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

I Was Attacked by a Timber Wolf

By Al Wolter

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.
Duck Hunting

Why Duck Hunters Die

By Alex Robinson

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

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

By Bob McNally

coyote hunting
Coyote Hunting

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.
Duck Hunting

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

By Nord Riley

An illustration of a setter on point in the snow.
Hunting Dogs

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

By Floyd A. Baker

Author setting up the best duck decoys.
Duck Hunting

The Best Duck Decoys of 2025

By Alex Robinson

Football players get ready for the snap.
Turkey Hunting

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

By Dac Collins

A bowhunter with a giant Rocky Mountain bull elk.
Elk Hunting

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

By Dac Collins

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

By Bob McNally

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

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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
Moose Hunting

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

By Bob Cary

Evans and Standley with their giant wolf
Wolf Hunting

Alaska Trappers Catch One of the Biggest Wolves Ever Recorded

By Tyler Freel

How to Find and Hunt Grouse in Successional Habitat
Grouse Hunting

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.
Hunting

The Best Stories of 2024

By The Editors

A collage of big bucks from 2024.
Trophy Deer

The Biggest Bucks of 2024

By Dac Collins

A Kansas rifle hunter with a big elusive buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kansas Soldier Ditches His Tree Stand and Tags Elusive ‘Ghost’ Buck from the Ground

By Bob McNally

whitetail does in snow
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged

By Christine Peterson

Two hunters stand in a snowy road with a beagle.
Rabbit Hunting

The Year My Family Skipped Traditional Christmas to Hunt and Fish Was Our Best Yet

By Erwin A. Bauer

Two pieces of golden fried rabbit sit on a white dinner plate next to a pile of mashed potatoes.
Rabbit Hunting

The Best Wild Rabbit Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb

A photo of CJ Alexander with huge Ohio deer with text overlaid.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year

By Alex Robinson

If you can't get access to the field geese are feeding in, you must get under them.
Goose Hunting

How to Hunt Late-Season Canada Geese When You Can’t Get on the X

By Joe Genzel

breda shotgun
Duck Hunting

 Breda B3.5SM Review: The Italian Shotgun You Haven’t Heard of, But Should Know About

By Alex Robinson

A hunter with a tall-tined illinois buck.
Trophy Deer

Illinois Hunter Shoots 184-Inch Buck While Sitting in a Lawn Chair

By Bob McNally

A blue goose.
Duck Hunting

How to Handle and Freeze Birds You Plan to Mount, According to a Taxidermist

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter kneels beside a nice buck
Trophy Deer

Indiana Bowhunter Used a Spreadsheet to Help Kill This 184-Inch Buck

By Bob McNally

best motion duck decoys
Duck Hunting

The Best Motion Duck Decoys, Field Tested and Reviewed 

By Alex Robinson

An older whitetail buck, bedded
Whitetail Deer Hunting

9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

A trail camera photo of a giant deer.
Trophy Deer

Rookie Crossbow Hunter’s First Buck Is a 200-Class Nontypical Monster

By Bob McNally

Fred bear stone sheep
Sheep Hunting

Fred Bear Took His World-Record Stone Sheep with the ‘Best Shot I’ll Ever Make’

By Fred Bear, as told to Byron W. Dalrymple

pennsylvania buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: What We Get Wrong About Whitetails, with Jeff Sturgis

By Alex Robinson

Lester Harvey
Black Bear Hunting

‘He Was Just Getting His Dog.’ Virginia Houndsman Dies After a Black Bear Falls on Him in Freak Hunting Accident

By Katie Hill

A big 10-point buck in the back of a UTV.
Trophy Deer

Kansas Farmer Tags What Could Be One of the Top 5 Archery Bucks Ever Taken in the State

By Bob McNally

A hunter in a wide-brimmed hat kneeling behind a gray desert bighorn.
Sheep Hunting

Carmichel in Arizona: How to Hunt an Inaccessible Desert Bighorn

By Jim Carmichel

Freel and Miller Drag a Buck
Mule Deer Hunting

Hunter Amnesia: What It Is, and How You Can Avoid It

By Tyler Freel

Three dressed squirrels are nestled in a crock pot with onions and celery.
Wild Game Recipes

The Best Squirrel Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb

Ashley Matchett and Chris Janeski
Whitetail Deer Hunting

On Her First Successful Deer Hunt with Her Husband, Hunter Shoots a Super Wide Pennsylvania Buck

By Bob McNally

Human hands stretch out a giant bear paw.
Grizzly Bear Hunting

I Fought Off a Brown Bear with My Fishing Rod, and Other Close Calls While Living in Remote Alaska

By Scott Haugen

A man holds up the rack of a large 14 point whitetail buck as the sun sets behind him.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Tyler Jordan Tags a 200-Class Louisiana Buck That Could Be the New State Record

By Alice Jones Webb

An Oklahoma bowhunter with a 17-point buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

An Oklahoma Bowhunter Heard Rumors That the 180-Class Buck He’d Been Hunting for Years Had Been Hit by a Car. They Weren’t True

By Bob McNally

A hunter with a rooster and his dog.
Pheasant Hunting

Podcast: How to Miss Fewer Birds

By Natalie Krebs

Two whitetail shoulder mounts hang on a white wall.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

A Son Finally Tracked Down His Dad’s Long-Lost Buck. It’s the Biggest Typical Whitetail Ever Killed in Kansas

By Alice Jones Webb

Boone and Crockett Club have declared javelina as a new trophy big game species.
Big Game Hunting

Boone and Crockett Accepts Javelina as the Continent’s Newest Trophy Species, the First Addition in Nearly 25 Years

By Andrew McKean

A bowhunter in the woods with a nice buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tries a Closer Setup, Draws on a Huge Buck While Surrounded by Does

By Bob McNally

an illustration of two hunters and a deer
Mule Deer Hunting

The Biggest Mishaps of My Deer-Hunting Career, by Jim Zumbo

By Jim Zumbo

Learning how to skin a deer is relatively easy, all you need is a sharp knife.
Mule Deer Hunting

How to Skin a Deer, Step by Step

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter with a big Pennsylvania buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Pennsylvania Hunter Tags a 170-Class Public-Land Buck on a Family Deer Drive

By Bob McNally

late season whitetail
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Tips for Patterning and Hunting a Late-Season Buck

By Josh Honeycutt

A bowhunter with a big Indiana buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tags the Biggest Buck of Her Life in Indiana While Hunting a New Spot

By Bob McNally

A duck hunter shakes his fist at a sky full of ducks.
Duck Hunting

It Should’ve Been the Best Mallard Hunt of Our Lives. Instead, We Almost Died

By James D. Nunnally

An Ohio hunter with a buck he tagged during the rifle opener.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Ohio Rifle Hunter Makes His Second Shot Count, Tags a 22-Pointer on Opening Day

By Bob McNally

A college freshman with his first bow buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

College Student’s First Bow Buck Is a 17-Point Kansas Slammer

By Bob McNally

Illustration of two rabbit hunters
Rabbit Hunting

How Not to Hunt Rabbits After Dark

By Wilson H. Stover

Venison backstraps sliced open to show a perfect exterior sear and a rare center.
Wild Game Recipes

The Best Venison Backstrap Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb

A Vermont hunter with a rare smoke-phase turkey.
Turkey Hunting

Vermont Hunter Ends 4-Year Chase for Rare Smoke-Phase Turkey

By Katie Hill

A hunter with a rare-looking buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Teen Tags ‘Unicorn’ Buck on His Second-Ever Solo Hunt

By Bob McNally

A trail cam photo of a buck in Kansas.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kansas Bowhunter Arrows 200-Class Buck That Was a Local Legend

By Bob McNally

A hunter with a buck loaded into a truck bed.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

After 200 Hours of Bowhunting, Wisconsin Hunter Finally Sees His Target Buck on Opening Day of Gun Season

By Bob McNally

A hunter holds up a buck with stickers on its rack.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Hunter Tags Two Back-to-Back Bucks from the Ground in North Carolina

By Bob McNally

Two hunters field dress a deer.
Deer Hunting

How to Field Dress a Deer, Step by Step

By Natalie Krebs