Hunting (Page 5)

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

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I Was Jumped by a Bobcat While Calling in a Gobbler, and I Caught It All on Video

I Shot a Deer So Big I Genuinely Thought I’d Killed an Elk

By Sidney Mawson

The 7 Turkey Hunting Mistakes That Everyone Makes at Least Once

By Alex Robinson

I Raised 3 Kids Alone in the Heart of Wolf Country. These Are the Tough Lessons We Had to Learn

By Olive A. Fredrickson

Search for Missing Colorado Turkey Hunter Enters Sixth Day

By Kris Millgate

After the Courthouse Roof Collapsed Under 6 Tons of Droppings, the Pigeons Had to Go. I Volunteered for the Job

By Jim Carmichel

Why You Need Aggressive Turkey Calling Tactics for These 6 Hunting Scenarios

By Tom Carpenter

How to Hunt Public Land Turkeys Better Than the Competition

By Alex Robinson

I Hunted One Gobbler So Obsessively It Nearly Cost Me My Job

By Nathan Taylor

This Viral Video Shows the Ugly Side of Turkey Reaping. It’s High Time to Reconsider Our Turkey Hunting Culture

By Alex Robinson

Turkey Calling Tips: The Ultimate Guide to Bringing a Gobbler in Close

By Josh Honeycutt, Alex Robinson

Calling Mountain Lions at Close Range Is a Predator Hunt Unlike Anything Else

By Scott Haugen

Idaho Declares Hunting the Official State Sport, Asks for Help Choosing a State Gun

By Kris Millgate

12 Old-School Tips for Tagging Wary Gobblers

Turkey Van Tour Video: What to Do When Gobblers Go Ghost

By Roy Holdford

How to Clean a Coyote Hide in Your Washing Machine

Antelope Hunting

How to Insult Your Western Hunting Guide

By Charles Elliott

Predator Hunting

The Night I Treed Four Cougars, and Nearly Died Chasing Them

By E. Boyd Hilderbrand, as told to Ken Crandall

Mule Deer Hunting

“You Can’t Eat Antlers.” One of the Biggest Bucks Ever Taken in Colorado Was Nearly Lost to History

By Arthur Hawthorne Carhart

I Had a Perfect Setup — Then Made the Worst Move in Turkey Hunting

By Charles Elliott

We Tested TSS Turkey Loads Through Brush and the Results Were Shocking (Video)

By Scott Einsmann

Turkey Hunting Is the Best Way to Introduce Someone to Hunting. Change My Mind

I Spent 40 Years Living with Wolves. They Still Manage to Surprise Me

as told to Jim Rearden, By Frank Glaser

Big Game Hunting

Video: Sleep In and Take Your Time When Targeting Turkeys That Won’t Gobble

By Roy Holdford

Meet Juice, the 7-Year-Old Lab from Louisiana Who Fetches Bullfrogs

By Natalie Krebs

How to Turn a Rescue, a Couch-Potato Lab, or an Off-Breed Pup into a Hunting Dog

By Jennifer Wapenski

‘Planting Birds for Your Pointer, That’s Gone.’ A Vague Provision in the Farm Bill Would Make It Impossible to Train Your Hunting Dog

Podcast: How to Choose a Pot Call, According to a Champion Turkey Caller

By Scott Einsmann

Video: I Turkey Hunt Out of a Van for 3 Months Every Spring. Welcome to the Turkey Van Tour

By Roy Holdford

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Mushrooms Are a Deer’s Secret Favorite Food. Here’s How to Easily Grow a Mushroom Food Plot

By Natalie Krebs

Waterfowl Hunting

One of Canada’s Best Duck-Hunting Provinces Is Now Restricting Nonresidents. Here’s Why

How to Scout for Turkeys

By Alex Robinson

Mule Deer Hunting

It Was Supposed to Be the Toughest Deer Season in Years. We Hunted Anyway

By Andrew McKean

‘I Was Hooked.’ This Volunteer-Led Program Has Introduced 100,000 New Duck Hunters Across North America

By Kris Millgate

Upland Bird Hunting

I Thought Snipe Hunting Was a Joke. Then I Moved to Ireland

Big Game Hunting

The Red Stag Roar in New Zealand Is the Craziest Rut Hunt on the Planet

By Scott Haugen

The Best Turkey Loads of 2026, Tested on Ballistic Gel (Video)

By Alex Robinson

How to Hoot Like an Owl Using Your Natural Voice

By Natalie Krebs

The Best Turkey Calls, Tested and Reviewed

By Brian Lovett, Scott Einsmann

The Best Red Dots for Turkey Hunting of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson, Scott Einsmann

I Was the Last Person to Interview Buffalo Bill Cody Before He Died. Here’s What He Said

By Chauncey Thomas

This Clever Turkey Call Hack Will Help You Bring Toms in Close

By Scott Einsmann

Where to Hunt Spring Snow Geese: These Are Your Best Bets for DIY and Guided Hunts

By M.D. Johnson

Video: We Helicoptered into Landlocked Public Ground for an Epic Elk Hunt — Then a Rancher Stole Our Bull

By Andrew McKean

I Was Bowhunting in Old Mexico with the Legendary Lee Brothers When Tragedy Struck

By Delbert L. Chears

Grizzly Bear Hunting

Alaska Man Contracts Mysterious ‘Seal Finger’ Disease in What Officials Are Calling a Medical First

Photos: Meet the Renegade Hunters Who Are Skiing into the Backcountry with Their Bird Dogs

Photographs by Peter Wadsworth, Story by Ashley Thess

The Best Turkey Shotguns of All Time

By Alex Robinson

The Best Turkey Vests of 2026, Field Tested and Reviewed

By Adam Moore, Alice Jones Webb

The Best Turkey Hunting Blinds of 2026

By Jace Bauserman

How My Decision to Embrace Traditional Bowhunting Has Shaped Three Generations of Family

Big Game Hunting

Is It a Guide’s Job to Risk His Life for a Client?

By Eric Collier

I Learned to Hunt (and Cook) Louisiana’s Invasive Swamp Rats Like a Local

By Gerry Bethge

How a Born-and-Raised New Yorker Fell in Love with Bowhunting

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Video: How the Hunting Public Mastered Deer Drives

By Roy Holdford

Remembering Crown, the Very Good Duck Dog Who Retrieved 42 Species of North American Waterfowl

By Kris Millgate

7 PRC vs 7mm Rem Mag: Here’s Why the New Cartridge Is Superior

By Mike Dickerson

Grizzly Bear Hunting

The Alaska Bear Hunt That Tested My Entire Family

By Kenneth C. Kellar

How I Finally Killed the Legendary Cohutta Gobbler, the Turkey Every Hunter Wanted

By Charles Elliott

Treacherous Country, Mischievous Horses, and One Missing Ram Turned Our DIY Sheep Hunt into a Rodeo

By Robert M. Hobbs

Big Game Hunting

Marine Scout Sniper Memorial Hunt Giveaway

By John B. Snow

Podcast: Underrated Destinations for the Traveling Turkey Hunter

By Alex Robinson

Black Bear Hunting

I Joined a Horseback Posse to Track Down a Cattle-Eating, Dog-Killing Black Bear

A Plane Crash, a Car Wreck, and Bogged Horses: How My Wife and I Turned the Worst Hunt of Our Lives into the Best