Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The peak rut can be challenging, but by hunting the right spots where you expect to find traveling bucks or a buck with a doe, you ...

Lately, I’ve been fortunate to see several mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) herds not far from home and even managed to see ...

The 2025 whitetail rut has wound down across the Midwest Region. Increasingly rare reports of a buck standing guard over a bedded doe, or a younger buck charging in nose to the ground and breaking up ...

A week of muzzleloader hunting and three days of firearms season for antlerless deer is now complete. In some areas, deer populations may already be reacting, either through a reduction in doe numbers ...

According to the National Deer Association, during the 2023-2024 hunting season, U.S. hunters successfully harvested more than 3 million whitetail bucks, thus establishing a new record for mature buck ...

As I was driving along a primitive road through the thick brush along the Snake River, I saw the wiggle of a white-tailed deer through the brush. I stopped and made a slow stalk through the weeds and ...

Every fall, you are told the same story about the rut: pick a promising stand, sit tight, and eventually... The post The rut misconception that keeps hunters in the wrong spots too long appeared first ...

Editor’s note: This column first appeared Saturday, Nov. 15 in The Trailhead, a free email newsletter featuring Penn’s Woods coverage of Pennsylvania’s great outdoors on lehighvalleylive.com and ...

August is a critical month for the whitetail hunter. Whether your archery season begins in September or October, now is the time to finish your pre-season chores and be ready to strike when the time ...

Late in the Texas deer season, the calendar can quietly shift under your boots. You may think you have... The post Texas late-season deer dates — the calendar shift hunters don’t notice until it’s ...

Every November, Connecticut’s woodlands and fields come alive with the drama of the white-tailed deer breeding season, called the rut. With some of the highest deer densities in the Northeast, the ...