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 ...

While bucks are fattening their bodies and growing antlers, female deer (otherwise known as does) are preparing for a short period of breeding behavior or estrus. This breeding period, called deer ...

Experience has taught us that the annual whitetail rut is not always the one-dimensional occurrence so often portrayed. The annual whitetail rut usually has three distinct peaks of breeding activity, ...

When humans fall into a rut, it’s understood that our lives have become routine and boring. When a road becomes rutted, overuse in wet conditions have resulted in a dangerous drive. But if you’re a ...

N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) said it is illegal to keep deer as pets and unsafe to try to tame or hand-feed them.

If you drive a vehicle or ride in one, it is a very dangerous time to do so as the white-tailed rutting season is in full swing. Motorists would be wise to reduce their speed the next few weeks to ...

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 ...

A coyote in Pittsfield, NH. Who doesn’t love a winter wildlife story, reading tracks in the snow, and looking for clues about the wild visitors to our backyards and woodlands? Seeing deer around New ...

A “majestic” National Trust site near Nottinghamshire has launched deer rutting walks as part of its autumn 2025 programme. The Belton Estate, near Grantham, is running a limited number of guided ...