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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 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 woman stands behind a moose.

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

moose sniffs barrel

Video: Bull Moose Sniffs Hunter’s Rifle Barrel Video: Bull Moose Sniffs Hunter’s Rifle Barrel

By Richard P. Smith

freel moose taken with 22 ARC

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Video: Moose Hunting With the 22 ARC Video: Moose Hunting With the 22 ARC

A black and blue and white illustration of a hunter getting caught in floodwaters with a plane in the background.

Come Wolves and High Water: When a Fly-In Moose Hunt Turns into a Fight for Survival Come Wolves and High Water: When a Fly-In Moose Hunt Turns into a Fight for Survival

By Jerry Valentine, as told to Ben East

An illustration of a pair of bull moose fighting in the snow.

A Bull-Moose Brawl and Meat-Packing Sled Dogs: A Mountain Man’s Last Hunt Before Winter A Bull-Moose Brawl and Meat-Packing Sled Dogs: A Mountain Man’s Last Hunt Before Winter

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

Fred Bear’s First Moose Hunt, from the Archives Fred Bear’s First Moose Hunt, from the Archives

Two bedded Shiras bulls.

Nevada’s First-Ever Moose Season Excites Hunters as Big-Game Applications Open Nevada’s First-Ever Moose Season Excites Hunters as Big-Game Applications Open

old magazine pages

Trying to Stop a Brown Bear Attack with a .38 Special, from the Archives Trying to Stop a Brown Bear Attack with a .38 Special, from the Archives

A bird hunter walks across the North Dakota prairie

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

Magazine spread

An Ontario Moose Hunt Turns Into a 10-Day Survival Ordeal, From the Archives An Ontario Moose Hunt Turns Into a 10-Day Survival Ordeal, From the Archives

By Elwyn “Bud” Myers

Bus 142 as a hunting camp.

Long Before the ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Became a Tourist Deathtrap, It Was My Dad’s Hunting Camp Long Before the ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Became a Tourist Deathtrap, It Was My Dad’s Hunting Camp

A set of velvet moose antlers sitting on the white form of a shoulder-mount moose.

After Spending $40 on Raffle Tickets, Bowhunter Tags World-Record Velvet Canada Bull After Spending $40 on Raffle Tickets, Bowhunter Tags World-Record Velvet Canada Bull

moose camp at night

Persistence Pays When Hunting Moose Persistence Pays When Hunting Moose

Freel with 2023 moose

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The Top Moose Cartridges and Bullets The Top Moose Cartridges and Bullets

large moose in brush with mountains behind him, plus story title

How Not to Kill a Moose, from the Archives How Not to Kill a Moose, from the Archives

By Frank C. Hibben

what do moose eat

What Do Moose Eat? What Do Moose Eat?

Hunter peers through riflescope and crouches in low brush.

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

By John B. Snow

how big is a moose

How Big Is a Moose? How Big Is a Moose?

By Alex Robinson