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An elk shed on the ground in Wyoming.

A 7-Year-Old Picked Up a Shed Antler. It Had a GPS Tracker Attached — and His Dad Got a Ticket

An illustration of a lion attacking a man on safari.

Big Game Hunting

I Grew Up on Safari. The Most Dangerous Game Isn’t What You Think

By Michael Branham, as told to Jim Rearden

An illustration of an old-school bowhunter glassing a hillside.

Mule Deer Hunting

I Tried Teaching My Duck Hunting Buddy to Bowhunt. A Dozen Blown Stalks Later, He Surprised Me

A painting of a piebald buck running through the woods with a hunter in the tree behind him.

Every Farmer and Hunter Had a Story About the Elusive White Buck. Here’s How I Finally Caught Up to Him

By Dale Johnson

a color photograph of Grancel Fitz with a giant caribou

Big Game Hunting

I Walked Away From a Record Book Bull to Kill the Woodland Caribou of My Dreams

By Grancel Fitz

an old color photo of Jack O'Connor sits on horseback

Jack O’Connor’s Last Sheep Hunt

By Jack O'Connor

mystery buck wisconsin

Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Giant Nontypical Northwoods Buck Was Found Hanging in a Wisconsin Cabin. It’s Backstory Remains a Mystery

An illo of a big kudu bull with a hunter in the background

Big Game Hunting

I Arranged a Shoestring Safari — Then Got My Rifle Confiscated and Had to Beg the Outfitter for a Job. It’s a Hunt I’ll Never Forget

By James Carkhuff

Fred bear stone sheep

Fred Bear Said the Best Shot of His Life Was on This World-Record Stone Sheep

By Fred Bear, as told to Byron W. Dalrymple

Jack O'Connor hunting deer in the desert.

Mule Deer Hunting

O’Connor in Old Mexico: My Luckiest Day of Deer Hunting — Ever

By Jack O'Connor

An illustration of people on a porch admiring the Cuyler Hill NY buck.

I Shot a Deer So Big I Genuinely Thought I’d Killed an Elk

By Sidney Mawson

An illustration of a herd of pronghorn antelope.

Antelope Hunting

How to Insult Your Western Hunting Guide

By Charles Elliott

The big grizzly creek mule deer

Mule Deer Hunting

“You Can’t Eat Antlers.” One of the Biggest Bucks Ever Taken in Colorado Was Nearly Lost to History

By Arthur Hawthorne Carhart

Big Game Hunting

Video: Sleep In and Take Your Time When Targeting Turkeys That Won’t Gobble

By Roy Holdford

A buck in velvet eats mushrooms in the woods

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Mushrooms Are a Deer’s Secret Favorite Food. Here’s How to Easily Grow a Mushroom Food Plot

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter with a mule deer buck tagged in Montana.

Mule Deer Hunting

It Was Supposed to Be the Toughest Deer Season in Years. We Hunted Anyway

By Andrew McKean

Big Game Hunting

The Red Stag Roar in New Zealand Is the Craziest Rut Hunt on the Planet

By Scott Haugen

An illustration of a leopard attacking a man while his hat flies off his head.

Big Game Hunting

Roosevelt on Safari: A Leopard Attack, an Ambush, and a Lifelong Quest Fulfilled

By Kermit Roosevelt

Video: We Helicoptered into Landlocked Public Ground for an Epic Elk Hunt — Then a Rancher Stole Our Bull

By Andrew McKean

Beka Garris and her daughter shoot a recurve bow.

How My Decision to Embrace Traditional Bowhunting Has Shaped Three Generations of Family