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

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

What It Feels Like to Miss the Biggest Buck of Your Life at 45 Yards — With a Rifle

By Natalie Krebs

Mule Deer Hunting

Do Hunters Really Need to Wear Camouflage? Here Are the Colors Deer Can See

‘Unlike Anything Our Biologists Have Witnessed.’ Bison Die-Off Causes Emergency Changes for Utah Hunt. Meanwhile, Drought Conditions Mean More Cow Elk Tags

By Kris Millgate

Predator Hunting

A Look Back on the Good Old Days of Raccoon Hunting With Hounds

Grizzly Bear Hunting

The Truth About Shooting Big Bears with Small Cartridges

By Alex Robinson, Tyler Freel

How to Eat in the Backcountry — Without Blowing Up Your Stomach

By Diana Helmuth

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Deer Hunters Should Be Making Mock Scrapes Right Now. Here’s How to Do It

By Josh Honeycutt

Mule Deer Hunting

We Hunted a Giant Mule Deer Buck on a Remote Island

By PAUL W. GARTNER

These 2 Record Whitetail Bucks Changed Bowhunting Forever

By Jeff Murray, Michael Pearce

Pheasant Hunting

The Ultimate Hunting Bucket List: 10 North American Hunts to Do Before You Die

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Experienced Whitetail Hunters Don’t Care About Score. Here’s How to Estimate a Buck’s Age — and Why It Matters

By Alex Robinson

Duck Hunting Pressure Was a Problem Even 30 Years Ago. Here Are the Time-Tested Secrets to Beating the Crowds

Whitetail Deer Hunting

35 Nuggets of Deer Hunting Wisdom to Read Before the Season

By Alex Robinson

Tips from an Elk Guide: Learn to Pattern the Herd and You’ll Find Big Bulls

By Duncan Dobie

Use Traditional Woodsmanship to Find Better Grouse Hunting

Black Bear Hunting

Holt Collier Was Born a Slave but Became a Legendary Bear Hunter. He Once Roped a Bear for Teddy Roosevelt

By Paul Schullery

Here’s What the Old School Elk Experts Learned About Wallows — and How to Hunt Big Bulls Over Them

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

These Two Brothers Shot Stomper Velvet Bucks During One of the Earliest Whitetail Hunting Seasons in the Country

Whitetail Deer Hunting

What Data on 2,000 Blood Trails Tell Us About Broadheads, Shot Placement, and Deer Tracking

By Alex Robinson

Upland Bird Hunting

Here’s What I Learned by Firing 1,000 Rounds a Day on an Argentina Dove Hunt

By Alex Robinson

Wild Game Recipes

The 10 Best Tasting Wild Game Animals I’ve Ever Eaten

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Forget Trail Cameras and Feeders. Try Hunting Wilderness Whitetails the Old Way

How to Call Elk: Tactics for the Modern Era of Elk Hunting

By Chad Schearer, James Bandt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

10 Weird Deer Hunting Tactics That Actually Work

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Traditional Mock Scrape Setup Still Brings in Big Bucks. Here’s How to Build It

By Bob Fratzke, as told to Glenn Helgeland

Big Game Hunting

Misguided Adventures: My 5 Craziest Hunting Guide Stories

By Charles Elliott

Grizzly Bear Hunting

72-Year-Old Hiker Is Hospitalized After Grizzly Attack. Authorities Are Not Attempting to Capture the Bear

By Kris Millgate

I’ve Hunted Elk for 50 Years. Here’s How It’s Changed (and How It Has Stayed the Same)

By Scott Haugen

The Best Elk Hunting Boots of 2026, Field Tested and Reviewed

Wild Game Recipes

How to Identify These 6 Edible Wild Mushrooms

Whitetail Deer Hunting

15 Secrets for Patterning a Big Buck Before the Season

By Josh Honeycutt

We Moved to Alaska to Live Off the Land — and It Was a Lot Tougher Than I Expected

By V.A. EBERHART

Whitetail Deer Hunting

A Return to Market Hunting Would Be a Reckless Solution for Overpopulated Deer Herds

By Natalie Krebs

This Deer Hunting Tool Is Better Than a Corn Pile and It’s Probably in Your Garage

By Scott Einsmann

Big Game Hunting

My Wife and I Made Every Mistake Possible on Our First Mountain Goat Hunt

By Aubrey F. Taylor

Black Bear Hunting

My Son Could Hunt Bears with Any Rifle, He Picked the M1 Garand

Black Bear Hunting

We Hunted a Renegade Black Bear in Arizona’s Rimrock Country

We Got Stranded on a Sheep Hunt With Bugs, Bears, and No Food

Big Game Hunting

‘No Place for Cowardice.’ Hunting Dangerous Game in Old Botswana

By Col. Henry S. Cilliers

Influencer Offers $10,000 Bounty to Identify Hunters Who Tag Wolves That Leave Yellowstone National Park

By Natalie Krebs

I Thought Calling Deer Was a Joke. But Then Bucks Came Charging In

By Norbert M. Ellis

Grizzly Bear Hunting

‘I Heard the Crunch of Something Breaking.’ How I Survived a Double Grizzly Bear Attack

Here’s Why I Taught My 2-Year-Old Daughter Archery

Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Hunted the Giant Double-Curl Ram of Ice Mountain

By JOHN B. WINSOR

Small Game Hunting

The Ultimate Small Game Rifle Is Air Powered

By Scott Einsmann

Best Shotguns of 2026, Range Tested & Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

Beretta A400 Solo Review: This New Duck Gun Brings Topline Features and Incredible Value

By Alex Robinson

Oregon Initiative That Would Criminalize Hunting and Fishing Has Failed

By Alex Robinson

Grizzly Bear Hunting

Museum Curators from Los Angeles Shot the Biggest Bear in the World

By Ed Ainsworth

I Tangled With My First Mountain Lion at Age 12 — and It Nearly Killed Me

By Fred Meyer Schroder

Animal Advocates Ask Montana to Force Hunters and Trappers to Carry Bear Spray

By Natalie Krebs

Jack O’Connor Explains Why Bird Hunters Got Shotgun Selection and Barrel Length All Wrong

By Jack O'Connor

This Legendary Sheep Hunter Once Chased Mouflon and Aoudad on a High-Fenced Texas Ranch. Here Are His Takeaways

By Jack O'Connor

Antelope Hunting

I Shot the World-Record Pronghorn with My Bow

By Judd A. Cooney

Mule Deer Hunting

Are You Stoked for Your DIY Western Hunt? Here’s What the Podcasters and Influencers Aren’t Telling You

By Alex Robinson

Predator Hunting

Jack O’Connor Explains the Rise of the .22-250 Remington and the Fall of the .220 Swift

By Jack O'Connor

Black Bear Hunting

I Got Within 10 Feet of This Giant Black Bear Last Season. Now My Hounds Were on His Trail Again

By Carl T. Johnson

Grizzly Bear Hunting

The Feds Aim to Return Grizzly Bear Management to Western States. Could Federal Delisting Be Next?

By Andrew McKean

Grizzly Bear Hunting

We Were No Match for the Ghost-Town Grizzly of New Mexico

By Frank C. Hibben

Big Game Hunting

This Fearless Legend Hunted Jaguars with Nothing But a Spear in the Americas

By Howard J. Cooper

Small Game Hunting

I Shot A Prairie Dog At 1,368 Yards, And It Wasn’t (All) Luck

Big Game Hunting

O’Connor in Africa: Hunting Gemsbok in the Kalahari with a Trusted .270 Winchester

By Jack O'Connor

Black Bear Hunting

It Took Me 10 Years to Tag a Bear With My Bow, But It Was Well Worth the Wait

By Bob Degenhardt

Big Game Hunting

I Shot One of the Biggest Woodland Caribou in the World