Hunting (Page 5)

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

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

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

By I.P. Calliston

Crows swoop past an owl decoy

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.

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

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

A bowhunter from oregon with a nice bull.

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.

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

By Larry Mueller, Marguerite Reiss

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

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

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

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

We tested the Garmin Delta SE.

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.

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

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

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

By Jack O'Connor

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

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

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

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.

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

An illustration of pronghorn antelope running

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

A hunter with a flintlock rifle in Kansas

Antelope Hunting

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

A painting of two ruffed grouse.

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.

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

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

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.

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

magazine illustration of man in deep mud

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

I Shot the Third Biggest Elk of All Time

By Clarence Brown as told to John O. Cartier

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

teen hunter Samantha Bartlett with a Pennsylvania bull elk

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

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

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

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

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

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

A yellow Lab leaps toward a flushing pheasant.

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

A young hunter approaches a bull moose in an illustration.

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

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Is Your Wild-Game Processor Shorting You on Venison?

By Alex Robinson

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.

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

By Kris Millgate

field dressing big game

Big Game Hunting

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

By Maurice H. Decker

A black and white illustration of a bear attacking a man

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

By Don Vitto, as told to Jim Zumbo

whitetail deer hunting

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.

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

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

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

Jack Atcheson Sr.

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, Budget to Premium Optics Tested

By Andrew McKean

A bow bought from Pyramyd Air

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.

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

Predator Hunting

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

A drake greenhead flying against a blue sky

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