HUNT COUNTY — Under the shadows of tall post oak trees, two white-tailed deer snap their heads in high alert as John True tosses corn at them. “They're the most incredible animal that God created,” ...

Many deer hunters wait all year for the peak of the apparent whitetail rut, this year to occur in early November 2025. But late October, leading up to the high point of daytime action, as opposed to ...

As Texas’ population becomes increasingly urban, a smaller share of residents hunt. But in the exurbs, they may be visited by ...

Across much of Texas, $650,000 will net you the deed to at least a few hundred acres of prime deer hunting real estate. In 2006, it bought a single deer. One whitetail buck with massive headgear, one ...

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 ...

State officials have issued a warning about two deer being positive for the fatal chronic wasting disease in West Texas. Here ...

This fall, the biggest danger on the road is white-tailed deer – as in deer, plural. An annual event, white-tailed deer mating season – otherwise known as the rut – it’s the time of year when male ...

Re: “Legislation needed to protect wild deer population,” Another View, Aug. 24: Jenny Sanders of Texans for Saving Our Hunting Heritage recently took to these pages to claim that deer breeding, a ...

Texas' investigation into illegal deer breeding might have reached its end, resulting in roughly 1,400 charges filed against at least two dozen people in connection with a case officials have dubbed ...

From left: Hostage and Mariachi, two bucks at John True's breeding facility in Hunt County on Sept. 9, 2024. True said he named Hostage when he was in a bad mood over the state's quarantine rule on ...