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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kentucky Hunter Tagged This Massive Buck After Receiving a Cell Cam Photo and Driving Through the Night

Jason Taylor was hunting upland birds in Wyoming with a buddy when he got a cell cam picture of his target buck. They immediately drove 21 hours home to Kentucky

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

19 Eerie Trail Camera Photos You Can’t Unsee

These are some of the creepiest trail cam shots from around the web

Two guys drag a deer out of the brush.
Hunter Recruitment

21 Ways to Recruit New People into Hunting and Fishing

Are you ready for your most exciting, challenging, and fulfilling year ever? Then it's time to recruit someone new into hunting and fishing

A black and white photo of a crossbow set as a trip wire.
Wildlife Management

Game Warden Tales: I Hunted Down a Trip-Wire Crossbow Poacher

Retired game warden John Weber once discovered a crossbow that had been set with a trip wire. His mission was to catch the suspect in the act

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Fishing Gear

Best Gifts for Anglers: The Fishing Gear They Actually Want

Fool proof gifts that any fisherman would love to get

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

27 Bad Excuses Why You Didn’t Kill a Buck Last Year

There are plenty of ways to screw up a perfectly good deer season. Don't let one of these hold you back

A motion spinning decoy on the water.
Duck Hunting

The 3 Motion Decoys All Duck Hunters Need on a Calm Day

On a calm day when the water is like glass, these motion decoys will save your hunt

An illustration of a grouse hunter sitting on a porch.
Hunting Dogs

My Dog and I Got Lost in the Grouse Woods. We Found Something I Still Can’t Explain

A wrong turn led to an abandoned homestead — and an encounter that gives me chills to this day

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘His Antlers Grew 40 Inches.’ Kansas Hunter Arrows Massive Nontypical Buck

The veteran Kansas hunter has taken a lot of big bucks, but none quite like this

A whitetail deer makes a scrape on the edge of a field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Where to Kill a Buck This Weekend: Target These Key Food Sources and Scrapes

Now is the time to fill your tag before the rut pulls your target buck out of his home range

A painting of two bears attacking a guy.
Animal Attacks

They Tell You to Play Dead When a Brown Bear Attacks. I Found Out If It Really Works

After I was flattened and worked over by two brown bears on my moose hunt, I needed 200 stitches

Fisherman Joe Cermele holds up a cow striped bass.
Striped Bass Fishing

Quick Strike Podcast: Use This Key Baitfish to Catch Your Bass of a Lifetime

Drop a bunker buster on stripers this fall, courtesy of Capt. Eric Kerber

Joey Pendry died three weeks after being attacked by a grizzly.
Animal Attacks

Elk Hunter Dies 3 Weeks After He Was Attacked by a Grizzly

Joey Pendry, who managed to fight off the sow and call for help, has died from complications related to his injuries

A composite image of Ian Stasko and Andrew Porter, elk huntersw ho died in Colorado last month
Wilderness Survival

‘Tragically Unlucky.’ The Real Story of What Happened to the Elk Hunters Who Disappeared in Colorado’s Wilderness

Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko were lifelong outdoorsmen, close buddies, and well-loved by friends and families. So when they fell out of communication during an archery elk hunt in September, searchers from all over did everything they could to bring them home

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Deer Hunting Gear

The Best Cellular Trail Cameras of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

These top cell cams make it easier to pattern deer, without spooking them

A buck scent checks a doe.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 9 Best Deer Stand Locations for Hunting the Rut

The whitetail rut will be hitting your deer woods soon. Here's where to hunt through each phase

Skinning a deer in a skinning shed.
Deer Hunting

Don’t Toss Out Your Deer Hides. Here’s What to Do With Them Instead

Turning deer hide into valuable buckskin is easier than you might think

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Hunting Rifles

The .280 Remington Should Have Been a Success. Here’s Why It Wasn’t

The .280 Remington was a terrific flop when it was introduced, but it almost made a comeback under a different name

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Shotguns

Video: We Tested Benelli’s Advanced Impact Barrel Claims

The author did extensive head-to-head testing on the SBE 3 with an Advanced Impact barrel

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America’s Best-Kept Secret Fishing Detours