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The Best Red Dots for Turkey Hunting of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

The Best Red Dots for Turkey Hunting of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson, Scott Einsmann

A bear swipes at a hunter and his hounds

Black Bear Hunting

My Buddy and Our Hounds Were No Match for the Ghost-Town Grizzly of Old New Mexico

By Frank C. Hibben

A mountain lion feeding on a dead deer.

Predator Hunting

Wyoming Lawmakers Tried to Declare Open Season on Mountain Lions. Local Houndsmen Shut It Down

By Christine Peterson

A crystal pot call on a limb hanger turkey

Podcast: A Pot-Call Masterclass with Matt Van Cise, the Turkey Calling GOAT

By Scott Einsmann

A boy holding a shotgun illustrated with a man in a hat and a turkey tail.

My Grandpa Ditched Me on My First Turkey Hunt. I Was Nine

The Best Turkey Calls of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

The Best Turkey Calls of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Brian Lovett, Alice Jones Webb

The author testing the best upland hunting vests.

Upland Bird Hunting

The Best Upland Hunting Vests of 2025

By Alex Robinson

The Turkey Hooker metal turkey fan mount kit hangs on a wood panel wall.

Best Turkey Fan Mount Kits of 2025

By Alice Jones Webb

A croc in a boat tried to attack two men.

Predator Hunting

Carmichel in Zimbabwe: The Croc That Wouldn’t Croak

By Jim Carmichel

A man fires one of the best semi auto shotguns.

The Best Duck Hunting Shotguns of 2025

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

Winchester Model 70

The Best Deer Hunting Rifles

By John B. Snow

John B. Snow testes the reliability of a 10/22 .22 rifle.

Small Game Hunting

The Best .22 LR Rifles of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By John B. Snow

A Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep stands atop a ridge.

$1.3 Million Bighorn Sheep Tag Sets Record for Most Expensive Auction Tag Ever

An illustration of bighorn rams in Oregon.

I Thought My Once-in-a-Lifetime Hunt Was a Bust. Then I Killed the Biggest Bighorn Ever Taken in Oregon

By Windell W. Winterbottom

Predator Hunting

Where to Shoot a Hog

By Mike Dickerson

A split screen of a deer standing in the woods on one side and a man with a rifle raised standing next to a woman on the other

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Watch: Hunter Pops the Question, Then Drops a Deer at 100 Yards

By Alice Jones Webb

A hunter with a 20-year-old Georgia doe.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

This 20-Year-Old Georgia Doe Might Be the Oldest Deer Ever Killed in the State

The Best Camo for Turkey Hunting of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Alice Jones Webb, Alex Robinson

A horse with panniers loaded with antlers.

Big Game Hunting

Idaho Now Requiring Nonresident Shed Hunters to Buy a License. Montana, Other Western States Eyeing Similar Changes

By Kris Millgate

A screenshot of Don Jr. or Donald Trump Jr. beside a ruddy shelduck.

Waterfowl Hunting

An Anti-Hunting Politician Accused Donald Trump Jr. of Shooting a Protected Duck in Italy. Here’s the Backstory

By Natalie Krebs

A man hauls on the reins of a falling horse.

We Tracked a Cougar into a Box Canyon Maze. The Cliffs Almost Killed Us and Our Horses

By Charles Elliott

Rabbit hunters and a beagle watch a guy try to recover a wounded rabbit.

Hunting Rabbits with My Bad-Tempered Uncle and His Beagle Is Pure Misery. It’s Also Completely Worth It

By Steven Englund

Two hunters on a cliff edge attempt to haul a mountain goat up.

Big Game Hunting

A ‘Dream’ Hunt for Mountain Goats Means Whitewater, Sheer Cliffs, and Tough Shots

Written and Illustrated by Harry S. Lin

Mikey Stovall holds a pintail. He was

7 Hunting Buddies Died in the American Airlines Plane Crash. They Were Returning from a Duck Hunt

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of Roy Chapman Andrews shooting a charging boar.

Big Game Hunting

I Faced Man-Eating Tigers, Vicious Wild Boar, and Roaming Bandits in Korea

By Roy Chapman Andrews

A sunset over Holloman Lake.

Waterfowl Hunting

After Record Levels of Cancer-Causing Chemicals Were Found in a New Mexico Lake, Hunters Are Urged to Contact Their Doctors

A Massachusets hunter with a big buck.

Middle-School Teacher Tags the Biggest Typical Buck Killed in Massachusetts in a Decade

The Best Turkey Blinds of 2025

The Best Turkey Blinds of 2025

By Jace Bauserman, Alice Jones Webb

A group of bull elk stand in the snow.

Big Game Hunting

Conservation Groups, Hunters Fight Off Bill That Would Have Let Wyoming Landowners Sell Their Big-Game Tags for a Profit

By Kris Millgate

An illustration of a man in a fur lined hood and a growling husky

Big Game Hunting

My Best Sled Dog Tangled with Polar Bears, Hunted Birds, and Saved My Life More Times Than I Can Count

By Frank Dufresne

A mule deer buck in Wyoming.

Hunting Big Bucks Year After Year Helps Curb Chronic Wasting Disease, Study Shows

By Natalie Krebs

How to Call Coyotes: The Howls & Calling Strategies You Need to Know

By Rich Higgins

A pointing dog on point

How a Feud Between Two Pointers Turned Them into True Quail Dogs

By Charles Elliott

Two whitetail bucks.

6 Buck Harvest Trends That Deer Hunters Should Know

By Josh Honeycutt

An illustration of a hunter about to shoot a bull moose.

We Were Charged by a Bull on Our Late-Season Moose Hunt

By Russell Annabel

Sandhill cranes coming in for a landing

Waterfowl Hunting

In Wisconsin, Home of the Sandhill Crane Recovery, Legislators Are Now Considering a Hunt

By Andrew McKean

A treed mountain lion

Anti-Hunters Seek to Ban All Hunting with Hounds in Arizona

By Natalie Krebs

We tested the best collars for dog training.

The Best Dog Training Collars, Tested and Reviewed

By Natalie Krebs

Best .410 turkey guns

Best .410 Turkey Guns of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

A mule deer buck in snowy woods.

Big Game Hunting

Wyoming Lawmakers Want to Quadruple Hunting License Application Fees

A mountain lion sneaks up on a pair of hunters.

Predator Hunting

My Buddy Called in a Mountain Lion. It Attacked Before He Ever Saw It

By Reed Peterson

A bull elk bugles on the side of a hill behind two cows.

Big Game Hunting

Colorado Is Switching Its Big-Game Draw. Here’s Why Hunters with Preference Points Are Short-Changed

By Natalie Krebs

A Louisiana hunter with a black bear he harvested.

Black Bear Hunting

Veteran Tags Potential Record Black Bear During Louisiana’s First Bear Season in Decades

By Jonathan Olivier

An illustration of Jim Carmichel and an Iranian game warden.

Big Game Hunting

Carmichel in the Middle East: Risking Our Lives to Hunt Iranian Ibex

By Jim Carmichel

A lone mule deer buck stands on a snowy ridge.

Mule Deer Hunting

Why Mule Deer Are North America’s Greatest Big-Game Animal

A pencil drawing of a timber wolf pinning down a hunter who is scrabbling for his rifle.

I Was Attacked by a Timber Wolf

Four deer lit up with a thermal on a prairie.

Big Game Hunting

Survey: Idaho Big-Game Hunters Would Ban Drones and Thermals, But Keep Most Other Tech

By Andrew McKean

An illustration of a duck hunter paddling in a windswept lake.

Why Duck Hunters Die

By Alex Robinson

Three wolves stand together on the top of a snowy hill.

Podcast: Wolves Will Be Delisted, Public-Land Transfer Attempts Will Fail, and Other 2025 Predictions

By Andrew McKean

A young boy in a blaze orange hat poses with a large black bear.

Black Bear Hunting

Sixth Grader Tags Nearly 600-Pound Black Bear While Hunting with His Grandpa

By Alice Jones Webb

A nice Ohio buck with a unicorn antler.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘I Hadn’t Shot a Deer All Year.’ Hunter Tags Unicorn Buck in the Final Days of Muzzleloader Season

How to Hunt Coyotes: A Crash Course in Coyote Hunting Across the Country

By Tom Carpenter, Colton Heward

Two Irish hunters crawl after curlew in an illustration.

I Moved to Ireland, Where Snipe are the Ultimate Game Bird

An illustration of a setter on point in the snow.

A Young Pup, an Old Setter, and a Point I’ll Never Forget

By Floyd A. Baker

Author setting up the best duck decoys.

The Best Duck Decoys of 2025

By Alex Robinson

Football players get ready for the snap.

Patriots Hall-of-Famer Caught Turkey Hunting Behind Stadium Says ‘I Hunted that Property Forever’

A bowhunter with a giant Rocky Mountain bull elk.

Bowhunter with 86 Bulls to His Credit Tags a Pending World-Record Elk

A hunter with a big Kansas whitetail buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Army Vet Gets His First Whitetail Buck on Last Day of the Season, and It’s a 19-Point Giant

rooster pheasants

Pheasant Hunting

A Manhattan Legislator Aims to End New York’s Pheasant Stocking Program. Here’s Why All Bird Hunters Should Be Concerned

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

16 Deer Hunting Mistakes You Won’t Make Again Next Season

By Josh Honeycutt

A 16-year-old holds up moose antlers against a blue sky in a vintage photo

Instead of Staying Home for the Holidays, My Daughter Wanted to Go Moose Hunting

Evans and Standley with their giant wolf

Alaska Trappers Catch One of the Biggest Wolves Ever Recorded

How to Find and Hunt Grouse in Successional Habitat

How to Find and Hunt Grouse in Successional Habitat

By Derek Horner

A hunter sits beside a dall ram, and looks into a steep alpine basin.

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