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 ...

Large white-tailed deer buck shaking off rain in an open meadow during a rain storm in Smoky Mountain National Park. Motion blur from slow shutter speed© Tony Campbell/Shutterstock.com Every fall, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experience has taught us that the annual whitetail rut is not always the one-dimensional occurrence so often portrayed. The annual ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here in the Northeast and the Midwest, the 2025 whitetail rut is set to peak in early November, in sharp contrast to last year’s ...

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 ...

The peak of the rut might be behind us, but deer season is far from over. In fact, late-season hunting brings its own set of challenges and opportunities. As bucks wind down from their breeding frenzy ...

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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 ...

Yet another white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) mating season is behind us now. This year I spent a truckload of time in the woods following several large bucks who were actively searching for ...