Hunting stories about big deer are woven deeply into the fabric of Outdoor Life, and we look forward to hearing and sharing these stories each fall. These tales come from all over North America, and ...

In early October Craig Meyers, 33, from Portland, Michigan, was monitoring trail cameras positioned around a 1-acre food plot he’d been hunting for several years in east-central Ohio. Meyers was after ...

According to the National Deer Association, during the 2023-2024 hunting season, U.S. hunters successfully harvested more than 3 million whitetail bucks, thus establishing a new record for mature buck ...

This article was originally published on October 29, 2025. At a hunting ground in Butler County, Don Boling walked down an overgrown wooded path, littered with fall foliage. It’s one of his favorite ...

Deer hunters in Ohio had one final weekend of gun season before Christmas and checked more than 17,000 deer during the two days. But if you haven't bagged your trophy yet, muzzleloader season is ...

Codey Redd was staked out on the ground last December when he encountered a giant 18-point buck he’d been chasing for the better part of four deer seasons. Though he’d captured trail cam photos over ...

If you’ve ever suspected that a mature buck is avoiding your trail camera on purpose, you won’t get any argument from Ohio bowhunter Tommy Allen, just the latest bowhunter from the Buckeye State to ...

At a hunting ground in Butler County, Don Boling walked down an overgrown wooded path, littered with fall foliage. It’s one of his favorite spots to hunt deer in southwest Ohio. Although there are no ...