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

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mature whitetail buck in grass
Conservation

How Long Do Deer Live?

By Katie Hill

A bear snarls in an illstration.
Hunting

A Grizzly Killed Two Bears, Then Charged Me Next. He Should Have Been a World-Record

By Ace Demers, as told to Tom Stacer

TSI
Hunting

Beginner’s Guide to Timber Stand Improvement: How to Manage Your Woods for Deer and Other Wildlife

By Josh Honeycutt

What does a black bear eat? In this case, a mouthful of dandelions.
Hunting

What Do Black Bears Eat?

By Natalie Krebs

Hunter, elk, and selfbow
Hunting

How to Make a Bow and Arrow: A Beginner’s Guide to Making a Wood Bow

By Clay Hayes

How to call ducks and geese.
Hunting

Goose Hunting Tips and Tactics

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

elk hunting
Hunting

The Ultimate Guide to Elk Hunting

By Jace Bauserman, Andrew McKean

pemmican patties and bar
Adventure

Pemmican Recipe: How to Make This Nutrient-Dense Trail Food

By Katie Hill

how big is a moose
Hunting

How Big Is a Moose?

By Alex Robinson

An illustration of a bedded pronghorn with president teddy Roosevelt lying in the brush behind it
Conservation

President Teddy Roosevelt Conserved Millions of Acres of Federal Lands. It Was His Greatest Legacy

By Jim McCafferty

hog hunting
Hunting

Hog Hunting: A Beginner’s Guide

By Mike Dickerson

where to shoot a deer
Hunting

Where to Shoot a Deer

By Alex Robinson, Brian McCombie

The Woodhaven Ninja Ghost Mouth Call
Gear

The Best Turkey Mouth Calls of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Adam Moore

The Best Red Dots for Turkey Hunting of 2025, Tested and Reviewed
Gear

The Best Red Dots for Turkey Hunting of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson, Scott Einsmann

A bear swipes at a hunter and his hounds
Hunting

My Buddy and Our Hounds Were No Match for the Ghost-Town Grizzly of Old New Mexico

By Frank C. Hibben

A mountain lion feeding on a dead deer.
Conservation

Wyoming Lawmakers Tried to Declare Open Season on Mountain Lions. Local Houndsmen Shut It Down

By Christine Peterson

A crystal pot call on a limb hanger turkey
Hunting

Podcast: A Pot-Call Masterclass with Matt Van Cise, the Turkey Calling GOAT

By Scott Einsmann

A boy holding a shotgun illustrated with a man in a hat and a turkey tail.
Hunting

My Grandpa Ditched Me on My First Turkey Hunt. I Was Nine

By Ray Eye

The Best Turkey Calls of 2025, Tested and Reviewed
Gear

The Best Turkey Calls of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Brian Lovett, Alice Jones Webb

The author testing the best upland hunting vests.
Gear

The Best Upland Hunting Vests of 2025

By Alex Robinson

The Turkey Hooker metal turkey fan mount kit hangs on a wood panel wall.
Gear

Best Turkey Fan Mount Kits of 2025

By Alice Jones Webb

A croc in a boat tried to attack two men.
Hunting

Carmichel in Zimbabwe: The Croc That Wouldn’t Croak

By Jim Carmichel

A man fires one of the best semi auto shotguns.
Guns

The Best Duck Hunting Shotguns of 2025

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

Winchester Model 70
Guns

The Best Deer Hunting Rifles

By John B. Snow

John B. Snow testes the reliability of a 10/22 .22 rifle.
Gear

The Best .22 LR Rifles of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By John B. Snow

A Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep stands atop a ridge.
Hunting

$1.3 Million Bighorn Sheep Tag Sets Record for Most Expensive Auction Tag Ever

By Dac Collins

An illustration of bighorn rams in Oregon.
Hunting

I Thought My Once-in-a-Lifetime Hunt Was a Bust. Then I Killed the Biggest Bighorn Ever Taken in Oregon

By Windell W. Winterbottom

hog hunting
Hunting

Where to Shoot a Hog

By Mike Dickerson

A split screen of a deer standing in the woods on one side and a man with a rifle raised standing next to a woman on the other
Hunting

Watch: Hunter Pops the Question, Then Drops a Deer at 100 Yards

By Alice Jones Webb

A hunter with a 20-year-old Georgia doe.
Hunting

This 20-Year-Old Georgia Doe Might Be the Oldest Deer Ever Killed in the State

By Bob McNally

The Browning A5 being unloaded at the skeet range
Guns

The Best Shotguns of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By John B. Snow

turkey camo
Gear

The Best Camo for Turkey Hunting of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Alice Jones Webb, Alex Robinson

A horse with panniers loaded with antlers.
Hunting

Idaho Now Requiring Nonresident Shed Hunters to Buy a License. Montana, Other Western States Eyeing Similar Changes

By Kris Millgate

A screenshot of Don Jr. or Donald Trump Jr. beside a ruddy shelduck.
Hunting

An Anti-Hunting Politician Accused Donald Trump Jr. of Shooting a Protected Duck in Italy. Here’s the Backstory

By Natalie Krebs

A man hauls on the reins of a falling horse.
Hunting

We Tracked a Cougar into a Box Canyon Maze. The Cliffs Almost Killed Us and Our Horses

By Charles Elliott

Rabbit hunters and a beagle watch a guy try to recover a wounded rabbit.
Hunting

Hunting Rabbits with My Bad-Tempered Uncle and His Beagle Is Pure Misery. It’s Also Completely Worth It

By Steven Englund

The Best Turkey Hunting Boots of 2025, Tested and Reviewed
Gear

The Best Turkey Hunting Boots of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Adam Moore

Two hunters on a cliff edge attempt to haul a mountain goat up.
Hunting

A ‘Dream’ Hunt for Mountain Goats Means Whitewater, Sheer Cliffs, and Tough Shots

Written and Illustrated by Harry S. Lin

Mikey Stovall holds a pintail. He was
Hunting

7 Hunting Buddies Died in the American Airlines Plane Crash. They Were Returning from a Duck Hunt

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of Roy Chapman Andrews shooting a charging boar.
Adventure

I Faced Man-Eating Tigers, Vicious Wild Boar, and Roaming Bandits in Korea

By Roy Chapman Andrews

A sunset over Holloman Lake.
Hunting

After Record Levels of Cancer-Causing Chemicals Were Found in a New Mexico Lake, Hunters Are Urged to Contact Their Doctors

By Dac Collins

A Massachusets hunter with a big buck.
Hunting

Middle-School Teacher Tags the Biggest Typical Buck Killed in Massachusetts in a Decade

By Bob McNally

The Best Turkey Blinds of 2025
Gear

The Best Turkey Blinds of 2025

By Jace Bauserman, Alice Jones Webb

A group of bull elk stand in the snow.
Conservation

Conservation Groups, Hunters Fight Off Bill That Would Have Let Wyoming Landowners Sell Their Big-Game Tags for a Profit

By Kris Millgate

An illustration of a man in a fur lined hood and a growling husky
Adventure

My Best Sled Dog Tangled with Polar Bears, Hunted Birds, and Saved My Life More Times Than I Can Count

By Frank Dufresne

A mule deer buck in Wyoming.
Conservation

Hunting Big Bucks Year After Year Helps Curb Chronic Wasting Disease, Study Shows

By Natalie Krebs

call coyotes
Hunting

How to Call Coyotes: The Howls & Calling Strategies You Need to Know

By Rich Higgins

A pointing dog on point
Hunting

How a Feud Between Two Pointers Turned Them into True Quail Dogs

By Charles Elliott

Two whitetail bucks.
Hunting

6 Buck Harvest Trends That Deer Hunters Should Know

By Josh Honeycutt

An illustration of a hunter about to shoot a bull moose.
Hunting

We Were Charged by a Bull on Our Late-Season Moose Hunt

By Russell Annabel

Testing the best thermal scopes while hog hunting
Gear

The Best Thermal Scopes of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

Sandhill cranes coming in for a landing
Conservation

In Wisconsin, Home of the Sandhill Crane Recovery, Legislators Are Now Considering a Hunt

By Andrew McKean

A treed mountain lion
Conservation

Anti-Hunters Seek to Ban All Hunting with Hounds in Arizona

By Natalie Krebs

We tested the best collars for dog training.
Gear

The Best Dog Training Collars, Tested and Reviewed

By Natalie Krebs

Best .410 turkey guns
Guns

Best .410 Turkey Guns of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

A mule deer buck in snowy woods.
Hunting

Wyoming Lawmakers Want to Quadruple Hunting License Application Fees

By Dac Collins

A mountain lion sneaks up on a pair of hunters.
Hunting

My Buddy Called in a Mountain Lion. It Attacked Before He Ever Saw It

By Reed Peterson

A bull elk bugles on the side of a hill behind two cows.
Conservation

Colorado Is Switching Its Big-Game Draw. Here’s Why Hunters with Preference Points Are Short-Changed

By Natalie Krebs

A Louisiana hunter with a black bear he harvested.
Hunting

Veteran Tags Potential Record Black Bear During Louisiana’s First Bear Season in Decades

By Jonathan Olivier

An illustration of Jim Carmichel and an Iranian game warden.
Hunting

Carmichel in the Middle East: Risking Our Lives to Hunt Iranian Ibex

By Jim Carmichel

A lone mule deer buck stands on a snowy ridge.
Hunting

Why Mule Deer Are North America’s Greatest Big-Game Animal

By Kubie Brown

A pencil drawing of a timber wolf pinning down a hunter who is scrabbling for his rifle.
Hunting

I Was Attacked by a Timber Wolf

By Al Wolter

Four deer lit up with a thermal on a prairie.
Conservation

Survey: Idaho Big-Game Hunters Would Ban Drones and Thermals, But Keep Most Other Tech

By Andrew McKean

An illustration of a duck hunter paddling in a windswept lake.
Hunting

Why Duck Hunters Die

By Alex Robinson