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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A week of muzzleloader hunting and three days of firearms season for antlerless deer is now complete. In some areas, deer populations may already be reacting, either through a reduction in doe numbers ...

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 ...

DORTMUND – German hunters tried to convince the jury at a national stag calling championship that they can imitate a bellowing red deer most realistically. The unique tradition goes back hundreds of ...

As I was driving along a primitive road through the thick brush along the Snake River, I saw the wiggle of a white-tailed deer through the brush. I stopped and made a slow stalk through the weeds and ...

My favorite time of the year is finally here. Everyone always talks about the rut. While the rut is a fun time to hunt, no doubt, my personal opinion is that it is not the most productive time.