I settled into my stand and waited. The Kentucky pre-rut with cool afternoon temps combined with the early muzzleloader season had me hopeful. Soon after sitting down, deer poured into the CRP fields ...

Deer calls won’t guarantee you that a Booner will run into your setup. But when used strategically, they can grab a deer’s attention. You can sometimes even call them—ever so cautiously—into range.

Bucks tolerate a lot of natural noise in the woods, but the wrong call at the wrong time will send them out of your life in a blur of white tails. Deer calling works only when it sounds like real deer ...

For many hunters, the only deer sound they’ve ever heard is the loud alarm snort deer make when they sense something is amiss. The resulting “blow” alerts deer near and far that there might be an ...

For archery deer hunters, the best days of the year are just around the corner. Pennsylvania’s fall statewide archery season is Sept. 30 to Nov. 17. However there’s something unique about deer ...

Whitetail deer hunting in New York covers a variety of seasons and hunting implements. Of course, like most outdoor activities, timing is everything. The time is now if you are looking to take ...

Jack-o-lanterns and whitetail deer have something in common because Halloween is the key timeframe when the whitetail rut in Michigan starts warming up. It is a time when using various deer ...

The guys were on me a bit, back in October, just before Halloween. Even interrupted their card game. “So, where’s the rut?” “Stinks out there.” “Ain’t no deer no-how.” “Might as well play golf.” And ...

Big male mule deer buck with large velvet antlers reaching up to get a mouthful of scrub oak leaves in the early morning autumn light. He is now shedding his summer fur coat, Wet Mountains, Colorado© ...