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Two whitetail bucks.

6 Buck Harvest Trends That Deer Hunters Should Know 6 Buck Harvest Trends That Deer Hunters Should Know

By Josh Honeycutt

An illustration of a hunter about to shoot a bull moose.

We Were Charged by a Bull on Our Late-Season Moose Hunt We Were Charged by a Bull on Our Late-Season Moose Hunt

By Russell Annabel

A mule deer buck in snowy woods.

Wyoming Lawmakers Want to Quadruple Hunting License Application Fees Wyoming Lawmakers Want to Quadruple Hunting License Application Fees

A bull elk bugles on the side of a hill behind two cows.

Colorado Is Switching Its Big-Game Draw. Here’s Why Hunters with Preference Points Are Short-Changed Colorado Is Switching Its Big-Game Draw. Here’s Why Hunters with Preference Points Are Short-Changed

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of Jim Carmichel and an Iranian game warden.

Carmichel in the Middle East: Risking Our Lives to Hunt Iranian Ibex Carmichel in the Middle East: Risking Our Lives to Hunt Iranian Ibex

By Jim Carmichel

A lone mule deer buck stands on a snowy ridge.

Why Mule Deer Are North America’s Greatest Big-Game Animal Why Mule Deer Are North America’s Greatest Big-Game Animal

Four deer lit up with a thermal on a prairie.

Survey: Idaho Big-Game Hunters Would Ban Drones and Thermals, But Keep Most Other Tech Survey: Idaho Big-Game Hunters Would Ban Drones and Thermals, But Keep Most Other Tech

By Andrew McKean

A nice Ohio buck with a unicorn antler.

‘I Hadn’t Shot a Deer All Year.’ Hunter Tags Unicorn Buck in the Final Days of Muzzleloader Season ‘I Hadn’t Shot a Deer All Year.’ Hunter Tags Unicorn Buck in the Final Days of Muzzleloader Season

A bowhunter with a giant Rocky Mountain bull elk.

Bowhunter with 86 Bulls to His Credit Tags a Pending World-Record Elk Bowhunter with 86 Bulls to His Credit Tags a Pending World-Record Elk

A hunter with a big Kansas whitetail buck.

Army Vet Gets His First Whitetail Buck on Last Day of the Season, and It’s a 19-Point Giant Army Vet Gets His First Whitetail Buck on Last Day of the Season, and It’s a 19-Point Giant

16 Deer Hunting Mistakes You Won’t Make Again Next Season 16 Deer Hunting Mistakes You Won’t Make Again Next Season

By Josh Honeycutt

A 16-year-old holds up moose antlers against a blue sky in a vintage photo

Instead of Staying Home for the Holidays, My Daughter Wanted to Go Moose Hunting Instead of Staying Home for the Holidays, My Daughter Wanted to Go Moose Hunting

A collage of big bucks from 2024.

The Biggest Bucks of 2024 The Biggest Bucks of 2024

A Kansas rifle hunter with a big elusive buck.

Kansas Soldier Ditches His Tree Stand and Tags Elusive ‘Ghost’ Buck from the Ground Kansas Soldier Ditches His Tree Stand and Tags Elusive ‘Ghost’ Buck from the Ground

whitetail does in snow

Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged

By Christine Peterson

A photo of CJ Alexander with huge Ohio deer with text overlaid.

Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year

By Alex Robinson

A hunter with a tall-tined illinois buck.

Illinois Hunter Shoots 184-Inch Buck While Sitting in a Lawn Chair Illinois Hunter Shoots 184-Inch Buck While Sitting in a Lawn Chair

A hunter kneels beside a nice buck

Indiana Bowhunter Used a Spreadsheet to Help Kill This 184-Inch Buck Indiana Bowhunter Used a Spreadsheet to Help Kill This 184-Inch Buck

An older whitetail buck, bedded

9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer 9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

A trail camera photo of a giant deer.

Rookie Crossbow Hunter’s First Buck Is a 200-Class Nontypical Monster Rookie Crossbow Hunter’s First Buck Is a 200-Class Nontypical Monster