Small Game Hunting

How to bag more squirrels, rabbits, and hares, plus the gear you need to do it. Find small-game hunting tips and tactics.

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squirrel taxidermy
Hunting

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

By Beka Garris

A red squirrel in a tree in New Mexico.
Hunting

State Officials Cancel Squirrel Hunting Event Amid Outrage from Anti-Hunters

By Dac Collins

A dead rabbit lays in the snow next to a shotgun.
Hunting

How to Skin a Rabbit

By Alice Jones Webb

An old illustration showing two coonhounds fighting with a raccoon in a river.
Hunting

Wheeler’s Baptism: A Hound Dog’s First Real Raccoon Hunt

By Ben East

Hunting with the FX DRS Classic
Hunting

FX DRS Classic Review: The Best Looking and Most Ergonomic Air Rifle on the Market

By Scott Einsmann

A small squirrel sits in a tree limb and nibbles on foods.
Hunting

Squirrel Hunting Tips and Tactics

By Johnny Carrol Sain

vortex viper
Gear

The Best .22 Air Rifles of 2024, Range and Field Tested

By Jim Chapman

Fox hunters in the UK.
Hunting

UK Group Says Hunters Are an ‘Ethnic Minority’ in Need of Protection

By Dac Collins

John B. Snow testes the reliability of a 10/22 .22 rifle.
Gear

The Best .22 LR Rifles of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By John B. Snow

An air rifle sits behind a dropped squirrel.
Gear

The Best Air Rifles for Squirrels of 2024

By Jim Chapman

Hunting Iguanas in Old Mexico, a Story From the Archives
Hunting

Hunting Iguanas in Old Mexico, a Story From the Archives

By Michael Cramond

rabbit hunting
Hunting

My Daughter Shot Her First Rabbit at 5 Years Old — With a Bow

By Beka Garris

onx
Conservation

The onX Effect: Digital Mapping Apps Have Changed the Way We Hunt. Now What Will They Do With All Our Data?

By Christine Peterson

Kansanans culling jackrabbits during a Dust Bowl rabbit drive.
Hunting

The Dust Bowl Jackrabbit Drives Were the Darkest Days of Small-Game Hunting in America

By Natalie Krebs

Rabbit hunting is the perfect way to switch from trad shooting to bowhunting rabbits.
Hunting

Rabbit Season Is the Perfect Opportunity to Break into Traditional Bowhunting

By Beka Garris

A pine marten hides in the back of a Polaris Ranger bed before being released.
Hunting

‘It Didn’t Eat Your Face Off?’ Minnesota Trapper Gives Out-of-Season Pine Marten Mouth-to-Mouth

By Dac Collins

illustration of beagles chasing hare, hunter falling
Hunting

A Christmas Hunt for the Black Hare of Halcott Mountain

By Art Flick Jr.

hunter holding dead nutria and gun; overhead view of boat in muddy river
Hunting

Hunting Nutria with the Rat Pack in Louisiana

By Gerry Bethge

The 10/22 is a popular rimfire.
Guns

The Best Squirrel Hunting Rifles

By Brodie Swisher

grouse hunting
Hunting

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

By Tyler Freel