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Hunting tips and in-depth stories on hunting for deer, turkeys, waterfowl, big-game and more.

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Chris Palomo's big columbia blacktail buck in velvet.
Hunting

Bowhunter Tags Giant Velvet Blacktail After Hunting It for Three Years

By Bob McNally

dog licks blood from dead cape buffalo, two guns rest alongside
Hunting

The Fearless Safari Dogs of South Africa

By Tyler Sladen, as told to Natalie Krebs

North Dakota duck brood survey
Conservation

North Dakota Is Poised to Have Its Best Diver Duck Season in Decades. But Mallard Numbers Keep Declining

By Katie Hill

red stag gores other stag
Conservation

Watch: Red Stag Repeatedly Gores Rival in Deadly Fight

By Katie Hill

Best arrow rests.
Gear

The Best Arrow Rests of 2025

By P.J. Reilly

South Carolina Youth Hunter with his first buck.
Hunting

10-Year-Old Tags Giant Velvet 9-Point on Opening Day

By Bob McNally

zombie deer
Conservation

Zombie Deer Disease: CWD’s Unfortunate Nickname

By Alex Robinson

atlantic flyway mallards feature
Hunting

Good News for Duck Hunters: Mallard Limit in the Atlantic Flyway Returns to Four

By Dac Collins

venison burger recipe
Hunting

Venison Recipes: The Best From the Experts

By Katie Hill

butchering wild ducks to cook
Hunting

How to Cook Duck

By Katie Hill

Hunter peers through riflescope and crouches in low brush.
Hunting

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

By John B. Snow

What does a black bear eat? In this case, a mouthful of dandelions.
Hunting

What Do Black Bears Eat?

By Natalie Krebs

texas hog hunting victims
Hunting

3 Hog Hunters Die Trying to Rescue Their Dog from a Gas-Filled Cistern

By Katie Hill

should kansas ban baiting for deer 1
Hunting

Should Kansas Ban Baiting for Deer?

By Dac Collins

how big is a moose
Hunting

How Big Is a Moose?

By Alex Robinson

Best Calibers for Elk Hunting
Gear

The Best Elk Hunting Calibers of 2025

By Ron Spomer

elevated deer blind
Hunting

How to Build an Affordable and Portable Deer Blind

By Derek Porter, Joe Brown

Two hunters pose with two trophy-book rams
Hunting

In Case of Death: Two Meat Hunters Decide They Want Record-Book Rams

By Aubrey Taylor, as told to Hiram Savage

Where to shoot an elk with a bow.
Hunting

Where to Shoot an Elk With a Bow

By Scott Einsmann

ultra-high-heat cooking venison
Hunting

Is Ultra-High Heat Really the Best Way to Cook Venison?

By Jack Hennessy

how to make bone broth
Hunting

How to Make Bone Broth

By Katie Hill

An illustration of a giant kansas buck
Hunting

No Man’s Land: The Hunt for a Giant Kansas Buck

By Alex Robinson

The best upland hunting boots are sitting in a row on the trail.
Gear

The Best Upland Hunting Boots of 2025

By Colton Heward

aggressive wolf encounters
Hunting

When Wolves Attack: 5 Close Calls from Wolf Country

By Richard P. Smith

grouse hunting
Hunting

The Best Hunters Go on Instinct. Here’s How to Sharpen Yours

By Tyler Freel

trophy room wall with mule deer heads
Hunting

Mike Hirschi Might Be the Greatest Trophy Mule Deer Hunter in America. These Are (Some of) His Secrets

By Aram von Benedikt

An illustration comparing the physical differences between British and English Labs vs American Labs.
Hunting

A Guide to the English Lab vs American Lab

By Natalie Krebs

new mexico whitetail deer record
Hunting

The Record Whitetail That No One Heard About…Until Now

By Katie Hill

duck hunter walks towards foreground decoys through ankle-deep water covered in red vegetation, sprawling trees behind
Hunting

This Old-School Duck Slayer Is Opening New Hunting Opportunities Around the World for Americans

By Alex Robinson

A jet sled for duck hunting
Hunting

The Ultimate Walk-In Duck Hunting Gear I Can’t Live Without

By Joe Genzel

Two hunters, man and woman, sit on a rock next to a limit of king ducks.
Hunting

The Favorite Shotgun, Choke, and Ammo Combinations of 5 Diehard Duck Hunters (and One Outdoor Writer)

By Joe Genzel

The Best Squirrel Calls of 2025
Gear

The Best Squirrel Calls of 2025

By Brodie Swisher

Sabots shoot flatter than rifled slugs.
Gear

Rifled vs. Sabot Slugs: Are You Shooting the Right Whitetail Load this Deer Season?

By Payton Miller, Joe Genzel

The SX4 is a highly functional shotgun.
Guns

Shotgun Review: Winchester’s Super X4 Is the Best Affordable Semi-Auto

By Joe Genzel

Best Duck Loads: How to Pick the Right Shell for the Right Bird
Guns

Best Duck Loads: How to Pick the Right Shell for the Right Bird

By John M. Taylor

bowhunter
Hunting

How to Bow Hunt Deer

By Alex Robinson, Scott Einsmann

A female hunter smiles and aims a rifle with the help of hunting mentors and shooting sticks.
Conservation

How to Hunt: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Adult Hunters

By Alex Robinson, Gerry Bethge, Natalie Krebs

new york record gobbler
Hunting

First-Time Turkey Hunter Tags the Highest-Scoring Gobbler in New York History

By Bob McNally

squirrel hunting
Hunting

Podcast: What Does It Take to Raise a Hunting Kid? We Asked Our Moms

By Alex Robinson

wisconsin black bear ties record
Hunting

Bowhunter Officially Ties Wisconsin State Record for Largest Black Bear

By Bob McNally

Is It a Guide’s Job to Risk His Life for a Client?
Hunting

Is It a Guide’s Job to Risk His Life for a Client?

By Eric Collier

A tick embedded in a dog's skin. Here's how to remove a tick from a dog.
Hunting

How to Remove a Tick From a Dog

By Katie Hill

dead raccoon and rifle hang from mule's saddle
Hunting

Creatures of the Night: Chasing Raccoons Through the Ozarks on Muleback

Photographs by Giacomo Fortunato, Story by Natalie Krebs

A grizzly bear in the Yellowstone ecosystem.
Conservation

The Clock Is Ticking as the Feds Grapple with Delisting Grizzly Bears

By Andrew McKean

scam letter trail cam
Conservation

A Scammer Forged a Letter from Alabama’s Governor That Banned Cellular Trail Cameras

By Dac Collins

hunting approval rating
Hunting

Survey: Public Approval for Hunting Drops Sharply

By Andrew McKean

Gray wolves in the Great Lakes.
Conservation

Hunting Groups Petition Feds to Delist Wolves in Great Lakes Region

By Andrew McKean

Man wears KUIU Attack Pant afield.
Gear

The Best Upland Hunting Pants of 2025

By Colton Heward

six year old girl single season grand slam
Hunting

6-Year-Old Turkey Hunter Is the Youngest Girl to Achieve a Single-Season Grand Slam

By Dac Collins

A vintage photo of a family turkey hunt.
Conservation

Newsflash: Women Have Been Hunters as Long as Hunting Has Existed

By Beka Garris

video bobcat hunts rabbit golf course
Hunting

Watch a Bobcat Hunt a Rabbit on a Busy Golf Course

By Bob McNally

pennsylvania hunting license crash
Hunting

Pennsylvania Hunters Frustrated as New Online Licensing System Tanks

By Katie Hill

The 2023 Issue No. 2 cover of Outdoor Life, featuring a hunter and a man on an ATV.
Hunting

Celebrating Outdoor Life’s 125th Anniversary

By Alex Robinson

jack o'connor sits and holds rifle
Guns

The Legacy, and Last Years, of Jack O’Connor

By John Madson

Colonel Townsend Whelen.
Guns

Townsend Whelen’s Top Big Game Cartridges

By John B. Snow

bear hunting bc
Hunting

Trolling for Bears in British Columbia

By Alex Robinson

Best revolvers
Guns

The Best Revolvers

By Bryce M. Towsley

A pheasant flushing ahead of a yellow Lab
Hunting

The Wonder Dogs: Tales of Six Incredible Hunting Dogs

By The Editors

wild game diet
Hunting

How to Diet by Eating Wild Game

By Jack Hennessy

caribou hunt
Hunting

Dads and Caribou

By Jonathan Miller

Grizzly paw and 6.5 Creedmoor cartridges
Guns

Grizzly Hunting with a 6.5 Creedmoor

By Tyler Freel

alaska kills bears for caribou 1
Conservation

Alaska Officials Kill Nearly 100 Brown Bears in Attempt to Boost Caribou Numbers

By Dac Collins

A bird-bone flute instrument.
Hunting

Hunters Were Making Duck-Bone Bird Calls 12,000 Years Ago

By Dac Collins

The best food plots for deer
Gear

The Best Food Plots for Deer of 2025

By Brodie Swisher