When deer hunters and wildlife professionals refer to “the RUT,” they mean the time when white-tailed deer are breeding. It’s a time when buck deer become less concerned about safety and are more ...

As an obsessed spring gobbler hunter knows short of filling a tag the most satisfaction comes from having a prolonged dialog with a throaty bird doing its best to attract that hen who has got his ...

LANSING, Mich. — The DNR wants deer hunters in the Lower Peninsula to set their firearm's sights on antlerless deer this season as the state's total deer population continues to grow amidst a decline ...

When humans fall into a rut, it’s understood that our lives have become routine and boring. When a road becomes rutted, overuse in wet conditions have resulted in a dangerous drive. But if you’re a ...

North-central Pennsylvania’s Tioga County is rugged rolling terrain that holds plenty of whitetail deer. And on the November 29, opening morning of the state rifle deer season, 29-year-old hunter Ben ...

When it comes to managing white-tailed deer for trophy antlers, even quality ones, it is part science and part luck. The biology shows there are three things required to produce big antlers year in ...

A hunter in Mississippi first saw a buck with promise in 2022 and by 2025 it had become a trophy, 180-class giant.