Deer Hunting(Page 6)

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

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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

Chronic wasting disease hunter head dropoff container
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

SD bowhunter massive palmated buck
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

nebraska bowhunter giant double drop tines feature
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tags Giant Kansas Buck with Double Drop-Tines

By Bob McNally

how to bait deer
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Big Bucks Over Bait

By Josh Honeycutt

reitz buck
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

late season buck
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

bowhunter tags 18 point giant with help from friends
Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Bob McNally

saskatchewan two for one buck
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

maine record 8 point
Whitetail Deer Hunting

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

By Bob McNally

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

High Schooler Tags Enormous East-Texas Buck That Should Set a New State Record

By Bob McNally

ok bowhunter years long quest for GLT
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Ends 3-Year Quest for 180-Class Oklahoma Buck

By Bob McNally

An illustration of a deer heart and a fixed blade knife.
Deer Hunting

6 Wild-Game Rituals That Are About Much More Than the Meat

By Gerry Bethge, Josh Dahlke, Tyler Freel, David Karczynski, Ben Long, Andrew McKean

Grant woods buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Dr. Grant Woods on What Hunters Should Know About the Rut, Weather, and Deer Activity

By Alex Robinson

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

Oklahoma Bowhunter Tags a 230-Inch, 30-Point Buck on Opening Day

By Bob McNally

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Trophy Deer

Bowhunter Tags 16-Point Buck Still in Velvet, Could Be an Alabama State Record

By Bob McNally

Freddy Krueger and a whitetail buck are facing off in a hunter's worst nightmare.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Freddy Krueger Bucks: The Deer That Haunt Our Nightmares

By The Editors

The best rifle scopes for deer hunting laid out on rocks.
Deer Hunting

The Best Rifle Scopes for Deer Hunting of 2025

By Andrew McKean

craig harper
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Cover During the Rut, with Dr. Craig Harper

By Alex Robinson

whitetail scrapes
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Ultimate Guide to Making and Hunting Mock Scrapes

By Josh Honeycutt

Teen hunter tags big crossbow buck.
Trophy Deer

16-Year-Old Pennsylvania Hunter Sets a Women’s Crossbow State Record

By Bob McNally

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Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Truth About Deer Jumping the String: There’s No Formula for One of Bowhunting’s Biggest Challenges

By Alex Robinson

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Deer Hunting

What Does Deer Poop Look Like?

By Katie Hill

John Dudley buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

John Dudley on How to Beat Buck Fever

By Alex Robinson

kentucky bowhunter three years stud in velvet
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kentucky Bowhunter Waits Three Years to Tag 192-Inch Velvet Buck

By Josh Honeycutt

whitetail eating acorns
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Whitetails on the Acorn Crop This Fall

By Colin Moore, Alex Robinson

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Deer Hunting

Best Deer Hunting Calibers

By John B. Snow

The best broadheads for deer are displayed in the woods.
Deer Hunting

The Best Broadheads for Deer of 2025

By Scott Einsmann

tennessee wildlife resources agency tests for CWD
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Deer Biologist Accuses Tennessee Wildlife Agency of Intentionally Overestimating Chronic Wasting Disease Cases

By Dac Collins, Katie Hill

ontario new record typical whitetail
Trophy Deer

Giant Typical Likely to Become the New No. 1 Hunter-Killed Buck in Ontario

By Dac Collins

Chris Palomo's big columbia blacktail buck in velvet.
Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tags Giant Velvet Blacktail After Hunting It for Three Years

By Bob McNally

elevated deer blind
Deer Hunting

How to Build an Affordable and Portable Deer Blind

By Derek Porter, Joe Brown