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Two old color photographs of mule deer hunters
Mule Deer Hunting

We Miraculously Got Permission to Hunt a Secret Canyon and Had the Best Deer Hunt of Our Lives

By Chester Chatfield

An illustration of two deer fighting in front of a doe.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How My Family Took 7 Vermont Bucks in a Single, Unforgettable Season

By Harold Willey Jr.

Christmas cards for your best hunting buddies.
Deer Hunting

4 Christmas Cards Pat McManus Always Wanted to Send His Hunting Buddies, But Couldn’t

By Patrick F. McManus

A Wisconsin hunter and a huge typical buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Hunter Tags One of the Biggest Typical Bucks in State History During Extended Gun Season

By Bob McNally

tyler freel hunt
Big Game Hunting

Podcast: Our Senior Staff Writer Nearly Died on a Backcountry Hunt. Here’s What We’ve Learned from the Experience

By Alex Robinson

jack o'connor's rifles
Big Game Hunting

Photos of Jack O’Connor’s Perfect Winchester Model 70

By Gary Lewis

A photo of a buck in a snowy field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

A Pennsylvania Hunter Had His “Buck of a Lifetime” Stolen. So Why Are People Blaming Him?

By Dac Collins

A tannery employee holds up mountain lion hides ready for shipping
Big Game Hunting

24 Incredible Photos from the Last Great Tannery in America

By Alex Robinson

An Indiana hunter with a big buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Indiana Hunter Tags Giant 190-Class Buck After Watching Him for 4 Years — and Missing Him Once

By Bob McNally

A hunter gored by a buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Almost Lost My Eye While Wrestling a Buck

By Bob McNally

The author with a nice whitetail deer reaped with his bow and decoy.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 5 Rules of Reaping Whitetail Deer

By Derek Horner

an illustration of a sheep hunter falling down a slope
Sheep Hunting

This Happened to Me: I Almost Froze to Death on a Solo Bighorn Hunt

By Cassidy Caron, as told to Scott Einsmann

A hunting party posing with a musk ox.
Big Game Hunting

Hunting Musk Ox and Caribou in Greenland Was Nothing Like I Imagined

By Andrew McKean

two polaroids with brett favre and his mule deer buck
Mule Deer Hunting

I Took Brett Favre on His First Mule Deer Hunt

By John B. Snow

A Wisconsin hunter with a big buck on opening day; a young hunter with he first deer, also tagged on opening day.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Shot a Big Wisconsin Buck Just Seconds Before a Young Hunter Tagged Her First Deer

By Kasey Okrzesik

A hunter in blue overalls sits behind a tree looking at a deer in this illustration.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Shot My First Buck on the Run, During a Low-Country Deer Drive

By John Wongrey

allyson rosier buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

“I Hope My Baby Grows Up to Be a Deer Hunter.” Pregnant Woman Shoots 190-Class Buck on the Last Day of the Season

By Bob McNally

illustration of hunter answering door
Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Happened to Me: I Butchered a Deer in My Brooklyn Apartment and the Cops Came

By Alex Robinson

an old photograph of a hunter in a yellow canoe with a nice buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Want to Kill a Great Late-Season Buck? Float a River

By Tom Huggler

tracking deer
Whitetail Deer Hunting

3 Incredible Stories of Snow Tracking Bucks in the Big Woods

By Hal Blood, Ralph P. Stuart