My only job is to remember how many times we turn left. That’s what my dad told me before the hunt. I have his smoothbore 870 Wingmaster slung over my shoulder as I try to keep up. My pack feels heavy ...

This story, “2-for-2 Trophy Hunt,” first appeared in the April 1978 issue of Outdoor Life. The author’s buck remains one of the biggertypical mule deer ever taken in Colorado; it now ranks as 20th in ...

A youth hunter’s first buck often packs a pretty good story. Addi Loving’s tale is a doozie. Fittingly, so is the buck she calls “Smoke.” The story is especially noteworthy because it unfolded in the ...

Seventeen year-old Theo Blevins of northern Indiana killed the buck of a lifetime over the weekend, during the Hoosier State’s short youth firearm season for whitetail deer. Blevins shot the 19-point ...