Big Game

“The youth are such a growing segment in our industry,” says ScentBlocker's Scott Schultz. “I really believe when a young man or woman holds a bow in their hand and fires an arrow downrange for the first time, they feel a major sense of accomplishment.

It's never to early to start planning your next whitetail hunt. Here are a few tips designed to help you ambush mature bucks.

State wildlife officials say chronic wasting disease has spread to six counties in southwest Kansas.

A shoulder injury for most is a traumatic event. For bowhunters, it threatens their passion. Here are a few tips on what types of arrows to shoot while recovering from a shoulder injury.

Wildlife biologist and longtime deer hunter Dave Samuel explains the science behind why so many hunters are seeing fewer deer during the last few hunting seasons.

This trio of stay-scent-free fanatics reveal their top tips for flying under the olfactory radar.

Anyone who tells you "deer always..." or "deer never..." is full of you-know-what. Here are 10 examples of these commonly believed myths that just don't hold up.

Spring is one of the leanest times of year for critters, and one of the busiest for predator hunters.

Sportsman’s groups have been battling anti-hunters like, Mainers For Fair Bear Hunting (MFFBH), over the ethics of bear hunting.

If you hunt deer with a blackpowder gun, you might want to check out these muzzleloader-specific riflescopes.

It's illegal. It's unethical. It's failing to be a good steward of the land. It's also one seriously funny SNL skit starring The Rock.

A top deer hunting advocacy group says same states don’t do enough to deter poaching, with fines so low and penalties so light they’re doing little to keep illegal hunters at bay.

Applications for New Hampshire's annual lottery cost $15 for residents and $25 for non-residents and are available online. A total of 105 permits are proposed to be issued this year.

A 31-year-old man from Cut Off who said he shot a man he mistook for an alligator will get a new trial after a jury could not make a decision in his second-degree murder case.

Authorities in northeast Georgia have charged two young men with killing a deer in a pasture where it was known to mingle with a farmer's cows.

Michigan is working with Plum Creek Timber Co. to manage more than 16,500 acres of Upper Peninsula forest land for winter deer habitat.

Jim Chapman reviews new big-bore airguns for predator hunting and more.

A Colorado lawmaker who has called for the state to add a summer month to the hunting season for black bears will instead try to persuade officials to study bear overpopulation and how to reduce conflicts with humans.

Whitetail Journal editor Bob Robb downed a whopper Kansas buck last season by toughing out the cold and wind.

North Carolina's agriculture agency could soon oversee deer farming for meat, hides and hunting scents, taking over from the state body that regulates hunting deer and other wildlife.

Michigan's House has approved two bills that would prohibit the use of drones by hunters and those seeking to interfere with hunting.

The 2015 Louisiana turkey season could provide a bumper crop for hunters looking for a free meal. Bad weather last winter meant fewer than the normal number of birds were taken, so hunters who missed a bird in 2014 should have better luck this time around.

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says 12 deer have been found dead in South Hampton, most likely the victims of eating human-provided foods.

If you plant your food plots without doing a soil test first, you could be throwing away a lot of time and money. Here's why you need a soil test and how to interpret the results.

That has sparked conflict because much of the support to bolster the wolf population comes from urban and liberal western Washington, but the negative impacts strike eastern Washington.

A bee attack, several hundred strong, during a baseball game in St. George forced players and spectators to flee and sent one man to the hospital.

A western Pennsylvania community's effort to make roads safer by thinning out the local deer herd has been scrapped because of problems ranging from ineffective bullets to vandalism.

Hunting accidents, particularly fatalities, have steadily declined in the last few decades. Here’s why.

Learn more about the deer you hunt, get some exercise and boost the amount of bone in your home by taking to the woods this spring.