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The addax is a pale desert antelope that has all but vanished from its native Sahara, yet thrives on the exotic-game ranches of…

The American alligator is one of the great wildlife conservation success stories in U.S. history - and a uniquely Southern…

The American badger is a powerful, low-slung digging predator of the open prairies and sagebrush, taken by predator and fur…

The American black duck is often called the wariest dabbling duck in North America, and hunters who consistently fool them earn a…

The American Crow is one of the few small, non-waterfowl birds legally hunted in the US, managed as a migratory game bird under a…

The American wigeon is one of the most distinctive and rewarding dabbling ducks a waterfowler can pursue, prized as much for its…

The American woodcock is one of the most charismatic and beloved game birds in the eastern United States - an oddly shaped…

The antelope jackrabbit is one of the largest hares in North America, a long-eared sprinter of the southern Arizona desert named…

The aoudad - also called the Barbary sheep - is one of the most exciting free-range exotic big-game animals in the United States.

The Arctic fox is a small, hardy predator of the far northern tundra and coasts, taken by northern fur and predator hunters for…

The argali is the largest wild sheep in the world, the giant of the mountains of Central Asia whose Marco Polo subspecies carries…

The Asian water buffalo is a massive wild bovine hunted as free-range game in Australia's Northern Territory and on exotic…

The axis deer - also called the chital - is widely considered one of the most beautiful big-game animals a U.S. hunter can…

The band-tailed pigeon is the largest native pigeon in North America and one of the West's most overlooked game birds.

The banteng is a wild Southeast Asian ox hunted as free-range game in Australia's Northern Territory, where a small introduced…

The barasingha, or swamp deer, is one of the most elegant of all deer - a tall, wetland-loving animal whose Hindi name means…

Barrow's goldeneye is a striking diving duck of western and northern waters, a prized and less common cousin of the common…

The American bison is the largest land animal in North America and one of the most powerful symbols of the continent's wild…

The black bear is North America's most widespread bear and an increasingly popular big-game pursuit for hunters who want…

The black scoter drake is the only North American scoter with no white anywhere: an all-black sea duck with a bulbous, mostly…

The black wildebeest, or white-tailed gnu, is a quirky, high-energy antelope of the South African highveld, known for its…

The black-bellied whistling duck is a long-legged, goose-like waterfowl of the Gulf Coast and Southwest, once called the…

The black-tailed jackrabbit is not actually a rabbit but a hare - a big, long-eared, open-country runner built for speed across…

The blackbuck is one of the most elegant and challenging exotic big-game animals in the United States, a true antelope native to…

The blesbok is a handsome, medium-sized antelope of the South African highveld, named for the white blaze on its face.

The blue duiker is the smallest of the duikers and one of the tiniest antelopes a hunter can pursue - a shy forest dwarf and a…

The blue-winged teal is one of the smallest and most abundant dabbling ducks in North America, and it offers new waterfowlers a…

The bobcat is North America's most widespread wild cat and a prized quarry for predator and furbearer hunters.

The northern bobwhite is the classic quail of the American South and Midwest, a small, fast-flushing upland bird steeped in…

The bontebok is a richly marked, chocolate-and-white antelope of the South African coastal fynbos, and one of Africa's great…

Brant are small, fast sea geese hunted along both US coasts, prized by waterfowlers for their coastal-only range, their tricky…

The bufflehead is the smallest diving duck in North America, and its bold black-and-white drake makes it one of the most…

Burchell's zebra is a staple plains-game animal, prized for its striking striped hide and challenging as a surprisingly tough…

The bushbuck is a small, secretive spiral-horned antelope often called the "poor man's kudu" for the challenge it offers in thick…

The bushpig is a powerful, largely nocturnal wild pig of Africa's forests and thickets, hunted over bait, with hounds, or by…

The cackling goose is the compact, small-bodied cousin of the Canada goose, only recently recognized as a separate species.

The California quail, also called the valley quail, is one of the West's most beloved upland gamebirds and a fine introduction to…

The Canada goose is North America's most familiar waterfowl - a big, vocal, intelligent bird that has become both a prized game…

The canvasback is the largest diving duck in North America and one of the most respected trophies in all of waterfowling.

The Cape buffalo is the most dangerous of Africa's Big Five and the benchmark of dangerous-game hunting.

The Cape grysbok is a small, secretive antelope of the dense fynbos and thicket of the southern Cape, a coveted "tiny ten" trophy…

The caribou is the great wanderer of the North American big-game world - a member of the deer family uniquely adapted to the open…

The chamois is a small, agile goat-antelope of the high mountains, and hunting one is as much a test of legs and lungs as of…

The chukar is a tough, handsome upland game bird that has earned a near-mythical reputation among Western hunters - and a saying…

The cinnamon teal is a small dabbling duck of the American West, and for hunters in the Pacific and western Central flyways it is…

The clapper rail, called the "marsh hen" by coastal hunters, is a chicken-sized salt-marsh bird and one of the few rails legally…

The Columbia blacktail deer is the deer of the rainy Pacific coast - a coastal subspecies of the mule deer, adapted to the dense…

The common eider is the largest duck in North America and the premier trophy of northern sea-duck hunting.

The common goldeneye is a hardy diving duck of big, cold water, prized by late-season hunters who don't mind ice in the decoy…

The common merganser is a large, fish-eating diving duck often called a "sawbill" for its serrated, hook-tipped bill built to…

The Common (North American) porcupine is a large, slow-moving, quill-covered rodent - the continent's second-largest rodent after…

The common or southern reedbuck is the largest of the reedbucks, a graceful antelope of tall grass and reedbeds hunted along…

The Corsican ram is a hardy hybrid sheep raised and hunted on ranches across Texas and the American South, popular as an…

The Coues deer - pronounced "cows" - is the diminutive desert whitetail of the American Southwest, a subspecies of the…

The coyote is North America's most adaptable wild predator and one of the most popular targets for varmint and predator hunters.

The Dall sheep is the white wild sheep of the far north - a striking, snow-colored animal of Alaska's and the Yukon's high…

The desert bighorn sheep is the wild sheep of the American Southwest - a hardy, heat-adapted survivor of some of the harshest…

The desert cottontail is the common rabbit of the arid Southwest and Great Basin, a staple small-game target across sagebrush…

The dusky grouse is one of the largest grouse in North America and a classic prize of high western mountains.

The eastern cottontail is the most widespread and commonly hunted rabbit in North America, and rabbit hunting remains one of the…

The common eland is one of the two largest antelopes on earth (only the giant eland is larger on average), an ox-like giant that…

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

The Eurasian collared-dove is a large, pale gray dove that is not native to North America, and it has become one of the most…

The fallow deer is one of the most beautiful and widely distributed exotic big-game animals in the United States, prized for the…

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

The fox squirrel is the largest tree squirrel in North America and one of the finest introductory game animals a new hunter can…

The Fulvous Whistling Duck is a tall, long-legged, goose-like waterfowl of southern marshes and flooded rice country.

The gadwall is one of the most underrated ducks in North America and a quietly rewarding bird for the beginning waterfowler.

The Gambel's quail is the signature upland gamebird of the American Southwest and one of the most enjoyable pursuits a new bird…

The gemsbok is a magnificent African oryx that has established free-ranging herds in the American Southwest, most famously across…

The gray fox is the red fox's quieter, more secretive cousin - a smaller predator of brushy woodlands that offers some of the…

The gray partridge - also widely known as the Hungarian partridge, or simply the "Hun" - is a compact, fast-flying upland game…

The eastern gray squirrel is, for countless American hunters, the very first game they ever pursued - and it remains one of the…

In the states and provinces where populations have recovered and seasons are open, the gray wolf is one of the most challenging…

The greater kudu is one of Africa's most beautiful spiral-horned antelope, and it has become a common and sought-after exotic on…

The greater prairie-chicken is a grassland grouse of the American tallgrass and mixed-grass prairie, famous for the spectacular…

The greater sage-grouse is the largest grouse in North America and an icon of the western sagebrush sea.

The greater white-fronted goose, known to hunters as the "specklebelly" or simply "speck," is one of the most prized geese in…

The green-winged teal is the smallest dabbling duck in North America, and it gives waterfowlers a fast, decoy-friendly bird that…

The grey, or common, duiker is a small bush-loving antelope found across most of sub-Saharan Africa, often hunted at dusk and by…

The grizzly bear is one of North America's most iconic and powerful big-game animals - and also one of the most legally…

The harlequin duck is a small, hardy sea duck named for the drake's clownish, painted plumage (Histrionicus means "theatrical" or…

The Himalayan snowcock is a large exotic game bird introduced to the Ruby Mountains of Nevada, offering one of the most…

The Himalayan tahr is a shaggy, powerfully built mountain goat-antelope native to the high Himalaya and, since a long-ago…

The hog deer is a small, stocky, low-slung deer that hunts nothing like its taller relatives.

The hooded merganser is a small fish-eating diving duck and one of the most striking birds a waterfowler can bring to hand.

The ibex is the iconic wild mountain goat of the high country, instantly recognized by the massive, backward-sweeping scimitar…

The impala is the antelope most hunters meet first on the African plains, and it is hard to imagine a better introduction to…

The javelina - also called the collared peccary - is the desert Southwest's most accessible and underrated big-game animal.

The king eider is the most spectacular of the sea ducks and one of the great trophies of hardcore waterfowling, hunted in the…

The klipspringer is a small, sturdy, rock-loving antelope that lives on kopjes and cliffs, bouncing between boulders on the very…

The lesser scaup is one of the most abundant diving ducks in North America, and for many waterfowlers it is the bird that defines…

Lichtenstein's hartebeest is a red-brown, high-shouldered antelope of the savannas and floodplains of south-eastern and central…

The long-tailed duck, formerly called the oldsquaw, is a fast, elegant sea duck of northern coasts and a prized sea-duck trophy.

The mallard is the most abundant, widely distributed, and recognizable duck in North America, and for most waterfowlers it is the…

The markhor is the tallest wild goat at the shoulder (the Siberian ibex is longer and heavier) and the national animal of…

The marsh rabbit is a small, dark, water-loving cottontail of the southeastern wetlands, a strong swimmer often hunted along…

The Montezuma quail, also called Mearns quail, is a shy, boldly patterned little quail of the oak-grass mountains of the…

The moose is the largest member of the deer family on Earth and the heavyweight of North American big game.

The mottled duck is a distinctly Southern bird, a resident dabbler of the Gulf Coast marshes and peninsular Florida that rarely…

The mouflon is a wild sheep widely regarded as the ancestor of all domestic sheep, and across the ranches of the Texas Hill…

The mountain goat is North America's true alpine specialist - a shaggy, white, sure-footed climber that lives higher and on…

The mountain lion - also called cougar, puma, panther, or catamount - is North America's large, secretive cat and the continent's…

The mountain quail is the largest quail in the United States and one of the most beautiful, wearing a long, straight head plume…

The mountain reedbuck is a small, agile antelope of rocky hillsides and high grassland, offering a challenging spot-and-stalk…

The mourning dove is the most widely hunted game bird in the United States, and for millions of hunters it marks the true start…

The mule deer is the iconic deer of the American West - a big-eared, high-country wanderer that defines the experience of hunting…

The muskox is a shaggy, ice-age survivor of the Arctic tundra and one of the most remarkable and hard-won big-game animals a…

The nilgai is the largest antelope native to Asia and, thanks to ranch introductions a century ago, one of the most distinctive…

The nine-banded armadillo is a range-expanding mammal, a relatively recent arrival that spread into the US from Mexico (with…

The northern pintail is one of North America's most elegant ducks - a slender, long-necked dabbler the drake of which sports the…

The northern shoveler is one of the most recognizable ducks on any marsh, thanks to the enormous spatula-shaped bill that gives…

The nutria is a large, invasive semi-aquatic rodent native to South America, introduced to the US via the fur trade in the early…

The nyala is a strikingly handsome spiral-horned antelope of southeastern Africa and a coveted plains-game trophy.

The oribi is a slender, long-necked little antelope of open grassland, one of the "tiny ten" and a real test to approach across…

The Plain Chachalaca is a chicken-sized, long-tailed gamebird of the tropical cracid family and the only huntable member of that…

The black-tailed prairie dog is the quintessential Western varmint and one of the most popular targets for long-range rimfire and…

The pronghorn - often called the "speed goat" or simply the antelope, though it is neither a goat nor a true antelope - is the…

The puku is a sandy-brown antelope of wet grassland in south-central Africa, a relative of the lechwe that lives on marshy ground…

The raccoon is one of America's most familiar mammals and a cornerstone of the country's furbearer and predator hunting tradition.

The red fox is the classic predator and furbearer of the North American hunter's imagination - sharp, wary, and beautiful in its…

The red hartebeest is a tall, oddly proportioned plains antelope of southern Africa, prized for its stamina and the long stalks…

The red lechwe is the antelope that lives in the water: it feeds in flooded meadows and uses knee-deep water as its refuge from…

The American red squirrel, or pine squirrel, is a small, feisty tree squirrel of northern and mountain conifer forests, a…

The red stag is the European cousin of the North American elk and one of the most prized exotic big-game animals a hunter can…

The redhead is a hardy, fast-flying diving duck that pulls waterfowlers off the shallow marsh and onto big water.

The ring-necked duck is a small diving duck that hunts more like a puddle duck than the big-water diver it technically is.

The ring-necked pheasant is an iconic upland game bird and, for many American hunters, the gateway to wing-shooting behind a dog.

The roan is one of Africa's largest and most prestigious antelopes, a horse-like giant of the wooded savanna prized as a premier…

The rock ptarmigan is the higher, barer-ground cousin of the willow ptarmigan, a bird of windswept ridges, scree and Arctic…

The rock squirrel is one of the largest ground squirrels in the United States, a stout, bushy-tailed rodent of the arid Southwest.

The Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep is the largest of North America's wild sheep and, for many hunters, the ultimate big-game trophy.

The roe deer is a small, elegant deer of Europe and the classic quarry of the Continental and British stalker.

The Roosevelt elk is the largest-bodied of North America's elk subspecies - a heavy, dark, rainforest-dwelling animal that…

Ross's goose is a diminutive white goose, essentially a miniature snow goose, that mixes into the great white-goose flocks of the…

The ruddy duck is one of North America's most distinctive little waterfowl - a tiny, energetic diving duck with a stiff cocked…

The ruffed grouse is the king of the northern forest uplands - a fast, secretive woodland bird often called the "king of game…

The rusa deer is a handsome tropical deer with a rut that can be heard across a valley.

The sable antelope is widely considered one of the most striking and coveted trophies in all of African hunting.

The sambar is one of the largest deer in the world and an impressive exotic big-game animal for hunters in the United States…

The sandhill crane is one of the most rewarding and challenging waterfowl-style hunts in North America.

The scaled quail is the running ghost of the arid Southwest, a pale desert gamebird that rewards hunters willing to cover ground…

The scimitar-horned oryx is a striking North African antelope that has become one of the great conservation stories of modern…

The sharp-tailed grouse is one of North America's premier prairie game birds - a fast, wild-flushing native of the northern…

The sika deer is not a true deer of the whitetail mold but a small, dark, elk relative native to East Asia.

The sitatunga is a secretive, swamp-dwelling spiral-horned antelope, one of the most challenging and specialized plains-game…

The Sitka blacktail deer is a small, stocky subspecies of mule deer native to the wet coastal rainforests of Southeast Alaska and…

The snow goose is a mid-sized North American goose famous for two things: its dazzling white plumage and its sheer abundance.

The snowshoe hare is a beloved small-game quarry of the northern forests, offering one of the most accessible and affordable…

The sooty grouse is a large mountain grouse of the Pacific coastal ranges, once lumped with the dusky grouse as the "blue grouse."

The sora is one of the most overlooked game birds in North America, and that is exactly why it deserves a closer look.

The springbok is South Africa's national animal and one of the most popular open-plains hunts on the continent.

The spruce grouse is a bird of the deep northern conifer forest, and hunting it is as much about getting into wild country as it…

The steenbok is a small, bright rufous antelope of open country, common across southern Africa and often taken as a miniature…

The Stone sheep is one of North America's most coveted and difficult mountain-game animals - a dark-coated wild sheep of the high…

The suni is one of the smallest hoofed animals on earth and among the hardest of the "tiny ten" to hunt, a shy dwarf of dense…

The surf scoter is the scoter with white on its head: the drake carries one white patch on the forehead and another on the nape…

The swamp rabbit, or "cane-cutter," is the largest cottontail in North America and a classic quarry of southern bottomland hunts…

Teal are the smallest dabbling ducks in North America, and they offer some of the most fast-paced, accessible, and…

The tsessebe is among the fastest antelopes in Africa - Wikipedia's account gives a top speed of up to 90 km/h - and one of the…

The tule elk is North America's smallest elk subspecies and a remarkable conservation comeback story.

The tundra swan is North America's most common wild swan and a rare, permit-only waterfowl trophy in the handful of states that…

The vaal rhebok, or grey rhebok, is a woolly-coated mountain antelope of the high plateaus of South Africa, widely considered one…

The Virginia opossum is North America's only native marsupial and one of the more unusual animals a hunter can pursue.

The Virginia Rail is a small, secretive freshwater-marsh bird and a legal migratory game bird across much of the US, though it…

The warthog is one of the most popular plains-game animals in Africa - abundant, fun to hunt, and a favorite of both rifle and…

The waterbuck is a large, shaggy antelope known for its long forward-curving horns and the distinctive white "toilet-seat" ring…

The white-tailed jackrabbit is a large hare of the northern plains and high sagebrush country, a fast, wide-open small-game…

The white-tailed ptarmigan is the smallest ptarmigan - the smallest bird in the grouse tribe - and the only ptarmigan native to…

The white-winged scoter is the largest of the scoters and takes its name from the white secondary feathers that flash in flight…

The whitetail deer is the most widely hunted big-game animal in North America, and for good reason.

The wild turkey is the crown jewel of North American game birds and arguably the most thrilling small-game pursuit a beginning…

The wildebeest, or gnu, is one of the iconic plains animals of Africa and a staple of the plains-game safari.

The willow ptarmigan is a hardy northern grouse of the tundra and willow country, and the classic wing-shooting bird of Alaska…

The Wilson's snipe is one of the most challenging and rewarding wingshooting targets in North America, a real and respected…

The wood duck is widely considered the most beautiful waterfowl species in North America, and for many hunters it is the bird…

The woodchuck, also known as the groundhog, is the classic North American varmint - a big burrowing rodent that has taught more…

The yellow-bellied marmot, often called a "rockchuck," is a large ground squirrel of the western mountains, pursued mainly as a…