Whitetail Deer Hunting

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Michael Hunsucker sets up a Dave Smith deer decoy on private land in Iowa.
Hunting

How to Decoy in Deer: Tips from the Pros

By Joe Genzel

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Hunting

How to Hunt Deer During the Pre-Rut

By Josh Honeycutt

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Hunting

Podcast: Tips and Tactics for Hunting Big Woods Bucks, with Brett Joy

By Alex Robinson

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Hunting

Pennsylvania Crossbow Hunter Tags a Buck for His 101st Birthday

By Bob McNally

Two bedded does and a big buck are illustrated in a field with a hunter in the background.
Hunting

The End of My 4-Year Stalk for an Indiana Trophy Buck

By Clarence A. Yoder

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Hunting

How to Beat the Dreaded October Lull This Deer Season

By Mark Melotik, Tony Hansen

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Hunting

How to Hunt Swamp Bucks

By Josh Honeycutt

A hunter raises a rifle at a giant deer in a red and yellow illustration
Hunting

My Hunt for the First Nontypical Buck Ever Accepted by Boone and Crockett in Tennessee

By Elmer Payne, as told to Jim Turner

The Curt Van Lith buck and the Bill Kontras bucks, illustrated.
Hunting

The Kontras and Van Lith Bucks, Two Record Deer That Changed Bowhunting

By Jeff Murray, Michael Pearce

a nice typical whitetail buck walks across a grassy field
Hunting

10 Odd and Unorthodox Deer Hunting Tips That Actually Do Work

By Josh Honeycutt

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Hunting

Podcast: Here’s Why Your Trail Cameras Don’t Work Properly

By Alex Robinson

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Hunting

15 Scent Control Strategies That Actually Work for Deer Hunting

By Josh Honeycutt

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Hunting

The Ideal Compound Bowhunting Setup for Whitetails

By Alex Robinson

A hunter with a buck in velvet.
Hunting

Mississippi Hunter Arrows 200-Plus-Inch Velvet Buck on Her 2-Acre Property

By Bob McNally

Wisconsin DHS is asking hunters to wear a mask while field-dressing deer.
Hunting

35 Deer Hunting Tips to Read Before This Season

By Alex Robinson

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Hunting

How Many Does Should You Shoot This Season?

By Josh Honeycutt

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Hunting

Single Pin vs Multi Pin Bow Sights for Deer Hunting: Here’s What Bowhunters Need to Know 

By Alex Robinson

deer food sources
Hunting

The Most Underrated Food Sources for Whitetail Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

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Hunting

The 15 Secrets to Patterning an Early-Season Buck

By Josh Honeycutt

A young buck paws at the ground and feeds on acorns.
Hunting

Red Oak vs White Oak Trees: What Every Deer Hunter Should Know

By Alice Jones Webb

The author climbs a tree using the Trophyline Hyperlite climbing sticks
Gear

Trophyline HyperLite Climbing Sticks Review: Ultralight or Ultra Hype?

By Erik Barber

A CWD-detection dog identifies a CWD-positive sample.
Conservation

Dogs Are Really Good at Detecting Chronic Wasting Disease, Study Shows

By Natalie Krebs

The Hollywood Cemetery buck compared to the James Walters buck.
Conservation

Poacher Loses Hunting Privileges for 24 Years After Famous ‘Hollywood Buck’ Turns Up Dead on Facebook

By Natalie Krebs

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Hunting

Michigan Makes Youth Hunt and Opportunities for Disabled Hunters Antlerless Only, Faces Heavy Backlash

By Alice Jones Webb

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Conservation

Are Chronic Wasting Disease Fears Making People Quit Deer Hunting?

By Christine Peterson

The tips of a whitetail buck's full velvet antlers peek above tall grass.
Hunting

The Ultimate Plan for Scouting Deer in Summer

By Michael Hanback

mystery bucks
Hunting

11 Monster Bucks That Are Shrouded in Mystery

By Josh Honeycutt

two hunters inspect a dead moose, while the third stands back holding his bow and arrows, vintage B&W magazine photograph
Hunting

Fred Bear’s First Moose Hunt, from the Archives

By Fred Bear

A Missouri fawn with a tick infestation in its right eye.
Conservation

Can Ticks Kill Fawns? As Ticks Get Worse, More Fawns Could End Up Like This Missouri Deer

By Natalie Krebs

Dan Infalt buck
Hunting

Is Public Land Deer Hunting Ruined Forever? Dan Infalt, the Big Buck Serial Killer, Weighs In

By Alex Robinson

A deer eating a poisonous mushroom, a hand holding wine cap mushrooms.
Hunting

Mushrooms Are a Deer’s Secret Favorite Food. Here’s How to Grow an Easy Mushroom Food Plot

By Natalie Krebs

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Hunting

Ohio Buck Could Become Third Biggest Whitetail of All Time, but Major Scoring Questions Remain

By Hayden Sammak

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Hunting

CJ Alexander, the Hunter Who Killed a Potentially Record-Breaking Buck in Ohio, Is Now Under Investigation

By Hayden Sammak

A whitetail buck in a grassy field.
Conservation

Oklahoma Plans to Combat CWD by Releasing Captive-Bred Deer into the Wild

By Dac Collins

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

Chronic wasting disease hunter head dropoff container
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

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

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

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

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

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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

alex eckenrod with piebald whitetail buck pennsylvania
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

the biggest bucks of 2023
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