Sports A Field

Twenty-first-century Cartridges

What makes today's new cartridges different from our old favorites?

The Good Ol' .30-06

You can't go wrong hunting with this classic caliber.

Hunting the Blackbuck

Now widespread in both Texas and Argentina, this introduced antelope is wary and challenging to hunt.

Bulls of the Bering Sea

An unusual hunt for reindeer in the Aleutian Islands

Little Big Game in the Desert

The javelina is our newest "official" big-game animal.

The Moose Killer of the Mulchatna

A hunt for a big grizzly in the wild Alaska interior.

Your First Safari

Life is short. Plan it and go!

More Stories

Ding and the Ducks

How a conservation-minded cartoonist helped save America’s waterfowl.

Ding Darling was famous for his editorial cartoons, but his true legacy was one of the most successful conservation programs of all time.

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The Bedroom Window Ram

A young sheep hunter braves the hazards of the Idaho mountains in search of a very special bighorn.

At fourteen years old, Logan Reed draws his first bighorn sheep tag and embarks on an epic mountain adventure with his dad.

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Salmon River Rams

A forty-year dream of taking a bighorn sheep leads to the hunt of a lifetime in Idaho’s Salmon River Country.
The sheep hunt of a lifetime is even more special when it’s a father/son adventure.

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Something Special

Special-run rifles are a great way to own an interesting and accurate rifle without the cost of a true custom job.

In between factory rifles and custom rifles lies a broad spectrum of other hunting rifles, including so-called “special runs” available from some factories.

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Lions At The Picnic

Increase your awareness of your surroundings by consciously training yourself to see what you’re missing.

Elspeth Huxley, author of The Flame Trees of Thika, recalled a family picnic in Kenya. Only after the photos were developed did the picnickers realize there had been two lions hunkered in the brush, watching them.

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Trade Them To Save Them?

The fate of the rhino may rest on the decision of whether or not to allow commercial trade in rhino horn.

Although rhinos have roamed the Earth for millions of years, their fate is now inextricably tied to international trade policies.

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When The Hunters Are Gone

A rural African community struggles to maintain its wildlife in the wake of a hunting ban.

What happens to rural African communities, and the wildlife that surrounds them, when the safari hunting businesses that helped support them go away?

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Making History

Famous female hunters have long walked the game trails of the world.

There is a long and proud tradition of female hunters, both in the United States and elsewhere, who have held their own and often exceeded the accomplishments of their male counterparts.

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An Economic Colossus

Hunting is by far the largest funding mechanism for wildlife, and the economic benefits go far beyond conservation.

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