Big Game

An Iowa landowner trades deer-hunting rights to a Michigan family for access to a prime fishing hole. Nice idea, except it was illegal.

Hunters and outdoor retailers continue to talk about a new hunting blind with surround view. Many, including avid hunter and outdoor writer Bob Robb, consider it a game changer.

Meet several parameters on any broadside shot and you can expect to cleanly take down a whitetail deer in a matter of seconds. Of course, there's a catch: a broadside shot may not materialize.

If you’re an elk hunter or plan to eventually hunt the great wapiti, here are some elk basics that cover the animal’s origins, body language and the rut.

Summer food plots provide valuable protein-rich forage for whitetail deer, but weed competition and browse pressure are two things you'll have to combat.

According to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, science soundly backs a grizzly hunt, with the bear’s population in the state growing.

Good hunting optics are crucial to your success. Little signifies money spent well more than the performance of your binocular, riflescope and spotting scope.

Remember that song, "the toe bone's connected to the foot bone," and so on and so on? Well, deer have bones in their hearts and it's a bone connected to nothing.

What to bring to a hot ground blind and how to stay cool as a cucumber when the days are long and the mercury is off the charts.

Here's a basic guide to how deer respond to the heat, along with a broader look at weather patterns and deer behavior.

A new hunting game, "Hunting Simulator," offers a realistic hunt experience complete with maps and scat, but gamers remain skeptical.

You wouldn't ask your kid to play a basketball game with shoes two sizes too big. The same logic applies when buying deer rifles for kids.

In the stomachs of some whitetail deer, hunters find unusual stones known as "madstones." These stones were once said to be capable of curing rabies and snakebites.

Elk eat trees, shrubs and other plant-based foods. They're big fans of wild mushrooms and they love the licks. Licks, you say? Plus, any idea how many pounds of food an 800-pound elk eats in a day?

Children are the future of hunting — but that’s just one reason they should learn how to hunt.

From predation to dumb-luck accidents in the wild, there's a whole list of factors that influence a deer's life span. We break down each to answer the question, how long do deer live?

Do you know how many chambers an elk's stomach has? And what purpose does the "old cow" serve? These answers, along with eight others, can by found among our top 10 elk facts.