Hunting (Page 5)

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

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Illustration of a hunter aiming a rifle at a deer in the snow.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Legendary North Woods Deer Tracker Is the Last of His Kind

By Gerry Bethge

A buck approaches cover
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Whitetail Tactic Most Hunters Abandoned — and Why It Still Works

By Beka Garris

A moose hunter falls backward as a black bear charges
Moose Hunting

My Guide Left Me Alone, and I Was Mauled by a Black Bear

By William D. Brown

A big Ohio buck photographed with a cellular trail camera.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Ohio Crossbow Hunter Sees a 190-Class ‘Mega Buck’ on Camera — and Tags It That Afternoon

By Bob McNally

the general sheds
Trophy Deer

He Bought the World Record Whitetail Sheds for $1 Million — Then Found Out They Had Been Tampered With

By Alex Robinson

Two hunters with a pending North Dakota record ram.
Sheep Hunting

North Dakota Hunter Tags Pending Record Bighorn with the Current Record-Holder by His Side

By Kris Millgate

An illustration of a bear biting the hand of a West Virginia houndsman.
Black Bear Hunting

A Black Bear Tried to Kill My Dogs. Then It Turned on Me

By John McCoy

A young hunter with her first buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Kindergartener’s First Deer Is a Huge Droptine Buck

By Bob McNally

A magazine spread featuring an illustration of a duck and a US naval destroyer.
Duck Hunting

I Hunted Ducks from a U.S. Naval Destroyer During the Korean War

By D.J. Carrison

A black man in hunters camo holds a rifle.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I’m an Immigrant, a Veteran, and Finally… a Hunter

By Ron Taylor, as told to Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a man, Frank Glaser, flying off a sled led by sled dogs.
Wolf Hunting

The Legend of Frank Glaser, the Toughest Woodsman Alaska Has Ever Seen

By Jim Rearden

A hunter with a big Oklahoma buck.
Trophy Deer

Oklahoma Hunter Tags His Biggest Buck Yet — from the Ground

By Bob McNally

An illustration of a hunter in a blue jacket leaning out a barn window to shoot a deer.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Drove 180 Miles to Hunt Deer. The Biggest Buck of My Life Lived Behind My Barn

By Harold Brigham

a rutting bull moose stands in a river
Moose Hunting

I Spent 12 Days Trapped with a Moose Guide Who Wouldn’t Give Up

By Andrew McKean

A hunter and his buddy with a big Missouri buck.
Deer Hunting

Louisiana Bowhunter Drives 9 Hours North to Tag a Giant Buck After a Rainstorm

By Bob McNally

A hunter with a Pennsylvania buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Tracked a Buck for 36 Hours to Find a Game Warden Had Already Taken the Antlers

By Dac Collins

A mule deer buck in the desert with a sunrise.
Mule Deer Hunting

I Passed on the Biggest Mule Deer of My Life

By Mark Sullivan

A bowhunter admires a big Iowa buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Public-Land Hunter Says This Huge Iowa Buck Is ‘the Pinnacle of His Bowhunting Life’

By Bob McNally

A teen whose face is blurred out sits behind a domestic turkey that he killed during turkey season.
Turkey Hunting

Teen Charged with Felony for Killing a Turkey on His Family Property Found Not Guilty

By Dac Collins

An illustration of Frank Glaser falling down dogs.
Bear Hunting

The Day My Sled Dogs Took On a Grizzly — and Won

By Frank Glaser, as told to Jim Rearden

A view of the village of Kipnuk after Typhoon Halong.
Moose Hunting

Alaskan Officials Extend Moose Seasons in Areas Still Reeling from Devastating Typhoon

By Dac Collins

A dead buck that was infected with EHD.
Deer Hunting

When EHD Hits Deer Paradise a Hunter Is Left to Make Sense of the Devastation

By Andrew McKean

A bowhunter with an 8-point buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tags His Target Buck After Watching It for 6 Years on Trail Cameras

By Bob McNally

A deer hunter with a big buck from Indiana.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Indiana Hunter Tags a Dandy 12-Pointer, Then Hauls the Buck Out in a Canoe

By Bob McNally

An illustration of an old-school hunter rattling
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Was Rattling Really Born in Texas? The Untold Story Behind the Favorite Tactic

By Hart Stillwell

An illustration of a man and a buck falling down a snowy hillside.
Mule Deer Hunting

I Work Hard for All My Deer. This Buck Humbled Me

By Andy Russell

A Soviet-style illustration of a bear.
Black Bear Hunting

The Ex-Communist Bear Baiter of Saskatchewan

By Andrew McKean

hunter aims at bear
Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Thought Alaska Had Beaten Me. Then, Finally, I Saw the Biggest Brown Bear of My Life

By Kenneth C. Kellar

kentucky buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kentucky Hunter Tagged This Massive Buck After Receiving a Cell Cam Photo and Driving Through the Night

By Bob McNally

spooky trail cam photos
Whitetail Deer Hunting

19 Eerie Trail Camera Photos You Can’t Unsee

By Josh Honeycutt

A black and white photo of a crossbow set as a trip wire.
Deer Hunting

Game Warden Tales: I Hunted Down a Trip-Wire Crossbow Poacher

By David Zeug

a buck in rut
Whitetail Deer Hunting

27 Bad Excuses Why You Didn’t Kill a Buck Last Year

By Will Brantley, Tony Hansen

A motion spinning decoy on the water.
Duck Hunting

The 3 Motion Decoys All Duck Hunters Need on a Calm Day

By Alex Robinson

An illustration of a grouse hunter sitting on a porch.
Hunting Dogs

My Dog and I Got Lost in the Grouse Woods. We Found Something I Still Can’t Explain

By Joel M. Vance

kansas buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘His Antlers Grew 40 Inches.’ Kansas Hunter Arrows Massive Nontypical Buck

By Bob McNally

A whitetail deer makes a scrape on the edge of a field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Where to Kill a Buck This Weekend: Target These Key Food Sources and Scrapes

By Derek Horner

A painting of two bears attacking a guy.
Moose Hunting

They Tell You to Play Dead When a Brown Bear Attacks. I Found Out If It Really Works

By Rollin Braden, as told to Marguerite Reiss

A buck scent checks a doe.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 9 Best Deer Stand Locations for Hunting the Rut

By Michael Hanback

Skinning a deer in a skinning shed.
Deer Hunting

Don’t Toss Out Your Deer Hides. Here’s What to Do With Them Instead

By Jim Zumbo

benelli advanced impact
Duck Hunting

Video: We Tested Benelli’s Advanced Impact Barrel Claims

By Alex Robinson

A Missouri bowhunter with a buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

College Kid Plays Hooky and Arrows a Huge Missouri Buck with 3 Main Beams

By Bob McNally

A hunter in a blaze orange Outdoor Life rooster hoodie holds up a pheasant for a Lab.
Upland Bird Hunting

Outdoor Life Merch Drop: Rooster Hoodies Are Here

By Natalie Krebs

A pair of mallards prepare to land.
Hunting

‘AI Told Me Duck Season Was Open,’ and Other Reasons Officials Are Warning Hunters Not to Rely on AI

By Dac Collins

A gambel's quail sits ona. log in the evening sunshine.
Quail Hunting

The Time Jack O’Connor Trespassed, Killed a Quail in a Lady’s Yard, and Somehow Still Got Hunting Permission

By Jack O'Connor

An older yellow Lab returning with a wild rooster.
Hunting Dogs

I Learned One of Life’s Most Important Lessons from My First Bird Dog

By Christine Peterson

The new state-record sow black bear in Maine.
Black Bear Hunting

Maine Guide Snares a New State-Record Black Bear

By Bob McNally

An illustration of a man kneeling in the snow over a fire.
Deer Hunting

This One Stupid Decision Nearly Cost Me My Life on a Maine Deer Hunt

By Bill Shaber

An illustration of Alaskan settlers seeing caribou in the early 1900s.
Big Game Hunting

The Craziest Thing This Legendary Frontiersman Ever Saw in Alaska

By Frank Glaser, as told to Jim Rearden

Freel with black bear
Bear Hunting

Stop Shooting Bears Here; Hunter Education Has Failed Us on Bear Anatomy

By Tyler Freel

A bowhunter with a rare piebald buck taken in Ohio.
Deer Hunting

‘Just Like Clockwork.’ Ohio Bowhunter Tags a Rare Piebald Buck He’d Been Seeing On Trail Cams for Years

By Bob McNally

sliced venison on cutting board
Wild Game Recipes

Old-School Cooking Tricks to Make Your Venison Taste Better

By Jim Zumbo

blacktail
Deer Hunting

Columbia Blacktails Are the Toughest Deer to Hunt

By Scott Haugen

A hunter with a super rare cactus bull elk tagged in Idaho.
Elk Hunting

Hunter’s “Once in a Lifetime” Elk Has a Wild-Looking Cactus Rack

By Bob McNally

A hunter and a bird dog walking in Nebraska.
Upland Bird Hunting

A New Program Added 100,000 Acres (and Counting) of Walk-In Access in Nebraska and South Dakota

By Dac Collins

Sitka waders
Duck Hunting

The Best Duck Hunting Waders, Tested and Reviewed

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

Deer rubs side by side in the dark and with UV lights.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Rubs and Scrapes Glow Like ‘Highway Reflectors’ to Deer, New Study Shows

By Natalie Krebs

Hunter with baby in carrier on back also carries part of an elk through rocky, woody terrain.
Antelope Hunting

I Used to Be an Anti-Hunter. Now I Take My Daughter Hunting with Me

By Christine Peterson

An illustration of a buck running through the woods and a hunter aiming at it.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Went Looking for a Lost Hunter, and Found the Big Buck I’d Been Tracking All Season

By Bob Cary

The world-record Brooks Bull being scored on the floor.
Elk Hunting

Brooks Bull Officially Declared New Archery World-Record Elk. It Narrowly Missed the All-Time Record Due to a Scoring Technicality

By Natalie Krebs

A grizzly swats at a pheasant hunter in an illustration.
Pheasant Hunting

I Tried to Flush a Pheasant. Instead, I Got Mauled by a Grizzly — and 320 Stitches

By John Haviland

barren ground caribou
Big Game Hunting

Barren Ground Caribou Hunts Are Disappearing — or Getting Outrageously Expensive

By P.J. Reilly

The vast Alaskan forest
Big Game Hunting

The Tlingit Legend of the Kóoshdaa Káa

By Bjorn Dihle

An illustration of Jim Carmichel shooting offhand with an eland in the background.
Big Game Hunting

The Hunt That Broke Jim Carmichel

By Jim Carmichel

B&W photo of hunter with deer in trunk
Trophy Deer

I Spent 5 Years Bowhunting One of the Biggest Nontypicals Ever. Then My Buddy Killed Him

By Al Dawson