Hunting Cartridge?

The Air Venturi Microstrike is the deadliest airgun on the market.

Small Game Hunting

Air Venturi Microstrike Review: The Deadliest Airgun I Own

By Scott Einsmann