The 10 most legendary hunting spots in the USA — bucket-list country for elk, whitetail, bears and birds.
The ultimate bucket-list pin on the map — an island refuge created for the biggest brown bears on Earth, and I would simply pass away (from excitement, to be clear).
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
A million acres, no roads, elk bugling somewhere in the timber — this is the backcountry trip hunters talk about their whole lives.
Bob Marshall Wilderness
Say 'Milk River' in a room full of deer hunters and watch every head turn — river-bottom whitetails with a reputation way bigger than the map dot.
Milk River
Float a wild river through 2.5 million acres with moose in the willows and caribou on the ridges — Alaska doesn't get more Alaska than this.
Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve
Corn fields, creek bottoms, and the most famous whitetail county name in America — if a giant buck has a hometown, it's here.
Pike County
Steep bluffs, little valleys, and bucks that end up in record books — this county's name is basically a trophy category all by itself.
Buffalo County
Thin air, bugles echoing off the peaks, and 1.8 million acres to disappear into — Colorado elk country at its most postcard.
San Juan National Forest
Big sky, sagebrush for days, and pronghorn that can outrun the speed limit — Wyoming's open-country classic.
Thunder Basin National Grassland
One trip, a whole menu — whitetails at dawn, axis in the evening, hogs whenever they feel like ruining a flower bed. Texas really said ‘why choose?’
Texas Hill Country
The upland grand slam — pheasant, sharptails and prairie chickens off the same grass. South Dakota takes its bird hunting personally, and it shows.
