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

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A college freshman with his first bow buck.
Hunting

College Student’s First Bow Buck Is a 17-Point Kansas Slammer

By Bob McNally

Illustration of two rabbit hunters
Hunting

How Not to Hunt Rabbits After Dark

By Wilson H. Stover

Venison backstraps sliced open to show a perfect exterior sear and a rare center.
Hunting

The Best Venison Backstrap Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb

A Vermont hunter with a rare smoke-phase turkey.
Hunting

Vermont Hunter Ends 4-Year Chase for Rare Smoke-Phase Turkey

By Katie Hill

A hunter with a rare-looking buck.
Hunting

Teen Tags ‘Unicorn’ Buck on His Second-Ever Solo Hunt

By Bob McNally

A trail cam photo of a buck in Kansas.
Hunting

Kansas Bowhunter Arrows 200-Class Buck That Was a Local Legend

By Bob McNally

A hunter with a buck loaded into a truck bed.
Hunting

After 200 Hours of Bowhunting, Wisconsin Hunter Finally Sees His Target Buck on Opening Day of Gun Season

By Bob McNally

A hunter holds up a buck with stickers on its rack.
Hunting

Hunter Tags Two Back-to-Back Bucks from the Ground in North Carolina

By Bob McNally

Two hunters field dress a deer.
Hunting

How to Field Dress a Deer, Step by Step

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter calls in a blacktail buck.
Hunting

3 Totally Normal Deer Hunting Tactics We Used to Think Were Bogus

By Natalie Krebs

Two hunters sit and pose in the bed of a truck next to a mule deer.
Hunting

An Old-School Western Mule Deer Hunt, in Memory of Two Midwestern Dads

By Andrew McKean

An illustration of a big black bear and a hunter
Hunting

I Shot Michigan’s State-Record Black Bear on Thanksgiving Day

By Bob Haataja, as told to Ben East

colorado whitetail
Hunting

Podcast: Real Talk About Deer Cartridges and Bullets

By Alex Robinson

The governor of Virginia accepts a deer.
Hunting

Tribes Uphold Centuries-Old Treaty by Delivering Dead Deer to Virginia Governor

By Andrew Sharp

A teen hunter with a big Ohio buck.
Hunting

Teen Tags Buck with 5 Drop Tines She and Her Sister Had Watched for Weeks

By Bob McNally

Three fancy Savage 99s
Guns

Jim Carmichel’s Classic Deer Rifles

By Jim Carmichel

A venison heart on a wooden cutting board beside a stainless steel filet knife.
Hunting

The Best Deer Heart Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb

A bowhunter with a 16-point buck.
Hunting

Wisconsin Bowhunter Bleats in 16-Pointer and Kills It with a 20-Year-Old Bow

By Bob McNally

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Gear

The Best Duck Hunting Jackets of 2025

By Alex Robinson

Mark Drury with a giant whitetail buck.
Hunting

13 Advanced Deer Hunting Tactics from the Experts

By Josh Honeycutt

A bowhunter with a big buck in Illinois.
Hunting

Illinois Bowhunter Was ‘In the Right Place at the Right Time’ to Tag 185-Inch Buck

By Bob McNally

The Best Coyote Calls of 2025
Gear

The Best Coyote Calls of 2025

By Heath Wood

A turkey hunter with a goofy expression aims at a longbeard.
Hunting

The Worst Shots I’ve Ever Made

By Charles Elliott

A buck runs away. Paying attent
Hunting

How to Blood Trail a Deer

By Natalie Krebs

A Florida hunter and his buck.
Hunting

Florida Hunter Tags 187-Inch Buck While Watching the Gators Game

By Bob McNally

A woman stands behind a moose.
Hunting

When My Dad Was Diagnosed with Cancer, I Fulfilled a Dream Moose Hunt for Him

By Ali Juten

pheasant hunting tips
Hunting

23 Pheasant Hunting Tips to Put More Roosters in the Bag

By Alex Robinson, Ron Spomer

whitetail buck bed
Hunting

Should You Hunt a Buck’s Bedding Area During the Rut? 

By Josh Honeycutt

A photograph of a glossy wood-stocked deer rifle.
Guns

Jim Carmichel’s Favorite Deer Rifles

By Jim Carmichel

The author testing the best upland hunting vests.
Gear

The Best Upland Hunting Vests of 2025

By Alex Robinson

Orvis Black Friday Sale: Early Deals on Fly Fishing and Upland Hunting Gear
Gear

Orvis Black Friday Sale: Early Deals on Fly Fishing and Upland Hunting Gear

By Scott Einsmann

squirrel taxidermy
Hunting

Squirrel Taxidermy: How to Mount a Squirrel With This Simply DIY Kit

By Beka Garris

Hunter with very large deer
Hunting

Podcast: The Case for Ditching Your Treestand and Hunting from the Ground

By Alex Robinson

A buck on a tailgate.
Hunting

Veteran Arrows Giant Ohio Buck from the Ground After Getting to His Stand Late

By Bob McNally

A deer hunter with a big Illinois buck in CRP grass.
Hunting

Illinois Crossbow Hunter Stalks a 195-Inch Buck Through a Cornfield

By Bob McNally

An illustration of a boy and a buck face to face.
Hunting

Looks That Kill: Using a Deer’s Curiosity to Your Advantage

By J. Frank Dobie

A hunter with a buck in front of a red shed.
Hunting

Watch: Wisconsin Bowhunter Arrows 14-Pointer on Public Ground He’s Hunted for 30 Years

By Bob McNally

A bowhunter sitting crosslegged in a field beside a big buck
Hunting

Veteran Climbs Out of Tree, Stalks and Arrows 19-Point Kansas Buck on Army Land

By Bob McNally

A painting of a rooster getting up from some tall weeds as a hunter watches.
Hunting

If You Miss the Pheasant Opener, Don’t Bother Hunting … Right?

By Ben East

Side-by-side photos of a black bear approaching a fresh deer carcass and then dragging it into the woods.
Hunting

Video: Hunters Watch a Black Bear Steal Their Deer Without Putting Up a Fight

By Katie Hill

A buck scent checks a doe.
Hunting

The 15 Best Spots for Hunting the Peak Rut, Ranked

By Josh Honeycutt

A hunter touches a dead deer on the back..
Conservation

Q&A: How New Deer Hunters Think About Guns, Butchering, Old-School Hunters, and Their First Kill

By Natalie Krebs

Author setting up the best duck decoys.
Hunting

How to Decoy Ducks: Expert Tips and Tactics for Finishing Birds Close

By Alex Robinson, Joe Arterburn

A youth hunter with his first buck.
Hunting

7-Year-Old’s First Deer Is a Heavy 14-Pointer That Came in to a Decoy

By Bob McNally

Two hunters, one in blaze orange, kneel behind a dead doe.
Conservation

Podcast: How to Help New Hunters Shoot Their First Deer

By Natalie Krebs

The new Hoyt RX-9 Ultra is Hoyt's best carbon bow to date.
Gear

Hoyt RX-9 Ultra Review: Testing the Most Expensive Hunting Bow on the Market

By P.J. Reilly

harvest does during the rut
Hunting

Should You Harvest Does During the Rut?

By Derek Horner

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Survival

I Nearly Froze to Death When Our Argo Sank in the Middle of an Arctic River

By Scott Haugen

A painting of a brown Chesapeake Bay Retrieve on a yellow background.
Hunting

The Duck Dog Who Wouldn’t Quit, Even If It Killed Him

By Dan Nelson

Two hunters pose with a pronghorn antelope.
Hunting

A Gold Star Son Learns the Hunting Lessons His Father Left Behind

By Alice Jones Webb

An illustration of a woman carrying a mule deer skull through the yellow aspens.
Hunting

My First Buck Was the Biggest Typical Mule Deer Ever Taken with a Bow. I Almost Discarded the Antlers

By Bill Barcus as told to Lee Kline

A Missouri hunter with a buck in the back of a UTV.
Hunting

‘I Thought I’d Fall Out of the Tree.’ Missouri Hunter Tags Her Biggest Buck Yet

By Bob McNally

A gray wolf walks in front of an elk herd.
Hunting

The Return of Wolves to Colorado Will Change Elk Hunting There. Here’s How

By Dac Collins

A deer hunter with a 30-point buck.
Big Game Hunting

Ohio Teen Tags Monster 30-Point Buck from the Ground

By Bob McNally

hunter hanging a tree saddle platform on a tree
Hunting

The Pros and Cons of Mobile Hunting the Rut

By Josh Honeycutt

A 7-year-old hunter and her dad with a bear, turkey, and buck.
Hunting

7-Year-Old Earns a Pennsylvania ‘Triple Trophy’ After Tagging a Black Bear, Buck, and Gobbler This Fall

By Natalie Krebs

whitetail rut
Hunting

101 Best Deer Hunting Tips For the Rut

By Michael Hanback

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Gear

The Best Gifts for Deer Hunters

By Alex Robinson

A bowhunter with a big Missouri buck.
Hunting

Alabama Bowhunter Scores Big Again with a 14-Point Drop Tine Missouri Buck

By Bob McNally

A hunter with buck fever runs after a deer.
Big Game Hunting

I Get Buck Fever, and I Like It

By Jack O’Connor

iowa whitetail
Hunting

Podcast: Secrets for Tagging a Mature Buck (and Not Totally Blowing It)

By Alex Robinson

mountain lion on a rock
Conservation

Coloradans Vote Down a Big Cat Hunting Ban in a Massive Win for Hunters and Conservationists

By Dac Collins

A buck in a field during the rut.
Hunting

When and How to Use a Grunt Tube to Call in Deer

By Charles J. Alsheimer, Michael Hanback, Natalie Krebs

Hunter poses with his bow and a large drop tine buck with 13 points.
Hunting

Ohio Hunter Arrows Remarkable ‘Droop’ Tine Buck

By Alice Jones Webb