Big Game

With all due respect to those bowhunters who have killed giant bucks this deer season, my No. 1 whitetail story for 2023 is a public land doe.

Burmese Python in Florida lays a record clutch of 96 eggs, with 83 of them hatching.

Throughout much of the Midwest, Halloween marks the start of the best whitetail deer hunting of the season. Do you have realistic expectations for the next couple of weeks?

Researchers are trapping black bears and affixing GPS tracking collars to study the bruins in West Texas, where numbers are small but growing.

Never used a deer decoy? Here are six tips for luring a buck into shooting range. At times a decoy works so well that it feels like cheating!

Global warming may be fact, it may be fiction — but it’s been really hot during the whitetail rut the past couple of seasons. Here’s how to beat it.

You’ll almost certainly never be in this situation, so a warning of “Don’t try this at home” isn’t needed. Just watch this moose video and be amazed.

When a deer is under your treestand, it’s critical to know where to aim for your arrow to penetrate both lungs.

How to make your next treestand or ground blind disappear right before a whitetail’s eyes.

An Oregon woman and man received stiff penalties for killing two black bear cubs in 2022.

Arizona man mauled, killed in rare attack by a black bear in Prescott, about 100 miles northwest of Phoenix.

Beating the dreaded “October lull” requires understanding the massive changes in the whitetail woods, then adjusting your strategy to stay one step ahead of your quarry.

A Colorado man relaxing in a hammock was bitten by a black bear snooping around a campground late at night.

When it comes to cooking venison backstrap over an open fire, Dan Fitzgerald demonstrates a unique — and surprising — technique.

When elk hunting, knowing when to draw your bow is just as important as knowing when to shoot.

Here are several tools you’ll want to consider before hiking miles from the nearest road for elk.

Surprised grizzly bear attacks Wyoming man, who was hospitalized with injuries and released.

If you want to be in the driver’s seat this fall on public land, then check out these four out-of-the-ordinary whitetail strategies.

A woman in Maine stood her ground against a black bear in her yard, punching it in the face before it bit her and ran off.

Baiting black bears is often misunderstood or maligned, but bowhunters with experience realize the challenges. With some basic info and a good strategy, anyone can do this.

Not wanting to wait at public land water sources, the author jogs, walks and crawls his way within bow range of on-the-move pronghorns.

A trail cam in the mountains of Utah captures the sights — and hair-raising sounds — of a mountain lion attacking an elk calf.

Success rates are notoriously low for general unit archery elk. Here’s how the author punched his tag on four recent DIY bowhunts.

In this classic bowhunt, Tom Miranda kneels in the brush in hopes an Alaska brown bear returns to feed on a moose kill.

Keystone State black bear survey finds healthy sows, cubs; project may expand.

Longtime hunters find success on second day of 2022 season with monster bruin in mountainous western region of Tar Heel State.

Carrying his recurve, Fred Eichler stalks a big grizzly on the Alaskan coastline. What happens next has to be seen to be believed.

A young boar believed to have been seen for a couple of years was captured and tagged in the undeveloped Santa Monica Mountains.

Across elk country, black bears and elk are intertwined, but how are some of America’s “newest” herds coping with that region’s apex predator?