I use the bleat in several different ways. If the action is slow while I’m set up over a doe decoy and there’s no sign of deer in the area, I’ll give off a couple of bleats to see if I can attract a ...

Heading into the woods without a few deer calls isn’t a good plan. Deer use various sounds to communicate with each other from the early part of the season to its end. When you understand the sounds ...

A Makah study showing a trend of declining blacktail deer numbers prompted action to protect does by most of the treaty tribes on the North Olympic Peninsula, as well as the state Fish and Wildlife ...

Calling deer can be an effective way to bring bucks to your stand, even though there isn’t the same instant gratification usually associated with calling ducks or turkeys. Deer aren’t nearly as vocal ...

A blacktail doe and fawn approach a fenced garden in Washington in 2013. A Tiburon, Calif., man angry about deer eating his landscaping fatally shot a doe and fawn early Saturday with a pellet gun.