Whitetail Deer Hunting

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A whitetail deer's head peeking over tall grass in a field.

How to Find an Affordable Deer Hunting Lease How to Find an Affordable Deer Hunting Lease

By Alex Robinson

straight wall deer rifles

Guns

The Best Straight-Wall Deer Rifles The Best Straight-Wall Deer Rifles

By Brad Fitzpatrick, Tyler Freel

Beginner’s Guide to Timber Stand Improvement: How to Manage Your Woods for Deer and Other Wildlife Beginner’s Guide to Timber Stand Improvement: How to Manage Your Woods for Deer and Other Wildlife

By Josh Honeycutt

A split screen of a deer standing in the woods on one side and a man with a rifle raised standing next to a woman on the other

Watch: Hunter Pops the Question, Then Drops a Deer at 100 Yards Watch: Hunter Pops the Question, Then Drops a Deer at 100 Yards

By Alice Jones Webb

A hunter with a 20-year-old Georgia doe.

This 20-Year-Old Georgia Doe Might Be the Oldest Deer Ever Killed in the State This 20-Year-Old Georgia Doe Might Be the Oldest Deer Ever Killed in the State

A Massachusets hunter with a big buck.

Middle-School Teacher Tags the Biggest Typical Buck Killed in Massachusetts in a Decade Middle-School Teacher Tags the Biggest Typical Buck Killed in Massachusetts in a Decade

A nice Ohio buck with a unicorn antler.

‘I Hadn’t Shot a Deer All Year.’ Hunter Tags Unicorn Buck in the Final Days of Muzzleloader Season ‘I Hadn’t Shot a Deer All Year.’ Hunter Tags Unicorn Buck in the Final Days of Muzzleloader Season

A hunter with a big Kansas whitetail buck.

Army Vet Gets His First Whitetail Buck on Last Day of the Season, and It’s a 19-Point Giant Army Vet Gets His First Whitetail Buck on Last Day of the Season, and It’s a 19-Point Giant

16 Deer Hunting Mistakes You Won’t Make Again Next Season 16 Deer Hunting Mistakes You Won’t Make Again Next Season

By Josh Honeycutt

A Kansas rifle hunter with a big elusive buck.

Kansas Soldier Ditches His Tree Stand and Tags Elusive ‘Ghost’ Buck from the Ground Kansas Soldier Ditches His Tree Stand and Tags Elusive ‘Ghost’ Buck from the Ground

whitetail does in snow

Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged Chronic Wasting Disease Still Confounds Researchers. But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged

By Christine Peterson

A photo of CJ Alexander with huge Ohio deer with text overlaid.

Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year Podcast: What We Should Learn from the Craziest Poaching Case of the Year

By Alex Robinson

A hunter with a tall-tined illinois buck.

Illinois Hunter Shoots 184-Inch Buck While Sitting in a Lawn Chair Illinois Hunter Shoots 184-Inch Buck While Sitting in a Lawn Chair

A hunter kneels beside a nice buck

Indiana Bowhunter Used a Spreadsheet to Help Kill This 184-Inch Buck Indiana Bowhunter Used a Spreadsheet to Help Kill This 184-Inch Buck

An older whitetail buck, bedded

9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer 9 Ways Old Bucks Behave Differently Than Younger Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

A trail camera photo of a giant deer.

Rookie Crossbow Hunter’s First Buck Is a 200-Class Nontypical Monster Rookie Crossbow Hunter’s First Buck Is a 200-Class Nontypical Monster

pennsylvania buck

Podcast: What We Get Wrong About Whitetails, with Jeff Sturgis Podcast: What We Get Wrong About Whitetails, with Jeff Sturgis

By Alex Robinson

A big 10-point buck in the back of a UTV.

Kansas Farmer Tags What Could Be One of the Top 5 Archery Bucks Ever Taken in the State Kansas Farmer Tags What Could Be One of the Top 5 Archery Bucks Ever Taken in the State

Freel and Miller Drag a Buck

Hunter Amnesia: What It Is, and How You Can Avoid It Hunter Amnesia: What It Is, and How You Can Avoid It

Ashley Matchett and Chris Janeski

On Her First Successful Deer Hunt with Her Husband, Hunter Shoots a Super Wide Pennsylvania Buck On Her First Successful Deer Hunt with Her Husband, Hunter Shoots a Super Wide Pennsylvania Buck