Hunting
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![A hunter wrestles a giant invasive Burmese python.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/26/ODLSP18_PYT01.jpg?w=674)
Monsters in the Marsh
![boy with a black bear](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/25/IMG_9158-scaled.jpeg?w=600)
Bear Hunting
A 7-Year-Old Boy’s First Bear
![Buffalo bill cody](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/22/Cody_Opener.jpg?w=800)
Buffalo Bill Cody’s Deathbed Interview, from the Archives
![Hunter Ty Bell stands on a ridge in Idaho grizzly country.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/19/hunter_scout_ridge.jpg?w=792)
Return to Scout Ridge
![caribou on porcupine river](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/17/cariboubreakup-e1684345954856.jpg?w=529)
Big Game Hunting
Video: Caribou Catch a Ride on Flowing River Ice
![The Burgess Folding shotgun.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/19/burgess.webp?w=1600)
Concealed Carry
The Best Folding Shotguns for Survival and Self Defense
![feral hogs](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/16/Feral-Hog-Management-8.jpg?w=836)
Big Game Hunting
Hogs vs. Deer: Can Whitetail Managers Take Back Feral Pig Country?
![Ideal shot placement for where to shoot a bear is a slightly quartering-away bear like this one.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/23/IMG_2042-scaled.jpg?w=675)
Bear Hunting
Where to Shoot a Bear, and How to Recover It
![man with black bear carcass](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/11/popov_with_bear.jpg?w=800)
The Ex-Communist Bear Baiter of Dore Lake
![packtrain of hunters](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/28/01_packtrain.jpg?w=800)
The Ghost of Greyback Ridge
![alaska moose](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/01/AdobeStock_88716560-scaled-e1682967724688.jpeg?w=716)
Big Game Hunting
Alaska Man Faces 21 Felony Charges for Phony Moose Guiding Service
![Mule deer stand in deep snow.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/25/AdobeStock_124395105.jpg?w=672)
Antelope Hunting
This Wyoming Hunter Wants You to Buy a Deer Tag, But Not Use It
![rifle knockdown power](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20/capebuffalo2.png?w=609)
Big Game Hunting
Debunking the Infamous Rifle Knockdown Power Myth
![canned venison](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/14/MCAB6621.jpg?w=675)
Hunting
How to Can Venison
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Big Game Hunting
How to Cook a 12-Foot Gator: Alligator Recipes from a Florida Chef
![A turkey hunter in Montana listens for gobbles.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/12/hunter_west-scaled.jpeg?w=600)
Big Game Hunting
Hunting License Sales Have Fallen Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels
![florida ranch alligator](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/07/florida_ranch_alligator.jpg?w=675)
Big Game Hunting
Massive 12-Foot Alligator Killed on South Florida Cattle Ranch
![deer in snow, brown vegetation](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/04/01_Opener_deer_Jamie.jpeg?w=800)
Wild Game Power Rankings: What Species Have the Best Shot at Surviving Climate Change?
![bear meat vending machine 1](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/04/bear_meat_vending_machine_1.jpeg?w=675)
Bear Hunting
Bear Meat Vending Machine a Huge Hit in Japan
![A silhouetted Spanish ibex stands on a cliff edge.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/30/ODLSU18_SPA01-e1680195699440.jpg?w=801)
El Macho: A Crossbow Hunt for Spanish Ibex
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Hunting
What Do Wild Turkeys Eat?
![no 2 archery buck pennsylvania](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/23/no_2_archery_buck_pennsylvania-e1679604056964.jpg?w=776)
Big Game Hunting
New No. 2 Pennsylvania Archery Buck Is Finally Recognized
![A pair of hog dogs leashed to the hood of a hog truck.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/23/ODLSU18_ESS05.jpg?w=675)
The Hog Dogs of Alabama
![turkey gobbling in roost](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/21/why_turkeys_gobble_at_owls-e1679426951345.jpg?w=675)
Hunting