With the year coming to an end, we look back on some of the biggest bucks and the best deer hunting stories from 2025.

The buck continued to walk toward Pittman, so Pittman put his binoculars down and picked up his rifle. The buck was directly ...

Even after the deer broke into the open, l still couldn't believe my eyes. There’s a place in the hill country of southern Ohio, not far from the town of Beaver, that the local farmers have called ...

This late season was also the first time that Woehlk, a disabled Army Reserve veteran, had an Iowa Disabled Veterans Deer Tag ...

A game camera took a nice photo of the buck that Willy Johnston wanted, but camera bucks seldom turn up during a hunt. This buck was an exception, and Johnston, who is accustomed to the greyhound-size ...

A cultural shift among hunters to pass on younger deer has led to an older buck population. Antler point restrictions, in place for over 20 years, are credited with the increase in larger bucks. The ...

I’ve been waiting in the dark of my bedroom for permission to join him, to shrug on his oversize denim jacket and follow him out the door into opening morning of Missouri’s deer season. In my memory ...

Pressured deer are not mythical ghosts that vanish at the first hint of boot tracks, but a lot of... The post The biggest myths about hunting pressured deer appeared first on The Avid Outdoorsman.

This story, “The Giant of Newcomer Hollow,” appeared in the February 1966 issue of Outdoor Life. THE FIRST RAYS of daylight were beginning to reveal the dark outline of the eastern ridge as I pulled ...

CLYDE – Barney’s Carryout is carrying on the tradition of the old-time big buck contest with a photo on the winner’s board. The photos are done with cell phones today and not Polaroid cameras, but ...