Deer Hunting

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The author with a nice whitetail deer reaped with his bow and decoy.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 5 Rules of Reaping Whitetail Deer

By Derek Horner

two polaroids with brett favre and his mule deer buck
Mule Deer Hunting

I Took Brett Favre on His First Mule Deer Hunt

By John B. Snow

A Wisconsin hunter with a big buck on opening day; a young hunter with he first deer, also tagged on opening day.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Shot a Big Wisconsin Buck Just Seconds Before a Young Hunter Tagged Her First Deer

By Kasey Okrzesik

A hunter in blue overalls sits behind a tree looking at a deer in this illustration.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Shot My First Buck on the Run, During a Low-Country Deer Drive

By John Wongrey

allyson rosier buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

“I Hope My Baby Grows Up to Be a Deer Hunter.” Pregnant Woman Shoots 190-Class Buck on the Last Day of the Season

By Bob McNally

illustration of hunter answering door
Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Happened to Me: I Butchered a Deer in My Brooklyn Apartment and the Cops Came

By Alex Robinson

an old photograph of a hunter in a yellow canoe with a nice buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Want to Kill a Great Late-Season Buck? Float a River

By Tom Huggler

tracking deer
Whitetail Deer Hunting

3 Incredible Stories of Snow Tracking Bucks in the Big Woods

By Hal Blood, Ralph P. Stuart

A hunter holds up a big Virginia buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Hunter Tags a Giant Buck Four Hours Away, Makes It Home Just in Time for Thanksgiving Dinner

By Bob McNally

A rifle hunter with a giant Maine buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Maine Fisherman Bleats in Giant Swamp Buck While Hunting on the Ground, ‘Just Like My Grandfather Did’

By Bob McNally

doe lies on ground next to truck with broken windshield
Whitetail Deer Hunting

After I Shot a Deer, It Leapt on My Truck and Smashed My Windshield

By Cheyne Matzenbacher

A Pennsylvania flintlock rifle with a compartment in the stock.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

19 Timeless Photos from Pennsylvania’s Flintlock Season, the Last of Its Kind in the Country

Photographs by Henry Hung, Story by Derek Horner

An old color photograph of two deer hunters in Mississippi.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Spent Thanksgiving with Southern Hunters Who Ran Deer Hounds. Here’s What I Learned

By Robert E. Price

A kid's first deer hunt in a Louisiana swamp in the 1960s.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

My Son’s First Trip to Deer Camp Was a Rite of Passage — for Both of Us

By Grits Gresham

Black Friday Deals Treestands, Blinds, Climbing Sticks, and Saddles
Deer Hunting

The 29 Best Black Friday Deals on Treestands, Blinds, and Climbing Sticks

By Derek Horner

An illustration of a boy riding a horse with his dog in front.
Deer Hunting

The Thanksgiving I Spent Alone in the Woods

By Jack McPhee

An illustration of a grizzly bear tumbling down a mountain as hunters get out of the way.
Mule Deer Hunting

A Grizzly Stole My Son’s First Deer. So We Tracked the Bear Down

By William J. McRae

A crossbow hunter with a 14-point velvet buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

This 16-Point Velvet Buck Is a New Maryland State Record

By Bob McNally

illustration of a deer hunter drawing
Mule Deer Hunting

How a New College Grad Found Direction from His Grandpa’s Deer Rifle

By Andrew McKean

Two bucks swimming across a pond
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Watch: The Craziest Rut Footage You’ll See All Year

By Natalie Krebs