Frank Peralta’s rifle shot covered the 400 yards across the wide-open Alaskan tundra in a heartbeat. It dropped the big bull caribou where it stood. The gunshot was still an echo when his friend, Bill Vanderheyden, yelled, “Bear!” “Bear!” he ...
Big Game
How to Hunt Public Land Whitetail: A 3-Year Strategy
Hunting public land whitetails can be frustrating, to say the least. Going into a new area and figuring it out can make a deer hunter go crazy with second guesses. It’s extremely difficult to make all of the right decisions on an unfamiliar piece of ...
Elk Rescue: Colorado Elk Freed From Tire After Two Years
A bull elk in Pine, Colorado, found himself in a tight spot when he somehow got his head stuck in a car tire, leading wildlife officers on a two-year chase that ended with an unusual elk rescue. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers first observed ...
Elk vs. Moose: Know Your Bulls
Some hunters have a problem with animal identification. We’re not talking about understanding the subtle taxonomic differences between a yellow pine chipmunk, cliff chipmunk, and uitnta chipmunk. No, hunters are having a hard time identifying elk vs. ...
Public Land Whitetail Hunting Tips: The 5 Things to Keep in Mind
Every year, I find myself with a mixture of new and old hunting areas in my hunting plans. Hunting the places you’ve always hunted provides you with years of insightful knowledge of the landscape and animal movement. Hunting new areas provide you ...
World Record Bulls: The Top 5 Typical Archery Elk
There are big bull elk. Then there are really big, world-record-class bull elk. The Pope and Young Club awards North America’s finest archery-killed wapiti by size in two categories: typical or symmetrical antlers and non-typical or unsymmetrical ...
Trophy Elk: The Top 5 Non Typical Archery Bulls of All Time
An archery stalk on any elk is no easy task, but getting bow-and-arrow close to the biggest bull elk in the world is another thing altogether. Elk are uber wary, have highly evolved senses, and tend to vanish if they even think something isn’t right. ...
World Record Whitetail: The Top 5 Non-Typical Archery Bucks
No big game animal causes more American hunters to burn vacation days and abandon all adult responsibilities than whitetail deer. From New England to Florida, New Jersey to Montana, and in all the bread-basket, rust-belt, and Great Plains states in ...
World Record Whitetail: The Top 5 Typical Archery Bucks
There are non-typical whitetail deer with racks that are mind-blowingly massive, almost alien sculptures of bone. Typical whitetails are not that. Typicals are the clean, symmetrical, even “ideal” headgear that most hunters imagine when they think of ...
So You Want to Shoot an Archery World Record?
Potential world record big game animals exist no matter your home range. (There’s a freak in every crowd.) But some regions are just downright better than others when producing archery world-record animals. What makes these places so unique? No one ...
How to Score a Bull Elk
You just sent an arrow through the bull of a lifetime. The adrenaline has finally subsided. Your hands stop shaking. You realize when your buddy said, “He’s big,” it was a goddamn understatement. You grab an immense G4. It’s nearly as thick as a soda ...
How to Score Whitetail and Mule Deer Trophies
After you’ve taken down a giant whitetail or mule deer there’s a moment when the adrenaline subsides, your hands stop shaking, and you’re able to start forming complete sentences again. As you take hold of the rack with both hands, the siren song of ...
Hunter Shoots Possible Lightning-Struck Elk in Montana
Minnesota native Brandon Dahring shot the first elk of his archery hunting career late last month in Montana. Of all the shot scenarios that played out in his head before the trip, he never imagined his 300 feet-per-second arrow finishing the job ...
What a Hunting Plan for Out-of-State DIY Whitetail Quests Should Include
Traveling to hunt whitetails is an incredible way to experience new places, chase bigger deer, have a great time with friends, and grow as a whitetail hunter. I started traveling to hunt in 2014 when I first went to Ohio with my Dad and friends, and ...
5 Sleeper Public Land Whitetail States You Don’t Want to Miss in October
When it comes to chasing whitetail with a bow, October is where it’s at. Many states open archery season on Oct. 1, and the early states with openers in September see a marked decline in hunters afield when Gametober rolls around. So pack the truck, ...
The Current Status of Gray Wolves and Hunting in the US
Just 10 months after delisting gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act and then upholding that decision less than a month ago, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has caved to petitions from animal-rights activists. The agency has kicked off a ...
Is the New Garmin Xero A1i Pro Bow Sight Ethical?
Garmin just released the newest iteration of their Xero electronic bow sight. The Xero A1i Pro offers significant updates to the original. While many archery talking heads are making noise about this technological leap forward, not many are asking ...
Texas Elk Hunting is Brimming With Free-Range Opportunities
It was the third afternoon of my first-ever elk hunt. Young and full of piss and vinegar, there was no mountain too steep or terrain too rough. I had no clue what I was doing. All I knew was I had a rifle in my hand, it was sighted-in (sort of), and ...
This Ground Venison Crunchwrap is Way Better Than Taco Bell
We've all got a favorite fast food joint: the place we go when we're on the road, too lazy to cook, or have had a few too many drinks. For me, it's Taco Bell, and their Crunchwrap reigns supreme. A Crunchwrap is kind of like a quesadilla. It ...
How to Read Wind and Thermals to Get on Big Deer and Elk
There are hundreds of gadgets, gizmos, and products available on the market designed to help you to stay “undetectable” and beat an animal’s nose. While some of these products can help you reduce your scent, they are far from a magic-bullet solution ...
Mountain Lion Hit by Car in Nebraska, Found Dead Next Day
A mountain lion was hit by a car recently near Fullerton, Nebraska, and the animal was later found dead. The event is so rare for this state or any other that it made national news and received more than 1,200 Facebook shares within just a few days. ...
Bear Attack: Killing a Charging Giant at 5 Yards in the Alaskan Backcountry
When Trevor Schneider and his sister, Tana Grenda, headed into the Alaskan backcountry with the hopes of killing a big bear, they didn't count on doing it at 5 yards with five shots from a revolver. Schneider flew up from Idaho with a bear tag to ...
Sheep of a Lifetime: Kyle Lamb Tags Idaho Bighorn
Kyle Lamb won the lottery this year. For more seasons than he can remember, he's played the game and come up empty-handed. This year, though, Lamb drew a coveted Idaho bighorn sheep tag and was headed to the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness ...
Rigby’s Dagga Boy Award Will Advance Study of Old African Buffalo Bulls
Legendary London gunmaker John Rigby & Co. wants hunters thinking age over inches when it comes to the world’s most dangerous game: cape buffalo. They’re also hoping that awarding age class will help boost hunting and conservation in Africa, ...
Bear Bar Fight: All the World’s Bruins and Which Ones You Can Hunt
Eight bears walk into a bar, one representative from each of the eight species of bears found around the world: panda, brown, sun, spectacled, sloth, polar, and North American and Asian black bears. After they belly-up, the bartender asks the ...
Colorado Hunting Accident: Muzzleloader Hunter Shoots, Kills Bowhunter
A rifle hunter unintentionally shot and killed a bowhunter chasing elk in Colorado last week. It's the kind of nightmare scenario hunting safety instructors use to drive home the importance of properly identifying your target. On Friday, Sept. 17, ...
Mountain Goat in British Columbia Says ‘Not Today,’ Kills Grizzly
The shortlist of animals that can survive a fight with a grizzly, let alone win, is short for a reason (spoiler alert: humans aren't on it, even though 6% of Americans think they kick a bear's ass). But mountain goat versus grizzly? C'mon, man. It's ...
Wyoming Petitioning Feds to Delist Yellowstone Grizzly Bears
Gov. Mark Gordon has announced Wyoming will petition the feds to remove grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone from protection under the Endangered Species Act — again. The state has tried to delist grizzlies twice before under both the ...
Watch: Grizzly Bear Chases Boat Driven by Total Asshat
No one: "Let’s motor our little aluminum Jon Boat over toward that swimming bear." Absolutely no one ever: "Let’s run by him again." This fucking guy: I don’t know where this video was shot, only that it was posted very recently. The ...
How To Speak Elk, Lesson 2: Understanding Every Funky Sound
It only takes a few go-to vocalizations to get bulls bowhunting close. But of course, elk make more than three or four sounds. Those interested in upping their elk game should learn the language elk use to communicate with each other. Here’s another ...
