Near or at dark, a thick-necked 8- or IO-pointer might charge out into the field, scatter the subdominant bucks like quail ...

Resembling a 2-1/2-year-old buck, and that’s being generous, this imposter agitates, instead of intimidates. At $150, that’s a great tool to have. Dave Smith Decoys could be considered art pieces, the ...

Last mid-May I pulled off the blacktop, up a dirt road. Whoa! Brake! There, blocking my way, were two spindly-legged newborn fawns. Their mother stood off to the side in the tall grass and brush, like ...

Experience has taught us that the annual whitetail rut is not always the one-dimensional occurrence so often portrayed. The annual whitetail rut usually has three distinct peaks of breeding activity, ...

The apparent rut peak is when we see lots of chasing, cars and deer dodge each other, and carcasses litter the highways, ...

Michael Stavola used a decoy on his first hunt of the season. He’s only used it a few times ever but it seems to be effective. Michael Stavola The Wichita Eagle Kansas is roughly two weeks out from ...

Hunting and killing a mature whitetail buck is hard. Repeating the feat, season after season, is really hard. And when your hunting season isn’t working out the way you planned, it can get pretty ...

It is unfortunate that the ethical conduct of a few hunters has declined noticeably over the past couple of decades. Oh, many of these guys may hunt in a "normal" fashion by walking or taking a stand ...

One of the most daunting tasks for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is to get deer hunters to harvest a doe. When you check out the data of the annual deer harvest, antlered deer always ...

The guys were on me a bit, back in October, just before Halloween. Even interrupted their card game. “So, where’s the rut?” “Stinks out there.” “Ain’t no deer no-how.” “Might as well play golf.” And ...