Many deer hunters wait all year for the peak of the apparent whitetail rut, this year to occur in early November 2025. But late October, leading up to the high point of daytime action, as opposed to ...

Wildlife agencies in several states are reviewing proposed deer hunting regulation changes that could expand opportunities in ...

Don’t get it twisted: The classic big-buck destinations are still great. Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois still produce giants every year. Texas deer hunters still kill more whitetails than anyone else. And ...

When you think about what it takes to be a successful whitetail guide, it’s a wonder they even exist. It’s their job to make the big-buck dreams of perfect strangers come true over and over again, all ...

Oakmont is taking the next steps toward deer population management. During Oakmont Council’s agenda meeting Tuesday, Luke ...

CHEYENNE — A measure to separate mule deer hunting licenses from whitetail deer licenses made it past a panel of lawmakers Tuesday. The Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources ...

This story, “The Trophy Trap,” was originally published in the November 2006 issue of Outdoor Life. It was almost 40 years ago that the first whitetail came into my life. I dropped him on a granite ...

JARED SCHEFFLER’S ideal archery shot on a whitetail buck is either quartering to or facing head-on. He hunts exclusively from the ground. Scheffler shoots a longbow, and he uses heavy arrows that are ...