Big Game Hunting(Page 17)

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

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A sketch of the case-telescoped cartridge.
Guns

In the Future: Your Deer Cartridge Will Be Plastic

By Andrew McKean

A whitetail deer stands in a large open woods with the sun setting in the evening.
Hunting

In the Future: CWD Won’t Kill Whitetail Deer Hunting

By Scott Bestul

An image of a whitetail buck walking in a field, overlayed with a branding lockup showing the HuntStand app, logo, and tagline: "Give Yourself the Edge"
Hunting

How to Use the Best Hunting App to Find Better Deer Spots

By Tony Hansen

A young girl kneels behind a dead whitetail deer at night and holds up its head by the antlers.
Hunting

A 14-Year-Old Just Shot One of the Best Bucks in Kansas History

By Joe Genzel

A hunter stands amongst brush and cover while looking through a riflescope and holding a rifle against his shoulder, ready to fire.
Hunting

A Coveted Moose Tag Reveals the Complicated Reality of Western Big-Game Hunting

By John B. Snow

Two hunters kneeling behind two white dall sheep.
Hunting

The Dall Sheep That Almost Killed Me

By Tyler Freel

A hunter in orange and camo aims a rifle in a field.
Guns

9 Tips for Becoming a Better Rifle Shot on Wild Game

By Ron Spomer

A hunter in camo with a large 8-point whitetail buck.
Hunting

10 Natural Ground Blinds That Keep You Hidden from Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

A lineup of rifle cartridges on a table.
Guns

.338 Federal: The Best Deer Cartridge You’ve Never Tried

By Ron Spomer

A whitetail deer stands inn brush at a treeline.
Hunting

Busted: 10 Myths About Scaring Off Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

An elk hunter practicing steps on a hillside in a heavily forested area.
Survival

This Fitness Regimen Will Get You into Elk Hunting Shape

By Michael Herne, Coffee or Die Magazine

A camo Primos Double Bull Surroundview 360 groundblind on a field edge in the fall.
Hunting

6 Rules for More Success with Ground Blinds

By Mark Melotik

Satellite image of agricultural fields and timber with waypoints and red property line grids.
Hunting

Map These 5 Food Sources to Find Deer All Season Long

By Craig Dougherty

A blacktail deer on a hillside.
Hunting

3 Blacktail Hunts for the Earliest Fall Bucks

By Andrew McKean

A hunter kneeling behind a giant elk.
Hunting

The Everyman’s Approach to DIY Archery Elk Hunting

By Michael Herne, Coffee or Die Magazine

The 5 Best Ways to Scout a Mature Buck
Hunting

The 5 Best Ways to Scout a Mature Buck

By Greg Miller

A trail camera photo of a nice, big whitetail buck, with velvet on his antlers, in the middle of green timber with his head turned to the side.
Hunting

7 Steps for Taking Better Summer Trail Camera Photos

By Mark Kenyon

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Hunting

4 Situations When You Should Use a Ground Blind for Bowhunting Whitetails

By Doug Howlett

A large whitetail buck with big antlers turning his head toward the camera in a field of overgrown early season weeds.
Hunting

3 Steps for Tagging a Monster Early-Season Buck

By Craig Dougherty

A man in a camo jacket standing in a lush food plot with tape around it beside an over-browsed food plot.
Hunting

Pre-Season Whitetails: How to Keep Deer Out of Your Food Plots (for Now)

By Colin Moore

whitetail buck walking alongside a barbed wire fence during golden hour
Hunting

The 7 Best Ways to Access Your Treestand

By Doug Howlett

A hunter kneeling behind and holding the antlers of a large buck.
Hunting

How Much More Antler Will Your Target Buck Grow Before Opening Day?

By Josh Honeycutt

A whitetail buck standing in tall grass.
Hunting

The 7 Biggest Myths of Hunting Early-Season Deer

By Tony Hansen

Large mule deer walking through a field and woods.
Hunting

Mule Deer Can Now Be Hunted in Interior Alaska

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Guns

Understanding Terminal Performance: Why Bigger Bullets Aren’t Always Better

By Ron Spomer

whitetail deer
Hunting

The Two Biggest Deer Organizations Are Joining Forces. What Does It Mean for Hunters?

By Andrew McKean

Two deer running through an open field near a road.
Hunting

Will a Decrease in Roadkill Mean More Deer in the Woods this Fall?

By Joe Genzel

A man in a cap spreads grass and plant seed in a field.
Hunting

10 Tips For Growing Successful Food Plots (And Keeping Deer on Your Property All Season Long)

By The Editors

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Gear

New Hunting Gear is Great, But Confidence is the Real Key

By Tyler Freel

A food plot of brassica plants.
Hunting

11 Strategies For Growing The Perfect Deer Food Plot

By The Editors

A white and black hunting vehicle next to a hunting camp.
Hunting

How to Take Your First Overland Hunting Adventure this Fall

By Damon Bungard

A hunter kneeling beside two large caribou in the snow.
Hunting

Planning to Hunt Alaska Someday? Here’s Why Caribou Should Be Your First Trip

By Tyler Freel

A snake beside boxes of hunting rifle cartridges.
Guns

The Most Iconic Rifles and Cartridges from African Safaris

By Ron Spomer

Hunter aiming a rifle using a bipod.
Guns

How to Choose The Right Hunting Bullet

By Ron Spomer

Two hunters kneel behind an antelope.
Guns

7 Confessions from a New Rifle Shooter (That Can Help All Newbies Get Started)

By Joe Genzel

Hunter walking to a hunting blind.
Hunting

50 Hunter Stereotypes from Every State

By Drew Palmer

deer hunter and canoe.
Hunting

Float a Canoe into a Big Buck’s Bedding Area for the Ultimate Whitetail Hunt

By Matthew Every

Boxes of 30-30 rifle ammunition.
Guns

2 Tricks to Make Your .30/30 More Effective Beyond 150 Yards

By Ron Spomer

Hunters floating on the Sagavanirktok river.
Hunting

A Raft Hunt for Caribou in the Alaskan Tundra

By Mahting Putelis

A yellow lab running through an open field.
Hunting

Willow Creek: An Obscure Stream Shapes Life, Death, and Landscape

By Andrew McKean

Two hunters walking through a field towards an antelope.
Hunting

Jack O’Connor’s Formula For Shooting Game At Long Range

By Ron Spomer

A velvet-racked buck makes the most of the growing season.
Hunting

The Keys to Deer Antler Growth

By Andrew McKean

Kanati Elite Taxidermy
Hunting

13 Amazing Animal Mounts

By Ralph P. Stuart

Hunter holding a large set of nontypical deer antlers and skeleton.
Hunting

Wisconsin Shed Hunter Might Set the State’s Next Whitetail Record With This Incredible Find

By Joe Genzel

Caribou hunters next to a hunting guide boat.
Hunting

A Boat Hunt for Musk Ox and Caribou in Greenland

By Andrew McKean

Silhouette of a deer against a night sky.
Hunting

Cutting-Edge Test is Able to Detect Chronic Wasting Disease in Live Deer

By Joe Genzel

Hunting

Keeping it Real with Hunting Films

By Tyler Freel

Illustration of a hunter aiming a rifle at a deer in the snow.
Hunting

North Woods Legend Hal Blood on Snow Tracking Bucks

By Gerry Bethge

Two hunters kneeling behind Wyoming ram.
Conservation

Wyoming Has a Wilderness Problem

By Andrew McKean

The author in his element—the desert mountains of Southern California.
Hunting

Lessons Learned from My First 100 Rams

By Jake Franklin

Three 6.5 ammo by an antler.
Guns

The Great 6.5 Shootout

By Ron Spomer

Large whitetailed deer buck grazing in the woods in Tennessee
Hunting

5 Critical Deer Clues You Probably Missed This Season

By Gerry Bethge

hunter with dead deer and rifle.
Guns

Hunting with the Lupo, Benelli’s New Bolt-Action Rifle

By Mark Copenhaver

An elk standing in the snow.
Hunting

Elk Hunting a Secret Public-Land Spot in the Utah Backcountry

By Natalie Krebs

A late-season hunter waits on a frosty Alberta buck.
Hunting

How to Hunt Winter Whitetails Without Freezing to Death

By Tony Hansen

A lineup of .308 Win., .338 Win. Mag., .300 Win. Mag.
Guns

Best Cartridges for Africa Plains Game

By Ron Spomer

Tyler Freel bowhunting bears in Alaska.
Hunting

The 7 Step Plan For a DIY Alaska Hunt

By Tyler Freel

A cape buffalo wandering through African plains.
Guns

The Best Big Bore Rifles For Your First African Safari: .375 H&H vs. .416 Rem. Mag. vs. .458 Win. Mag

By Ron Spomer

The Top 40 Typical and Nontypical Whitetails of All Time
Hunting

The Top 40 Typical and Nontypical Whitetails of All Time

By PJ DelHomme

The Top 40 Typical and Nontypical Mule Deer of All Time
Hunting

The Top 40 Typical and Nontypical Mule Deer of All Time

By PJ DelHomme

Tyler Freel kneeling behind caribou in snow.
Hunting

How Hard Does Hunting Have to Be?

By Tyler Freel

Hunter hiking through a rocky hillside.
Survival

The Truth About Mountain Fitness

By Tyler Freel

A hunter kneeling behind a Kansas buck.
Hunting

The 6 Best Do-it-Yourself Hunts in America

By Jace Bauserman

Tyler Freel with a Zebra he shot in South Africa.
Hunting

Why Hunting Africa Has Nothing To Do With Trophy Hunting

By Tyler Freel