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The Big Cat That Is So Hard To See: Puma and Puma Hunting

Hunting 101 / Game Animals

Mountain lion hunting guide: where to hunt puma, best seasons, hunt methods, difficulty, and what to know before booking a cougar hunt.

Hunter using a spotting scope on a tripod in open mountain country

Hunting 101: Your First Spotting Scope

Hunting 101

A spotting scope can be one of the most useful optics in hunting — or a purchase you’ll regret. Here’s how to decide whether you need a spotter, what size makes sense, and how to choose your first setup without wasting money.

Friday 13th: Hunters Superstitions and Omens from all over the World

Hunting History

Explore hunting superstitions, rituals, and folklore from around the world, and discover what these traditions reveal about luck, culture, and deep respect.

Hunting in Kyrgyzstan: What you need to know

Hunting Destinations / Asia

Kyrgyzstan offers unique high-altitude hunting experiences for Siberian ibex, argali, and Marco Polo sheep amidst challenging, rugged terrains and fascinating cultural traditions.

The Prince with Palmated Crown: Fallow Deer and Fallow Deer Hunting

Hunting Tips and Techniques / Hunting 101

The prince of European forests that humans loved so much they introduced it anywhere from Britain to New Zealand: Meet the fallow deer.

Nonresident Western Hunt Planning Guide: Limited Draw Deadlines, OTC Tags, and Point Systems

Hunting 101 / Hunting Tips and Techniques

This blog gives you application deadlines for limited draw hunts, bonus points, landowner tags and OTC tag options, for the most popular Western states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming

Around the Global Campfire: Season’s Greetings from BookYourHunt.com

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Season’s Greetings from BookYourHunt.com

Flying with Your Rifle: A Step-by-Step Guide

Hunting Tips and Techniques / Hunting 101

A step by step guide to flying with your rifle from preparing your paperwork to going through the customs.

Hunting 101: Your First European Driven Big-Game Hunt

Hunting Tips and Techniques / Europe / Hunting 101

Driven big-game hunts in Europe combine wildlife management, old traditions, and industrial amounts of thrill. Here’s what you need to know to make the best of it.

Hunting in Cameroon: What You Need to Know

Africa

Planning a Lord Derby eland or bongo hunt in Cameroon? Learn seasons, species, licenses, costs, travel logistics, safety, and gear

12+1 Proven Christmas, New Year, and Birthday Gift Ideas for a Hunter from BookYourHunt.com

BookYourHunt / Hunting 101

Your perfect gift for a hunter: what to give, what not to give, how to find out what they want, 12 proven ideas plus one that any hunter will love!

The King of Mountain Game: Ibex and Ibex Hunting

Asia / Hunting 101

What is greyish or brownish in color, has horizontal pupils, a short tail, long, usually scimitar-shaped horns, stands on hooves that seem to glue to rocks and stones, and makes some hunters spend four to five figures for a chance to spend a few days in some of the most inhospitable ranges? Meet the ibex.