Calling to rutting bull elk can lead to some intense encounters, but this one is crazy!

The author has guided big game hunters around the world, and along the way she’s learned the best ways to pack out animals.

Trekking across remote mountain country with your camp on your back offers a serious hunting edge. Here are some tips for planning a successful bivy adventure.

The author and his two brothers head deep into the mountains of New Mexico for a lengthy DIY elk bowhunt, enduring tough terrain, sporadic action and finally an opportunity with the bull of a lifetime.

A large deer population, high success rates, and the region’s Old West history makes this one of the author’s favorite bowhunting road trips.

Tips for planning DIY bowhunts for spring black bears, early fall mule deer, late-season elk and winter Coues deer.

A big summit and its slopes held two mature mule deer bucks day after day, and the author finally connected with one of them on day No. 8 of his DIY public land Colorado bowhunt.

Many hunters wait until mid or late October until they get serious about pursuing whitetails, but in some scenarios, the early season gives you the best chance for success.

Someone shows you their public land hunting hotspot — should you ever visit it solo?

When it comes to planting mast orchards for deer hunting, it’s hard to beat Chestnut Hill Outdoors’ easy-growing, blight-resistant Dunstan chestnuts.

An alligator tipped a canoe and attacked a Florida woman, who was in the bow, as her husband tried to intervene.

Public land, DIY elk hunts will almost always challenge your mind, body and spirit.

Bowhunting the distinctly American pronghorn can be a real challenge — unless you play it smart.

Calling coyotes is great fun, but calling black bears into your lap takes the game to another level.

Black bear hunters in New York found the most success in the Catskills and western Adirondacks areas and state management units.

The EHD-fense Water Treatment Kit has just been announced, and aquatic biologists say it will protect deer from EHD.

Shocking death is said to be the first known by a black bear in state’s recorded history.