The author's Winchester Model 70 with a maple wood stock hanging from, fittingly, a maple tree. Let’s get this part out of the way first: I am not a Fudd. I own lots of rifles and shotguns with ...

The .30-30 Winchester has been putting venison in freezers for more than a century, and it’s still one of the most practical deer cartridges ever created. You won’t win any long-range matches with it, ...

Don’t get it twisted: The classic big-buck destinations are still great. Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois still produce giants every year. Texas deer hunters still kill more whitetails than anyone else. And ...

The debate over the best rifles and cartridges for deer hunting has been raging for decades, but Jack O'Connor solved it in ...

Coshocton once again leads Ohio as the county with the most deer harvested during the weeklong gun season that ended Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. Ohio hunters checked 85,448 deer during the week, according ...

This Browning lever action rifle in .358 caliber came out on top in the Northwoods Sporting Journal Best Maine Deer Rifle contest. Credit: Jerry Scribner Any Maine hunter who’s spent time at deer camp ...

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It’s one thing to rise to the top of any category or competition; it’s another to stay there for years and years. But that’s just what Buffalo County has done, dominating the whitetail record books in ...

It’s October, and that means deer and turkey hunting seasons are in full swing! But when is the best time for hunters to try their luck? Turns out the weather plays a significant role in both turkey ...

One of the best times to kill a whopper whitetail is the early season. Minus the distraction of chasing does and battling other bucks, a mature whitetail focuses on one thing: finding groceries. This ...