When deer hunters and wildlife professionals refer to “the RUT,” they mean the time when white-tailed deer are breeding. It’s a time when buck deer become less concerned about safety and are more ...

Idaho has some of the most pristine wilderness in the country, largely undisturbed for generations. And as unchanging as the seasons, each fall, white-tail deer and mule deer go a little wilder than ...

For South Carolina's deer hunting enthusiasts, there are two periods to really get excited about. There's opening day, which is Aug. 15 if you live in the Lowcountry. And then there is the rut. The ...

Hunters are divided over a proposed “one buck rule” that some hope would help balance the buck-to-doe ratio, curb overpopulation in the Lower Peninsula and make deer hunting better for future ...

The white-tailed buck shot on Nov. 2 by Debbie Pellegrino of Cambridge exhibited a rare case of severely stunted antler growth. Pellegrino had a valid antlerless deer permit, so the deer was ...

Michigan is on its way to becoming a one-buck state, but that’s only one of a dozen major deer hunting changes that were ...

Michigan wildlife officials have proposed significant changes to deer hunting regulations to address population imbalances. The proposals include limiting hunters to one buck per season, down from the ...

After four seasons of playing cat-and-mouse, Ben Spencer finally caught up to the big Kansas typical buck that had been haunting him. “I honestly felt like he was messing with me half the time,” the ...