Big Game

The new deadline is March 9.

In the author’s opinion, the video by Jared Mills of mature whitetail bucks feeding — and fighting! — on January 9th in an unpicked soybean field — during a southern Iowa blizzard — is the best he’s ever seen. And yes, Jared finally arrows the biggest buck.

Ten bears comprised the quota for the limited season in the Pelican State.

The good, the bad — and the ugly — whitetail clients who occupy a permanent spot in one longtime outfitter’s memory.

A Colorado man was arrested by CPW officers on suspicion of illegally killing three black bears.

With the clock ticking down on a southwest Texas scimitar-horned oryx hunt, it was do or die on the final morning.

Private landowners take advantage of more hunting tags in the Natural State’s two-week season.

Professional bass angler Gerald Swindle is a diehard deer hunter, and in this video he explains why. It’s not about killing an animal.

Believe it or not, the primary reason you were unsuccessful at killing a big buck this whitetail season is because you were hunting with a dull ax.

When it comes to rare encounters in the whitetail woods, this one must rank very near the top.

The author has changed his mind when it comes to avoiding sanctuaries during the whitetail rut. Here’s why.

Some of the best whitetail movement transpires when the temperatures plummet. If you’ve never hunted in brutally cold weather, here’s a glimpse at what it’s like.

If the whitetail rut comes and goes, and you still have an unpunched tag, don’t put away your bow and sulk.

Creeping up salmon streams in the fall bowhunting huge brown bears in southeast Alaska is not for the faint of heart.

A hotel security guard was lucky to escape with only scratches after being swatted to the ground by a huge black bear in an Aspen, Colorado, hotel kitchen.

A hunter waits for a bedded muley to stand, and finally it does, offering a broadside shot. But what happens next is far from clear.

The author has had close calls with many memorable big game animals, but only one keeps him awake at night — a whitetail named Big Tobey.