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Hunting

How to Have a Better Deer Season: Learn From Your Mistakes (and Successes) This Season

By Alex Robinson

A man sits behind a deer and holds its head up by its antlers.
Hunting

5 of the Biggest Bucks Ever Taken in the Northeast

By Bob Humphrey

Corey Kloeck with his opening day 10-point buck and gator.
Hunting

Minnesota Hunter Shoots a 10-Point Buck (Then a Gator) on the Whitetail Opener

By Abi Cole

A hunter in camo and orange kneels next to a whitetail buck.
Hunting

The Science Behind Deer Movement Can Help You Kill a Good Buck This Season

By Brad Fitzpatrick

A hunter kneels behind a whitetail buck and hold its head up by the antlers.
Hunting

The Biggest Buck of the Season?

By Josh Honeycutt

A hunter kneels next to a whitetail buck.
Hunting

5 Lessons from Texas Deer Camp to Help You Tag Your Western Whitetail

By Joe Genzel

Two hunters sit and pose in the bed of a truck next to a mule deer.
Hunting

An Old-School Western Mule Deer Hunt, in Memory of Two Midwestern Dads

By Andrew McKean

Illustration of a man overlooking a field of deer.
Hunting

The Origin Story of Food Plots for Deer Hunting

By Gerry Bethge

A hunter draws back on a compound bow from in the brush.
Hunting

How to Kill Big Bucks in States That Allow Baiting…Without Baiting

By Tony J. Peterson

A smiling young man and woman in camo shirts sit behind a big whitetail buck.
Hunting

The Story of Leaner, a 197-Inch Wisconsin Archery Buck

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter kneels behind a large whitetail buck at night.
Hunting

An Ohio Hunter’s First Buck May Be a Record-Book Whitetail

By Joe Genzel

A large whitetail buck walking through a tall grass field.
Hunting

Forget What You Thought You Knew About Hunting Mature Whitetail Bucks (and Start Having More Success)

By Tony Hansen

A hunter kneels behind a dropped whitetail buck in a large field.
Hunting

Busting 4 Whitetail Weather Myths

By Sportsman Tracker

A hunter climbs up in a tree stand in his back yard.
Hunting

Deer Hunting Every Day in the Suburbs of Virginia

By Natalie Krebs

A hunter smiles and kneels behind a large mule deer in the snow.
Conservation

In the Future: There Will Always Be Public Hunting Land in America

By Randy Newberg

A man in full camo holds up the head of a whitetail buck by the antlers. They are in a lush, overgrown wooded area surrounded by trees, bushes, and other flora.
Hunting

Hunting Pre-Rut Whitetails: When Should You Get Aggressive?

By Alex Robinson

A dead whitetail deer lays in the bed of a hunting truck after a successful hunt.
Hunting

A Strategy for Hunting Mature Bucks on Public Land (That Actually Works in the Real World)

By Tony Hansen

A sketch of the case-telescoped cartridge.
Guns

In the Future: Your Deer Cartridge Will Be Plastic

By Andrew McKean

A whitetail deer stands in a large open woods with the sun setting in the evening.
Hunting

In the Future: CWD Won’t Kill Whitetail Deer Hunting

By Scott Bestul

An image of a whitetail buck walking in a field, overlayed with a branding lockup showing the HuntStand app, logo, and tagline: "Give Yourself the Edge"
Hunting

How to Use the Best Hunting App to Find Better Deer Spots

By Tony Hansen

A young girl kneels behind a dead whitetail deer at night and holds up its head by the antlers.
Hunting

A 14-Year-Old Just Shot One of the Best Bucks in Kansas History

By Joe Genzel

A hunter in camo with a large 8-point whitetail buck.
Hunting

10 Natural Ground Blinds That Keep You Hidden from Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

A lineup of rifle cartridges on a table.
Guns

.338 Federal: The Best Deer Cartridge You’ve Never Tried

By Ron Spomer

A whitetail deer stands inn brush at a treeline.
Hunting

Busted: 10 Myths About Scaring Off Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

A camo Primos Double Bull Surroundview 360 groundblind on a field edge in the fall.
Hunting

6 Rules for More Success with Ground Blinds

By Mark Melotik

Satellite image of agricultural fields and timber with waypoints and red property line grids.
Hunting

Map These 5 Food Sources to Find Deer All Season Long

By Craig Dougherty

A blacktail deer on a hillside.
Hunting

3 Blacktail Hunts for the Earliest Fall Bucks

By Andrew McKean

The 5 Best Ways to Scout a Mature Buck
Hunting

The 5 Best Ways to Scout a Mature Buck

By Greg Miller

A trail camera photo of a nice, big whitetail buck, with velvet on his antlers, in the middle of green timber with his head turned to the side.
Hunting

7 Steps for Taking Better Summer Trail Camera Photos

By Mark Kenyon

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Hunting

4 Situations When You Should Use a Ground Blind for Bowhunting Whitetails

By Doug Howlett

A large whitetail buck with big antlers turning his head toward the camera in a field of overgrown early season weeds.
Hunting

3 Steps for Tagging a Monster Early-Season Buck

By Craig Dougherty

A man in a camo jacket standing in a lush food plot with tape around it beside an over-browsed food plot.
Hunting

Pre-Season Whitetails: How to Keep Deer Out of Your Food Plots (for Now)

By Colin Moore

whitetail buck walking alongside a barbed wire fence during golden hour
Hunting

The 7 Best Ways to Access Your Treestand

By Doug Howlett

A hunter kneeling behind and holding the antlers of a large buck.
Hunting

How Much More Antler Will Your Target Buck Grow Before Opening Day?

By Josh Honeycutt

A whitetail buck standing in tall grass.
Hunting

The 7 Biggest Myths of Hunting Early-Season Deer

By Tony Hansen

Large mule deer walking through a field and woods.
Hunting

Mule Deer Can Now Be Hunted in Interior Alaska

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Hunting

The Two Biggest Deer Organizations Are Joining Forces. What Does It Mean for Hunters?

By Andrew McKean

Two deer running through an open field near a road.
Hunting

Will a Decrease in Roadkill Mean More Deer in the Woods this Fall?

By Joe Genzel

A man in a cap spreads grass and plant seed in a field.
Hunting

10 Tips For Growing Successful Food Plots (And Keeping Deer on Your Property All Season Long)

By The Editors

A food plot of brassica plants.
Hunting

11 Strategies For Growing The Perfect Deer Food Plot

By The Editors

deer hunter and canoe.
Hunting

Float a Canoe into a Big Buck’s Bedding Area for the Ultimate Whitetail Hunt

By Matthew Every

A yellow lab running through an open field.
Hunting

Willow Creek: An Obscure Stream Shapes Life, Death, and Landscape

By Andrew McKean

A velvet-racked buck makes the most of the growing season.
Hunting

The Keys to Deer Antler Growth

By Andrew McKean

Hunter holding a large set of nontypical deer antlers and skeleton.
Hunting

Wisconsin Shed Hunter Might Set the State’s Next Whitetail Record With This Incredible Find

By Joe Genzel

Silhouette of a deer against a night sky.
Hunting

Cutting-Edge Test is Able to Detect Chronic Wasting Disease in Live Deer

By Joe Genzel

Illustration of a hunter aiming a rifle at a deer in the snow.
Hunting

North Woods Legend Hal Blood on Snow Tracking Bucks

By Gerry Bethge

Large whitetailed deer buck grazing in the woods in Tennessee
Hunting

5 Critical Deer Clues You Probably Missed This Season

By Gerry Bethge

A late-season hunter waits on a frosty Alberta buck.
Hunting

How to Hunt Winter Whitetails Without Freezing to Death

By Tony Hansen

The Top 40 Typical and Nontypical Whitetails of All Time
Hunting

The Top 40 Typical and Nontypical Whitetails of All Time

By PJ DelHomme

The Top 40 Typical and Nontypical Mule Deer of All Time
Hunting

The Top 40 Typical and Nontypical Mule Deer of All Time

By PJ DelHomme

A deer hide stretched out on the grass.
Hunting

10 Deer Parts That Will Keep You Alive

By Tim MacWelch

How to make candles from deer tallow.
Hunting

How to Make Candles Out of Deer Tallow

By Ali Juten

Michael Hunsucker sets up a Dave Smith deer decoy on private land in Iowa.
Hunting

How To Challenge Big Bucks With a Deer Decoy

By Joe Genzel

hunter kneeling next to a giant missouri buck.
Hunting

Patience and Obsession Pay Off With a 197-Inch, Non-Typical Missouri Buck

By Joe Genzel

a gloved hand holding deer pellets.
Hunting

9 Deer Pellet Facts That Can Help You Get Your Buck

By Jace Bauserman

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Hunting

Pennsylvania Will Finally Allow Limited Sunday Deer Hunting. But Why Not Open All Sunday Hunting?

By Ben Long

How to Trim and Prepare Deer Heart
Hunting

How to Trim and Prepare Deer Heart

By Krissie Mason

How to Plan a DIY Deer Hunting Road Trip
Hunting

How to Plan a DIY Deer Hunting Road Trip

By Tony Hansen

a hunter creating a mock scrape
Hunting

7 Best Ways To Use Scents During The Rut

By Tracy Breen

4 Rules for Hunting Big Bucks Without Spooking Them
Hunting

4 Rules for Hunting Big Bucks Without Spooking Them

By Tony Hansen

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Conservation

An Introduction to Timber-Stand Improvement on Your Hunting Property

By Tony Hansen

three hunters planting a tree
Hunting

The 6 Best Tree Species for Planting a Deer Orchard

By Tony Hansen

How to Be an Effective Deer Hunter When You Don’t Have Enough Time to Go Deer Hunting
Hunting

How to Be an Effective Deer Hunter When You Don’t Have Enough Time to Go Deer Hunting

By Tony Hansen

Have You Seen These Deer Diseases In Your Local Woods?
Hunting

Have You Seen These Deer Diseases In Your Local Woods?

By The Editors