The good news is that Idaho has just about any species a hunter would love to hunt. The bad news is they’re just not as big as they used to be. The 1950s and ‘60s saw record-book mule deer being taken, and while there’s no doubt the state has some whoppers running around, the trends suggest the good old days may be behind them for mule deer. If you want to chase down a trophy cougar or maybe a…

It’s deer, deer, and more deer for Illinois in the Boone and Crockett records. To be fair, the state does offer hunting for turkey, waterfowl, small game, upland birds, and furbearers, but we do not keep records for longest spurs on a turkey or fluffiest squirrel tail. Illinois made waves back in 2018 when Luke Brewster killed a giant non-typical whitetail in Edgar County that scored a mind-…

How about a side of black bears and whitetail deer with those crab cakes?

Chances are you will kill a bigger gator than deer here, but that doesn't mean you can’t try

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While they may be called Canada moose, quite a number of them call the great state of Maine home. Drawing a tag for Canada moose isn’t exactly easy, but neither is hauling out a mature bull. The other name of the game for the Pine Tree State is whitetail deer. The 1980s and ‘90s were good to Maine deer, but record-book entries have dropped off since the new millennium. The good news is that…

When they landed at Plymouth Rock, the Pilgrims had no clue how good the hunting was going to be

Michigan is an angler’s paradise. With more freshwater shoreline than any other state, Michigan offers up some of the best fishing for walleye, bass, pike, and muskie. If you like to hunt, then put down the fishing pole and pick up your rifle or bow for big bears and whitetail deer. In the Upper Peninsula, Menominee County has a ridiculous number of black bear record entries. If whitetails are…

Mississippi’s whitetail entries in the record book are average—except for one. There is one buck that stands alone. That buck was killed by Tony Fulton in 1995 and holds the state record for non-typicals. It also breaks into the top 10 of All-time. No other deer from the state comes close. This buck, though, is a bit of an outlier because it’s the only entry from Winston County. The vast…