Don’t Hunt (or Kill Game) If Your Heart Isn’t in It ONE OF THE most unsettling perspectives on hunting that I’ve read in a long time was published in Bon Appétit, of all places, under the headline “I Eat Meat. Why Was Killing My Own Food So Hard?” The article follows a modern and trendy … Read more
Dr. Grant Woods on How to Use Trail Cam Artificial Intelligence to Improve Your Deer Hunting Before trail cameras, Dr. Grant Woods (Growing Deer TV) conducted wildlife research by sitting in a treestand and taking notes. As a young researcher, he monitored whitetail behavior around scrapes, but by hanging out in the area, he was … Read more
A High Schooler’s Perspective on “Trophy Hunting” This story originally ran in the 2021 No. 4 Issue of Outdoor Life. Find out how to read more stories from that issue here.In early November, on a warm, breezy evening a few days after my high school’s football team lost a state playoff game, I filled my … Read more
Rabbit Season: The Ideal Time for Traditional Bowhunting As winter sets in, ending deer season for most of us, there is still an opportunity to be found in rabbit hunting. If you’ve been wanting to try traditional bowhunting, now is the perfect time to venture into the woods. Rabbit hunting aligns seamlessly with traditional bowhunting … Read more
Ohio Bowhunter Tags Tall 10-Point, and Finally Bests His Old Man Austin Shepherd remembers the 10-point his dad killed when he was just a kid growing up in Carrollton, Ohio. They entered the 175-inch buck into a local contest, and Shepherd bragged about the deer to schoolmates. “I thought it was a huge deal back … Read more
Mule Deer Hunting Tips “Mule deer are dumb.” I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard that infuriating statement. My sarcastic response is, “if they’re so dumb, then why don’t you have big bucks lining your rafters?” Hunted mule deer all my life and guided in prime mule deer country in the … Read more
Jim Shockey on the Real Trouble With the Border Closure: Here’s Why It’s Not So Easy to “Roll Over” Your Outfitted Canadian Hunt The Canadian border will likely open in the next few weeks, but American hunters who booked trips last year will have a difficult time making their dream hunts happen this year. Canadian … Read more
A Giant 185-Pound Florida Python: A Potential State Record Collier County, Florida, has seen the capture and removal of numerous Burmese pythons, weighing more than three fully-rigged F-150 Ford pickup trucks combined. This includes the heaviest female and male pythons ever recorded in Florida: 185 pounds (captured most recently) and 140 pounds, respectively, according to … Read more
16 New Big Game Animals Entered into the Boone & Crockett Record Books The Boone & Crockett Club does more than just record the largest big game animals in America. The Missoula-based organization is known for keeping the records of the biggest game collected by sportsmen. The following entries to the Club’s 31st Annual Big … Read more
The Ultimate Guide: Making and Hunting Mock Scrapes Mock scrapes, a hunter-made version of whitetail scrapes used to attract deer, have been a part of hunting media and folklore for decades. Deer hunters either love or hate them, with few in between. For example, Tim Andrus, host of “Rush Outdoors,” doesn’t touch them. Jared Mills, … Read more
