“blue wildebeest”

A look at the top five plains-game species that provide the most amount of fun for your trophy fee.

On safari in South Africa, the author’s plan for plains game—to have no plan at all—couldn’t have worked better. The plan for Cape buffalo, well, that’s another story.

This latest Member's Hunt comes from Stacy McCloud of Greeley, Colo.

Before fall big-game seasons begin, it’s important to build confidence in your rifle, ammo and optics—and how you perform with them in hand. To do so, it pays to put in practical range time, shooting not only from field positions but also building skill at quick, accurate follow-up shots.

A safari with his 11-year-old son offers a father a chance to reflect on a bond that makes any hunt special.

Chad and Tyler Martin follow professional hunter Sean Holloway to their first-ever blue wildebeest and Hartmann’s mountain zebra in this latest episode of our web-exclusive “African Experience” video series.

Professional hunter Sean Holloway guides Brant Brittmann of Illinois to his first-ever blue wildebeest, waterbuck, eland, red hartebeest, black wildebeest, warthog and springbok in this latest episode of our web-exclusive “African Experience” video series.

Professional Hunter Phillip Fourie guides American hunter Jackson Bell to his first-ever blue wildebeest in this latest episode of our web-exclusive “African Experience” series.

You’ve probably heard that African dangerous game can absorb five hits from an Abrams tank and keep on charging. You’ve probably heard that kudu, eland, wildebeest and even impala are so tough from evading lions and leopards they’ll soak up bullets that would floor a North American brown bear. Nonsense.