It was the heart of the breeding season one fall when I shot a nice buck in the act of rubbing a tree. I didn’t pay much attention to this at first. But when it happened a second time, I realized that ...

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 ...

The 2025 whitetail rut has wound down across the Midwest Region. Increasingly rare reports of a buck standing guard over a ...

The peak rut can be challenging, but by hunting the right spots where you expect to find traveling bucks or a buck with a doe, you can increase your odds November is the time of year every deer hunter ...

Here in the Northeast and the Midwest, the 2025 whitetail rut is set to peak in early November, in sharp contrast to last year’s spread out “trickle rut.” Here, as winter is on its last legs, some may ...

One of the best times to hunt deer is during the peak rutting, or breeding, season.

The deer breeding season, or rut, makes early November the best time for archery hunting in Pennsylvania. Bucks are more active during the day this time of year, often found near does in areas with ...

Don’t get it twisted: The classic big-buck destinations are still great. Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois still produce giants every year. Texas deer hunters still kill more whitetails than anyone else. And ...

After the chaos of the peak rut, the deer population undergoes a noticeable shift. Most does have been bred, and bucks are no ...

Late each fall, Pennsylvania’s forests and fields come alive with one of nature’s most dramatic events: deer rutting season. Whether you’re a wildlife watcher, hunter, or just curious about the ...

No state has more white-tailed deer than Texas. That makes it one of the best places in the world to observe a wild ritual known as the deer rut—the annual mating season. Each fall, bucks throw ...