A trio of deer hunters set out into a canyon deep in Washington state full of deer and without any competing fellow hunters.

I’ve always been a big woods whitetail hunter. I grew up in New England, where deer hunting meant tracking, still hunting, and roving through endless miles of mixed hardwoods and thick pine forests ...

The life-or-death journey made by mule deer during the second-longest big game migration in North America came down to their ability to squeeze through a fence -- a discovery made by scientists using ...

If you’ve never been mule deer hunting on the prairie or in the mountains, then you should start making a plan to do it right now. Why? You know those dreams in your head of wide, forking antlers ...

Aram von Benedikt and his son took part in one of the oldest American traditions there is: muzzleloading for deer with a ...

This story, “I Work for My Bucks,” appeared in the October 1962 issue of Outdoor Life. I had caugt two fleeting glimpses of the big buck. The first was when he went sailing in long bounds across a ...

"You know, on mule deer, you look at their ears to see if it's wider than their ears to tell if it's a big one. I'm not kidding, I thought 'No, he's not big enough.' I kept waiting for him to turn ...

Across much of North America, this is a golden age for big game hunters. Thanks to private and government conservation programs, many species that were on the brink a century ago are now thriving, and ...

Aug 12, 2022 Aug 12, 2022 Updated Oct 2, 2023 Addressing the issue by separating the muzzleloader and archery seasons could be difficult, agency staff noted in a memo last fall on the issue. Both ...

The mule deer of Northwest Montana are largely travelers, sometimes migrating as much as 50 miles from their winter range to the summer range, a three-year study by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks ...

Hunter dreams of bagging big mule deer buck. Back in high school I spent a lot of time reading “Outdoor Life” and daydreaming about heading out west to hunt big game. I have been pretty fortunate. I ...

Western Montana hunters have a lot to be thankful for today. Even if we haven't tagged a deer or elk yet, we can all be grateful for the opportunity to get out and hunt in so many wonderful and varied ...