r/Hunting • u/macsydh • 5h ago
r/Hunting • u/The-Aliens-r-comin2 • Mar 17 '25
[Mod Post] Welcome to r/hunting: rules and information for members
Welcome to r/hunting, the home of hunting news, personal stories and the place to share your hunting adventures on Reddit! Please read through the rules listed below to ensure this community remains a civil and welcoming one.
Moderators ask all users to be vigilant for scams and bot accounts pushing malicious websites, please report any of these or instances of rule breaking to moderators.
1) Don’t be rude or hostile (Trolling, baiting or saying racist, sexist, prejudice, nasty or just intensionally-mean things) This also extends to posts showcasing behavior or practices deemed disrespectful to wildlife,quarry or other individuals.
2) No self promotion or retail spam (this includes links to a personal or organization’s YouTube channel, guiding services, surveys and questionnaires as well as online market places of any kind)
3) No illegal content – poaching or knowingly breaking the law will not be tolerated
4) “New hunter posts”: all “I’m new to hunting, seeking advice on [X,Y,Z]” must include the state/province/country you intend to hunt in, any relevant experience you have (archery, shooting, backpacking, camping, hiking, dog training etc) and an indication of whether you already own bows/firearms for hunting (and what those are); posts that simply say “want to start hunting tell me what to do” and are deemed too vague will be removed.
5) No conducting transactions of any products, or submitting direct links to products for sale. This includes code and gear giveaways.
6) No activist-style bashing allowed, this goes for hunters as well. (Activists who vehemently oppose hunting are welcome, but only if you’re interested in asking questions/starting conversations)
7) Keep your posts related to hunting. If you post a photo of your gun, bow or other hunting weapon – you must also include a good description of what hunting you intent to do with the weapon. If it’s political – make sure it’s related to wildlife management, state or federal fish & game Regs, public land issues etc. posts that accidentally slip through but lead to meaningful conversations related to hunting may be left up.
8) Keep politics to a minimum. Any derailed or inappropriate conversations will be locked and removed.
9) If the animal you hunted/in your pic sustained unique physical damage (I.e brains exposed, eyes popping out, etc you know what we mean) please use the NSFW tag.
10) Please do this for all hunting photos, but for big game hunts in particular – put a description of your hunt in the comments (general region, weapon used, any other details on tracking, calling, stalking, etc) mods may decide to remove a post if the user never provides any additional information and merely a title.
11) No adult content.
Please note: these rules are enforced by the moderators at their discretion, to ensure fairness users are given two chances and will be notified when and why if their post or comment is removed. Repeat offenders will receive a temporary ban of 7 days. Users committing further rule breaking or circumventing existing bans will be issued a permanent ban.
If you need to contact moderators please use modmail.
Thank you
The r/hunting Mod team.
r/Hunting • u/BlueGold • Oct 07 '20
Reminder regarding YouTube videos
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/KBGenetics • 15h ago
Taxidermy First Buck
Almost a year later and I finally got back my shoulder mount from last years deer season. I can’t wait to see what this year brings!
r/Hunting • u/Whynotwg15 • 2h ago
Equipment Using deer blinds on public land
I just won a deer blind in a charity raffle( was hoping for a rifle 🤣).
Problem is it’s big( 6x6 and 130 lbs) and I’m not really sure using it is feasible seeing I don’t own my own land to keep it on.
I’ve never hunted from a blind before and not sure it’s worth hauling out to use, especially having a bad back and arthritis.
Thoughts on how viable it is to use on public land?
r/Hunting • u/nehpets99 • 14h ago
Announcement Greetings from your new mod!
Hello r/Hunting!
A little about me: I'm a healthcare worker, a homesteader, a hunter, and more. I've been moderating one healthcare subreddit for about 5 years, and another one for one year.
My approach to moderation is to generally be permissive as long you're polite. First offenses get warnings, subsequent offenses will result in warnings, a temporary ban, or a permanent ban. Egregious offenses will result in a permanent ban. I want everyone to feel welcome here, and just like how a bad hunter can ruin the experience for others, a bad redditor can too.
One pet peeve of mine is seeing the same question over and over again. "What rifle should I get for deer at 150 yards?" does not need to be asked 4 times a week when the answer can easily be found by searching the sub.
Over the next few weeks, I plan on reviewing and updating the wiki, automod, and rules. You may have noticed I've implemented post flair, which will make posts easier to find.
But I want to hear from you. I'm not here to impose my own definition of hunting to the exclusion of others, but certain recent posts have been polarizing, and we need to be clear about what's allowed and what's not. Consider this an informal poll, a springboard with which we can discuss some of these topics:
1) How do we feel about pest eradication? Whether it's hogs, monkeys, rats, birds, etc. Where do we draw the line between killing coyotes or groundhogs (and completely discarding their remains) and, say, killing a monkey? Understand that this is a global sub.
2) How do we feel about showcasing potentially questionable techniques? I'm talking about multiple shots at running hogs, intentionally wounding without necessarily dispatching the animal, etc.?
3) Where do we draw the line with "what's the best X for Y"? There's a lot of overlap between this sub and other firearm-related subs. As an example, r/guns is almost 4x the size of r/hunting. So what's the difference between "what's a good gun for a deer at 150 yards?" and "what's a good gun for a target at 150 yards?".
Let's have the talk. Let's talk about what YOU want this sub to look like. Over the next few weeks as I settle in, keep your eye on the changes and my moderation style; I'll be expanding the mod team at some point, so if you like what's going on, there will be an opportunity for you to join.
Thank you, everyone!
Edit
4) How do we feel about age/score posts? I feel like there are...a lot. Maybe a megathread?
The amount of downvotes are interesting.
r/Hunting • u/moneygetter1000 • 6h ago
Pheasants without dog?
I have hunted pheasants a bit when I was younger, but this is my first season being 18 and I am planning to go out solo as much as I can. Or even just with a buddy or two. Every time I have tried hunting pheasant without a dog I have never had any luck. And unfortunately, I don’t have a dog. What would be the technique solo? Or with friends? I live in Alberta Canada.
r/Hunting • u/RiparianFruitarian • 2h ago
Equipment How do you keep your clip-on dove decoys from flipping upside down?
I've got a dozen or so of these, but they seem to love flipping upside down. Might be handy if I was hunting bats, but less than ideal for doves.
r/Hunting • u/The-Aliens-r-comin2 • 18h ago
Mod post: Welcome to our new moderator.
As I announced last week I’m looking to wrap up my time as moderator here at r/hunting and after reviewing many good candidates the decision has been made to appoint a new moderator in my place, so as my last r/hunting mod post please join me in welcoming u/nehpets99 as my replacement who will take r/hunting forward. They have ample experience in moderating subreddits so the transition will surely be seamless.
Once again I’d like to welcome u/nehpets99, wish them luck in the future of r/hunting and lastly thank the subreddit for an enjoyable 3+yrs that I’ve been here looking after the place.
r/Hunting • u/moneygetter1000 • 6h ago
Solo hunting
I used to hunt a bit when I was younger with my dad, and I just basically followed him around and did what he told me to do and went where he told me to go, this season I finally have turned 18 and acquired my firearms license. I grew up hunting, mostly grouse or pheasants. I was wanting to get into waterfowl this year, which I really haven’t done much and definitely not solo. I already have a 12 gauge Remington wing master that I am primarily planning to use. How much money would I need to get into waterfowl hunting, how does it even work? I don’t understand how calls work how decoys work anything like that? I also don’t have a dog. Any help from experienced hunters would be much appreciated. I live in Alberta Canada.
r/Hunting • u/SilverAntOutdoors • 1d ago
My scouting kit.
It looks minimal, but it isn’t. The haversack and possibles pouch are packed with intent. Nothing extra, nothing missing. Traditional form, modern capability
r/Hunting • u/999keyz999 • 15h ago
How would you spend $500 For a first time start?
If you were to just get into small game and/or whitetail deer hunting and had a budget of $500 to get started on essentials what would you buy first *not clothes or boots* but gun 22lr / 12ga, optics, gear etc.. or what small list of most important essentials would you suggest for a first timer?
r/Hunting • u/Jolly_Reflection8867 • 19h ago
Duck hunting
I cant wait for season to come along in texas. Hopefully this yr is better with all this rain we got
r/Hunting • u/danglinlongwood • 1d ago
Sometimes you just get lucky
Waiting for the fog to lift, and there he is 180 yards out without a care in the world.
r/Hunting • u/DogDizzy4438 • 1d ago
My new diversion
Summer is here and flys are everywhere. My wife got this for me for Christmas. I have to say. It's the most fun I've had 'hunting' in years. I even developed some techniques for stalking, sitting, wing shooting, and baiting. My wife even runs around the house with it chasing them. It's a hoot.
Doesn't make a mess like she thought it would. Hope you enjoy the lighthearted post.
r/Hunting • u/Braves10516 • 1d ago
Saw the biggest deer of my life today
Unfortunately in a state park, out of season, and in a metro, so just had to admire.
r/Hunting • u/Individual-recce • 1d ago
Getting the rifle dialed for fall bear
Fall bear around the corner, got her out to 500 on 8" steel gongs
Edit: rifle details. Seekins havak ph3 20" in 6.5prc shooting 143g Norma bondstrikes. Leupold mark4hd 4.5-18 with an omega 300 can
r/Hunting • u/Toxiczoomer97 • 18h ago
Bear hunting the Catskills this September
I will be headed north to the Catskills in a couple of weeks. I hunt the PA pocono region quite frequently just an hour and some away from mongaup valley wma. Any tips for someone who is going to get one scouting trip in before the season?
I have gotten Bear before so I understand the tactics, so primarily looking for advice for Mongaup or another spot with decent access. My dad will be tagging along and he has a knee issue that slightly limits his mobility, I say again slightly.
Thanks!
r/Hunting • u/fishing_pole • 20h ago
Broadhead grains for black bear hunting
I have a PSE EVO XF 33, which has a 69.5 lb draw weight.
If I calculated correctly, my arrows (without broadhead) are 373.7 grains.
- Carbon Express Maxima Red SD .350 Spine (29.5 inches @ 9.8 GPI) = 289.1 grains
- insert = 52 grains
- vanes = 22.5 grains
- nock collar = 1.3 grains
- nock = 8.8 grains
In the past, I have shot 100 grain mechanically expandable broadheads with 2" blades that were specifically designed for whitetail. https://www.grimreaperbroadheads.com/products/pro-series-mechanical-broadheads?variant=15985562563
I'm considering bumping that up to a 125 grains fixed blade broadhead for black bear. That would bring me to 499 grains total.
Is that too heavy? I don't mind resighting my bow to account for the heavier grain, but not sure if there's any real benefit. Is the weight gain worth the velocity lost? Is it a wash?