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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

hunter aims at bear
Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Thought Alaska Had Beaten Me. Then, Finally, I Saw the Biggest Brown Bear of My Life

By Kenneth C. Kellar

kentucky buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kentucky Hunter Tagged This Massive Buck After Receiving a Cell Cam Photo and Driving Through the Night

By Bob McNally

spooky trail cam photos
Whitetail Deer Hunting

19 Eerie Trail Camera Photos You Can’t Unsee

By Josh Honeycutt

A black and white photo of a crossbow set as a trip wire.
Deer Hunting

Game Warden Tales: I Hunted Down a Trip-Wire Crossbow Poacher

By David Zeug

a buck in rut
Whitetail Deer Hunting

27 Bad Excuses Why You Didn’t Kill a Buck Last Year

By Will Brantley, Tony Hansen

A motion spinning decoy on the water.
Duck Hunting

The 3 Motion Decoys All Duck Hunters Need on a Calm Day

By Alex Robinson

An illustration of a grouse hunter sitting on a porch.
Hunting Dogs

My Dog and I Got Lost in the Grouse Woods. We Found Something I Still Can’t Explain

By Joel M. Vance

kansas buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘His Antlers Grew 40 Inches.’ Kansas Hunter Arrows Massive Nontypical Buck

By Bob McNally

A whitetail deer makes a scrape on the edge of a field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Where to Kill a Buck This Weekend: Target These Key Food Sources and Scrapes

By Derek Horner

A painting of two bears attacking a guy.
Moose Hunting

They Tell You to Play Dead When a Brown Bear Attacks. I Found Out If It Really Works

By Rollin Braden, as told to Marguerite Reiss

A buck scent checks a doe.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 9 Best Deer Stand Locations for Hunting the Rut

By Michael Hanback

Skinning a deer in a skinning shed.
Deer Hunting

Don’t Toss Out Your Deer Hides. Here’s What to Do With Them Instead

By Jim Zumbo

benelli advanced impact
Duck Hunting

Video: We Tested Benelli’s Advanced Impact Barrel Claims

By Alex Robinson

A Missouri bowhunter with a buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

College Kid Plays Hooky and Arrows a Huge Missouri Buck with 3 Main Beams

By Bob McNally

A hunter in a blaze orange Outdoor Life rooster hoodie holds up a pheasant for a Lab.
Upland Bird Hunting

Outdoor Life Merch Drop: Rooster Hoodies Are Here

By Natalie Krebs

A pair of mallards prepare to land.
Hunting

‘AI Told Me Duck Season Was Open,’ and Other Reasons Officials Are Warning Hunters Not to Rely on AI

By Dac Collins

A gambel's quail sits ona. log in the evening sunshine.
Quail Hunting

The Time Jack O’Connor Trespassed, Killed a Quail in a Lady’s Yard, and Somehow Still Got Hunting Permission

By Jack O'Connor

An older yellow Lab returning with a wild rooster.
Hunting Dogs

I Learned One of Life’s Most Important Lessons from My First Bird Dog

By Christine Peterson

The new state-record sow black bear in Maine.
Black Bear Hunting

Maine Guide Snares a New State-Record Black Bear

By Bob McNally

An illustration of a man kneeling in the snow over a fire.
Deer Hunting

This One Stupid Decision Nearly Cost Me My Life on a Maine Deer Hunt

By Bill Shaber

An illustration of Alaskan settlers seeing caribou in the early 1900s.
Big Game Hunting

The Craziest Thing This Legendary Frontiersman Ever Saw in Alaska

By Frank Glaser, as told to Jim Rearden

Freel with black bear
Bear Hunting

Stop Shooting Bears Here; Hunter Education Has Failed Us on Bear Anatomy

By Tyler Freel

A bowhunter with a rare piebald buck taken in Ohio.
Deer Hunting

‘Just Like Clockwork.’ Ohio Bowhunter Tags a Rare Piebald Buck He’d Been Seeing On Trail Cams for Years

By Bob McNally

sliced venison on cutting board
Wild Game Recipes

Old-School Cooking Tricks to Make Your Venison Taste Better

By Jim Zumbo

blacktail
Deer Hunting

Columbia Blacktails Are the Toughest Deer to Hunt

By Scott Haugen

A hunter with a super rare cactus bull elk tagged in Idaho.
Elk Hunting

Hunter’s “Once in a Lifetime” Elk Has a Wild-Looking Cactus Rack

By Bob McNally

A hunter and a bird dog walking in Nebraska.
Upland Bird Hunting

A New Program Added 100,000 Acres (and Counting) of Walk-In Access in Nebraska and South Dakota

By Dac Collins

Sitka waders
Duck Hunting

The Best Duck Hunting Waders of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

Deer rubs side by side in the dark and with UV lights.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Rubs and Scrapes Glow Like ‘Highway Reflectors’ to Deer, New Study Shows

By Natalie Krebs

Hunter with baby in carrier on back also carries part of an elk through rocky, woody terrain.
Antelope Hunting

I Used to Be an Anti-Hunter. Now I Take My Daughter Hunting with Me

By Christine Peterson

An illustration of a buck running through the woods and a hunter aiming at it.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Went Looking for a Lost Hunter, and Found the Big Buck I’d Been Tracking All Season

By Bob Cary

The world-record Brooks Bull being scored on the floor.
Elk Hunting

Brooks Bull Officially Declared New Archery World-Record Elk. It Narrowly Missed the All-Time Record Due to a Scoring Technicality

By Natalie Krebs

A grizzly swats at a pheasant hunter in an illustration.
Pheasant Hunting

I Tried to Flush a Pheasant. Instead, I Got Mauled by a Grizzly — and 320 Stitches

By John Haviland

barren ground caribou
Big Game Hunting

Barren Ground Caribou Hunts Are Disappearing — or Getting Outrageously Expensive

By P.J. Reilly

The vast Alaskan forest
Big Game Hunting

The Tlingit Legend of the Kóoshdaa Káa

By Bjorn Dihle

An illustration of Jim Carmichel shooting offhand with an eland in the background.
Big Game Hunting

The Hunt That Broke Jim Carmichel

By Jim Carmichel

B&W photo of hunter with deer in trunk
Trophy Deer

I Spent 5 Years Bowhunting One of the Biggest Nontypicals Ever. Then My Buddy Killed Him

By Al Dawson

A watercolor of a bighorn ram on a cliff.
Sheep Hunting

I Nearly Died Trying to Recover My Bighorn Ram, But I Couldn’t Leave Him on the Mountain

By Steve Coy with Larry Mueller

A wild horse rears up over a hunter in red check.
Hunting

The Forgotten Legend of Dick Church, Canada’s Wild-Horse Bounty Hunter

By I.P. Calliston

Crows swoop past an owl decoy
Hunting

My Best Old-School Tips for Hunting Crows — Including This One Weird, Noisy Trick

By Bert Popowski

A film photo of a goat hunter resting beside his goat and mountain bike.
Big Game Hunting

I Used My Old-School Mountain Bike to Hunt My Archery World-Record Mountain Goat

By Lyle Willmarth, as told to Lee Kline

A hunter with a big droptine buck taken in Ohio.
Trophy Deer

This Buck Outsmarted Me for 3 Seasons. One Change Finally Gave Me the Chance I Needed

By Bob McNally

A black bear sits in a hardwood tree.
Black Bear Hunting

Anti-Hunters Drew at Least 23 Percent of Florida’s Black Bear Tags, According to One Local Activist

By Dac Collins

A bowhunter from oregon with a nice bull.
Elk Hunting

After 20 Years of Applying, 28 Days of Hunting, and 130 Miles of Hiking, I Arrowed My Bull at 8 Yards

By Kris Millgate

An illustration of a grizzly mauling a man with a wooden rifle in Alaska.
Deer Hunting

I Ignored My Gut Feeling and Went Hunting with Buddies Anyway. Then a Bear Almost Killed Me

By Larry Mueller, Marguerite Reiss

duck hunting
Duck Hunting

The 9 Biggest Myths in Duck Hunting

By Alex Robinson, Roy Holdford

An illustration of deer hunters
Whitetail Deer Hunting

We Invited a 13-Year-Old on His First Deer Hunt. He Ended Up Teaching Us a Few Things

By Jim Moore

The author stands in frame, holding the antlers of a Montana bull elk
Elk Hunting

I Shot the Only Elk I Saw in Montana

By Derek Horner

An Oklahoma hunter with a big buck with lots of points in the back of a wagon
Trophy Deer

I Shot the Biggest Buck of My Life with a 10-Year-Old Crossbow and Just One Arrow to My Name

By Bob McNally

We tested the Garmin Delta SE.
Hunting Dogs

Save on Hunting Dog Training Collars During Prime Day

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a hunter in a pine tree about to shoot a 250-inch buck.
Trophy Deer

The Hunt for the Jameson Buck, a 250-Inch Legend That Lived in an Old Strip Mine

By Michael Pearce

Mitch Stamm Buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Self-Films His Hunt for a Buck with an Insanely Wide Spread

By David Zeug

A scratched up Winchester 94 and some loose rounds lay against some old wooden boards.
Deer Hunting

Jack O’Connor on America’s Number One Sporting Rifle — the Winchester 94 in .30-30

By Jack O'Connor

elk crowds
Elk Hunting

Elk Hunting With the Crowds: Expert Tips for Punching a Tag During the General Elk Season

By Jim Zumbo

rooster
Pheasant Hunting

Old-School Tips on How to Hunt Pheasants Alone 

By Michael Pearce

grizzly bears alaska
Grizzly Bear Hunting

Do Bears Hold Grudges? The Legendary Tale of a Wounded Alaskan Grizzly

By Jim Rearden

A pronghorn antelope out on the plains.
Antelope Hunting

Colorado Has Already Suspended Two Hunts Due to the Government Shutdown. More Could Be on the Horizon

By Dac Collins

A screenshot of AI YouTube hunting personality
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Meet Kayla, the Sexy AI-Generated Huntress Telling You How to Hunt Deer

By Alex Robinson

A photo of police rescuing a man stuck in mud in Maine.
Duck Hunting

Watch: Police Rescue Duck Hunter Who Got Stuck in a Quicksand-Like ‘Honey Pot’

By Natalie Krebs

Caribou on tundra with a map of the ambler road behind them.
Big Game Hunting

The Ambler Road Project Would Jeopardize One of the Last Great Wilderness Hunts in America

By Natalie Krebs