Big male mule deer buck with large velvet antlers reaching up to get a mouthful of scrub oak leaves in the early morning autumn light. He is now shedding his summer fur coat, Wet Mountains, Colorado© ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experience has taught us that the annual whitetail rut is not always the one-dimensional occurrence so often portrayed. The annual ...

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, ...

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 ...

Every fall East Texas is buzzing with whitetail deer activities. Deer camps and leases are crowded and full of excitement with high expectations. Many families have been staying at the deer camp since ...

I froze when I saw the flash of gray. Glimpsing antlers, I steadied my rifle. But something was odd: the red oak to my left, the decaying log in front, the forked maple sapling… This was the exact ...

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 ...

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 ...

Deer movement will increase this week as bucks seek out does that are nearing or entering their estrus cycle. This breeding activity boosts daytime deer movement and marks one of the best times to ...

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 ...

Hadley Lane, 15, with his last Missouri Youth Season buck. Firearms season is right around the corner for Midwest whitetail hunters. Bowhunters and youth hunters have been putting down some bruisers ...