Hunting Buddies Double Up on Wyoming Gobblers Just in Time for Prom Eliason, a 17-year-old junior at Sheridan High School, bought her turkey license Saturday morning before heading to Maestri’s to go trout fishing. She had a hunch she would need it. “When me and Frankie hang out, we’re always up to something,” Eliason says … Read more
Public Raises Over $50,000 to Defend Hunters Ticketed for Corner Crossing in Wyoming Two posts sit chained together in the middle of the Wyoming prairie, each bearing a “No Trespassing” sign. Nothing surrounds them. Underneath the chain rests a metal survey stake marking the spot where four pieces of land come together. The Bureau of … Read more
Training a Duck Dog for His First Hunting Season The flock poured into the timber hole, their wingbeats growing loud in the still morning air. Forty greenwings descended on our decoys and, when the shooting ended, eight lay on the water and the bank. It was a sight to remember. But I had missed it. … Read more
This High-Fence Bull Elk Could Break an SCI World Record. It Scores More Than 648 Inches A huge bull elk killed on a high-fence ranch in Idaho could potentially set a world record in Safari Club International’s Record Book. Brian Dhooghe harvested the bull from Broadmouth Canyon Ranch and brought the meat to Bay City … Read more
Hunter Tags Alligator Twice His Size After Tug-of-War in Florida Four hunters from Indiana experienced the full Everglades on a two-day trip in the South Florida swamps. Eric Hinderliter, one of the hunters, tagged an alligator more than twice his size after an intense game of tug-of-war that had him in and out of the … Read more
Weed Growers: Evolution of Food Plots, Roundup Spraying, and Deer Habitat Management JASON HEWETT knew how to grow food and habitat for wildlife. He’d managed land since he was 16 years old and oversaw 15,000 acres in South Carolina. While the properties raised quails, they didn’t produce the desired quality of deer. “We had plenty … Read more
Kentucky Crossbow Hunter Tags 190-Inch Monster Buck After an All-Day Sit Bryan Stamper got just one trail camera photo of a giant buck last season, and he’s been thinking about it ever since. This year, that deer turned into a giant 5 ½-year-old, and Stamper started getting trail camera videos of the buck working scrapes … Read more
Gobbler Taken by Longtime Maryland Hunter Is the Pending No. 2 All-Time Turkey in the State It took three consecutive mornings for Harry Daley to seal the deal on a big, hard-gobbling Maryland turkey last month. The 75-year-old hunter’s patience was rewarded, as he tagged one of the most impressive birds ever taken in the … Read more
High School Sophomore Tags Trophy Bighorn in Nebraska On Saturday, 15-year-old Kiersten Black became the first female Nebraska resident in modern history to harvest a bighorn sheep in the state. Hunting with her dad Trevor, Kiersten killed a giant ram with a busted-up jaw and broomed horns. It’s a major accomplishment for the high school … Read more
How to Kill a Buck When the Odds Are Against You FOR TWO DAYS I had been roaming the hills of eastern Washington—and I’d seen six does, but not a buck. I sat down in a patch of warm sunlight near a deer trail, to eat my lunch and ponder the injustice of it all. … Read more
