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 ...

Experience has taught us that the annual whitetail rut is not always the one-dimensional occurrence so often portrayed. The annual whitetail rut usually has three distinct peaks of breeding activity, ...

When David Moreland talks about deer, a lot of people listen, especially hunters. And, when he was talking deer during Friday’s frosty morning, he had just climbed down from his East Feliciana Parish ...

The 2025 whitetail rut has wound down across the Midwest Region. Increasingly rare reports of a buck standing guard over a ...

A big deer walks out of the thick stuff, eases down the trail, and stops broadside just 20 yards away. He scans the surroundings, sniffs the air, and lip curls for good measure. You loose an arrow and ...

Deer are on the move. This is the time of year that male deer, referred to as bucks, break from their normally elusive lifestyles and devote all hours of the day to chasing receptive female deer, ...

The best deer hunters in the nation (known and unknown) all share a common thread. They are students of deer and the woods, and they never stop learning. As such, they continually experiment with new ...

Whitetail deer hunting in New York covers a variety of seasons and hunting implements. Of course, like most outdoor activities, timing is everything. The time is now if you are looking to take ...

The deer breeding season, or rut, makes early November the best time for archery hunting in Pennsylvania. Bucks are more active during the day this time of year, often found near does in areas with ...

Every fall, the woods of Arkansas are alive with excitement as white-tailed deer begin the rut, their yearly mating season. Normally ghostlike in the woods, bucks throw aside their caution, striding ...