Cabela's Outdoor Adventures is a hunting video game released only in North America on September 8, 2009 by Activision for home consoles, and on October 13, 2009 for Microsoft Windows.

The game received favorable reviews from critics, with praise given for improvement from previous installments of the series.

The game features North America's top outdoor destinations, over 50 hunting and fishing adventures and intensive use of gear and tactics, such as animal calls and stealth skills.

In the 50 planned outings that are available for play, virtual outdoorsmen and women can set their sights on great variety of a herd animals, predators, and game birds, or cast a line for several species of fresh and saltwater fish.

[1] New to the series is a reworked shooting system known as VITALS (Visually Integrated Targeting and Lock-on System) that allows the player to focus on delivering an accurate shot to the prey's vitals, while also creating a closer and more personal view of the animals as they react realistically to being hunted.

The player hikes through a forest, hunting black-tailed prairie dog and blue grouse, and gets to the valley and shoots the buck from a lower ridge.

Then the player is in a blind and is told to hunt some mallard ducks and then he goes to fish for white bass and crappie.

After killing two elk, the player heads off to fish for smallmouth bass and rainbow trout, then hunt for blue-winged teal.

Once the player calls in and kills a bull caribou, he goes to a lake where, after hunting some ruffed grouse, he has to sneak past some does to shoot a buck.

After setting up a decoy and taking a bull moose, the player heads over to a small pond where the piebald buck is, hunting fox squirrel along the way.

After crossing the river and hunting white-tailed ptarmigan, the player finds the large bear outside a cave and kills him.

It was going to feature "a simulation-style, seamlessly integrated experience that includes big game hunting, fishing and bird shooting".

Bryan Stave of Cabela's commented "I commend Activision for their commitment to simulating the outdoor sports in a challenging, fun and exciting format.

Cabela's Outdoor Adventures gives real enthusiasts their fix when they can't be in a forest or on a lake".

[8] Lucas Thomas from IGN noted "It's got a few issues and the fishing's mostly phoned in, but Outdoor Adventures may well be a decent option for aspiring woodsmen this season".

PSX Extreme editor Ben Dutka commented "Cabela's Outdoor Adventures is an okay production that has some nice elements and makes a valiant effort to be well worth the $40 price tag.

[9] For the Wii version, IGN's Lucas Thomas stated "Diving into this one is quick and easy, and you can play for short periods of time and still see a lot of action, instead of just sitting around and waiting for hours for bucks and birds to wander by".