The ultimate accomplishment for a North Woods deer hunter is snow tracking a mature buck and shooting him at close range.

Prowling around the big woods is deer hunting as our forefathers knew it. From the rugged mountains of New York’s Adirondack Park to the sprawling bottomland of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, there ...

Hunting whitetails in the northcountry forests of New England and the Upper Midwest is an undeniably challenging pursuit. Up there the landscapes are massive, think tens of thousands of acres of ...

Big woods rifles are brute in performance and ballerina in design. The best rifles will fit like a shotgun so that you can shoot fast, using instinct as much as the sights. They are light and fit the ...

We just need 181 members to help us reach our goal by Thanksgiving and send 3,600 meals to the Vermont Foodbank. Nick Fortin, of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, demonstrates how he tracks deer ...

It was blowing rain and getting dark in Otisco when R.J. Shaver, of Apulia Station, gave a few bleats on his doe call. With a great crashing sound, a big 8-pointer burst through the thick brush about ...

The WVDNR also announced the return of the Big Buck Photo Contest, open to resident and nonresident youth and adults. Hunters who submit a photo of a legally harvested buck from the 2025 season will ...