"Bucks dropping their antlers already." It’s becoming a common refrain in the late-season deer camp. And it’s true. Each year whitetail antler “drops” or “sheds” are picked up during deer season. And ...

Many deer hunters wait all year for the peak of the apparent whitetail rut, this year to occur in early November 2025. But late October, leading up to the high point of daytime action, as opposed to ...

Every fall East Texas is buzzing with whitetail deer activities. Deer camps and leases are crowded and full of excitement with high expectations. Many families have been staying at the deer camp since ...

Along with the holiday season comes deer mating season, which means the risk of vehicles colliding with a buck or doe that's wandered into the roadway is higher than any other time of the year.

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, ...

Some years Veterans Day appears as the hottest time, with grunting bucks and chasing, torn up rubs and scrapes, deer-car ...

For the thousands of local deer hunters who have not notched their deer license this year, your time has arrived. The normally cautious whitetail bucks, who usually are tucked into their day beds all ...

I wasn't going to shoot either deer. Nor did I want to risk spooking one and send it huffing and puffing through the deep woods just as my hunt got started. So I eased the rifle down, leaned against ...

This story was originally published in the November 2007 issue of Outdoor Life. November is the time of year every deer hunter anxiously awaits. Throughout more than 90 percent of the whitetail deer’s ...