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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

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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

red stag
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

stolen bull
Elk Hunting

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.
Deer Hunting

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

By Beka Garris

An illustration of a guide creeping along a rock.
Big Game Hunting

Is It a Guide’s Job to Risk His Life for a Client?

By Eric Collier

the hunting public
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Video: How the Hunting Public Mastered Deer Drives

By Roy Holdford

7 PRC vs 7 Rem Mag
Elk Hunting

7 PRC vs 7mm Rem Mag: Here’s Why the New Cartridge Is Superior

By Mike Dickerson

A color illustration of a man rappelling with a sheep on a rope.
Sheep Hunting

Treacherous Country, Mischievous Horses, and One Missing Ram Turned Our DIY Sheep Hunt into a Rodeo

By Robert M. Hobbs

Marine Scout Sniper Memorial Hunt Giveaway
Big Game Hunting

Marine Scout Sniper Memorial Hunt Giveaway

By John B. Snow

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Sheep Hunting

A Plane Crash, a Car Wreck, and Bogged Horses: How My Wife and I Turned the Worst Hunt of Our Lives into the Best

By Pete Kollar

A photo illustration of a deer with the NYC skyline in the back
Deer Hunting

Things My Fellow New Yorkers Say When They Find Out I’m a Hunter

By Cliff Cadet

A sketch of two mule deer running
Mule Deer Hunting

My Stepson and I Tagged Out at the Same Time. My Buck Was One of the Biggest Ever Taken in Colorado

By Bill Crouch

milo hansen with his big buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Milo Hanson, the Saskatchewan Farmer Who Tagged the Biggest Buck of All Time, Dies at 81

By Andrew McKean

Two photos of rams.
Sheep Hunting

Back When Odds of Drawing a $10 Desert Bighorn Tag Were 1 in 7, My Wife Enlisted Me as Her Guide

By Robert V. Broadbent

An illustration of hogs in Hawaii fighting a hog dog.
Big Game Hunting

Wild Hogs Nearly Killed Me, My Buddy, and His Dog Deep in the Jungle of Hawaii. It Was the Most Fun I’ve Ever Had

By Lyman Nichols Jr.