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Two old school hunters drag out a mule deer
Hunting

McRae in Montana: Two Botched Shots and One Chance at Redemption on Mountain Mule Deer

By Bill McRae

A young buck paws at the ground and feeds on acorns.
Hunting

Red Oak vs White Oak Trees: What Every Deer Hunter Should Know

By Alice Jones Webb

Erik Barber tests the best climbing sticks
Gear

The Best Climbing Sticks of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By Erik Barber

The author climbs a tree using the Trophyline Hyperlite climbing sticks
Gear

Trophyline HyperLite Climbing Sticks Review: Ultralight or Ultra Hype?

By Erik Barber

A CWD-detection dog identifies a CWD-positive sample.
Conservation

Dogs Are Really Good at Detecting Chronic Wasting Disease, Study Shows

By Natalie Krebs

The Hollywood Cemetery buck compared to the James Walters buck.
Conservation

Poacher Loses Hunting Privileges for 24 Years After Famous ‘Hollywood Buck’ Turns Up Dead on Facebook

By Natalie Krebs

whitetail doe
Hunting

Michigan Makes Youth Hunt and Opportunities for Disabled Hunters Antlerless Only, Faces Heavy Backlash

By Alice Jones Webb

A german shepherd lounging on a porch
Hunting

Minnesota Man Charged with Killing His Neighbor’s Dog While Under Investigation for Poaching Deer and Baiting Bears

By Alice Jones Webb

Testing straight wall scopes
Gear

The 4 Best Scopes for Straight-Wall Cartridges, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

whitetail deer
Conservation

Are Chronic Wasting Disease Fears Making People Quit Deer Hunting?

By Christine Peterson

Jack O'Connor hunting deer in the desert.
Big Game Hunting

Jack O’Connor in Old Mexico: His Luckiest Day of Deer Hunting Ever

By Jack O’Connor

The tips of a whitetail buck's full velvet antlers peek above tall grass.
Hunting

The Ultimate Plan for Scouting Deer in Summer

By Michael Hanback

mystery bucks
Hunting

11 Monster Bucks That Are Shrouded in Mystery

By Josh Honeycutt

saddle hunting
Hunting

Real Talk on Saddle Hunting. Is It Time to Ditch the Treestand?

By Scott Einsmann

two hunters inspect a dead moose, while the third stands back holding his bow and arrows, vintage B&W magazine photograph
Hunting

Fred Bear’s First Moose Hunt, from the Archives

By Fred Bear

A Missouri fawn with a tick infestation in its right eye.
Conservation

Can Ticks Kill Fawns? As Ticks Get Worse, More Fawns Could End Up Like This Missouri Deer

By Natalie Krebs

Jack O'Connor spots a giant mule deer in this black and white illustration.
Hunting

O’Connor in Arizona: Lost, Trigger Happy, and Tagged Out

By Jack O’Connor

montana mule deer
Conservation

Montana Police Chief Faces Felony Charges for Illegally Hunting on Tribal Lands and Tampering with Witnesses

By Alex Robinson

Dan Infalt buck
Hunting

Is Public Land Deer Hunting Ruined Forever? Dan Infalt, the Big Buck Serial Killer, Weighs In

By Alex Robinson

mule deer hunting south dakota
Hunting

Decoying Prairie Bucks with Dad

By Derek Horner

A whitetail doe's head rests in the leaves after a hunt.
Conservation

Does Chronic Wasting Disease Infect Humans? Despite Shocking Headlines, Recent Research Suggests It Does Not

By Alex Robinson

montana mule deer
Conservation

Montana Raises Record Funds for a Coveted Mule Deer Tag — Through a Public Raffle

By Andrew McKean

A deer eating a poisonous mushroom, a hand holding wine cap mushrooms.
Hunting

Mushrooms Are a Deer’s Secret Favorite Food. Here’s How to Grow an Easy Mushroom Food Plot

By Natalie Krebs

cj alexander buck feature
Hunting

Ohio Buck Could Become Third Biggest Whitetail of All Time, but Major Scoring Questions Remain

By Hayden Sammak

CJ Alexander buck 2
Hunting

CJ Alexander, the Hunter Who Killed a Potentially Record-Breaking Buck in Ohio, Is Now Under Investigation

By Hayden Sammak

A whitetail buck lying in a cut field.
Opinion

Don’t Hunt (or Kill Game) If Your Heart Isn’t in It

By Alex Robinson

A whitetail buck in a grassy field.
Conservation

Oklahoma Plans to Combat CWD by Releasing Captive-Bred Deer into the Wild

By Dac Collins

Ryan Watson with his wife and family in Oklahoma.
Big Game Hunting

Deer Hunter Faces 12 Years in Prison for Accidentally Bringing Ammo on Vacation to Turks and Caicos

By Dac Collins

A prescribed burn is one way to help out on earth day.
Hunting

Every Day Is Earth Day When You’re a Deer Hunter

By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

Piles of debris lay in the snowy Minnesota woods.
Big Game Hunting

Minnesota DNR Blew Up Illegal Tree Stands with Dynamite: ‘My Whole Place Shook’

By Katie Hill

Jack O'Connor, reclining in the grass while taking a break on a hunt.
Hunting

Jack O’Connor’s Last Hunt, From the Archives

By Jack Atcheson Sr., as told to Jim Zumbo

Chronic wasting disease hunter head dropoff container
Big Game Hunting

Viral Articles Claim Two ‘Hunters Died After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison.’ Here’s What Really Happened

By Katie Hill

shed antlers
Big Game Hunting

30 of the Biggest Whitetail Shed Antler Sets Ever Found

By Josh Honeycutt

A whitetail buck flags its tail in a field.
Big Game Hunting

Indiana Taxidermist Helps Identify State’s First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease

By Katie Hill

Babe Ruth poses with two other hunters and various dead game animals.
Hunting

A Deer Hunt with Babe Ruth, from the Archives

By Bob Edge

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt
Hunting

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt

By Taylor Chamberlin, As told to Scott Einsmann

Thieves are sawing antlers off skulls and selling them to shed buyers.
Hunting

Thieves Are Stealing More and More Racks From Hunters in the West — and Their Profits Keep Growing

By Dac Collins

A bird hunter walks across the North Dakota prairie
Hunting

Why Do I Hunt? The Answer to Hunting’s Toughest Question

By Jim Zumbo

Jack O’Connor’s Final Word on How to Pick a Deer Rifle
Guns

Jack O’Connor’s Final Word on How to Pick a Deer Rifle

By Jack O’Connor

A wall full of European mounts.
Hunting

Canadian Authorities Searching for Antler Thief Who Stole 14 Deer Mounts from Hunter’s Residence

By Dac Collins

A drone-mounted camera shows a wounded buck in the woods.
Hunting

Man Convicted of Wildlife Crimes for Trying to Help Undercover Game Wardens Recover a Deer with His Drone

By Dac Collins

A Tennessee hunter with a buck and a drone flying overhead.
Hunting

Drones Could Revolutionize How Hunters Recover Lost Deer … If They’re Not Banned First

By Hayden Sammak

A composite image of deer visiting vine scrapes.
Hunting

The Truth About Rope Scrapes, One of the Hottest Tactics in Whitetail Hunting

By Natalie Krebs

Two hunters in Texas with a plains zebra.
Conservation

There’s Now a Jurassic Park for Vanishing Wildlife. It’s Called Texas

Story by Dac Collins, Photographs by Jeff Wilson

trophy whitetail heads
Hunting

The Case Against Scoring Big-Game Animals

By Andrew McKean

Charleen Parten poses with a whitetail buck.
Hunting

Meet the Arkansas Great-Grandma Who’s Completed the ‘Triple Trophy’ for 20 Deer Seasons

By Katie Hill

A buck lies half-submerged in half-frozen water.
Hunting

Question of Ethics: The Buck I Was Snow Tracking Suddenly Broke Through the Ice. Should I Shoot Him?

By Nick Fasciano

ozonics
Hunting

Does Ozonics Actually Work? Here’s What 5 Independent, Diehard Deer Hunters Say After Field Testing

By Alex Robinson

A trail camera photo of a buck in Mississippi.
Hunting

Hunter Tags 15-Point Buck with Unusual Double Rows of Tines

By Bob McNally

High fence deer could hold the key to CWD resistance.
Conservation

Here’s What Top Chronic Wasting Disease Researchers Can’t Say on the Record

By Andrew McKean

A hunter kneels next to a buck he recovered with the help of two blood-tracking dogs.
Hunting

Mississippi Hunter Grunts in 14-Point Drop-Tine Buck

By Bob McNally

A crossbow hunter poses with an 11-point buck tagged in Ohio.
Hunting

Ohio Crossbow Hunter Gets Her Target Buck Along with a ‘Touch of Frostbite’

By Bob McNally

Rowdy Galjour poses with a large whitetail buck.
Hunting

Hunter Makes Surprise Shot on Wary Mississippi Buck During the Rut

By Bob McNally

An Ohio hunter kneels next to a 13-point buck.
Hunting

Hunter Finally Tags 13-Point Buck That He and His Neighbors Kept Missing

By Bob McNally

doe lies on ground next to truck with broken windshield
Hunting

This Happened to Me: I Shot a Doe. It Jumped on My Truck and Smashed My Windshield

By Cheyne Matzenbacher, as told to Katie Hill

john bralley with leucistic buck
Hunting

Hunter’s First Deer Is an Old, 8-Point Leucistic Buck

By Katie Hill

A mature whitetail buck sniffs the air in Tennessee.
Hunting

Deer Hunter Success Rates Vary as Southeast Hunters Punch Tags, Northeast Hunters Eat Tag Soup

By Dac Collins

An Arkansas deer hunter takes a selfie with the biggest buck he's ever killed.
Hunting

Arkansas Hunter Tags Stud Buck, Packs It Out in His Hoodie

By Dac Collins

pankey bullwinkle buck
Hunting

Hunter’s Chase for ‘Bullwinkle’ Buck Ends with 5 Days Left in the Season

By Bob McNally

bowhunter two bucks ten seconds
Hunting

Bowhunter Arrows Two Big Bucks in 2 Minutes, Watches Them Fall in the Same Spot

By Hayden Sammak

alex eckenrod with piebald whitetail buck pennsylvania
Hunting

Teen Tags Her First Deer, a Piebald Buck, with Help from Grandpa

By Katie Hill

ms dwarf buck 1
Hunting

Hunter Tags ‘Dwarf Buck’ the Size of a Labrador Retriever

By Bob McNally

the biggest bucks of 2023
Hunting

The Biggest Bucks of 2023

By Alex Robinson

spencer olson with two whitetail deer locked up
Hunting

Bowhunter Shoots Locked Up Buck That Was Nearly Dead on Its Feet

By Katie Hill