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 ...

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 ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is warning drivers to watch out for deer, saying rutting season and daylight saving time are going to put more cars on the road when the animals are moving the most.

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 ...

The attention of this magnificent white-tailed buck is completely riveted on the doe in the foreground. This sort of single-mindedness can cause problems when deer cross roads at this time of year.

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 ...

Jack-o-lanterns and whitetail deer have something in common because Halloween is the key timeframe when the whitetail rut in Michigan starts warming up. It is a time when using various deer ...

When David Moreland talks about deer, a lot of people listen, especially hunters. And, when he was talking deer during Friday’s frosty morning, he had just climbed down from his East Feliciana Parish ...