The rut gets all the attention when it comes to big bucks hitting the dirt, but let’s be honest; during the frenzy of the breeding season, with deer running willy nilly through the woods, a lot of ...

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 ...

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 can increase your odds November is the time of year every deer hunter ...

Now, as antlers are done growing and nearing the time for velvet shedding (usually around Labor Day), those largest bucks, the alphas, are apt to be caught on trail cams while on the move on a buck ...

Deer hunters get excited when they hear that the rut is at hand. That’s because of what the rut means to big bucks. The rut is something that occurs over several weeks in the fall. It’s the period ...

While bucks are fattening their bodies and growing antlers, female deer (otherwise known as does) are preparing for a short period of breeding behavior or estrus. This breeding period, called deer ...

If there’s anything deer hunters can agree on, it’s that we love to argue. There’s plenty to debate: scent control vs. hunting the wind, treestand vs. saddle hunting, compounds vs. crossbows — the ...

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

This season, I shot my biggest buck ever: a Kentucky main-frame 12-pointer with a couple extra points that scored 168 6/8 inches. And I shot that big sum-buck over a yellow pile of ear and ...

Halloween is a very special timeframe for me, due primarily to the fact that autumn has peaked, and of Michigan’s four seasons, autumn has always been my favorite. I fully appreciate the bright fall ...

Every year, just about precisely the same time the Mississippi River is turning from the clarity of a mountain stream to the opacity of an anvil, the bucks around Woodville, Miss., remember that does ...

A doe appeared in the corner of the old skid road, walked stiff-legged for a few steps, then broke into a quick trot for a couple of seconds before stopping and throwing her head back over her ...