Louisiana Hunter Takes a 260-Pound Boar and First Buck from Same Stand Wild hogs are common in the South, particularly in Louisiana where rivers and lowland bottoms provide ideal habitat. However, on Dec. 21, 22-year-old rookie deer hunter Ashton Corcoran encountered a wild boar unlike any other in Washington Parish. Corcoran had only hunted deer … Read more
How to Hunt Public Land Turkeys In many ways, the wild tom turkey is underrated as a big game animal. He’s got excellent eyesight and hair-trigger instincts that have helped him avoid hunters and spread all across the country. Public land turkey hunting increases the challenge even more. Typically, public land toms gobble less, frequent … Read more
The USDA Accepted 2 Million Acres into the CRP Program, but We Could Still See a Net Loss in Pheasant Country This Year Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced yesterday that the USDA would accept 2 million acres through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) General signup, the first of multiple signups in 2022. While 2 million … Read more
Tips from The Hunting Public: Find Buck Bedding Areas Using Ridgelines For the ninth stop of The Hunting Public’s Deer Tour, Ted Zangerle and his two cameramen, Greg Clements and Keith Robinson, hit Iowa public land for the early muzzleloader season. With a cold front on the way, the crew was excited for the 9-day … Read more
A Beginner’s Guide to Duck Hunting When You’re an Inexperienced Shooter Some would argue that for your first early-morning duck hunt of the season, it’s essential to be clear-headed and well-rested. I, however, ignored this advice. In the dark, I stood by a 2022 Can-Am Defender Max Lone Star with four other guys, unscrewing the … Read more
Bowhunter Tags Monster Buck After Passing on It 5 Times Yesterday, Missouri bowhunting personality Chris Propst shared details about the monster whitetail he killed on Oct. 9. The buck had a 7×7 main frame rack with six extra stickers. Propst had already passed on the deer five times as he and his dad observed it … Read more
The Coolest Jack O’Connor Photos from Outdoor Life Archives It’s difficult to talk about the history of Outdoor Life without mentioning Jack O’Connor. He sold his first story to the magazine in 1934 and wrote 1,200 articles before retiring in 1972. These are some images from his stories. O’Connor with a pronghorn buck. This was … Read more
Public Hunting on Private Land: Where to Look This Turkey Season Wisconsin added 7,500 acres of private land for spring turkey hunting this season. Does your state offer similar opportunities? A voluntary public access site in Wisconsin. Alex Robinson Wisconsin turkey hunters have an additional 7,500 acres of private land open to them this spring … Read more
Kansas Bowhunter Tags Record-Book Buck While Hunting With His Brother Bailey Pattin, 24, has extensive deer hunting experience. He shot his first deer with a firearm at age 14 in Missouri, but has since primarily hunted deer with a bow. Over the past ten years, he has taken around 30 whitetails. Last November, Bailey captured … Read more
Utah, Wyoming, and Oregon Are Cutting Big Game Tags Due to Drought Conditions. Will Other States Follow? Wyoming decreased tags by 11,300, Utah decreased deer tags by 1,000, and Oregon shut down controlled deer hunts. How is the rest of the West addressing the drought? The lack of snow pack in many Western states is … Read more
