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George Bruggeman might have been undergunned with 8-pound test, but he still managed to land a 37-plus pound fish

In the Sonoran Desert, only a persistent few hunters will earn a glimpse of the desert's Holy Grail: a 30-inch Grande. Fewer still will make their split-second shot count

The best gear for hunting everything from whitetails to prairie chickens

The award winners from our 2025 optics tests include everything from budget binos to advanced thermal scopes

Cody Huhn had been tracking the buck since July. He missed his first shot in October but kept at it until he got another opportunity

The judge’s verdict wraps up a 6-month legal saga in Harris County, Georgia, where the teenager shot his first gobbler on his family's property in April. Within days, however, the teen was accused by his former high-school teacher of knowingly shooting her pet bird

I headed into a box canyon after the biggest bear I've ever seen

The extensions are meant to help subsistence hunters who were displaced or otherwise impacted by Typhoon Halong

Primitive skills still have a place and a purpose in our modern world

Blue-tongue disease wiped out the author's deer herd — then his mom died

"The stand didn't have a seat. So, for two hours I stood there, hoping I'd see the buck we called 'Wideload'"

If you’ve got beef with any of these patterns, the problem is you – not the bugs

Any hunter would be happy to see these gear items under the tree

The hunter, 51-year-old Devon Dobek, has been missing since Friday, after he messaged a buddy saying he'd tagged a deer

The buck left a heavy blood trail that led the hunter and her husband to the banks of the Yellow River

Before every deer hunter knew how to rattle up a buck, the tactic was something of a local secret

In the era of synthetic stocks and carbon barrels, there’s still a place for beautiful, traditional-looking rifles in deer camp. And there are a handful of excellent new guns to choose from

I couldn't decide whether he was smart or just lucky. But I knew that if I ever hung his antlers on my wall, they were going to be earned

The owner of Tower Lodge Outfitters shuns the role of back-slapping host, preferring instead to work like an especially motivated guide