Deer Hunting(Page 8)

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

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Straight walls could supplant slug guns.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Will Straight-Wall Deer Rifles Kill the Slug Gun?

By Brad Fitzpatrick

Grant Woods sold America's most famous whitetail property, the "Proving Grounds."
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Grant Woods Just Sold the “Proving Grounds.” Here’s What He Learned from Building One of the Most Famous Whitetail Properties in America

By Katie Hill

The Tactacam XB has the best picture quality.
Deer Hunting

Is Hunting with Cellular Trail Cameras Fair Chase or Cheating?

By Alex Robinson

Wyoming whitetail season.
Mule Deer Hunting

Deer Hunting Season 2022 Forecast: A State-by-State Guide

By Brian Lovett

Indiana Is Now the Top Trophy Whitetail State. Here’s Why
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Indiana Is Now the Top Trophy Whitetail State. Here’s Why

By Natalie Krebs

Deer hunters dragging a buck.
Deer Hunting

How to Get Into Shape for Deer Hunting (and Avoid Heart Attacks and Injuries This Season)

By Adam Moore

treestand
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Best Places to Hang Tree Stands for Bowhunting Season

By Brodie Swisher

Introducing kids to hunting is a delicate business.
Deer Hunting

Some Kids Just Aren’t Meant to Be Hunters. But All Kids Should Get the Chance

By Beka Garris

earlyseasondeer
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Early Season Deer

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

whitetail looking over snow covered mountain
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Hunt Mountain Whitetails

By Bill Buckley

collage of bolt-action rifles
Deer Hunting

The Best Bolt-Action Rifle Bargains

By Outdoor Life Writers

A whitetail deer herd killed by lightning.
Deer Hunting

Lightning Strike Kills Herd of Deer, a Wild Story from the OL Archives

By Alex Robinson

This Mule Deer Has Cutaneous Fibromas, and It’s Freaking Out Residents in Colorado
Mule Deer Hunting

This Mule Deer Has Cutaneous Fibromas, and It’s Freaking Out Residents in Colorado

By Natalie Krebs

red wolf and whitetail deer
Deer Hunting

Could Red Wolves Actually Improve Deer Populations and Hunting in the Southeast?

By Christine Peterson

Turkey hunting relationships.
Deer Hunting

Hunting Creates Bonds Between Friends and Family Like Nothing Else Can

By Beka Garris

A Subaru Forester with a deer on the hitch.
Deer Hunting

The Deer Wagon: I Traded My Silverado for a Subaru—and I Don’t Regret It

By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

Massive 23-Point Nontypical Buck Ranks as the Fifth Biggest Whitetail Ever Taken in North Carolina
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Massive 23-Point Nontypical Buck Ranks as the Fifth Biggest Whitetail Ever Taken in North Carolina

By Bob McNally

Lingle buck 1
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Pennsylvania Hunter Tags One of the Top 10 Non-Typical Bucks in State History

By Dac Collins

deer fear human voices, NDA
Deer Hunting

You Know What Sound Spooks Deer More Than Wolf or Coyote Howls? Your Voice

By Dac Collins

northwoods buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Why Is Deer Hunting in the Northwoods on the Decline? And Will It Ever Rebound?

By Patrick Durkin

whitetail does in the snow
Deer Hunting

If Chronic Wasting Disease Is Fatal, Why Aren’t We Finding CWD-Killed Deer in the Woods?

By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

The Story of the World-Record Whitetail
Trophy Deer

The Story of the World-Record Whitetail

By The Editors

Two hunters on a deer drive.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Tommy’s Boys: A Crew of New England Hunters Copes with Loss by Driving Deer

By Gerry Bethge

Tarif Alkhatib and Grayson County Buck, aka "Shredder"
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Sixth Time’s the Charm: Texas State Trooper Arrows Possible County-Record Buck

By Dac Collins

Bowhunting through the firearm season is how the author hunts.
Deer Hunting

Why I Bowhunt During Gun Season

By Beka Garris

Brian Gailis with buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tags a 200-Inch Buck in the St. Louis Suburbs After 5 Years of Hunting Him

By Bob McNally

Clark shot this buck the first week of Decemebr.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

North Carolina Mountain Buck Could Be the New State Non-Typical Record

By Bob McNally

nebraska buck
Mule Deer Hunting

Nebraska Rancher Tags 210-Inch Mule Deer Buck on a Quick Hunt After Work

By Bob McNally

John Carter arrowed a 200-inch West Virginia buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

West Virginia Deer Hunter Arrows 200-Inch Buck That’s Almost a State Record

By Bob McNally

Whitetail Deer Cartridge Shoot-Out: .30-30 Win. vs. .243 Win. vs. .30-06 Springfield
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Whitetail Deer Cartridge Shoot-Out: .30-30 Win. vs. .243 Win. vs. .30-06 Springfield

By Ron Spomer

Whitetail Adrenaline showcases spot-and-stalk tactics for whitetails on public land.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How ‘Whitetail Adrenaline’ Proved Stalking Mature Bucks Is a Legitimate Game

By Alex Robinson

Beka Garris and her daughter shoot a recurve bow.
Deer Hunting

Bloodlines: How One Bowhunter’s Decision Is Shaping the Way Three Generations Hunt

By Beka Garris

whitetail buck and hunter montana
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Whitetail Deer Hunting Montana’s Milk River Is Overrated—Until It Isn’t

By Andrew McKean

5 Maine Whitetails That Weighed Over 200 Pounds in 2021
Whitetail Deer Hunting

5 Maine Whitetails That Weighed Over 200 Pounds in 2021

By Bob Humphrey

Pennsylvania Public Land Hunter Kills a Massive 205-Inch Drop-Tine Buck
Deer Hunting

Pennsylvania Public Land Hunter Kills a Massive 205-Inch Drop-Tine Buck

By Bob McNally

The Meadows buck scored 210 inches.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Oklahoma Bowhunter Passed on 190-inch Buck to Kill an Even Bigger Record Whitetail

By Bob McNally

Colt Russell with a nice Adirondack buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

New York Still Hunter Arrowed This 20-Point “Houdini” Buck in the Adirondacks

By Bob McNally

dragging out a buck
Deer Hunting

Rutting Bucks and Bad-Tasting Venison. Here’s What Deer Hunters Need to Know

By Jack Hennessy

New Spartan Forge Hunting App Uses Artificial Intelligence to Predict Deer Movement
Whitetail Deer Hunting

New Spartan Forge Hunting App Uses Artificial Intelligence to Predict Deer Movement

By Erik Barber

Hunting seasons are designed so that does who still have fawns with them may be tagged.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

It’s Okay (and Sometimes Necessary) to Shoot Does with Fawns During Hunting Season

By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

Mark Drury Arrows a Monster 216-Inch Iowa Whitetail
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Mark Drury Arrows a Monster 216-Inch Iowa Whitetail

By Bob McNally

Kansas Bowhunter and Outfitter Takes a Giant 200-Inch Buck
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kansas Bowhunter and Outfitter Takes a Giant 200-Inch Buck

By Bob McNally

The Best Time to Deer Hunt in Mid-October? When the Farmer Cuts the Corn
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Best Time to Deer Hunt in Mid-October? When the Farmer Cuts the Corn

By Alex Robinson

four bucks standing in a field near a wire fence
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Learn the 10 Habits of Highly Successful Deer Hunters

By Tony Hansen

Nebrasak, Wisconsin, and Michigan all have good OTC opportunities.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

3 of the Best Midwestern States for Hunting OTC Whitetails This Season

By Brian Lovett

The massive South Dakota Beadle buck, in the field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

South Dakota Bowhunter Tags a Giant 218-Inch Nontypical Buck

By Bob McNally

Here is how to set up the ultimate whitetail bow.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Set Up the Ultimate Whitetail Compound Bow

By Jace Bauserman

Fawn recruitment is faltering.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Whitetail Fawn Recruitment Is Declining at an Alarming Rate, and No One’s Quite Sure Why

By Josh Honeycutt

You need to try different tactics for better public land success.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Beat the Crowds in the Public-Land Whitetail Woods

By Brodie Swisher

A 6.5 Creedmmor did the job on this mule deer.
Deer Hunting

The 6.5 Creedmoor Isn’t Even the Best 6.5mm Deer Hunting Cartridge

By Ron Spomer

Overpopulated axis deer are ripe for regulated market hunting.
Deer Hunting

The Outdoor Life Podcast: Meet the Godfather of Hawaiian Market Hunting

By Natalie Krebs

This velvet buck was shot by the author in Kentucky
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Tag a Velvet Whitetail Buck (and the Best States to Make It Happen)

By Brodie Swisher

Don Higgins' buck from Illinois is one of the new state records.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

200-Class Archery Buck Officially Scored as the Second-Biggest Typical Whitetail in Illinois

By Bob McNally

Use a decoy to get closer to big deer.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Can You Really Stalk Within Bow Range of a Mature Whitetail Buck?

By Jace Bauserman

Hunting a wilderness area near LA
Deer Hunting

Deer Hunting the California Backcountry—Just an Hour From Los Angeles

By Eric Hanson

A trail camera photo of a whitetail buck with an inset circular image of the buck at a larger size.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

What It Feels Like to Miss the Biggest Buck of Your Life, at 45 Yards

By Natalie Krebs

Georgia B&C buck.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Georgia’s Biggest Buck of the Year Is Also an All-Time County Record

By Bob McNally

Two hunters sit behind a nice whitetail buck in Eastern Colorado.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Giants of the Yucca: Hunting for Bucketlist Whitetails in Eastern Colorado

By John B. Snow

A Wisconsin bull-headed brute.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 10 Weirdest Deer of 2020

By Josh Honeycutt

A big whitetail buck on a Primos trail camera, taken in late September.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Quit Worrying About Genetics: How Successful Deer Hunters Think About Antler Growth, Cull Bucks, and Passing Good Deer

By Natalie Krebs

Dieter Herbert arrowed a 130 class buck (right) just minutes before shooting one of the biggest typical whitetails in New York history.
Trophy Deer

New York City Carpenter Tags a 197-Inch, State-Record Buck…On Long Island

Texas has long been a top 10 B&C whitetail state.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

There’s More to Texas Hunting Than Expensive, High-Fence Ranches. Here’s Why a Texas Hunt Should Be on Your Bucket List

By Joe Genzel

A hunter holds up a shed deer antlers.
Deer Hunting

Ohio Hunter Finds a Massive 233-Inch Deadhead Buck

By Josh Honeycutt

Two hunters kneel behind a deer and hold its head up by the antlers.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 20 Commandments of Deer Camp

By Josh Honeycutt