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Success rates in general elk units hover in the teens. Such a dismal success rate may be disheartening, but committing any number of cardinal sins can feel even worse. Here’s what not to do to tag a bull this fall.

Understanding how elk utilize terrain directs you to great ambush sites, but not spooking them is just as important. Here’s how to avoid being detected, and what to do if you are.

Professional hunter Hardus van Zyl and Iowa’s Mike McNichols line up a shot on a great Cape buffalo bull. But McNichols’ shot is high, and the bull leads the hunters “straight through the jess”—not a place anyone wants to track a wounded buffalo.

Aside from making the passing cars look like Hot Wheels, this bull has an incredible set of antlers.

Contributor Brad Fenson takes his readers on a culinary journey that may be familiar to connoisseurs of Chinese cuisine. Read on for how to give your buck or bull a very distinctive flavor.

Cape buffalo hunting can be hours of boredom punctuated by moments of adrenaline. A hunter in search of an exceptional bull will work hard. Key is finding a fresh track—not always the simplest task.

Bowhunters who concentrate only on the peak of the rut pass up some of the best elk hunting of the season.

Here are four tips for hunting big bachelor bulls after the rut from finding where they are, to taking up their track and making a final approach.

It's no secret elk love to hide in places few humans wish to venture. But those are exactly the kinds of spots you should hunt—and they can be found by focusing on these five terrain features.