r/Hunting • u/Chance-Ad-1419 • 6h ago
Piebald Fawn
This was exciting to see in my drive home!! Hope to see this fawn in a few years.
r/Hunting • u/The-Aliens-r-comin2 • Mar 17 '25
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r/Hunting • u/BlueGold • Oct 07 '20
Hey there r/hunting community,
As usual, looks like lots of y'all have kicked off the season strong! Some real impressive bucks and bulls already, and lots of well-stocked freezers for the first week of October. Heck yah.
Just wanted to post a reminder about posting links to YouTube. Long story short: we remove the vast majority of posts directly linking to YouTube, and we get spammed with them constantly.
Rule #2 prohibits self-promotion, and that includes promotion of social media and YouTube channels. I know for a fact that lots of you guys have quality editing skills and videos that I would spend hours enjoying on YouTube, but we get spammed constantly by YT hunting channels / accounts that've never posted anything else. If we allowed posts to YouTube, this entire sub would just be a compendium of obnoxious "EP. 43 CHECK OUT THIS EPIC TROPHY SHOT" type garbage within a day or two.
I know that not every video people want to share here is actually an attempt to promote a YouTube channel. That's what makes this a difficult rule to enforce. Sometimes people just want to share an old interview of a famous hunter, or some crazy video of a bear climbing into a tree stand, or a bull moose chasing hunter, and the only way to do that is to share the YouTube link. We really do our best to review all of the YT links to allow those kinds of posts to remain here for people to enjoy. That being said, compared to the daily batch of "YOU'VE GOTTA SEE THIS EPIC HUGE BULL ELK #HUNTING #TROPHY #FUCKYAH" type videos spammed here by new accounts that've never posted anything before (especially during the hunting season), those cool videos worth keeping around are relatively rare.
So, if you've got some cool hunting content that's in the form of footage you've actually filmed yourself and want to share here, please take the best part(s), format it into a gif, and post that instead of a link to your YouTube channel. Pretty sure reddit can host gifs up to 3-minutes long now anyway, so... please, at least try to just make that work.
This really isn't a problem with the regular users here either just FYI, y'all are awesome, it's mostly just new accounts with the same name as their YouTube / Insta page, who've never posted anything else. I just wanted to post this because I feel bad for those few people who actually do spend a lot of time and energy putting together a hunting video, post it here just to share with members of this sub, and just have it removed by us. That's not a very large group of people, but I hope anyone in that club reading understands why we have to enforce Rule #2 to include links to users' own YouTube channels. Without it, the vibe of this sub would change dramatically within a day.
At the same time, I'm sure some of you are thinking "what's this dude talking about - I see these bogus YouTube posts and promo-accounts on this sub on the daily and report them constantly, these mods are just lazy assholes." I have no rebuttal to that, I will just say that you're only seeing a fraction of the self-promo / retail garbage type posts we catch and filter out on a daily basis (again, especially between September and January).
If you're interested in sharing more full-length hunting videos on reddit that you've filmed and edited yourself, and are therefore somewhat stuck with having to host content on platforms like YouTube, maybe we can start a new sub like "r/huntingmovies" or something. Happy to help anyone interested in doing that, if you want any.
So, I hope you get the gist. Avoid posting links to YouTube, especially if its to your own YouTube channel.
As a reminder, and in closing: we try to keep a streamlined moderator team comprised of people who are actually passionate about hunting and/or the sporting lifestyle, and we generally try to take a "less is more" approach with content moderation (we like to let you guys take the helm in that regard with downvotes and discussion, rather than us just removing stuff). We generally only remove posts that flagrantly violate a rule, and comments that flagrantly violate a rule (or the occasional a debate that devolves into middle school-tier shit talking, as entertaining as those can be). That said, we can't monitor the progression of every comment section on the sub. Your continued effort to actively report posts and comments you think clearly violate the rules is critical to moderation of this sub. I monitor the queue on the regular and do a few reviews of /new a day to look for obvious promo/retail garbage and troll posts, but the vast majority of posts and comments that I actually remove from the sub are only those that have been reported by you - the members of the r/hunting community. This is your sub, your community, send us a modmail message with suggestions or input anytime.
And please, for the love of god, tell any manager of a YouTube hunting channel, IG hunting page, or gear retailer you meet to leave our sub the hell alone, and to take their marketing effort right on down the road.
Tight lines, big tines, may poachers get cuffed, and freezers get stuffed,
Thanks guys.
Sincerely hope you all enjoy ridiculously fun and uniquely successful big game, upland, waterfowl, and predator seasons this year with people you love, and that you all learn something new in the field that improves your hunting skillset forever.
r/Hunting • u/Chance-Ad-1419 • 6h ago
This was exciting to see in my drive home!! Hope to see this fawn in a few years.
r/Hunting • u/Traditional_Skin5849 • 1h ago
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Full video here - https://youtu.be/qJKXkRmUv3E?si=Whn8rFkzKACucYVf
r/Hunting • u/AstroBexar • 12h ago
Okay yall. I know this question has been asked in other ways. Ive read enough forums I could fill a book and watched so many videos my head spins.
Im purchasing a ruger american Gen ii. I need input on whether I buy a .270 or a 30-06 and want one single rifle for all of it. I am aware that .270 will take black bear. But concerns come up regarding brown bear.
I will be hunting from deer to inland brown bear/grizzly
Please dont give me other suggestions other than .270 or 30-06. Ive narrowed it down to these 2 options. Im aware of 6.5 prc. .308. .300winmag. 7mm.
There are so many forums where all the comments suggest something completely different lol.
I really appreciate your time and thank you for commenting.
r/Hunting • u/Asatmaya • 3h ago
I'm not even baiting this place, but I've got at least a dozen different deer coming through here.
r/Hunting • u/Northwoods_Phil • 6h ago
One of my game cameras has been pretty active all summer and seeing a few nice bucks. Really starting to get the itch for September now. This will be my first year bow hunting and second year on this property. I sure hope the bucks start making daylight appearances but the doe I’m seeing regularly during the day will taste good too
r/Hunting • u/MollyDooker99 • 1d ago
Took this photo in Yosemite two weekends ago, and was curious about the antlers.
r/Hunting • u/SchlopFlopper • 1d ago
Stocking the shelves today and I had these come out of a box.
Are the teeth necessary for reasons other than disturbing me?
r/Hunting • u/OddOrganization9359 • 18h ago
Grown up here in Colorado and have hunted all over. My friends and I are all very experienced hikers. Everyone is giving me different recommendations: Kenetrek, Zamberlan, Schnee, Crispi, etc.
I'm hunting the Sangre De Cristos for 1st rifle Elk. My buddy keeps saying to buy the Scnhee's because the grip is softer and will be better in the cold weather. I guess Kenetreks can be a little hard once it gets cold out.
I need something tough and am willing to pay top dollar, probably up to that $600 price mark.
All the fourteeners and hiking I've done in this state has been with bad or just ok hiking boots, but I'm getting to my 30's and want to set myself up for less foot and ankle issues. (My ankle rolled in my Altra Olympus boots last week)
High top is a must. I don't need much insulation since my feet don't even get cold skiing.
r/Hunting • u/Jr_Riddle • 2h ago
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I have a small property. This buck showed up last year and passed on him to grow. Last year, he also was missing a tine. I figured it maybe broke off, but this year looks like it’s not growing this year either. Would you shoot the buck with a missing tine just to get the genes out of the area?
r/Hunting • u/GAbowhunter94 • 20h ago
East coast guy going on a pronghorn hunt later this summer. I’m taking my 3006 because its the only center fire I own. Planning to zero at 200 yards.
Wondering what bullet y’all would recommend? Ideally something with the least amount of drop at 300 yards, which is definitely my max effective range. Eyeing the Remington core-lokt 125 grains because they seem to be flattest shooting I’ve seen. My tikka shoots most factory ammo sub moa at 100 yards
Any advice is welcome! Thanks everyone
r/Hunting • u/Geisseleboi1990 • 1d ago
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r/Hunting • u/Night_Stalker_69 • 14h ago
Hi, I have had this thought for a very long time but could only afford to travel places recently. I have never hunted and want to learn the basics. I have thought I could travel to visit Alaska (Fairbanks, Kodiak, anywhere really) and also complete a hunt in order to accomplish that objective. I’m from Europe and don’t own any sort of firearm.
Do you guys have any recommendations ? What places are best for that ? Recommended guides etc.
r/Hunting • u/Sexyhunter37 • 1d ago
r/Hunting • u/Geisseleboi1990 • 1d ago
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r/Hunting • u/Shhhhawing • 22h ago
I’m looking for a low cut waterproof muck style boot for this upcoming season and I’ve landed on these 2 models . I’m wondering if anyone has used them and how you liked them.
I hunt sitting 99% of the time but I will need them to be somewhat stabile and athletic feeling because I don’t own a 4 wheeler or anything to drag the deer out , I do it myself so I can’t have my ankles twisting during the process lol.
r/Hunting • u/SuperstitiousLover • 10h ago
As the title suggests, the worst thing that could happen occurred. My fridge freezer decided to kill itself last night and in doing so everything had decided to go off. Whether it was the Roe deer (see post history) or rabbit - it’s all gone. I can’t salvage it as it’s too far gone.
I’m incredibly guilty at the moment. I feel as if life was wasted as myself and my family can no longer enjoy the food provided. Furthermore, it felt so deeming to have to throw away a carcass into the trash as if it was nothing - which it isn’t!!!
I needed to vent. I’m ashamed of this and for the future I’ll have to double and triple check my fridge freezers before committing.
I hope I can be forgiven.
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r/Hunting • u/SmalandOutdoor • 1d ago
I'm in the process of buying a new gun, and have more and more been interested in hunting with iron sights (My Mauser 12 has good sights, but I want a smaller calibre than 9.3x62)
I've been looking at Sako 85 Grizzly and Tikka t3x Arctic. I really wanted the arctic when it came out, and that it's made for shooting without a scope.
I had decided to go with it, but when I found out about the 6-8 month waiting time from Sako/Tikka I started to second guess my decision. I'd love to get some input and also tips on good guns for hunting with iron sights. Both for stalking and for driven hunts.
r/Hunting • u/BigSh00ts • 1d ago
Hi everyone. Sorry if this has been asked, but I will be in grizzley bear country likely once in my life (next month for 4 days). I need y'all to tell me I'm overthinking this.
I don't want to spwnd the money on a 10mm or wheel gun for one trip. Everything else I own is 9mm. Also, i recognize that spray is going to be primary.
My current plan is to bring a full size 9mm with extended mags and some buffalo bore hard cast. Am I overthinking this? Should I be OK with the above and spray?
r/Hunting • u/DarnellMusty • 1d ago
Looking for a combo gun for small game, maybe deer etc. I have seen the TPS M6 in 357, which I like because I can shoot 38 out of it and also get an adapter to still shoot 22lr if I wanted, but it appears to be out of stock everywhere. I was just curious if there are other options that exist out there that I missed.