Deer Hunting(Page 4)

The best deer hunting tips and strategies for whitetails and mule deer.

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A prescribed burn is one way to help out on earth day.
Hunting

Every Day Is Earth Day When You’re a Deer Hunter

By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

Piles of debris lay in the snowy Minnesota woods.
Big Game Hunting

Minnesota DNR Blew Up Illegal Tree Stands with Dynamite: ‘My Whole Place Shook’

By Katie Hill

Jack O'Connor, reclining in the grass while taking a break on a hunt.
Hunting

Jack O’Connor’s Last Hunt, From the Archives

By Jack Atcheson Sr., as told to Jim Zumbo

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Big Game Hunting

Viral Articles Claim Two ‘Hunters Died After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison.’ Here’s What Really Happened

By Katie Hill

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Big Game Hunting

30 of the Biggest Whitetail Shed Antler Sets Ever Found

By Josh Honeycutt

A whitetail buck flags its tail in a field.
Big Game Hunting

Indiana Taxidermist Helps Identify State’s First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease

By Katie Hill

Babe Ruth poses with two other hunters and various dead game animals.
Hunting

A Deer Hunt with Babe Ruth, from the Archives

By Bob Edge

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt
Hunting

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt

By Taylor Chamberlin, As told to Scott Einsmann

Thieves are sawing antlers off skulls and selling them to shed buyers.
Hunting

Thieves Are Stealing More and More Racks From Hunters in the West — and Their Profits Keep Growing

By Dac Collins

A bird hunter walks across the North Dakota prairie
Hunting

Why Do I Hunt? The Answer to Hunting’s Toughest Question

By Jim Zumbo

Jack O’Connor’s Final Word on How to Pick a Deer Rifle
Guns

Jack O’Connor’s Final Word on How to Pick a Deer Rifle

By Jack O’Connor

A wall full of European mounts.
Hunting

Canadian Authorities Searching for Antler Thief Who Stole 14 Deer Mounts from Hunter’s Residence

By Dac Collins

A drone-mounted camera shows a wounded buck in the woods.
Hunting

Man Convicted of Wildlife Crimes for Trying to Help Undercover Game Wardens Recover a Deer with His Drone

By Dac Collins

A Tennessee hunter with a buck and a drone flying overhead.
Hunting

Drones Could Revolutionize How Hunters Recover Lost Deer … If They’re Not Banned First

By Hayden Sammak

A composite image of deer visiting vine scrapes.
Hunting

The Truth About Rope Scrapes, One of the Hottest Tactics in Whitetail Hunting

By Natalie Krebs

Two hunters in Texas with a plains zebra.
Conservation

There’s Now a Jurassic Park for Vanishing Wildlife. It’s Called Texas

Story by Dac Collins, Photographs by Jeff Wilson

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Hunting

The Case Against Scoring Big-Game Animals

By Andrew McKean

Charleen Parten poses with a whitetail buck.
Hunting

Meet the Arkansas Great-Grandma Who’s Completed the ‘Triple Trophy’ for 20 Deer Seasons

By Katie Hill

A buck lies half-submerged in half-frozen water.
Hunting

Question of Ethics: The Buck I Was Snow Tracking Suddenly Broke Through the Ice. Should I Shoot Him?

By Nick Fasciano

ozonics
Hunting

Does Ozonics Actually Work? Here’s What 5 Independent, Diehard Deer Hunters Say After Field Testing

By Alex Robinson

A trail camera photo of a buck in Mississippi.
Hunting

Hunter Tags 15-Point Buck with Unusual Double Rows of Tines

By Bob McNally

High fence deer could hold the key to CWD resistance.
Conservation

Here’s What Top Chronic Wasting Disease Researchers Can’t Say on the Record

By Andrew McKean

A hunter kneels next to a buck he recovered with the help of two blood-tracking dogs.
Hunting

Mississippi Hunter Grunts in 14-Point Drop-Tine Buck

By Bob McNally

A crossbow hunter poses with an 11-point buck tagged in Ohio.
Hunting

Ohio Crossbow Hunter Gets Her Target Buck Along with a ‘Touch of Frostbite’

By Bob McNally

Rowdy Galjour poses with a large whitetail buck.
Hunting

Hunter Makes Surprise Shot on Wary Mississippi Buck During the Rut

By Bob McNally

An Ohio hunter kneels next to a 13-point buck.
Hunting

Hunter Finally Tags 13-Point Buck That He and His Neighbors Kept Missing

By Bob McNally

doe lies on ground next to truck with broken windshield
Hunting

This Happened to Me: I Shot a Doe. It Jumped on My Truck and Smashed My Windshield

By Cheyne Matzenbacher, as told to Katie Hill

john bralley with leucistic buck
Hunting

Hunter’s First Deer Is an Old, 8-Point Leucistic Buck

By Katie Hill

A mature whitetail buck sniffs the air in Tennessee.
Hunting

Deer Hunter Success Rates Vary as Southeast Hunters Punch Tags, Northeast Hunters Eat Tag Soup

By Dac Collins

An Arkansas deer hunter takes a selfie with the biggest buck he's ever killed.
Hunting

Arkansas Hunter Tags Stud Buck, Packs It Out in His Hoodie

By Dac Collins

pankey bullwinkle buck
Hunting

Hunter’s Chase for ‘Bullwinkle’ Buck Ends with 5 Days Left in the Season

By Bob McNally

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Hunting

Bowhunter Arrows Two Big Bucks in 2 Minutes, Watches Them Fall in the Same Spot

By Hayden Sammak

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Hunting

Teen Tags Her First Deer, a Piebald Buck, with Help from Grandpa

By Katie Hill

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Hunting

Hunter Tags ‘Dwarf Buck’ the Size of a Labrador Retriever

By Bob McNally

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Hunting

The Biggest Bucks of 2023

By Alex Robinson

spencer olson with two whitetail deer locked up
Hunting

Bowhunter Shoots Locked Up Buck That Was Nearly Dead on Its Feet

By Katie Hill

jeff ankley with a 17-point whitetail buck
Hunting

Bowhunter Saves Up to Buy 5 Acres, Arrows Elusive 17-Point Buck

By Katie Hill

A hunter sits with a nontypical buck in front of a hay bale.
Hunting

Bowhunter Makes Redemption Shot on Palmated Buck After Missing in November

By Bob McNally

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Big Game Hunting

Missouri Crossbow Hunter Arrows Split-Beam Drop-Tine Buck

By Bob McNally

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Big Game Hunting

How This Hunter Killed Three 200-Inch Bucks in Three Years

By Hayden Sammak

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Big Game Hunting

Ohio Crossbow Hunter Stalks into Position on a Bedded 200-Class Buck

By Jason Thomas, as told to Dac Collins

Bowhunter Tags Surprise 210-Class Iowa Buck on Pressured Public Ground
Big Game Hunting

Bowhunter Tags Surprise 210-Class Iowa Buck on Pressured Public Ground

By J.D. Vandenburg, as told to Andrew McKean

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Big Game Hunting

Century-Old Pennsylvania Hunter Has Tagged More Than 100 Deer

By Bob McNally

mississippi thanksgiving buck
Big Game Hunting

Mississippi Hunter Harvests Tall 13-Point Buck on Thanksgiving Day

By Bob McNally

Man shoots Savage shotgun.
Guns

The 15 Best Shotguns for Deer Hunting

By Tony Hansen, Curtis Niedermier

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Big Game Hunting

Mississippi Middle Schooler’s First Buck Pushes 180 Inches

By Bob McNally

SD bowhunter massive palmated buck
Big Game Hunting

Bowhunter Tags Double Palmated Buck After Passing It Two Years in a Row

By Bob McNally

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Big Game Hunting

New York Hunter Gets a Second Chance on This 180-Inch Buck

By Bob McNally

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Hunting

Indiana Bowhunter Overhauls His Hunting Property to Tag 185-Inch Buck

By Bob McNally

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Hunting

Gutless Deer Butchering

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Hunting

85 Late Season Deer Hunting Tips to Save Your Season

By The Editors

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Hunting

Bowhunter Tags Massive Buck on Family Farm Thanks to Neighbor Who Shared Trail Cam Pics

By Dac Collins

ohio giant buck two year chase
Hunting

Ohio Hunter Arrows 211-Inch Giant After 2-Year Chase

By Bob McNally

Minnesota unicorn buck with three beams
Hunting

Minnesota Hunter Tags Triple-Beamed ‘Unicorn’ Buck

By Katie Hill

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Hunting

Bowhunter Tags Giant Kansas Buck with Double Drop-Tines

By Bob McNally

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Hunting

How to Hunt Big Bucks Over Bait

By Josh Honeycutt

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Hunting

Wisconsin Bowhunter Tags Legendary 212-Inch Buck from a Brush Blind

By Hayden Sammak

An illustration of a boy riding a horse with his dog in front.
Hunting

The Thanksgiving I Spent Alone in the Woods

By Jack McPhee

kristi purcell whitetail buck
Hunting

Bowhunter Tags 194-Inch Buck Right Before Her 60th Birthday

By Katie Hill

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Hunting

Ohio Bowhunter Tags 197-Inch ‘Brother Buck’ on a Small, 50-Acre Property

By Bob McNally

brent wiesenburger with paddle whitetail buck
Hunting

Hunter Accidentally Blows Up Blind, Then Tags Palmated Buck

By Katie Hill

A teen with her giant blackpowder buck.
Hunting

Teen Tags Monster Mule Deer, Finds Its Sheds 50 Yards from Where It Fell

By Dac Collins

Bowhunter Tags 19-Point Kansas Buck During Heat Wave
Hunting

Bowhunter Tags 19-Point Kansas Buck During Heat Wave

By Bob McNally

late season buck
Hunting

Why Post-Rut Is the New Best Time to Hunt Whitetails

By Michael Hanback