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

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Whitetail Deer

Whitetail Deer

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

Mule Deer

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

Elk

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

Black Bear

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

Feral Hog

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

Pronghorn

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

Moose

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

Coues Deer

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

Columbia Blacktail Deer

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

Sitka Blacktail Deer

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

Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

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

Desert Bighorn Sheep

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

Dall Sheep

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

Mountain Goat

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

Caribou

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

Bison

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

Mountain Lion

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

Grizzly Bear

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

Roosevelt Elk

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

Tule Elk

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

Javelina

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

American Alligator

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

Stone Sheep

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

Aoudad

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

Axis Deer

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

Nilgai

The nilgai is the largest antelope native to Asia and, thanks to ranch introduct…
Sambar Deer

Sambar Deer

The sambar is one of the largest deer in the world and an impressive exotic big-…
Fallow Deer

Fallow Deer

The fallow deer is one of the most beautiful and widely distributed exotic big-g…
Blackbuck

Blackbuck

The blackbuck is one of the most elegant and challenging exotic big-game animals…
Gemsbok

Gemsbok

The gemsbok is a magnificent African oryx that has established free-ranging herd…
Muskox

Muskox

The muskox is a shaggy, ice-age survivor of the Arctic tundra and one of the mos…
Red Stag

Red Stag

The red stag is the European cousin of the North American elk and one of the mos…
Scimitar-horned Oryx

Scimitar-horned Oryx

The scimitar-horned oryx is a striking North African antelope that has become on…
Addax

Addax

The addax is a pale desert antelope that has all but vanished from its native Sa…
Mouflon

Mouflon

The mouflon is a wild sheep widely regarded as the ancestor of all domestic shee…
Greater Kudu

Greater Kudu

The greater kudu is one of Africa's most beautiful spiral-horned antelope, and i…
Sika Deer

Sika Deer

The sika deer is not a true deer of the whitetail mold but a small, dark, elk re…
Roe Deer

Roe Deer

The roe deer is a small, elegant deer of Europe and the classic quarry of the Co…
Himalayan Tahr

Himalayan Tahr

The Himalayan tahr is a shaggy, powerfully built mountain goat-antelope native t…
Ibex

Ibex

The ibex is the iconic wild mountain goat of the high country, instantly recogni…
Hog Deer

Hog Deer

The hog deer is a small, stocky, low-slung deer that hunts nothing like its tall…
Rusa Deer

Rusa Deer

The rusa deer is a handsome tropical deer with a rut that can be heard across a …
Barasingha

Barasingha

The barasingha, or swamp deer, is one of the most elegant of all deer - a tall, …
Wildebeest

Wildebeest

The wildebeest, or gnu, is one of the iconic plains animals of Africa and a stap…
Eland

Eland

The common eland is the largest antelope on earth, an ox-like giant that can riv…
Sable Antelope

Sable Antelope

The sable antelope is widely considered one of the most striking and coveted tro…
Impala

Impala

The impala is the antelope most hunters meet first on the African plains, and it…
Chamois

Chamois

The chamois is a small, agile goat-antelope of the high mountains, and hunting o…
Cape Buffalo

Cape Buffalo

The Cape buffalo is the most dangerous of Africa's Big Five and the benchmark of…
Asian Water Buffalo

Asian Water Buffalo

The Asian water buffalo is a massive wild bovine hunted as free-range game in Au…
Warthog

Warthog

The warthog is one of the most popular plains-game animals in Africa - abundant,…
Burchell's Zebra

Burchell's Zebra

Burchell's zebra is a staple plains-game animal, prized for its striking striped…
Nyala

Nyala

The nyala is a strikingly handsome spiral-horned antelope of southeastern Africa…
Bushbuck

Bushbuck

The bushbuck is a small, secretive spiral-horned antelope often called the "poor…
Waterbuck

Waterbuck

The waterbuck is a large, shaggy antelope known for its long forward-curving hor…
Springbok

Springbok

The springbok is South Africa's national animal and one of the most popular open…
Corsican Ram (Ovis aries (feral hybrid))

Corsican Ram (Ovis aries (feral hybrid))

The Corsican ram is a hardy hybrid sheep raised and hunted on ranches across Tex…
Banteng

Banteng

The banteng is a wild Southeast Asian ox hunted as free-range game in Australia'…
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Red Hartebeest

The red hartebeest is a tall, oddly proportioned plains antelope of southern Afr…
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Blesbok

The blesbok is a handsome, medium-sized antelope of the South African highveld, …
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Black Wildebeest

The black wildebeest, or white-tailed gnu, is a quirky, high-energy antelope of …
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Tsessebe

The tsessebe is the fastest antelope in Africa and one of the more challenging p…
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Common Reedbuck

The common reedbuck is a graceful, water-loving antelope of the tall grass and r…
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Klipspringer

The klipspringer is a tiny, rock-loving antelope that lives on kopjes and cliffs…
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Steenbok

The steenbok is a small, bright rufous antelope of the open plains and scrub, co…
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Grey Duiker

The grey, or common, duiker is a small bush-loving antelope found across most of…
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Roan Antelope

The roan is one of Africa's largest and most prestigious antelopes, a horse-like…
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Sitatunga

The sitatunga is a secretive, swamp-dwelling spiral-horned antelope, one of the …
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Red Lechwe

The red lechwe is a water-loving antelope of the floodplains and swamps, famous …
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Bontebok

The bontebok is a richly marked, chocolate-and-white antelope of the South Afric…
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Mountain Reedbuck

The mountain reedbuck is a small, agile antelope of rocky hillsides and grassy s…
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Vaal Rhebok

The vaal rhebok, or grey rhebok, is a woolly-coated mountain antelope of the hig…
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Oribi

The oribi is a slender, graceful little antelope of open grassland, one of the p…
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Cape Grysbok

The Cape grysbok is a small, secretive antelope of the dense fynbos and thicket …
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Suni

The suni is one of Africa's smallest antelopes and among the most difficult of t…
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Puku

The puku is a golden, water-loving antelope of the floodplains of south-central …
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Lichtenstein's Hartebeest

Lichtenstein's hartebeest is a tawny, high-shouldered antelope of the miombo woo…
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Blue Duiker

The blue duiker is the smallest of Africa's duikers and one of the tiniest antel…
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Bushpig

The bushpig is a powerful, largely nocturnal wild pig of Africa's forests and th…
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Markhor

The markhor is the largest wild goat and the national animal of Pakistan, famous…
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Argali

The argali is the largest wild sheep in the world, the giant of the mountains of…

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