Whitetail Deer Hunting(Page 2)

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A rifle hunter with a giant Maine buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Maine Fisherman Bleats in Giant Swamp Buck While Hunting on the Ground, ‘Just Like My Grandfather Did’

doe lies on ground next to truck with broken windshield

Whitetail Deer Hunting

After I Shot a Deer, It Leapt on My Truck and Smashed My Windshield

By Cheyne Matzenbacher

A Pennsylvania flintlock rifle with a compartment in the stock.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

19 Timeless Photos from Pennsylvania’s Flintlock Season, the Last of Its Kind in the Country

Photographs by Henry Hung, Story by Derek Horner

An old color photograph of two deer hunters in Mississippi.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Spent Thanksgiving with Southern Hunters Who Ran Deer Hounds. Here’s What I Learned

By Robert E. Price

A kid's first deer hunt in a Louisiana swamp in the 1960s.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

My Son’s First Trip to Deer Camp Was a Rite of Passage — for Both of Us

By Grits Gresham

A crossbow hunter with a 14-point velvet buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

This 16-Point Velvet Buck Is a New Maryland State Record

Two bucks swimming across a pond

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Watch: The Craziest Rut Footage You’ll See All Year

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a giant double-beamed buck running away from horses in the snow.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Tracked This Double-Beamed Buck for 8 Miles Across Ohio

By Paul Helser, as told to Ben East

deer walks uphill in brushy field

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Quit Treestands a Decade Ago. It Turns Out Hunting Whitetails from the Ground Is More Fun

By Andrew McKean

A giant Missouri buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

He Almost Skipped the Hunt for His Son’s Homecoming, Then Shot a 200-Class Droptine

A bowhunter with a Missouri buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Missouri Bowhunter Tags 180-Class Buck That He Nicknamed ‘Texas Red’

Earl T. McMaster with his big Montana hwitetail.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Shot a Limit of Mallards, then Tagged the No. 4 All-Time Record Buck

By Earl T. McMaster

Whitetail Deer Hunting

These Basic Tools and Tactics Can Make Any Deer Hunter a Better Shooter

By Alex Robinson

A crossbow hunter with a big Kansas buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Fishing Guide Grunts in This Stud Kansas Buck to 2 Yards

A black and white and red illustration of a hunter looking behind him to see a big buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Old-School Advice for Still-Hunting Whitetail Deer

A whitetail buck in a grassy field.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Why Trophy Deer Hunting Is a Trap

A bowhunter with a huge, 34-point Missouri buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Missouri Bowhunter Ends 3-Year Quest for ‘Cactus Jack,’ a 34-Point Buck

A Maine hunter in blaze orange and a green check coat with a nice buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘I Laughed, I Cried.’ After 36 Years, North Woods Hunter Finally Tags His First Deer

By Natalie Krebs

Illustration of a hunter aiming a rifle at a deer in the snow.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Legendary North Woods Deer Tracker Is the Last of His Kind

By Gerry Bethge

A buck approaches cover

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Whitetail Tactic Most Hunters Abandoned — and Why It Still Works

A big Ohio buck photographed with a cellular trail camera.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Ohio Crossbow Hunter Sees a 190-Class ‘Mega Buck’ on Camera — and Tags It That Afternoon

the general sheds

Whitetail Deer Hunting

He Bought the World Record Whitetail Sheds for $1 Million — Then Found Out They Had Been Tampered With

By Alex Robinson

A young hunter with her first buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Kindergartener’s First Deer Is a Huge Droptine Buck

A black man in hunters camo holds a rifle.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I’m an Immigrant, a Veteran, and Finally… a Hunter

By Ron Taylor, as told to Natalie Krebs

A hunter with a big Oklahoma buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Oklahoma Hunter Tags His Biggest Buck Yet — from the Ground

An illustration of a hunter in a blue jacket leaning out a barn window to shoot a deer.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Drove 180 Miles to Hunt Deer. The Biggest Buck of My Life Lived Behind My Barn

By Harold Brigham

A hunter with a Pennsylvania buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Tracked a Buck for 36 Hours to Find a Game Warden Had Already Taken the Antlers

A bowhunter admires a big Iowa buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Public-Land Hunter Says This Huge Iowa Buck Is ‘the Pinnacle of His Bowhunting Life’

A bowhunter with an 8-point buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Tags His Target Buck After Watching It for 6 Years on Trail Cameras

A deer hunter with a big buck from Indiana.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Indiana Hunter Tags a Dandy 12-Pointer, Then Hauls the Buck Out in a Canoe

An illustration of an old-school hunter rattling

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Was Rattling Really Born in Texas? The Untold Story Behind the Favorite Tactic

By Hart Stillwell

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Kentucky Hunter Tagged This Massive Buck After Receiving a Cell Cam Photo and Driving Through the Night

spooky trail cam photos

Whitetail Deer Hunting

19 Eerie Trail Camera Photos You Can’t Unsee

By Josh Honeycutt

Whitetail Deer Hunting

27 Bad Excuses Why You Didn’t Kill a Buck Last Year

By Will Brantley, Tony Hansen

Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘His Antlers Grew 40 Inches.’ Kansas Hunter Arrows Massive Nontypical Buck

A whitetail deer makes a scrape on the edge of a field.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Where to Kill a Buck This Weekend: Target These Key Food Sources and Scrapes

By Derek Horner

A buck scent checks a doe.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 9 Best Deer Stand Locations for Hunting the Rut

By Michael Hanback

A Missouri bowhunter with a buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

College Kid Plays Hooky and Arrows a Huge Missouri Buck with 3 Main Beams

Deer rubs side by side in the dark and with UV lights.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Rubs and Scrapes Glow Like ‘Highway Reflectors’ to Deer, New Study Shows

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a buck running through the woods and a hunter aiming at it.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Went Looking for a Lost Hunter, and Found the Big Buck I’d Been Tracking All Season

B&W photo of hunter with deer in trunk

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Spent 5 Years Bowhunting One of the Biggest Nontypicals Ever. Then My Buddy Killed Him

A hunter with a big droptine buck taken in Ohio.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

This Buck Outsmarted Me for 3 Seasons. One Change Finally Gave Me the Chance I Needed

An illustration of deer hunters

Whitetail Deer Hunting

We Invited a 13-Year-Old on His First Deer Hunt. He Ended Up Teaching Us a Few Things

An Oklahoma hunter with a big buck with lots of points in the back of a wagon

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Shot the Biggest Buck of My Life with a 10-Year-Old Crossbow and Just One Arrow to My Name

An illustration of a hunter in a pine tree about to shoot a 250-inch buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Hunt for the Jameson Buck, a 250-Inch Legend That Lived in an Old Strip Mine

By Michael Pearce

Mitch Stamm Buck

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bowhunter Self-Films His Hunt for a Buck with an Insanely Wide Spread

A screenshot of AI YouTube hunting personality

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Meet Kayla, the Sexy AI-Generated Huntress Telling You How to Hunt Deer

By Alex Robinson

A young hunter with a huge Indiana buck tagged on opening day.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

My 8-Year-Old ‘Kept His Cool’ When This 180-Class Buck Bedded in Front of Us

Two photos of a big wisconsin buck with tons of mass.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Bowhunter Arrows Giant 16-Point That Was ‘Much Bigger a Few Years Ago’

A bowhunter kneels behind a big buck in Wisconsin.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Wisconsin Bowhunter Tags 20-Point Buck While Sneaking into His Stand at Dawn

Two hunters drag a deer in a sled in the back yard of their suburban home.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

9 Photos of a Surreal Day in the Life of Suburban Deer Hunters

Photographs by Greg Kahn, story by Natalie Krebs

A photo of Ed Koberstein with his big Alberta typical buck.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Hunt for the Ed Koberstein Buck, a World-Record Contender That Lost After a Scoring Mixup

A buck dead from EHD in Ohio.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Ohio’s EHD Outbreak Worsens as Officials Consider Tag Cuts and Hunters Ask for Even Tighter Restrictions

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Is Your Wild-Game Processor Shorting You on Venison?

By Alex Robinson

whitetail deer hunting

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The 20 Biggest Myths in Deer Hunting

By Michael Hanback

A photo collage of a drone operating deer tracker amid an EHD outbreak.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

‘Death Is in the Air.’ This Drone Pilot and Deer Tracker Is Uncovering Mass Whitetail Die Offs

By Alex Robinson

whitetail drone research

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Podcast: This Thermal Drone Project Is Revealing the Surprising Behavior of Mature Bucks

By Alex Robinson

public land scouting

Whitetail Deer Hunting

5 Hard Truths About Scouting Public Land (and How to Overcome Them)

By Alex Robinson

Alex Robinson packs out sheep with one of the best hunting backpacks.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

The Best Hunting Backpacks, Chosen by the Editors

Hunter Jim Carmichel in a black hat and red shirt sitting behind a deer.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Myth of the Iron Deer: Our Legendary Shooting Editor Explains Why Simply Choosing a Bigger Cartridge Is a Bad Idea

By Jim Carmichel

Whitetail Deer Hunting

I Built the Ultimate Deer Rifle

By John B. Snow

A hunter guts a deer in the woods.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

9 Expert Field Dressing Tips That Will Make Gutting a Deer Much Easier

By Alex Robinson

Where to Hunt for Deer OTC

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Where to Hunt Deer: The 5 Best Whitetail States for DIY Hunters

By Alex Robinson, Derek Horner

An illustration of Jim Jordan shooting a running giant buck with a lever action.

Whitetail Deer Hunting

Solving the 65-Year Mystery of the Jordan Buck, the Biggest Whitetail Ever Killed in America