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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

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

harvest does during the rut
Hunting

Should You Harvest Does During the Rut?

By Derek Horner

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 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

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

Jeremy Wynn buck
Hunting

Illinois Bowhunter Tags 2 Giant Bucks on a Small Private Property and Public Ground

By Bob McNally

An illustration of the ahrens buck
Hunting

The Mystery of the Ahrens Buck, a World-Record Whitetail That Vanished

By Mark LaBarbera, Stephanie R. Boyle