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Antelope Hunting

A Sneeze Turned into the Best Pronghorn Tactic I Ever Tried

By Bert Popowski

A young hunter with a huge Indiana buck tagged on opening day.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

My 8-Year-Old ‘Kept His Cool’ When This 180-Class Buck Bedded in Front of Us

By Bob McNally

A hunter with a flintlock rifle in Kansas
Antelope Hunting

I Took a Pronghorn with My Flintlock After the Longest Stalk of My Life

By Bob McNally

A painting of two ruffed grouse.
Grouse Hunting

The Best Grouse Hunting in America Isn’t Where You Think

By Worth Matthewson

Two photos of a big wisconsin buck with tons of mass.
Trophy Deer

Wisconsin Bowhunter Arrows Giant 16-Point That Was ‘Much Bigger a Few Years Ago’

By Bob McNally

Two photos of a missing black Lab
Waterfowl Hunting

A Hunter Was Reunited with His Lost Duck Dog Thanks to Social Media, and This Clever Trick

By Dac Collins

An illustration of a bull elk
Antelope Hunting

How My Wife and I Bought 5 Big-Game Tags and Pulled Off the Western Hunt of a Lifetime

By Robert Merchant

A man unleashes a hound in the snow.
Hunting Dogs

Our Best Hound Turned Out to Be the Dog I Never Believed In

By Ed Mason

magazine illustration of man in deep mud
Duck Hunting

This Duck Hunt Almost Killed Me. That’s Why I’ll Never Hunt Alone Again

By H.A. Shanklin

A Michigan hunter with a black bear.
Black Bear Hunting

This 97-Year-Old Tagged a Bear After Waiting 9 Years to Draw a Tag

By Bob McNally

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Elk Hunting

I Shot the Third Biggest Elk of All Time

By Clarence Brown as told to John O. Cartier

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Mule Deer Hunting

The Legend of Old Crooked Horn, the ‘Biggest Buck in Utah’

By Lew Littleton as told to Jim Zumbo

A bowhunter kneels behind a big buck in Wisconsin.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Bowhunter Tags 20-Point Buck While Sneaking into His Stand at Dawn

By Bob McNally

teen hunter Samantha Bartlett with a Pennsylvania bull elk
Elk Hunting

14-Year-Old Becomes the Youngest Hunter to Ever Tag a Bull Elk in Pennsylvania

By Bob McNally

A hunter smiles alongside his bird dog after a successful duck hunt.
Hunting Dogs

I Trained My Shelter Dog to Hunt Ducks and Grouse in a Month. He’s a Natural

By Kris Millgate

Freel with an interior Alaska Grizzly
Black Bear Hunting

I’ve Killed Dozens of Bears. Here’s What Actually Makes a Great Bear Gun

By Tyler Freel

Jack O'Connor on safari, kneeling behind a waterbuck with three guides/trackers beside him.
Big Game Hunting

The .270 Isn’t Powerful Enough? Jack O’Connor Took His on a 30-Day African Safari

By Jack O'Connor

Two hunters drag a deer in a sled in the back yard of their suburban home.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

9 Photos of a Surreal Day in the Life of Suburban Deer Hunters

Photographs by Greg Kahn, story by Natalie Krebs

A black bear walks across a meadow in a national park.
Black Bear Hunting

163K People Just Applied for 172 Florida Bear Tags. A Bunch of Applicants Were Anti-Hunters

By Dac Collins

A photo of Ed Koberstein with his big Alberta typical buck.
Trophy Deer

The Hunt for the Ed Koberstein Buck, a World-Record Contender That Lost After a Scoring Mixup

By Jim Shockey

A yellow Lab leaps toward a flushing pheasant.
Hunting Dogs

6 Incredible Stories About the Greatest Hunting Dogs We’ve Ever Had

By Andrew McKean

A re-colorized image of Ted Trueblood in a plaid hunting jacket looking at the mountains.
Mule Deer Hunting

Why You Should Always Talk to the Game Warden, According to Ted Trueblood

By Ted Trueblood

An illustration of a rhino charging theodore roosevelt
Big Game Hunting

I Faced Down a Charging Rhino, Just Like My Great-Grandfather, Teddy Roosevelt

By Jonathan Roosevelt

An illustration of a black bear sow facing off with hunters.
Black Bear Hunting

I’ve Lived in Bear Country My Whole Life. Here’s What Happens When Bears Don’t Back Down

By Ted Updike

A young hunter approaches a bull moose in an illustration.
Moose Hunting

I Was Nearly Trampled by an Angry Bull Moose

By J. Lee Voorhees

A buck dead from EHD in Ohio.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Ohio’s EHD Outbreak Worsens as Officials Consider Tag Cuts and Hunters Ask for Even Tighter Restrictions

By Dac Collins

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Is Your Wild-Game Processor Shorting You on Venison?

By Alex Robinson

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Bow Hunting

Before Fred Bear Became an Archery Legend, the IRS Nearly Shut Down His Bow-Making Business

By Clare Conley

Ian Stasko and Andrew Porter are the elk hunters missing in Colorado.
Elk Hunting

Other Hunters Report Latest Sighting of 2 Missing Elk Hunters, as Massive Search Effort Continues in Colorado

By Kris Millgate

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Big Game Hunting

Old-School Tips and Traditional Knowledge for Field Dressing Big Game Animals

By Maurice H. Decker

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Elk Hunting

I’ll Always Remember the Day I Went Round for Round With a Grizzly

By Don Vitto, as told to Jim Zumbo

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 20 Biggest Myths in Deer Hunting

By Michael Hanback

Cornell's Big Red Bear mascot on the floor at a basketball game.
Bear Hunting

Ivy League College Kids Who Butchered a Black Bear in Their Dorm Had the Cops Called on Them

By Dac Collins

An illustration of a bull moose charging a hunter in a red checked shirt
Moose Hunting

What I’ve Learned from the 50-Plus Moose I’ve Killed, and the Ones That Tried to Kill Me

By Ted Updike

Jack Atcheson Sr.
Elk Hunting

In His Day, This Legend Likely Shot More Trophy Elk On Public Land Than Any Hunter in North America

By Jack Atcheson Sr. as told to Michael Hanback

A photo collage of a drone operating deer tracker amid an EHD outbreak.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘Death Is in the Air.’ This Drone Pilot and Deer Tracker Is Uncovering Mass Whitetail Die Offs

By Alex Robinson

The author tests the new Sig Sauer stabilized spotting scope
Big Game Hunting

The Best Spotting Scopes of 2025, Budget to Premium Optics Tested

By Andrew McKean

A bow bought from Pyramyd Air
Bow Hunting

I Bought a Completely Tuned Bow Online. Here’s How It Shot

By Scott Einsmann

A composite image of a teen who killed a turkey that turned out to be a pet bird.
Turkey Hunting

After a Kid Tagged His First Turkey, His Former Teacher Claimed It Was Her Pet. Now He’s Facing a Felony Charge

By Dac Collins

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Predator Hunting

Hunters Tag ‘Dragon-Size’ Alligator in Mississippi’s Ross Barnett Reservoir

By Bob McNally

A drake greenhead flying against a blue sky
Duck Hunting

Wisconsin DNR Warns Hunters Not to Eat Mallards Shot in Green Bay. But What Happens When Contaminated Ducks Migrate?

By Alex Robinson

An illustration of a man's rifle backfiring into his face.
Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Was 20 Yards Away from a Big Boar Grizzly When My Rifle Misfired — and Blinded Me

By Frank Glaser, as told to Jim Rearden

An illustration of a quail hunter trying to shoot amid a stampede
Duck Hunting

The Mexican Desert Holds a Surprising Number of Ducks and Quail. Here’s Why

By William J. Schaldach

A painting of wilson's snipe
Waterfowl Hunting

After a 20-Year Closure, I Finally Got to Hunt Snipe Again. They’re Still Impossible to Hit

By Hart Stilwell

A caribou bull in the fall.
Big Game Hunting

I Wrecked My Horse, Knocked My Scope, and Missed a Giant Caribou Bull. It Was Worth It

By Charles Elliott

A group of four men after the rescue of Boomer the dog.
Hunting Dogs

Boomer the Bear Dog Was Stranded on a Cliff for Two Days. Then He Got an Unlikely Rescue

By Kris Millgate

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Elk Hunting

Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Elk Hunting Adventures

By Scott Haugen

A blue illustration of bighorns.
Sheep Hunting

I Drew a Rare Desert Bighorn Tag, and Killed One of the Biggest Rams in the State

By Tim Kelly

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Bow Hunting

Bear Adapt 2 HP Review, the Best Budget Bow We’ve Shot

By P.J. Reilly

A blue illustration of a big cougar fighting a dog while a scared boy falls nearby
Cougar Hunting

I Faced Off with a Cornered, Wounded Mountain Lion by Myself. I Was 12

By Fred Meyer Schroder, as told to Robert Easton

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: This Thermal Drone Project Is Revealing the Surprising Behavior of Mature Bucks

By Alex Robinson

The third-largest public-land gator ever taken in MS.
Big Game Hunting

‘It About Snatched Me Out of the Boat.’ Hunters Tag Giant Gator That’s Nearly a State Record

By Bob McNally

Pintails flying in a courtship dance.
Duck Hunting

Pintail Numbers Increase, Mallards Are Stable, and Other Takeaways from This Year’s Duck Survey

By Jonathan Olivier

A photo illustration of four vintage photos scattered on a table.
Mule Deer Hunting

Most of My Buddies Weren’t Tough Enough to Hunt Velvet Bucks at 13,000 Feet

By Charles Elliott

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Upland Bird Hunting

Dove Shooter’s Fever on an Old-School Opening Day Hunt

By Carlos Vinson

A black bear swats a dog out of a tree
Black Bear Hunting

A Black Bear Killed Hundreds of Sheep Over the Years. My Dogs Finally Caught Up with Him

By Carl T. Johnson

A blue illustration of a man bowhunting a mountain goat billy.
Big Game Hunting

Locals Said My Way of Hunting Mountain Goats Was Madness. I Did It Anyway

By Lowell Martin

An illustration of a girl looking down a shotgun while her dad, Tom Kelly, stands beside her.
Hunting

How Col. Tom Kelly Taught His Daughter to Shoot a Shotgun, and Doves

By Col. Tom Kelly

A man carries a deer on his back
Deer Hunting

I Hiked Too Far While Hunting Early-Season Deer and Lost My Mind from Heat Stroke

By George H. Gibson

An illustration of an iguana jumping on a hunter in Mexico
Hunting

I Hunted Giant Iguanas in Old Mexico. They’re Tough to Hunt and Good to Eat

By Michael Cramond

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Deer Hunting

9 Expert Butchering Tips to Make Processing Wild Game Easier

By Alex Robinson, Natalie Krebs

A yellow painting of a hunter caught between two bull elk in the woods.
Elk Hunting

I Got Caught Between Two Giant, Rutting Bull Elk with Nothing But My Hawken

By Jim Tschetter

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

5 Hard Truths About Scouting Public Land (and How to Overcome Them)

By Alex Robinson

A deer feeder sits on the edge of a clearing.
Deer Hunting

Mississippi Told Hunters They Could Bait on Public Land This Fall. The Only Problem? It Was a Complete Hoax

By Dac Collins