Longtime deer hunter and outdoor writer Ben East explains the biggest mistakes both deer and deer hunters make in the woods.

Well, it’s not real velvet, but every year about August and September, most white-tailed buck deer have thick-appearing antlers covered with a hairy substance somewhat resembling tan velvet. I ...

During the breeding season, white-tailed deer might use their eyes and noses to navigate signs—forehead secretions on trees ...

Learn why Georgia chose the white-tailed deer as its state animal, blending history, lawmaking, ecology, and everyday life.

When it comes to food plots, it’s not particularly hard to grow something green that a whitetail deer will eat, but that doesn’t mean it will do squat to help your deer hunting. Spring is the time of ...

Indiana’s biggest buck scored 303 7/8 inches. Learn how the legendary Beck buck compares to other record whitetails.

With the year coming to an end, we look back on some of the biggest bucks and the best deer hunting stories from 2025.

Wolves returned to Washington state in 2008. A new study shows that, despite their rising numbers, wolves are not having much of an impact on white-tailed deer, one of their primary prey. Scientists ...