Deer Hunting
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A Rutting Whitetail Buck Traveled Nearly 200 Miles in 22 Days
![Use a decoy to get closer to big deer.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/22/Bow-Mounted-scaled.jpg?w=675)
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Can You Really Stalk Within Bow Range of a Mature Whitetail Buck?
![QDMA: Top 5 Threats to Whitetail Deer and Management](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/STC6GHQ4U77HVZQVPI5WCPHNGU.jpg?w=545)
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QDMA: Top 5 Threats to Whitetail Deer and Management
![Whitetail Tips: How to Find Your Buck After a Questionable Shot](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/QPMCQPN4LX534SLLQJPGWJUJRQ.jpg?w=594)
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Whitetail Tips: How to Find Your Buck After a Questionable Shot
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How to Scout for Deer During Spring Turkey Hunts
![Georgia B&C buck.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/31/166764079_1051698352025413_2109324889545848662_n.jpg?w=571)
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Georgia’s Biggest Buck of the Year Is Also an All-Time County Record
![A Wisconsin bull-headed brute.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/23/V4YBP4XYNFFXZFNK4L6ULBLCZM.jpg?w=640)
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The 10 Weirdest Deer of 2020
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The Buck With The Hairy Eyeballs
![A hunter kneels by a whitetail deer and holds its head by the antlers.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/01/27EZJB6NQJCT3L2EG4ZNK335LE.jpg?w=599)
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3 Jaw-Dropping Bow Season Bucks That Scored Over 200 Inches
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Ohio Hunter Finds a Massive 233-Inch Deadhead Buck
![A hunter sits next to a whitetail deer and holds its head by the antlers.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/14/PBJBGODK7ZA5BBA3D6YL4WH2NM.jpg?w=600)
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Get Inside a Buck’s Core Area Without Spooking It
![Two hunters kneel behind a deer and hold its head up by the antlers.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/24/AP6GKLBVN5EKBP4KOK3ZSFAGKQ.jpg?w=600)
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The 20 Commandments of Deer Camp
![A hunter kneels beside a whitetail deer.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11/I7VD4EMEBZDSFL5XGGRYP323HM.jpg?w=600)
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The Biggest Antlered Does You’ve Ever Seen—Including a 200-incher
![The velvet antlers of a doe.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/15/I24YCUUYIJD6VCD42ASRRJPU2M.jpg?w=600)
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The 22-Point, World-Record Doe
![A trail camera photo of a buck at night.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/11/HTZ355EEZJFNPASWLOO7BSNNOE.jpg?w=600)
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Cracking the Mystery Behind Missouri’s Year of the Giant Buck
![Two hunters kneel behind a whitetail deer.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/07/MNGGO3ZJOBHELERZXOKMNDLK5E.jpg?w=600)
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Deer That Never Encounter Humans: How to Shoot a Reclusive Buck
![A group of hunters walk through rustling leaves into a tree line.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/09/P2TV5FCDARAO3LSEUQEQQ23ACA.jpg?w=600)
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These December Deer Drive Tactics Will Save Your Season
![A hunter kneels beside a whitetail deer and holds its head up by the antlers.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/09/65EBJERVOJHSRFUM65U2UOVT3Q.jpg?w=600)
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A 204-inch Iowa Bow Buck For The Ages
![The author (Andrew McKean) glasses for deer on his home property in north-central Montana.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/04/CXTTTLXAJFACZI5BJSWDQ3F3UQ.jpg?w=675)
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Close To Home Adventures: Life on the Prairie
![A hunter holds a whitetail deer antler.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/07/GNESDPQTDRHNRJWJKPG33VKJRU.jpg?w=600)
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Is Ohio the New Best Whitetail Hunting State?
![A bowhunter holds the antlers of his archery whitetail buck.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/26/UBCFGKFLNBA7FAJCMNDOOOIES4.jpg?w=675)
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The 186-Inch Arkansas Longbow Buck with Seven Lives
![A man sits behind a deer and holds its head up by its antlers.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19/IKEUAP4JYNAWPL5LMOY6HAFK5E.jpg?w=599)
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5 of the Biggest Bucks Ever Taken in the Northeast
![A hunter kneels behind a whitetail buck and hold its head up by the antlers.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/16/U2SYQUZIYBH6PP6U2HHAJKNVKE.jpg?w=600)
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The Biggest Buck of the Season?
![Illustration of a man overlooking a field of deer.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/02/OJTZWMOUCNBJPNKO6N7SCG54C4.jpg?w=600)
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The Origin Story of Food Plots for Deer Hunting
![A hunter draws back on a compound bow from in the brush.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/02/U7POE2JYFRFLFGTARNAVYI7LDA.jpg?w=600)
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How to Kill Big Bucks in States That Allow Baiting…Without Baiting
![A smiling young man and woman in camo shirts sit behind a big whitetail buck.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/01/FHMT6KV5J5AC7EW7MOIKOZMBJI.jpg?w=596)
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The Story of Leaner, a 197-Inch Wisconsin Archery Buck
![A hunter kneels behind a large whitetail buck at night.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/28/CXMR24H5MRFEJAIV3NA7X3DRYU.jpg?w=601)
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An Ohio Hunter’s First Buck May Be a Record-Book Whitetail
![A hunter kneels behind a dropped whitetail buck in a large field.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/14/ZWUFVYTJTBH2NDAENJPQD256WI.jpg?w=600)
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Busting 4 Whitetail Weather Myths
![A hunter climbs up in a tree stand in his back yard.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/12/FL57IOV2CBAHBEW4VS5QUOHEKA.jpg?w=601)
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Deer Hunting Every Day in the Suburbs of Virginia
![A hunter smiles and kneels behind a large mule deer in the snow.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/08/XDZHD7NK3ZEN7CCFU772CEIV3A.jpg?w=600)
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In the Future: There Will Always Be Public Hunting Land in America
![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.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/13/ZF6ZF3VMNZGMRKBYOCM2FRDIEE.jpg?w=600)
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Hunting Pre-Rut Whitetails: When Should You Get Aggressive?
![A whitetail deer stands in a large open woods with the sun setting in the evening.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/05/MQGS3QTEGVEELPDWPYIGN3ZC7Y.jpg?w=600)
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In the Future: CWD Won’t Kill Whitetail Deer Hunting
![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"](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/01/6SH3JUUZVVCW7DTM4I7IM4UPZM.jpg?w=600)
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How to Use the Best Hunting App to Find Better Deer Spots
![A young girl kneels behind a dead whitetail deer at night and holds up its head by the antlers.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/01/TGUZ2X2Y2RC7FKFWI2TU4YVWTA.jpg?w=600)
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A 14-Year-Old Just Shot One of the Best Bucks in Kansas History
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10 Natural Ground Blinds That Keep You Hidden from Deer
![A whitetail deer stands inn brush at a treeline.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/21/XQQY56GIERG5BA7ZWRPZ3M6XZQ.jpg?w=599)
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Busted: 10 Myths About Scaring Off Deer
![A camo Primos Double Bull Surroundview 360 groundblind on a field edge in the fall.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/14/SGPA3WVXZJAMTAG24ANXBYS5L4.jpg?w=675)
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