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A black and blue and white illustration of a hunter getting caught in floodwaters with a plane in the background.

Hunting

Come Wolves and High Water: When a Fly-In Moose Hunt Turns into a Fight for Survival Come Wolves and High Water: When a Fly-In Moose Hunt Turns into a Fight for Survival

By Jerry Valentine, as told to Ben East

An illustration of a pair of bull moose fighting in the snow.

Hunting

A Bull-Moose Brawl and Meat-Packing Sled Dogs: A Mountain Man’s Last Hunt Before Winter A Bull-Moose Brawl and Meat-Packing Sled Dogs: A Mountain Man’s Last Hunt Before Winter

two hunters inspect a dead moose, while the third stands back holding his bow and arrows, vintage B&W magazine photograph

Hunting

Fred Bear’s First Moose Hunt, from the Archives Fred Bear’s First Moose Hunt, from the Archives

Two bedded Shiras bulls.

Hunting

Nevada’s First-Ever Moose Season Excites Hunters as Big-Game Applications Open Nevada’s First-Ever Moose Season Excites Hunters as Big-Game Applications Open

old magazine pages

Hunting

Trying to Stop a Brown Bear Attack with a .38 Special, from the Archives Trying to Stop a Brown Bear Attack with a .38 Special, from the Archives

A bird hunter walks across the North Dakota prairie

Hunting

Why Do I Hunt? The Answer to Hunting’s Toughest Question Why Do I Hunt? The Answer to Hunting’s Toughest Question

Magazine spread

Survival

An Ontario Moose Hunt Turns Into a 10-Day Survival Ordeal, From the Archives An Ontario Moose Hunt Turns Into a 10-Day Survival Ordeal, From the Archives

By Elwyn “Bud” Myers

Bus 142 as a hunting camp.

Hunting

Long Before the ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Became a Tourist Deathtrap, It Was My Dad’s Hunting Camp Long Before the ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Became a Tourist Deathtrap, It Was My Dad’s Hunting Camp

A set of velvet moose antlers sitting on the white form of a shoulder-mount moose.

Hunting

After Spending $40 on Raffle Tickets, Bowhunter Tags World-Record Velvet Canada Bull After Spending $40 on Raffle Tickets, Bowhunter Tags World-Record Velvet Canada Bull

moose camp at night

Hunting

Persistence Pays When Hunting Moose Persistence Pays When Hunting Moose

Freel with 2023 moose

Guns

The Top Moose Cartridges and Bullets The Top Moose Cartridges and Bullets

large moose in brush with mountains behind him, plus story title

Hunting

How Not to Kill a Moose, from the Archives How Not to Kill a Moose, from the Archives

By Frank C. Hibben

what do moose eat

Conservation

What Do Moose Eat? What Do Moose Eat?

Hunter peers through riflescope and crouches in low brush.

Hunting

A Coveted Moose Tag Reveals the Complicated Reality of Western Big-Game Hunting A Coveted Moose Tag Reveals the Complicated Reality of Western Big-Game Hunting

By John B. Snow

how big is a moose

Hunting

How Big Is a Moose? How Big Is a Moose?

By Alex Robinson

jack o'connor sits and holds rifle

Guns

The Legacy, and Last Years, of Jack O’Connor The Legacy, and Last Years, of Jack O’Connor

A full curl bighorn ram in Montana

Hunting

64 Hunters Drew Montana Sheep and Moose Tags in Error, 7 Get to Keep Them Anyway 64 Hunters Drew Montana Sheep and Moose Tags in Error, 7 Get to Keep Them Anyway

Hunting

Shed Hunter Finds $10,000 Mule Deer Antler, One of Five Hidden Across the West Shed Hunter Finds $10,000 Mule Deer Antler, One of Five Hidden Across the West

Hunting

Alaska Man Faces 21 Felony Charges for Phony Moose Guiding Service Alaska Man Faces 21 Felony Charges for Phony Moose Guiding Service

Maine moose hunt harvest numbers low

Conservation

Maine Reports Worst Moose Hunt Success Rate in Recent History Maine Reports Worst Moose Hunt Success Rate in Recent History