The rut gets all the attention when it comes to big bucks hitting the dirt, but let’s be honest; during the frenzy of the breeding season, with deer running willy nilly through the woods, a lot of ...

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 are ten essential tips to elevate your December deer hunting game. Look for areas with standing crops, acorns, or any ...

Every fall, the woods of Arkansas are alive with excitement as white-tailed deer begin the rut, their yearly mating season. Normally ghostlike in the woods, bucks throw aside their caution, striding ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This column first appeared Saturday, Nov. 15 in The Trailhead, a free email newsletter featuring Penn’s Woods coverage of Pennsylvania’s great outdoors on lehighvalleylive.com and ...

Deer movement will increase this week as bucks seek out does that are nearing or entering their estrus cycle. This breeding activity boosts daytime deer movement and marks one of the best times to ...

When it’s fall in Massachusetts, the red maples ignite with color, there’s a sharpness in the air, and a rite of passage eons old begins in the woods. It’s rut season—the annual white-tailed deer ...

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 ...

As we move from mid- to late-October, bucks are primed to go on a sign-making frenzy, which means that the number of fresh scrapes dotting your hunting grounds is about to explode. Depending on whom ...

Matt Knox won’t soon forget that morning he spent in a treestand the second week of last year’s muzzleloading deer season. By the time he climbed out of his stand at 10:30 a.m. he had seen eight ...