Big Game Hunting(Page 8)

Big-game hunting tips and tactics for chasing deer, elk, bears, antelope and more.

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In the War Against CWD, Deer Breeders in Texas Are Being Cast as Both the Enemy and the Answer
Conservation

In the War Against CWD, Deer Breeders in Texas Are Being Cast as Both the Enemy and the Answer

By Dac Collins

mule deer bucks
Hunting

The $725K Mule Deer Tag: Auction Tags Set All-Time Record at Western Hunt Expo

By Andrew McKean

Jim Carmichel with rifle and bear.
Guns

Jim Carmichel’s Favorite Hunting Rifles

By Jim Carmichel

Maine moose hunt harvest numbers low
Conservation

Maine Reports Worst Moose Hunt Success Rate in Recent History

By Katie Hill

Justin Kallusky record rocky mountain goat
Hunting

What It Took to Tag the World Record Mountain Goat

By Katie Hill

old magazine illustration of moose and canoe
Hunting

A Widowed Homesteader Learns to Hunt Moose, or Die Trying

By Olive A. Fredrickson

Two flintlock hunters compare rifles in the snowy woods of Pennsylvania.
Hunting

Photos from Pennsylvania’s Flintlock Season, the Last of Its Kind in the Country

Photographs by Henry Hung, Story by Derek Horner

hunting deer with dogs
Hunting

Are Deer Dogs Really a Problem for Deer Hunting in the South?

By Adam Moore

hunter with large mule deer
Hunting

Mexico’s 200-Inch Mule Deer Are Legendary. That Doesn’t Make Them Easy to Kill

By Andrew McKean

Perfectly cooked wild game venison steaks in a cast iron skillet.
Hunting

Venison Facts Amid the Lion Diet TikTok Craze and World Carnivore Month

By Alex Robinson

what colors can deer see
Hunting

What Colors Can Deer See?

By Dac Collins

montage of bowhunter, goats, mountains, birds
Hunting

Making the Shot on a Once-in-a-Lifetime Mountain Goat Hunt

By Alex Robinson

biggest bucks
Hunting

The Biggest Whitetail Bucks of 2022

By Alex Robinson

alex robinson with whitetail buck
Hunting

What It Took to Kill the Biggest Buck of My Life

By Alex Robinson

six point buck
Hunting

Bowhunter Tags Biggest Six-Point You’ll See This Year

By Katie Hill

Best Mule Deer Cartridges
Guns

Best Mule Deer Cartridges

By John B. Snow

Crazy Mountains land swap proposal Forest Service
Conservation

Public-Land Hunters Object to Land Swap in Montana’s Crazy Mountains

By Katie Hill

PA dagger bull 1
Hunting

Pennsylvania Crossbow Hunter Tags Biggest Archery Bull in State History

By Dac Collins

The Benelli M1 Super 90 was one of the best shotguns ever built.
Hunting

Canada’s Semi-Automatic Firearm Ban Would Include Many Common Hunting Rifles and Shotguns

By Dac Collins

Illinois bowhunter shot 22-point whitetail buck
Hunting

The Full Story Behind the Xen Mcallister Buck, a Giant 22-Point Nontypical

By Katie Hill

the hunting public
Hunting

Tips from The Hunting Public: Chasing Open Country Whitetails in North Dakota

By Derek Horner

deer hunting opening day
Hunting

20 Deer Hunting Tips for Opening Day

By Tony Hansen

Two hunters kneel behind a large buck in the woods.
Hunting

Where to Hunt Deer in the Big Woods

By Hal Blood

The Winchester 1984 is one of the best .30-30 lever actions.
Guns

A Lever Action .30-30 Winchester Is Still One of the Best Deer Hunting Rifles (and Here’s Why)

By Mark Chesnut

Lindell Richey's giant 200-inch Greene County, Georgia, buck.
Hunting

Georgia Deer Hunter Accepts Last-Minute Hunt Club Invite, Shoots a Massive 200-Inch Buck

By Natalie Krebs

group of male hunters standing over a deer
Hunting

Bond of Brothers: Military Vets Find Healing in the Hunt

By Chuck Thompson

best rut stands
Hunting

The 10 Best Stand Locations for Hunting the Rut

By Josh Honeycutt

7 Deer Hunting Tactics You’ve Never Tried Before But Should
Hunting

7 Deer Hunting Tactics You’ve Never Tried Before But Should

By Michael Hanback

Hunter carrying elk antlers
Hunting

The Final Climb: A Steep Lesson in Elk Hunting

By Scott Einsmann

Iowa buck
Hunting

Tips from The Hunting Public: Chasing Public Land Whitetails in Iowa

By Derek Horner

aging bucks
Hunting

How to Estimate a Buck’s Age (and Why Aging Deer Matters)

By Alex Robinson

meredith buck lead
Hunting

Eighth Grader Arrows a 238-Inch Buck, Likely the Biggest Non-Typical Ever Killed by a Youth Hunter in Kentucky

By Dac Collins

josh heuser MO buck 1
Hunting

One of the Biggest Archery Bucks Ever Taken in Missouri Gets Green Scored

By Dac Collins

Angie Kokes spears whitetail buck
Hunting

Spear Hunter Kills Whitetail Buck from the Ground. Here’s How She Did It

By Katie Hill

grant woods deer hunting
Hunting

Dr. Grant Woods on How to Use Trail Cam Artificial Intelligence to Improve Your Deer Hunting

By Alex Robinson

dhooghe bull 1
Hunting

This High-Fence Bull Elk Could Break an SCI World Record. It Scores More Than 648 Inches

By Dac Collins

wild game
Hunting

The 10 Best Tasting Wild Game Animals

By Brad Fenson

bowhunting in Kansas
Hunting

Tips from The Hunting Public: How to Locate Big Whitetail Bucks on Public Land in Kansas

By Derek Horner

Dan Infalt buck
Hunting

Inside the Mind of the Big Buck Serial Killer

By Josh Honeycutt

hunting with air rifles
Guns

Can Air Rifles Effectively Kill Big Game? In Short, Yes

By Jim Chapman

Trophy class buck poached in Pennsylvania.
Hunting

Someone Poached This Big Pennsylvania Buck Near a Federal Prison

By Natalie Krebs

mature whitetail buck
Hunting

50 Places Where Big Bucks Live

By Josh Honeycutt

randy ulmer high country muley
Hunting

Randy Ulmer Tags Another Stud Mule Deer in the Colorado High Country

By Dac Collins

The spectacular Dall ram taken by Jerry Lees
Hunting

Alaskan DIY Hunter Tags the Ram of a Lifetime

By Tyler Freel

A bowhunter with a giant San Carlos Arizona bull.
Hunting

Chad Mendes Tags a Dinosaur Desert Bull in Southern Arizona

By Natalie Krebs

B&W photo of hunter with deer in trunk
Hunting

A Five-Year Stalk for a Record Whitetail, From the Archives

By Al Dawson

whitetail deer
Hunting

Don’t Aim for a Deer’s Head

By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

world record typical whitetails
Hunting

The Biggest Nontypical Whitetails of All Time

By PJ DelHomme

velvet bucks
Hunting

Monster Velvet Bucks from Kentucky and Tennessee

By Josh Honeycutt

rutting whitetail buck
Hunting

The Best Times to Hunt the Whitetail Rut This Season

By Michael Hanback

Danny Farris with a buck taken behind a decoy
Gear

The Best Deer Decoys

By Adam Moore

bull moose fight
Conservation

Famous Bull Moose Killed in Fight with Even Bigger Bull

By Bjorn Dihle

hunting by moon phase
Hunting

Why I Hunt the Whitetail Rut by Moon Phase—and You Should Too

By Michael Hanback

hunting river bottom bucks
Hunting

Tips from The Hunting Public: How to Hunt Whitetails in Public Land River Bottoms

By Derek Horner

nushagak bear attack 1
Survival

Attacked on the Nushagak: When a Moose Hunter Gets Pinned by a Brown Bear, It’s Up to His Hunting Partner to Save His Life

By Dac Collins

World record whitetail buck
Hunting

The Milo Hanson Buck: How Long Can the Whitetail World Record Stand?

By Alex Robinson, By Andrew McKean, By Jim Zumbo

Straight walls could supplant slug guns.
Guns

Will Straight-Wall Deer Rifles Kill the Slug Gun?

By Brad Fitzpatrick

hunters with sheep
Hunting

Ram of Pilot Mountain: The Story of Jack O’Connor’s Biggest Sheep

By Jack O’Connor

Grant Woods sold America's most famous whitetail property, the "Proving Grounds."
Conservation

Grant Woods Just Sold the “Proving Grounds.” Here’s What He Learned from Building One of the Most Famous Whitetail Properties in America

By Katie Hill

The Tactacam XB has the best picture quality.
Hunting

Is Hunting with Cellular Trail Cameras Fair Chase or Cheating?

By Alex Robinson

two santee SC gators lead
Hunting

Two Giant, 13-Foot Alligators Taken from South Carolina Lakes in One Day

By Bob McNally

old magazine photo of author with moose
Hunting

A Moose Hunt in the Unmapped Yukon, From the Archives

By Charles Elliott

Cami stone sheep
Hunting

13-Year-Old Texas Girl Becomes Youngest Female Hunter to Complete North American Sheep Grand Slam

By Katie Hill

Glassing a sheep basin
Hunting

A Backcountry Packing List for DIY Mountain Hunters

By Tyler Freel