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Small Game Hunting

How to bag more squirrels, rabbits, and hares, plus the gear you need to do it. Find small-game hunting tips and tactics.

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A vintage OL cover crop of a rabbit

Small Game Hunting

After I Escaped from a German Labor Camp, I Survived on Rabbits and Pheasant

The Air Venturi Microstrike is the deadliest airgun on the market.

Small Game Hunting

Air Venturi Microstrike Review: The Deadliest Airgun I Own

By Scott Einsmann

Kansanans culling jackrabbits during a Dust Bowl rabbit drive.

The Dust Bowl Jackrabbit Drives Were the Darkest Days of Small-Game Hunting in America

By Natalie Krebs

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The Vanishing Legacy of Southern Rabbit Hunters

By Robert DeWitt

A snowshoe rabbit looking at a tent copyrighted

I Agreed to Hunt Snowshoe Hares — and Regretted It Almost Instantly

I Promised to Take My Boys Rabbit Hunting Every Day of Christmas Break

By Erwin A. Bauer

Three police cars by a white pickup in Antelope Valley.

I Found a Human Skull While Rabbit Hunting Near Los Angeles

By Chris Grillot

An illustration of a boy riding a horse with his dog in front.

Small Game Hunting

The Thanksgiving I Spent Alone in the Woods

A man unleashes a hound in the snow.

Small Game Hunting

Our Best Hound Turned Out to Be the Dog I Never Believed In

One of the best air rifles for squirrel hunting

Small Game Hunting

Air Rifles for Small Game Hunting and Pest Control, Accuracy Tested

By Scott Einsmann, Jim Chapman

An illustration of fox squirrels

Small Game Hunting

My Perfect Hunt Is Sneaking Up on Fox Squirrels — Barefoot

By Charles Elliott

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

Small Game Hunting

The Best .22 LR Rifles of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

By John B. Snow

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

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

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

I Was Attacked by a Timber Wolf

Two hunters stand in a snowy road with a beagle.

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.

The Best Wild Rabbit Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb

Illustration of two rabbit hunters

How Not to Hunt Rabbits After Dark

By Wilson H. Stover

squirrel taxidermy

Squirrel Hunting

Squirrel Taxidermy: How to Mount a Squirrel With This Simply DIY Kit

A red squirrel in a tree in New Mexico.

Squirrel Hunting

State Officials Cancel Squirrel Hunting Event Amid Outrage from Anti-Hunters