After the chaos of the peak rut, the deer population undergoes a noticeable shift. Most does have been bred, and bucks are no longer consumed with chasing them. Instead, bucks begin transitioning back ...

In most parts of the country, white-tailed deer rutting season hits hard around November. Bucks are chasing does, running through the woods and open spaces, and making themselves unusually visible.

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 ...

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 ...

I froze when I saw the flash of gray. Glimpsing antlers, I steadied my rifle. But something was odd: the red oak to my left, the decaying log in front, the forked maple sapling… This was the exact ...

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 ...

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, ...

The 2025 whitetail rut has wound down across the Midwest Region. Increasingly rare reports of a buck standing guard over a ...

If you’re an archery hunter in Pennsylvania, now is the best time of the year. Deer are entering their breeding season, known as the rut, which means bucks are busy chasing off smaller bucks and ...

Every fall East Texas is buzzing with whitetail deer activities. Deer camps and leases are crowded and full of excitement with high expectations. Many families have been staying at the deer camp since ...

The whitetail deer rut has definitely begun, and you belong in the deer woods right now. I recently witnessed it firsthand one morning while squirrel hunting with a .22 magnum in northern Saratoga ...

As I was driving along a primitive road through the thick brush along the Snake River, I saw the wiggle of a white-tailed ...