Near or at dark, a thick-necked 8- or IO-pointer might charge out into the field, scatter the subdominant bucks like quail ...

The apparent rut peak is when we see lots of chasing, cars and deer dodge each other, and carcasses litter the highways, ...

The peak of archery season is underway as deer are moving more now than any other time of the year. Here's what you need to ...

Experience has taught us that the annual whitetail rut is not always the one-dimensional occurrence so often portrayed.

Might you be placing too much faith in November’s deer breeding party? We are here to persuade you to concentrate your ...

Deer hunters get excited when they hear that the rut is at hand. That’s because of what the rut means to big bucks. The rut is something that occurs over several weeks in the fall. It’s the period ...

With the final days of October slipping by, the time of year that every whitetail hunter dreams of is at our doorstep. The ...

We're in the heart of the rut now. If you hunted this past week, your woods were probably rocking, with does flying through the timber, tongues lolling, and bucks hot on their tails. As we move into ...

The recent 2024 whitetail rut did not roll out in a typical occurrence so often portrayed. Those of us that were actually out there saw last season’s rut more like an old lawn mower engine that had ...

I have always been fascinated with the complexity and interconnection of everything in our natural world. Like a completed jigsaw puzzle, the perfect picture is only there if every piece is carefully ...

The eight-point buck was oblivious to the steady stream of vehicle traffic around him, sniffing the ground in a front yard on Arrowhead Road in Duluth, grunting loudly as he went. There was a doe ...

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 ...