That time of year that many deer hunters wait and dream about all year. The peak of the whitetail pre-rut. But it has two sides. On the one hand, bucks are finally on their feet during the daytime, ...

Peak mating season for deer in New Jersey runs from late October to mid-December. Experts believe the 2025 whitetail rut is set to peak in early November in the Northeast. This season, unlike last ...

Every deer hunter knows buck sign. A circle on the forest floor pawed down to bare ground. Bark freshly peeled from the lower reaches of a sapling. When a hunter sees that, he or she knows a buck has ...

Whitetail deer hunting in New York covers a variety of seasons and hunting implements. Of course, like most outdoor activities, timing is everything. The time is now if you are looking to take ...

Cellular trail cameras really are fantastic tools for researching a local deer herd and their habits. Last December on public land in Manatee County, at a time when the peak of the rut had been over ...

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 ...

Evidence of the mule deer rut season is easy to spot along highways in Colorado. A Colorado Parks and Wildlife intern was driving and saw a large herd of mule deer crossing a county road. Their ...

It was still dark on Jan. 13 when Rowdy Galjour set up behind a fallen tree on a ridge full of oaks in southwestern Mississippi. Galjour, who lives in Cut Off, Louisiana, could have chosen to hunt ...

Right now for pronghorn bucks in Wyoming, it's like closing time at the bar. They're hot and heavy and looking for action to ...