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A surprised looking hunter with a giant Missouri deer.
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After My Dad Died, I Hunted Our Farm One Last Time — and Killed the Best Buck of My Life

By Andrew McKean

This Pennsylvania Father Is Raising Three Girls Who Love Hunting as Much as He Does
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This Pennsylvania Father Is Raising Three Girls Who Love Hunting as Much as He Does

By Alice Jones Webb

Hunters in red buffalo check
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After 25 Years of Big Game Hunting, All I Wanted Was to Tag an Elk

Illustrated and written by Bob Kuhn

A large bull moose
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I Ditched a Bogus Outfitter for a Real Wilderness Moose Hunt

By William N. Roach

A large herd of aoudad move across the Texas landscape.
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Texas Adds Aoudad to the List of Animals You Can Hunt from Helicopters

By Alice Jones Webb

A hunter climbs up with a goat strapped to his back in Hawaii
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Hunting Goats in Hawaii Isn’t Especially Hard. It’s Packing Them Out That’s the Problem

By Lyman Nichols Jr.

kangaroo culling
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I Hunted with a Professional Kangaroo Shooter in Australia

By Scott Haugen

hunter leads horse, carrying dead mule deer, down a steep sidehill
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Carmichel in the Backcountry: A Packtrain Pileup, Quick Shooting, and a Trophy Buck

By Jim Carmichel

A close-up of hundreds of fat winter ticks on a moose
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Vampire Ticks Are Ravaging New England Moose. Hunting Could Help

By Alice Jones Webb

A boar hunt
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Participating in a Traditional German Boar Hunt Requires Grit, Luck, and a Sense of Humor

By Col. Ward R. Betz

A buck stands in the trees
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Alabama Is Auctioning Off 5-Year Hunting Leases on Some of Its Public Land

By Dac Collins

A deer eats an apple
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Tennessee Legalizes Baiting During Deer Season — for an Extra $50 Fee

By Alice Jones Webb

A trail cam picture of a buck in a field.
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A Hunting Personality Is Suing a Game Warden, Claiming Bogus Bait Charges Ruined His Reputation

By Dac Collins

camel hunting
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I Hunted Feral Camels In the Australian Outback

By Scott Haugen

Montana national guardsmen land a helicopter.
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Montana National Guard Under Investigation After Allegedly Using a Helicopter to Steal Shed Antlers

By Dac Collins

controversial bucks
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The 5 Most Controversial Trophy Bucks in Recent History

By Alex Robinson

Cody Kabus returned a trophy-class buck to the rightful Wisconsin hunter
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A Wisconsin Bowhunter Killed the Biggest Buck He’d Ever Seen. Then He Gave It to Another Hunter

By Alice Jones Webb

tiger hunter
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A Tiger Killed 23 Sheep in a Neighboring Village. We Spent Weeks Tracking It Down

By Cyril E. Holland

The setup the author used to hunt black bears with a 6.5 Creedmoor
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I’ve Become Recoil Shy in My Old Age. Is the 6.5 Creedmoor a Legit Elk Round?

By John B. Snow

wisconsin whitetail buck
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Wisconsin Claims Record Deer Populations and High Harvests, But CWD Trouble Looms

By Alex Robinson