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 David Moreland talks about deer, a lot of people listen, especially hunters. And, when he was talking deer during Friday’s frosty morning, he had just climbed down from his East Feliciana Parish ...

Rut is a term used to describe the behavior of deer during the breeding season when males pursue females that are in estrous ...

In most parts of the country, white-tailed deer rutting season hits hard around November. Bucks are chasing does, running through the woods and open spaces, and making themselves unusually visible.

The peak of archery season is underway as deer are moving more now than any other time of the year. Here's what you need 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 over the past 20 years. So many more bucks are ...

Hunters should see an unusually high number of bucks running with doe through the first week of the season, Oak Duke writes.

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, ...

Last month Jordan Felumlee, 25, had seen a number of great bucks where he hunts. But there was one deer in particular that he focused on. “The rut was rocking, and I saw a giant buck I wanted two ...

As we move into the months of November and December, deer movement increases as bucks are chasing does with just one thing on their minds.