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![The massive South Dakota Beadle buck, in the field.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/17/242164639_4507163029347261_8828716122261052573_n.jpg?w=800)
Big Game Hunting
South Dakota Bowhunter Tags a Giant 218-Inch Nontypical Buck
![Joe Lacefield's velvet buck from Kentucky.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/15/Velvet-1-Joe-Lacefield-KY-179-scaled.jpg?w=679)
Big Game Hunting
6 of the Biggest Kentucky Velvet Bucks from This Fall
![Southwest Georgia Bowhunter Takes Rare Piebald Buck](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/14/Tara-Jackson-Lilly-768x624-1.jpg?w=554)
Big Game Hunting
Southwest Georgia Bowhunter Takes Rare Piebald Buck
![After a deer got tangled in its own legs, an Arkansas hunter saved the buck.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/13/IMG_3634-scaled-e1631569093535.jpg?w=369)
Animal Attacks
Arkansas Hunter Saves Buck That Gored Its Own Hind Leg
![The new possible record Pennsylvania elk.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/10/pa-ntelk-header-scaled.jpg?w=691)
Big Game Hunting
This 455-Inch Pennsylvania Elk Might Be the New State Record
![Lower Klamath NWR will get water this fall.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/04/JordanJones1.jpeg?w=675)
Climate & Environment
Two Historic Public Waterfowl Meccas See Water Management Changes This Fall
![Making important bowhunting shots is the product of deliberate practice.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/03/The-end-result-of-months-and-months-of-purposeful-practice-scaled.jpg?w=600)
Big Game Hunting
How I Made the Most Important Bowhunting Shot of My Life
![Tule elk can only be found in California.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/02/tule-elk-scaled.jpeg?w=778)
Big Game Hunting
Volunteers Are Lugging Water for Miles to Save California’s Tule Elk
![Giant 200-Inch Velvet Mule Deer Buck Taken in Utah](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/29/IMG_4741.jpg?w=610)
Big Game Hunting
Giant 200-Inch Velvet Mule Deer Buck Taken in Utah
![Western drought and wildfires spell bad news for wildlife.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/27/43253859845_1107c24419_o-scaled.jpg?w=674)
Climate & Environment
The Outdoor Life Podcast: Will Wildlife Survive Extreme Drought and Wildfires?
![New Research Shows Black Bears Are Pretty Darn Smart](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/25/2eeadf83-dd5e-4deb-b570-e3ac8359796f-AP21182554880027.jpg?w=600)
Bear Hunting
New Research Shows Black Bears Are Pretty Darn Smart
![EHD Could Take a Lethal Toll on Deer During Record Drought](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/23/qdma_ehd_1_574_327_s.jpg?w=574)
Big Game Hunting
EHD Could Take a Lethal Toll on Deer During Record Drought
![Duck hunters are jerks to one another.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/19/Screen-Shot-2021-08-19-at-9.49.25-AM.png?w=694)
Duck Hunting
Why Do Duck Hunters Despise Each Other?
![Canada Coyote Attacks May Be Caused By Illegal Drugs](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/19/8ca19200b47f414e9764eac48b658e38-8ca19200b47f414e9764eac48b658e38-0-768x432-1.jpg?w=768)
Coyote Hunting
Canada Coyote Attacks May Be Caused By Illegal Drugs
![A ruger shotgun on a box on a white background.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/03/KMT5OJTPCVEOTKC4GU7FOU7SWM.jpg?w=984)
Double Barrel Shotguns
8 of the Most Underrated Over/Under Shotguns of All Time
![dan aadland rifles horseback](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/YYEFXWY7SZ7SYGNQ7HWVWGN3RU.jpg?w=600)
Big Game Hunting
5 Great Rifles for Horseback Hunts
![Have a plan for game meat care before you head afield this fall.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/09/COOL-ELK-SHOT-scaled.jpg?w=675)
Big Game Hunting
How to Properly Care for Wild Game Meat in the Field
![Ohio turkeys are in decline.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/09/Eastern-turkey-tes-jolly.jpg?w=678)
Conservation
Spring Turkey Limit May Drop to One Bird in Ohio
![New York's current hunting laws prevents deer hunting after sunset.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/06/45502977892_aaec8c36c1_o-scaled.jpg?w=675)
Big Game Hunting
New York Should Let Hunters Shoot Deer During the Best Hunting Hours
![Hunting ptarmigan in the unseasonable snow on Adak.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/04/Krebs-and-Kali-wipped-on-ptarmigan_LTK2899-extended-copy-scaled.jpg?w=701)
Hunting Adak Island, at the End of the Earth
![There will be fewer ducks in the fall flight this year.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/28/duck-6126758_1920.jpg?w=675)
Climate & Environment
Duck Hunters Should Expect to See Older and Fewer Ducks This Fall
![Here is how to set up the ultimate whitetail bow.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/22/Jace-Whitetail-Nebraska-scaled.jpg?w=674)
Big Game Hunting