I settled into my stand and waited. The Kentucky pre-rut with cool afternoon temps combined with the early muzzleloader season had me hopeful. Soon after sitting down, deer poured into the CRP fields ...

That time of year that many deer hunters wait and dream about all year. The peak of the whitetail pre-rut. But it has two sides. On the one hand, bucks are finally on their feet during the daytime, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A buck scent checks a doe. (Tom Torget) The big-racked, muscled-up brute crashes through cover. Operating like a pedigreed cutting ...

My favorite time of the year is finally here. Everyone always talks about the rut. While the rut is a fun time to hunt, no doubt, my personal opinion is that it is not the most productive time.

Natural mating forces cause the bucks to venture out in the daytime periods in search of does that will soon be receptive to their advances. The does will not yet be in estrus causing the buck to ...

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 ...

It was the heart of the breeding season one fall when I shot a nice buck in the act of rubbing a tree. I didn’t pay much attention to this at first. But when it happened a second time, I realized that ...

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