Big Game

Whitetail bucks change their behavior during pre-rut, rut and post-rut, so you must adapt your game plan, too.

Use these seven no-fail hunting tips to make the most of your time afield during the whitetail rut.

Instead of throwing your pumpkin in the trash after Halloween, you could feed it to a whitetail, or even a moose.

Hunters in the Mountain State faced a bumper mast crop that decreased bear movement.

You’ve heard the advice, “You can’t kill ‘em from the couch.” Here’s why that philosophy is likely hurting your chances of killing a mature whitetail buck.

When the terrain allows, glassing is the best way to find and pattern big game without altering them.

Roger Raglin has been producing hunting content for nearly 35 years, and his enthusiasm for the great outdoors is second to none.

Two hunters in Montana face off with an aggressive grizzly bear that’s trying to claim their kill.

Drawing a coveted tag for desert bighorn sheep is very difficult, but it might be the easiest part of actually killing a ram with a bow.

A multi-year research project studies sarcoptic mange, a skin disease, in Virginia's black bear population.

Bowhunting is a lifetime sport — just ask 80-year-old archer Bob Delaney.

Oftentimes it’s the whitetail bucks you didn’t kill that you remember the most.

A woman bowhunter in pursuit of whitetails in North Dakota has an unexpected visitor to her ground blind.

Mature whitetail bucks are different than other deer — especially in how they deal with hunting pressure.

The author pursues a wary, old 3x3 whitetail buck with a massive body.

Do you skip bowhunting whitetail deer on those days when the wind is blowing 25 mph or more? If so, that could be a mistake.

Here’s what the author has learned after a lifetime of hunting elk on government ground.