The ultimate accomplishment for a North Woods deer hunter is snow tracking a mature buck and shooting him at close range.

in Danforth, Maine, texted me a photo (below, left) of deep-set buck tracks cutting through a snow-covered cedar swamp. “Guiding a guy from PA,” the text read. “He’s getting a lesson in tracking.” ...

Snow across our general area during deer season has really been hit or miss over the last 10 years or so. I can recall a ...

Some things are just worth waiting for. After spending six years tracking and watching the animal grow, a hunter finally put down a massive buck. His patience paid off -- as he now gets to say he took ...

For dyed-in-the-wool deer trackers, Christmas morning was to arrive a month early. Snow was forecast for Sunday—the day prior to opening day of deer season. Eager to get on a buck track, I woke up in ...

How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life, by Larry Benoit, was a seminal tome for a generation of deer hunters. Originally published in 1974, the book chronicled the hunting strategies and tactics of ...

BARRE — Hal Blood's method of killing big whitetail bucks is time-tested — and anything but easy. Blood, a Maine guide and outfitter, tracks big, 200-pound-plus bucks in the northern fringes of Maine.