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mature whitetail buck in grass

How Long Do Deer Live? How Long Do Deer Live?

Beginner’s Guide to Timber Stand Improvement: How to Manage Your Woods for Deer and Other Wildlife Beginner’s Guide to Timber Stand Improvement: How to Manage Your Woods for Deer and Other Wildlife

By Josh Honeycutt

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Where to Shoot a Deer Where to Shoot a Deer

By Alex Robinson, Brian McCombie

Winchester Model 70

Guns

The Best Deer Hunting Rifles The Best Deer Hunting Rifles

By John B. Snow

A split screen of a deer standing in the woods on one side and a man with a rifle raised standing next to a woman on the other

Watch: Hunter Pops the Question, Then Drops a Deer at 100 Yards Watch: Hunter Pops the Question, Then Drops a Deer at 100 Yards

By Alice Jones Webb

A hunter with a 20-year-old Georgia doe.

This 20-Year-Old Georgia Doe Might Be the Oldest Deer Ever Killed in the State This 20-Year-Old Georgia Doe Might Be the Oldest Deer Ever Killed in the State

A Massachusets hunter with a big buck.

Middle-School Teacher Tags the Biggest Typical Buck Killed in Massachusetts in a Decade Middle-School Teacher Tags the Biggest Typical Buck Killed in Massachusetts in a Decade

A mule deer buck in Wyoming.

Hunting Big Bucks Year After Year Helps Curb Chronic Wasting Disease, Study Shows Hunting Big Bucks Year After Year Helps Curb Chronic Wasting Disease, Study Shows

By Natalie Krebs

Two whitetail bucks.

6 Buck Harvest Trends That Deer Hunters Should Know 6 Buck Harvest Trends That Deer Hunters Should Know

By Josh Honeycutt

A lone mule deer buck stands on a snowy ridge.

Why Mule Deer Are North America’s Greatest Big-Game Animal Why Mule Deer Are North America’s Greatest Big-Game Animal

A nice Ohio buck with a unicorn antler.

‘I Hadn’t Shot a Deer All Year.’ Hunter Tags Unicorn Buck in the Final Days of Muzzleloader Season ‘I Hadn’t Shot a Deer All Year.’ Hunter Tags Unicorn Buck in the Final Days of Muzzleloader Season

A hunter with a big Kansas whitetail buck.

Army Vet Gets His First Whitetail Buck on Last Day of the Season, and It’s a 19-Point Giant Army Vet Gets His First Whitetail Buck on Last Day of the Season, and It’s a 19-Point Giant

16 Deer Hunting Mistakes You Won’t Make Again Next Season 16 Deer Hunting Mistakes You Won’t Make Again Next Season

By Josh Honeycutt

A collage of big bucks from 2024.

The Biggest Bucks of 2024 The Biggest Bucks of 2024

A Kansas rifle hunter with a big elusive buck.

Kansas Soldier Ditches His Tree Stand and Tags Elusive ‘Ghost’ Buck from the Ground Kansas Soldier Ditches His Tree Stand and Tags Elusive ‘Ghost’ Buck from the Ground

whitetail does in snow

Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged

By Christine Peterson

A photo of CJ Alexander with huge Ohio deer with text overlaid.

Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year

By Alex Robinson

A hunter with a tall-tined illinois buck.

Illinois Hunter Shoots 184-Inch Buck While Sitting in a Lawn Chair Illinois Hunter Shoots 184-Inch Buck While Sitting in a Lawn Chair

A hunter kneels beside a nice buck

Indiana Bowhunter Used a Spreadsheet to Help Kill This 184-Inch Buck Indiana Bowhunter Used a Spreadsheet to Help Kill This 184-Inch Buck

An older whitetail buck, bedded

9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer 9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer

By Josh Honeycutt