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Big Bucks 2002 How and where some of last season’s top bucks were taken
Word spreads quickly when a gargantuan whitetail is felled. A crowd gathers wherever the fortuitous hunter stops–the check station, the...
Trophy Time In The East GET OUTDOORS AS HUNTING SEASONS OPEN
In the Northeast, big deer are remote deer. Draw a line on a map from the Appalachian Mountains in eastern...
Deer Forecast East THE ELEMENTS PLAYED A HAND IN THE HEALTH OF THE HERD LAST SPRING. DESPITE HARSH CONDITIONS, THE SUBURBS AND T
Deer, deer. That’s the bottom line here in the East, where whitetail populations can be so thick they defy description....
Best Elk Hunting Ever? NUMBERS ARE UP AND SEASONS AND QUOTAS ARE LIBERAL
The sounds of September are the slurp of topwater takes, the drum of wings in a covey flush and, increasingly,...
THTM Goes Wild Tony Harris packs a graphic punch
For more than 60 years, “This Happened To Me” has been one of the most popular features in OUTDOOR LIFE....
On-Your-Own Caribou Be your own guide for an Alaskan adventure
Every kid who picks up an outdoor magazine dreams of hunting in Alaska. In terms of big game, only Alaska...
Hang ‘Em High? A scientific answer to a heated debate
Two years ago I learned a very valuable lesson. I was perched 40 feet up a tree over a wooded...
Stay in the Action The manager of a bowhunter’s Eden discloses his playbook
In the fields and woods outside, bucks were in a post-rut frenzy. Inside the lodge, a gaggle of bowhunters was...
Deer Of The Year Here they are! Our readers’ best bucks from the 2002 season. Thanks to all who submitted their photos and stori
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Heading West for Elk What Eastern deer hunters should know before leaving home
Like many hunters, I cut my teeth on Eastern whitetails. I learned to hunt in the hardwood forests of Virginia,...