Deer Hunting (Page 6)

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

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The author climbs a tree using the Trophyline Hyperlite climbing sticks
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Trophyline HyperLite Climbing Sticks Review: Ultralight or Ultra Hype?

By Erik Barber

A CWD-detection dog identifies a CWD-positive sample.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Dogs Are Really Good at Detecting Chronic Wasting Disease, Study Shows

By Natalie Krebs

The Hollywood Cemetery buck compared to the James Walters buck.
Trophy Deer

Poacher Loses Hunting Privileges for 24 Years After Famous ‘Hollywood Buck’ Turns Up Dead on Facebook

By Natalie Krebs

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Michigan Makes Youth Hunt and Opportunities for Disabled Hunters Antlerless Only, Faces Heavy Backlash

By Alice Jones Webb

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Deer Hunting

Minnesota Man Charged with Killing His Neighbor’s Dog While Under Investigation for Poaching Deer and Baiting Bears

By Alice Jones Webb

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Mule Deer Hunting

Are Chronic Wasting Disease Fears Making People Quit Deer Hunting?

By Christine Peterson

Jack O'Connor hunting deer in the desert.
Deer Hunting

Jack O’Connor in Old Mexico: His Luckiest Day of Deer Hunting Ever

By Jack O'Connor

The tips of a whitetail buck's full velvet antlers peek above tall grass.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Ultimate Plan for Scouting Deer in Summer

By Michael Hanback

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

11 Monster Bucks That Are Shrouded in Mystery

By Josh Honeycutt

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Deer Hunting

Real Talk on Saddle Hunting. Is It Time to Ditch the Treestand?

By Scott Einsmann

two hunters inspect a dead moose, while the third stands back holding his bow and arrows, vintage B&W magazine photograph
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Fred Bear’s First Moose Hunt, from the Archives

By Fred Bear

A Missouri fawn with a tick infestation in its right eye.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Can Ticks Kill Fawns? As Ticks Get Worse, More Fawns Could End Up Like This Missouri Deer

By Natalie Krebs

Jack O'Connor spots a giant mule deer in this black and white illustration.
Mule Deer Hunting

O’Connor in Arizona: Lost, Trigger Happy, and Tagged Out

By Jack O'Connor

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Mule Deer Hunting

Montana Police Chief Faces Felony Charges for Illegally Hunting on Tribal Lands and Tampering with Witnesses

By Alex Robinson

Dan Infalt buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Is Public Land Deer Hunting Ruined Forever? Dan Infalt, the Big Buck Serial Killer, Weighs In

By Alex Robinson

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Mule Deer Hunting

Decoying Prairie Bucks with Dad

By Derek Horner

A whitetail doe's head rests in the leaves after a hunt.
Deer Hunting

Does Chronic Wasting Disease Infect Humans? Despite Shocking Headlines, Recent Research Suggests It Does Not

By Alex Robinson

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Mule Deer Hunting

Montana Raises Record Funds for a Coveted Mule Deer Tag — Through a Public Raffle

By Andrew McKean

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Mushrooms Are a Deer’s Secret Favorite Food. Here’s How to Grow an Easy Mushroom Food Plot

By Natalie Krebs

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Trophy Deer

Ohio Buck Could Become Third Biggest Whitetail of All Time, but Major Scoring Questions Remain

By Hayden Sammak

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

CJ Alexander, the Hunter Who Killed a Potentially Record-Breaking Buck in Ohio, Is Now Under Investigation

By Hayden Sammak

A whitetail buck lying in a cut field.
Deer Hunting

Don’t Hunt (or Kill Game) If Your Heart Isn’t in It

By Alex Robinson

A whitetail buck in a grassy field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Oklahoma Plans to Combat CWD by Releasing Captive-Bred Deer into the Wild

By Dac Collins

Ryan Watson with his wife and family in Oklahoma.
Deer Hunting

Deer Hunter Faces 12 Years in Prison for Accidentally Bringing Ammo on Vacation to Turks and Caicos

By Dac Collins

Piles of debris lay in the snowy Minnesota woods.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Minnesota DNR Blew Up Illegal Tree Stands with Dynamite: ‘My Whole Place Shook’

By Katie Hill

Jack O'Connor, reclining in the grass while taking a break on a hunt.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Jack O’Connor’s Last Hunt, From the Archives

By Jack Atcheson Sr., as told to Jim Zumbo

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Mule Deer Hunting

Viral Articles Claim Two ‘Hunters Died After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison.’ Here’s What Really Happened

By Katie Hill

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

30 of the Biggest Whitetail Shed Antler Sets Ever Found

By Josh Honeycutt

A whitetail buck flags its tail in a field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Indiana Taxidermist Helps Identify State’s First Case of Chronic Wasting Disease

By Katie Hill

Babe Ruth poses with two other hunters and various dead game animals.
Deer Hunting

A Deer Hunt with Babe Ruth, from the Archives

By Bob Edge

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt
Deer Hunting

This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt

By Taylor Chamberlin, As told to Scott Einsmann

Thieves are sawing antlers off skulls and selling them to shed buyers.
Trophy Deer

Thieves Are Stealing More and More Racks From Hunters in the West — and Their Profits Keep Growing

By Dac Collins

A bird hunter walks across the North Dakota prairie
Deer Hunting

Why Do I Hunt? The Answer to Hunting’s Toughest Question

By Jim Zumbo

Jack O’Connor’s Final Word on How to Pick a Deer Rifle
Deer Hunting

Jack O’Connor’s Final Word on How to Pick a Deer Rifle

By Jack O'Connor

A drone-mounted camera shows a wounded buck in the woods.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Man Convicted of Wildlife Crimes for Trying to Help Undercover Game Wardens Recover a Deer with His Drone

By Dac Collins

A Tennessee hunter with a buck and a drone flying overhead.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Drones Could Revolutionize How Hunters Recover Lost Deer … If They’re Not Banned First

By Hayden Sammak

A composite image of deer visiting vine scrapes.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Natalie Krebs

Two hunters in Texas with a plains zebra.
Deer Hunting

There’s Now a Jurassic Park for Vanishing Wildlife. It’s Called Texas

Story by Dac Collins, Photographs by Jeff Wilson

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Deer Hunting

The Case Against Scoring Big-Game Animals

By Andrew McKean

A buck lies half-submerged in half-frozen water.
Mule Deer Hunting

Question of Ethics: The Buck I Was Snow Tracking Suddenly Broke Through the Ice. Should I Shoot Him?

By Nick Fasciano

ozonics
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Does Ozonics Actually Work? Here’s What 5 Independent, Diehard Deer Hunters Say After Field Testing

By Alex Robinson

A trail camera photo of a buck in Mississippi.
Trophy Deer

Hunter Tags 15-Point Buck with Unusual Double Rows of Tines

By Bob McNally

High fence deer could hold the key to CWD resistance.
Mule Deer Hunting

Here’s What Top Chronic Wasting Disease Researchers Can’t Say on the Record

By Andrew McKean

john bralley with leucistic buck
Trophy Deer

Hunter’s First Deer Is an Old, 8-Point Leucistic Buck

By Katie Hill

A mature whitetail buck sniffs the air in Tennessee.
Deer Hunting

Deer Hunter Success Rates Vary as Southeast Hunters Punch Tags, Northeast Hunters Eat Tag Soup

By Dac Collins

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Trophy Deer

Hunter Tags ‘Dwarf Buck’ the Size of a Labrador Retriever

By Bob McNally

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Biggest Bucks of 2023

By Alex Robinson

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Trophy Deer

How This Hunter Killed Three 200-Inch Bucks in Three Years

By Hayden Sammak

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Trophy Deer

Ohio Crossbow Hunter Stalks into Position on a Bedded 200-Class Buck

By Jason Thomas, as told to Dac Collins

Bowhunter Tags Surprise 210-Class Iowa Buck on Pressured Public Ground
Trophy Deer

Bowhunter Tags Surprise 210-Class Iowa Buck on Pressured Public Ground

By J.D. Vandenburg, as told to Andrew McKean

Man shoots Savage shotgun.
Deer Hunting

The 15 Best Shotguns for Deer Hunting

By Tony Hansen, Curtis Niedermier

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Trophy Deer

Bowhunter Tags Double Palmated Buck After Passing It Two Years in a Row

By Bob McNally

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Trophy Deer

New York Hunter Gets a Second Chance on This 180-Inch Buck

By Bob McNally

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tags Giant Kansas Buck with Double Drop-Tines

By Bob McNally

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Big Bucks Over Bait

By Josh Honeycutt

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Bowhunter Tags Legendary 212-Inch Buck from a Brush Blind

By Hayden Sammak

A teen with her giant blackpowder buck.
Mule Deer Hunting

Teen Tags Monster Mule Deer, Finds Its Sheds 50 Yards from Where It Fell

By Dac Collins

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Why Post-Rut Is the New Best Time to Hunt Whitetails

By Michael Hanback

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Deer Hunting

How to Tan a Deer Hide, the Easy Way

By Beka Garris

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Mule Deer Hunting

Mule Deer Hunting Tips

By Colton Heward

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Pennsylvania Crossbow Hunter Tags Giant 18-Point Buck with a Little Help from His Friends

By Bob McNally

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Saskatchewan Hunter Takes ‘Two-For-One’ Buck with a Giant Deadhead Stuck to Its Rack

By Bob McNally

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Hunt Trophy Does, Turn Off the Damn Phone, Befriend Your Neighbors, and Make Deer Hunting Fun Again

By Alex Robinson

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Maine Hunter Tags One of the Biggest 8-Points in State History

By Bob McNally