Massive 23-Point Nontypical Buck Ranks Fifth Biggest Whitetail Ever Taken in North Carolina Vincent Clark’s buck is the fifth biggest nontypical whitetail ever taken in North Carolina. It was scored at the Dixie Deer Classic held at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh from March 4-6. The event is a gathering for whitetail hunters … Read more
The Best Moose Hunting Rifle? Sometimes It’s a Beater, Ruger M77 Guide Gun September is a special time in interior Alaska. It’s a short-lived transition between summer and winter, often with clear skies, frosty mornings, yellow falling leaves, and grunting bull moose. For a hunter, it’s paradise. And for many Alaskan hunters, moose camp is … Read more
Goose Hunting Tips and Tactics Hunting geese with success is a tough challenge. Honkers, big geese weighing 10 pounds or more, are naturally anti-social birds. They only land in the same field because that’s where the best feed is. Lessers, a smaller sub-species of Canada geese found in the Central and Pacific flyways, are getting … Read more
Don’t Aim for a Deer’s Head In the National Deer Association’s collection of odd deer artifacts is a deer jawbone. It is bent, misshaped, and missing teeth on the left side. In a strange bulge of bone on the right side, there is a gray object – the bullet that damaged the deer’s jaw. Joe … Read more
How Not to Kill a Moose, from the Archives ΟUR PACK TRAIN edged over the lip of the glacial valley and down toward the headwaters of the Prophet River. Renie Dhenin, riding near the rear, pulled up his mount for a moment to look over the terrain. “Right there,” Renie said, pointing to a fold … Read more
Ohio Bowhunter Tags 197-Inch ‘Brother Buck’ on a Small, 50-Acre Property For the last 30 years, Pat Clouse has been bowhunting, passing on big bucks to observe their growth. He has focused on honing his skills on small plots of rolling farmland in west-central Ohio. In 2017, Clouse gained access to a new 50-acre tract … Read more
DNA Test Confirms Wolf Killed in Upstate New York A wild canine shot by a hunter in Upstate New York last winter has been confirmed as a gray wolf through a DNA test. Weighing 85 pounds, the male wolf was shot near Albany, according to Connecticut’s WTNH-TV8. The test revealed that the animal had 99 … Read more
Hunting Coyotes on Frozen Lake Superior From a bluff along Wisconsin’s north shore, I watched the January sun rise over Lake Superior. Despite temperatures near zero, open water could be seen between ice islands, possibly stretching all the way to Canada. Ice ridges could be seen rising from the lake to Minnesota, 20 miles away. … Read more
Muzzleloader Hunter Takes Potential Record Buck on Public Land in New Hampshire Public land in New Hampshire, with its thick timber and rugged mountains, is challenging for deer hunting. However, Jeremy Martinson hunted a favored public-land spot and gained experience season after season until he found the perfect location. “I hunted that place for seven … Read more
How to Kill the Toughest Ducks and Geese When other hunters talk about the difficulty of killing big game animals, I can’t help but think that they have never tried shooting a bufflehead flying inches above a white-capped bay in December. Divers, sea ducks, late-season mallards, and giant Canada geese are some of the toughest … Read more
