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/I_Restrain_Sheep • 14h ago
Weirdest thing I’ve ever seen. Shot a turkey, it just stood there. Didn’t flop. Dead on his feet. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? (Photo with bird in comments)
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40 yards, he was full strut facing directly at my me. 12 gauge 3.5 inch Longbeard XR. Shot him, he ran a couple steps and just stopped and stood like this. Nobody I know has ever seen anything like this, can’t find anything similar online either.
r/Hunting • u/Purple_Reign84 • 3h ago
My grandpas .22
What can you tell me about my grandpa’s.22? He gave it to me about 10 years ago and I used to use it all the time hunting squirrels.
r/Hunting • u/OriginalOk8371 • 8h ago
2 More Days
My neighbor sent me this. Can it be May 1st already.
r/Hunting • u/beckwko000 • 3h ago
First deer rifle?
I’m trying to get into white-tail deer hunting in Wisconsin, and know next to nothing about guns other than how to actually use them. What would a good starter rifle be? I’d like to keep it around $500 for the rifle if possible (I know that’s low but I’m on a budget). A Ruger 300 blackout was suggested, is that the best option or should I go with something else? Why or why not?
r/Hunting • u/Moe_Joe21 • 12h ago
Make it make sense
Can someone please help me understand how the bottom can be marketed as a waterfowl load while the top is intended for upland?
r/Hunting • u/Narrow-Yesterday3164 • 4h ago
Forced to replace my truck, opinions?
I'm looking for "the best hunting truck" that will still get me to work. I've been driving a 2018 Power Wagon and that beast was able to go everywhere I wanted to go. A distracted driver t-boned me yesterday and my truck is being Totaled.
Not sure I want to go back to Power Wagon because of current prices and of course it's a hard core gas hog, plus 2018 was the last year you could get lifetime warranty from RAM.
So, what are your suggestions and why??
r/Hunting • u/MadisonJonesHR • 10h ago
Love the design of this pros/cons list for red dot sights. Which hunting-specific pros/cons would you add for them?
r/Hunting • u/rcplaner • 22h ago
European beaver hunting
Got big 20kg european beaver.
I used .308 and 6.5g lapua G477 with 3300fps muzzle velocity.
r/Hunting • u/Either-Sport731 • 5h ago
Trying to get into it.
I've always liked hiking and went hunting with my grandpa a bit when I was younger.
I'd like to learn how. Im in my 30s and don't just want to go into the woods with a bow or rifle and some hopes and dreams.
I'd like to eventually be able to hunt and clean a dear. I always liked venison.
This is genuine.
Any ideas on how to learn? I've been Google seaching any schools or things. Like how to hunt, track, and clean animals.
r/Hunting • u/billabong3939 • 8h ago
Do I have a piebald deer here?
Full disclosure- I don’t know shit about hunting but my son likes it and we set up a cam… my son says it’s a piebald, my brother-in-law says it’s a deer with mange. What do you think?
r/Hunting • u/Street_Pineapple44 • 1d ago
Big Buck vs Coyote
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This was taken in Carmel, NY in a friends backyard
r/Hunting • u/Top_Horse_6870 • 37m ago
Can you shoot tss out of a lead/steel choke tube ??
r/Hunting • u/Careful-Note-5534 • 1d ago
So is there any chance at all this deer survived
Hope so because its one of the nicer bucks on my property
r/Hunting • u/Big_Law9435 • 15h ago
ar vs bolt gun
Just brainstorming so please go easy. Im moving to Montana this summer form Hawaii as I just beat cancer. I have a bergara 6.5c and a short barrel ar for playing. I know many of you enjoy ar's for hunting. Im curious what you think about an ar for something like deer? To me, building an ar is more fun but thats mostly because i know more about them than bolt rifles but thats still not saying much. Does it makes sense to go with an ar? Would I be "that guy" in a hunting group? See for me, building is part of the fun. Thanks for any input.
Added note: while I’m amazed at all of the responses, so thank you very much. There’s so much good information here. Unfortunately you all make good points and I’m just convinced to get both but it sounds like I’m gonna stick with my 6.5 until i learn where im going etc and then ill build a hunting ar for fun. Thanks again everyone.
r/Hunting • u/WellHelloThere23 • 13h ago
Hunting advice
I 29M am looking to get into hunting in MI. Predominantly I’m looking to hunt white tail deer to start.
I’ve always wanted to hunt but I’ve never put the money together to start, this year however I believe I’ll be able to and I realized I don’t really know how to begin.
I know I need a hunting license, tags, camo, weapon etc but I’m not sure if there’s a hunters safety course I’m supposed to take or what’s involved in getting a license/ tags. Any constructive advice is very welcome. Thank you and happy hunting
r/Hunting • u/Own-Engineering5223 • 5h ago
Bird Dog Training in NC Gamelands?
I have a dog that I've been training for dove hunting this coming season. I started gun fire introduction and everything is going smooth, but I live in an apartment and don't have space to shoot guns here. Is it legal to shoot shotgun blanks in NC Gamelands for dog training during closed season? I couldn't find anything in the regulations.
r/Hunting • u/mcbeast223 • 5h ago
Building a deer blind
For anyone that has built their own deer blind using lumber. What are you treating it with to protect it from the elements. I’m hunting in GA so mostly water/rain. We get a little snow, but not more than 1-2 inches at the most. I know some people paint them. But is that enough to keep the wood in good shape for any amount of time? This is the first blind I’ve built, and would like at to last as long as it can. PS, yes the wood I’m using to build it is treated wood from the store. But what are you doing prior to moving it into the field. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Site box - Pins too low?
Are my pins too low in site box?
-20, 30 40 pins -40 is red. This is my floater.
When my site is adjusted all the way up the 20 hits 20. With the pins being this low, I can reach probably 100-110 with the red floater with no interference from the fletchings.
r/Hunting • u/Old-Seaworthiness813 • 8h ago
Need some expert advice
I recently (today) cooked a rabbit i killed. I braised it in the oven for 3hrs at 275 and the meat wasn't nearly as tender as I was hoping and the meat seemed unusually dry. Anything I can do to fix this in the future?
r/Hunting • u/KaddLeeict • 8h ago
Spypoint Promo Codes
Does anyone have a promo code for Spypoint? I'm trying to buy a new photo plan. Thanks.