Whitetail Deer Hunting(Page 8)

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Texas has long been a top 10 B&C whitetail state.
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There’s More to Texas Hunting Than Expensive, High-Fence Ranches. Here’s Why a Texas Hunt Should Be on Your Bucket List

By Joe Genzel

Two hunters kneel behind a deer and hold its head up by the antlers.
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The 20 Commandments of Deer Camp

By Josh Honeycutt

A hunter kneels beside a whitetail deer.
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The Biggest Antlered Does You’ve Ever Seen—Including a 200-incher

By Josh Honeycutt

A large nontypical buck trophy on a black background.
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Maine’s Mystery Buck: The Obscure Tale of Maine’s 110-Year-Old, Non-Typical Record Whitetail

By Bob Humphrey

A hunter kneels behind a whitetail deer in the snow.
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After Being Barred from the Family Deer Camp, Beginner’s Luck with a 215-Inch Iowa Buck

By Tony Kalna, Jr.

The velvet antlers of a doe.
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The 22-Point, World-Record Doe

By Tony Kalna, Jr.

A trail camera photo of a buck at night.
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Cracking the Mystery Behind Missouri’s Year of the Giant Buck

By Tony Kalna, Jr.

Two hunters kneel behind a whitetail deer.
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Deer That Never Encounter Humans: How to Shoot a Reclusive Buck

By Gerry Bethge

A group of hunters walk through rustling leaves into a tree line.
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These December Deer Drive Tactics Will Save Your Season

By Tom Keer

A hunter kneels beside a whitetail deer and holds its head up by the antlers.
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A 204-inch Iowa Bow Buck For The Ages

By Doug Howlett

A hunter holds a whitetail deer antler.
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Is Ohio the New Best Whitetail Hunting State?

By Tony Hansen

A hunter sitting beside a giant double-mainbeam whitetail buck.
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Two Years After the World-Record Buck, the Cearlock Brothers Are Still on a Roll

By Natalie Krebs

A bowhunter holds the antlers of his archery whitetail buck.
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The 186-Inch Arkansas Longbow Buck with Seven Lives

By Beka Garris

A hunter kneels behind a dropped whitetail deer.
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How to Have a Better Deer Season: Learn From Your Mistakes (and Successes) This Season

By Alex Robinson

Corey Kloeck with his opening day 10-point buck and gator.
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Minnesota Hunter Shoots a 10-Point Buck (Then a Gator) on the Whitetail Opener

By Abi Cole

A hunter kneels next to a whitetail buck.
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5 Lessons from Texas Deer Camp to Help You Tag Your Western Whitetail

By Joe Genzel

A hunter draws back on a compound bow from in the brush.
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How to Kill Big Bucks in States That Allow Baiting…Without Baiting

By Tony J. Peterson

A hunter kneels behind a large whitetail buck at night.
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An Ohio Hunter’s First Buck May Be a Record-Book Whitetail

By Joe Genzel

A large whitetail buck walking through a tall grass field.
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Forget What You Thought You Knew About Hunting Mature Whitetail Bucks (and Start Having More Success)

By Tony Hansen

A hunter kneels behind a dropped whitetail buck in a large field.
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Busting 4 Whitetail Weather Myths

By Sportsman Tracker

A man in full camo holds up the head of a whitetail buck by the antlers. They are in a lush, overgrown wooded area surrounded by trees, bushes, and other flora.
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Hunting Pre-Rut Whitetails: When Should You Get Aggressive?

By Alex Robinson

A whitetail deer stands in a large open woods with the sun setting in the evening.
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In the Future: CWD Won’t Kill Whitetail Deer Hunting

By Scott Bestul

A hunter in camo with a large 8-point whitetail buck.
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10 Natural Ground Blinds That Keep You Hidden from Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

A whitetail deer stands inn brush at a treeline.
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Busted: 10 Myths About Scaring Off Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

A camo Primos Double Bull Surroundview 360 groundblind on a field edge in the fall.
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6 Rules for More Success with Ground Blinds

By Mark Melotik

Satellite image of agricultural fields and timber with waypoints and red property line grids.
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Map These 5 Food Sources to Find Deer All Season Long

By Craig Dougherty

A trail camera photo of a nice, big whitetail buck, with velvet on his antlers, in the middle of green timber with his head turned to the side.
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7 Steps for Taking Better Summer Trail Camera Photos

By Mark Kenyon

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4 Situations When You Should Use a Ground Blind for Bowhunting Whitetails

By Doug Howlett

A man in a camo jacket standing in a lush food plot with tape around it beside an over-browsed food plot.
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Pre-Season Whitetails: How to Keep Deer Out of Your Food Plots (for Now)

By Colin Moore

whitetail buck walking alongside a barbed wire fence during golden hour
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The 7 Best Ways to Access Your Treestand

By Doug Howlett

A whitetail buck standing in tall grass.
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The 7 Biggest Myths of Hunting Early-Season Deer

By Tony Hansen

whitetail deer
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The Two Biggest Deer Organizations Are Joining Forces. What Does It Mean for Hunters?

By Andrew McKean

Two deer running through an open field near a road.
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Will a Decrease in Roadkill Mean More Deer in the Woods this Fall?

By Joe Genzel

A man in a cap spreads grass and plant seed in a field.
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10 Tips For Growing Successful Food Plots (And Keeping Deer on Your Property All Season Long)

By The Editors

A food plot of brassica plants.
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11 Strategies For Growing The Perfect Deer Food Plot

By The Editors

deer hunter and canoe.
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Float a Canoe into a Big Buck’s Bedding Area for the Ultimate Whitetail Hunt

By Matthew Every

A velvet-racked buck makes the most of the growing season.
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The Keys to Deer Antler Growth

By Andrew McKean

Hunter holding a large set of nontypical deer antlers and skeleton.
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Wisconsin Shed Hunter Might Set the State’s Next Whitetail Record With This Incredible Find

By Joe Genzel

Silhouette of a deer against a night sky.
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Cutting-Edge Test is Able to Detect Chronic Wasting Disease in Live Deer

By Joe Genzel

Large whitetailed deer buck grazing in the woods in Tennessee
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5 Critical Deer Clues You Probably Missed This Season

By Gerry Bethge

A late-season hunter waits on a frosty Alberta buck.
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How to Hunt Winter Whitetails Without Freezing to Death

By Tony Hansen

The Top 40 Typical and Nontypical Whitetails of All Time
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The Top 40 Typical and Nontypical Whitetails of All Time

By PJ DelHomme

A deer hide stretched out on the grass.
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10 Deer Parts That Will Keep You Alive

By Tim MacWelch

How to make candles from deer tallow.
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How to Make Candles Out of Deer Tallow

By Ali Juten

a hunter creating a mock scrape
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7 Best Ways To Use Scents During The Rut

By Tracy Breen

three hunters planting a tree
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The 6 Best Tree Species for Planting a Deer Orchard

By Tony Hansen

4 Rules for Hunting Big Bucks Without Spooking Them
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4 Rules for Hunting Big Bucks Without Spooking Them

By Tony Hansen

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19 Ways to Transport a Whitetail Deer

By Alex Robinson

Whitetails by the Weather: Understanding Deer Behavior
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Whitetails by the Weather: Understanding Deer Behavior

By The Editors

Hunting Whitetails in the West Requires Stalking Skills and an Active Imagination
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Hunting Whitetails in the West Requires Stalking Skills and an Active Imagination

By Andrew McKean

The Secrets Of Signpost Rubs
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The Secrets Of Signpost Rubs

By Hal Blood

9 Old-School Whitetail Scouting Strategies that Don’t Require a Trailcam
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9 Old-School Whitetail Scouting Strategies that Don’t Require a Trailcam

By Travis Faulkner

5-Step Plan to Shoot a Big Buck on the Bow Opener
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5-Step Plan to Shoot a Big Buck on the Bow Opener

By Michael Hanback

deer hunting movement myths
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10 Myths About Whitetail Deer Movement

By Tony Hansen

White-tailed deer walking in the water.
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How Rainy Spring Weather Affects Your Deer Season

By Brian Lovett

mature buck bedding down in leaves
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New Whitetail Research That Will Help You Tag Your Buck

By Michael Hanback

Five-Legged Deer
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The 8 Weirdest Whitetails You’ve Ever Seen

By Michael Hanback

three deer eating in a grassy field
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What Deer Hunters Should Know About the 2019 QDMA Report

By Bob Humphrey

young buck with velvet antlers
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10 Deer Facts Hunters Got Completely Wrong

By Tony Hansen

male hunter beside giant buck
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Two Hunters Tag Two 200+ Inch Giant Whitetail Bucks

By Colin Moore

corey memering kneeling next to giant whitetail buck
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Michigan Bowhunter Kills 227-inch Monster Whitetail Buck

By Ben Romans

The Family Deer Hunt, Sponsored by onX Hunt
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The Family Deer Hunt, Sponsored by onX Hunt

By Aram von Benedikt

How to Study Late-Season Scrape Lines to Find Big Bucks
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How to Study Late-Season Scrape Lines to Find Big Bucks

By Tony Hansen

whitetail buck in a field
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10 Myths About Hunting Mature Whitetail Bucks

By Tony Hansen