Deer Hunting (Page 2)

The best deer hunting tips and strategies for whitetails and mule deer.

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Ohio Bowhunter Takes 200-Class Buck With His Recurve at 15 Yards

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Don’t Overthink Your Archery Setup. Here’s What Makes a Perfect Deer Hunting Bow

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Deer Hunt During the Dreaded ‘October Lull’

By Mark Melotik, Tony Hansen

Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Traditional Deer Hunting Tactic Is the Best Way to Get Away from Other Hunters This Season

By James E. Churchill

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Old-School Tactics for Hunting Bucks Around Streams and Swamps

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Veteran Bowhunters Use These 18 Sneaky Tricks to Fool Big Bucks in October

By Michael Hanback

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Here’s Why You Should Try Ditching Your Treestand and Hunting Deer from the Ground This Season

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 10 Best Stand Locations for Hunting the Whitetail Rut

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Here’s Why a Deer’s Sense of Smell Is So Much Better Than Yours

By Natalie Krebs

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Crossbow Hunter Stalked Into Range of This Monster 214-Inch Buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

9 Deer Diseases Every Hunter Should Know About

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 287-Pound South Carolina Whitetail That Almost Outsmarted a Legendary Deer Hunter

By Archibald Rutledge

Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘A Buck Like This One Is Special.’ Bowhunter’s 17-Point Florida Deer Is Actually a Giant

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How Long Do Whitetail Deer Live?

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Best Deer Hunting Cartridges of 2026

By John B. Snow

Whitetail Deer Hunting

8 Surprising Ways That Whitetail Deer Communicate With Their Tails

By Tom Carpenter

Mule Deer Hunting

Hunter Tags Famous Nontypical Buck in Wyoming. Could It Be a New State Record?

By Natalie Krebs

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Truth About Big Bucks and Bad-Tasting Venison

By Jack Hennessy

This Is the Easiest Way to Tan a Deer Hide

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Maryland Crossbow Couple Doubles on Big Bucks the Same Evening

Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘Nets Are for Fishing.’ Here’s Why Many Hunters Don’t Want to Have Their Trophy Animals Officially Scored

By Andrew McKean

Whitetail Deer Hunting

11 Giant Whitetail Bucks That Still Have Mysterious Backstories

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Rattle in a Buck, Based on Whitetail Deer Research

By Alice Jones Webb

The Best Broadheads for Deer of 2026

By Scott Einsmann

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Do Deer Really ‘Jump the String?’ Here’s What All Bowhunters Should Know

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Compound Bowhunter Tags 22-Point Velvet Buck Before His Wife Could Get a Shot With Her Recurve

Ohio Farmer Tags 231-Inch ‘Flyer’ Buck That He Missed Two Years Ago

Solving the 65-Year Mystery of the Jordan Buck, the Second Biggest Whitetail Ever Killed in America

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How I Beat Bowhunting Buck Fever and Snapped My Big Buck Losing Streak

By Scott Einsmann

Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Swamp Bucks

By Josh Honeycutt

Mule Deer Hunting

The Worst Hunters I’ve Ever Guided

This 11-Year-Old Shot a Giant Velvet Buck on Her Birthday

A 207 7/8-Inch Whitetail Rack Was Hiding in a Basement for Decades. Now It’s Officially the Second Biggest Buck of All Time

By Scott Einsmann

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Deer Hunters Should Avoid These 7 Types of Rubs and Scrapes

By Josh Honeycutt

How a Kentucky Lineman Arrowed a 200-Inch Buck on Opening Day

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Is the South the New King of Whitetail Country?

By Josh Honeycutt

One Lucky Shot Saved This Deer Hunter from Being Mauled By a Mountain Lion

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Shot the Heaviest Buck Ever Taken in Maine. Then the Controversy Started

By Horace R. Hinkley

Whitetail Deer Hunting

13 Massive Drop-Tine Bucks That Made Hunting History

By Josh Honeycutt

Watch: Serial Poacher with 174 Violations Is Confronted by Game Wardens. Now There Are Warrants Out for His Arrest

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Here’s What All Deer Hunters Should Know About Acorns and Oaks

By Colin Moore, Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

10 Things Hunters Think Spook Deer, But Usually Don’t

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Tony J. Peterson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Mysterious Backstory of the Ahrens Buck — a World-Record Whitetail That Vanished

By Mark LaBarbera, Stephanie R. Boyle

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Where to Hunt Deer in the Big Woods — Tips from a Maine Whitetail Legend

Whitetail Deer Hunting

What Do Deer Actually Eat? These Are a Whitetail’s All-Time Favorite Foods

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Backstory on Why the Mitch Rompola Buck Was Never Entered as a World Record

By Richard P. Smith

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Inside the Mind of Dan Infalt, the ‘Big Buck Serial Killer’

By Josh Honeycutt

Bowhunting Shot Placement 101: Where to Aim on a Deer

By Scott Einsmann

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Early Season Is Often Your Best Chance to Tag a Mature Buck. Here’s How to Make the Most of It

By Alex Robinson, Bob Humphrey, Tony Hansen, Craig Dougherty

Whitetail Deer Hunting

10 Secrets for Hunting Buck Rub Lines, from the Deer Hunter Who First Revealed Them

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Truth About Rope Scrapes, One of the Most Useful Tactics in Whitetail Hunting

By Natalie Krebs

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 50 Places Where Big Bucks Actually Live

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

What It Feels Like to Miss the Biggest Buck of Your Life at 45 Yards — With a Rifle

By Natalie Krebs

Mule Deer Hunting

Do Hunters Really Need to Wear Camouflage? Here Are the Colors Deer Can See

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Deer Hunters Should Be Making Mock Scrapes Right Now. Here’s How to Do It

By Josh Honeycutt

Mule Deer Hunting

We Hunted a Giant Mule Deer Buck on a Remote Island

By PAUL W. GARTNER

These 2 Record Whitetail Bucks Changed Bowhunting Forever

By Jeff Murray, Michael Pearce

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Experienced Whitetail Hunters Don’t Care About Score. Here’s How to Estimate a Buck’s Age — and Why It Matters

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

35 Nuggets of Deer Hunting Wisdom to Read Before the Season

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

These Two Brothers Shot Stomper Velvet Bucks During One of the Earliest Whitetail Hunting Seasons in the Country

Whitetail Deer Hunting

What Data on 2,000 Blood Trails Tell Us About Broadheads, Shot Placement, and Deer Tracking

By Alex Robinson

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Forget Trail Cameras and Feeders. Try Hunting Wilderness Whitetails the Old Way

Whitetail Deer Hunting

10 Weird Deer Hunting Tactics That Actually Work

By Josh Honeycutt