Hunters have been trying to understand how the moon affects animal behavior since cavemen etched pictographs on cave walls. Today, biologists acknowledge a link between the full moon and estrus cycles ...

It’s bad time to be driving on country roads at night, but a great time to be a Midwestern whitetail deer hunter, because the chasing phase of the rut is on. Reports from across the region all include ...

"Stand hunting" or "taking a post" can become a very chilly proposition, if not downright cold especially when the temperature hovers in the single digits and the wind howls and cuts through layers of ...

Reaping whitetail deer is not an easy task, but with these five rules, you’ll be much more likely to find a buck that’s ...

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.

Even though California has the biggest population and some of the biggest cities in the country, 97 percent of its land is rural. And about 24 percent of it is protected as public wilderness.

SERC copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Taking the controversial approach that deer hunting has become more a "social event" than an affirmation of the more basic human ...

This story was originally published in the November 2007 issue of Outdoor Life. November is the time of year every deer hunter anxiously awaits. Throughout more than 90 percent of the whitetail deer’s ...

Rutting season for deer has arrived, and Pacific Grove residents are noticing more aggressive behavior than normal. “Rutting season has begun early,” said Carmelita Garcia, President of PG Deer ...