Some years Veterans Day appears as the hottest time, with grunting bucks and chasing, torn up rubs and scrapes, deer-car ...

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 ...

Bowhunters and youth hunters have been putting down some bruisers across the Midwest. It’s truly amazing how much change has occurred in buck harvests over the past 20 years. So many more bucks are ...

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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 ...

Yes, ladies and gentlemen and deer hunters everywhere, it's time for your favorite deer season topic, and that is the rut. I was contemplating skipping a column on this wildly popular deer-related ...

It’s now prime time for bowhunters, auto body shops, and roadkill cafes, all thanks to something known as the whitetail rut. It’s a time when amorous deer throw caution to the wind and many end up ...

Buckle your safety belts, and keep your bow in hand. The time of year deer hunters dream about is upon us. The midpoint of October has come and gone, welcoming another fall. With the colorful display ...

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 ...

Bowhunters and youth hunters have been putting down some bruisers across the Midwest. It’s truly amazing how much change has occurred in buck harvests during the past 20 years as so many more bucks ...