Deer rut is a biological spectacle that takes place every year in Illinois throughout the state with an estimated 660,000 individuals. And it happens without most of us even knowing about it. In ...

Large white-tailed deer buck shaking off rain in an open meadow during a rain storm in Smoky Mountain National Park. Motion blur from slow shutter speed© Tony Campbell/Shutterstock.com Every fall, the ...

ESTES PARK, Colo. — The elk mating period has begun in Colorado. Starting Sept. 1, Rocky Mountain National Park officials institute their annual closures to prevent disturbance and harassment of elk ...

When someone says they’re stuck in ‘a rut,’ our minds jump to a problem that needs to be fixed. However, when a nature enthusiast or hunter mentions ‘the rut,’ our minds think of deer. The rut happens ...

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, ...

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