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25 detailed profiles covering identification, habitat, seasons, methods, gear and shot placement for every big game animal.

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Whitetail Deer

The whitetail deer is the most widely hunted big-game animal in North America, a…
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Mule Deer

The mule deer is the iconic deer of the American West — a big-eared, high-countr…
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Elk

The elk is the animal that turns deer hunters into mountain hunters.
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Black Bear

The black bear is North America's most widespread bear and an increasingly popul…
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Feral Hog

The feral hog is unlike any other big-game animal an American hunter will pursue…
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Pronghorn

The pronghorn — often called the "speed goat" or simply the antelope, though it …
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Moose

The moose is the largest member of the deer family on Earth and the heavyweight …
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Coues Deer

The Coues deer — pronounced "cows" — is the diminutive desert whitetail of the A…
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Columbia Blacktail Deer

The Columbia blacktail deer is the deer of the rainy Pacific coast — a coastal s…
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Sitka Blacktail Deer

The Sitka blacktail deer is a small, stocky subspecies of mule deer native to th…
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

The Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep is the largest of North America's wild sheep an…
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Desert Bighorn Sheep

The desert bighorn sheep is the wild sheep of the American Southwest — a hardy, …
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Dall Sheep

The Dall sheep is the white wild sheep of the far north — a striking, snow-color…
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Mountain Goat

The mountain goat is North America's true alpine specialist — a shaggy, white, s…
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Caribou

The caribou is the great wanderer of the North American big-game world — a membe…
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Bison

The American bison is the largest land animal in North America and one of the mo…
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Mountain Lion

The mountain lion — also called cougar, puma, panther, or catamount — is North A…
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Grizzly Bear

The grizzly bear is one of North America's most iconic and powerful big-game ani…
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Roosevelt Elk

The Roosevelt elk is the largest-bodied of North America's elk subspecies — a he…
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Tule Elk

The tule elk is North America's smallest elk subspecies and a remarkable conserv…
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Javelina

The javelina — also called the collared peccary — is the desert Southwest's most…
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American Alligator

The American alligator is one of the great wildlife conservation success stories…
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Stone Sheep

The Stone sheep is one of North America's most coveted and difficult mountain-ga…
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Aoudad

The aoudad — also called the Barbary sheep — is one of the most exciting free-ra…
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Axis Deer

The axis deer — also called the chital — is widely considered one of the most be…

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