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“I Was in Disbelief.” Crossbow Hunter Takes Massive 250-Class, 290-Pound Nontypical Buck

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Freddy Krueger Deer: These Are the Monster Bucks That Still Haunt Our Nightmares

By Alex Robinson

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The 9 Ways That Mature Bucks Are Different Than Other Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

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How to Skin a Deer Like a Pro

By Natalie Krebs

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The 101 Best Tips for Hunting the Whitetail Rut

By Michael Hanback

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Ditch the Treestand and Run a Deer Drive the Traditional Way

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Where to Shoot a Deer: Everything Hunters Need to Know About Shot Placement

By Alex Robinson

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Old School Tactics for Hunting Big Bucks During Big Storms

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The 27 Worst Excuses for Not Getting Your Buck This Year

By Will Brantley, Tony Hansen

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The Biggest Myths About Deer Rifles, Cartridges, and Shooting

By John B. Snow

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How to Blood Trail a Deer Properly: The Ultimate Guide to Recovering Your Buck

By Natalie Krebs

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When and How to Use a Grunt Tube to Call Deer

By Charles J. Alsheimer, Michael Hanback, Natalie Krebs

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5 Essential Rules for Hunting Mature Bucks from the Ground

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

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What It Took to Kill the Biggest Buck of My Life

By Alex Robinson

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7 Odd Deer Hunting Tactics You’ve Probably Never Tried But Should

By Michael Hanback

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‘I Was on the Clock.’ Ohio Bowhunter Gets Permission for Just 30 Days, Tags Giant on the Opener

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10 Reasons Why Late October Is the Best Time to Tag a Mature Buck

By Josh Honeycutt

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‘I Was Shaking.’ Georgia Hunter’s First Archery Buck Could Be the New State Record

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The Best Access Tool for Deer Season Is Already in Your Garage

By Derek Horner

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Here’s Why This Giant Missouri Buck Was Still in Velvet in Late September

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The Mountain Buck I Missed Still Haunts Me. Here’s What It Taught Me

Story and photographs by Bill Buckley

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This Fishing Guide’s Clients Canceled, So He Went Hunting Instead — and Arrowed a 200-Plus-Inch Buck

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Pennsylvania Has the Best (and Oddest) Deer Hunting Culture in America

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Ohio Bowhunter Takes 200-Class Buck With His Recurve at 15 Yards

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Don’t Overthink Your Archery Setup. Here’s What Makes a Perfect Deer Hunting Bow

By Alex Robinson

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How to Deer Hunt During the Dreaded ‘October Lull’

By Mark Melotik, Tony Hansen

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This Traditional Deer Hunting Tactic Is the Best Way to Get Away from Other Hunters This Season

By James E. Churchill

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Old-School Tactics for Hunting Bucks Around Streams and Swamps

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Veteran Bowhunters Use These 18 Sneaky Tricks to Fool Big Bucks in October

By Michael Hanback

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Here’s Why You Should Try Ditching Your Treestand and Hunting Deer from the Ground This Season

By Alex Robinson

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The 10 Best Stand Locations for Hunting the Whitetail Rut

By Josh Honeycutt

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Here’s Why a Deer’s Sense of Smell Is So Much Better Than Yours

By Natalie Krebs

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Wisconsin Crossbow Hunter Stalked Into Range of This Monster 214-Inch Buck

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9 Deer Diseases Every Hunter Should Know About

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The 287-Pound South Carolina Whitetail That Almost Outsmarted a Legendary Deer Hunter

By Archibald Rutledge

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‘A Buck Like This One Is Special.’ Bowhunter’s 17-Point Florida Deer Is Actually a Giant

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How Long Do Whitetail Deer Live?

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The Best Deer Hunting Cartridges of 2026

By John B. Snow

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8 Surprising Ways That Whitetail Deer Communicate With Their Tails

By Tom Carpenter

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The Truth About Big Bucks and Bad-Tasting Venison

By Jack Hennessy

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Maryland Crossbow Couple Doubles on Big Bucks the Same Evening

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‘Nets Are for Fishing.’ Here’s Why Many Hunters Don’t Want to Have Their Trophy Animals Officially Scored

By Andrew McKean

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11 Giant Whitetail Bucks That Still Have Mysterious Backstories

By Josh Honeycutt

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How to Rattle in a Buck, Based on Whitetail Deer Research

By Alice Jones Webb

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Do Deer Really ‘Jump the String?’ Here’s What All Bowhunters Should Know

By Alex Robinson

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Compound Bowhunter Tags 22-Point Velvet Buck Before His Wife Could Get a Shot With Her Recurve

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Ohio Farmer Tags 231-Inch ‘Flyer’ Buck That He Missed Two Years Ago

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

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How I Beat Bowhunting Buck Fever and Snapped My Big Buck Losing Streak

By Scott Einsmann

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How to Hunt Swamp Bucks

By Josh Honeycutt

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This 11-Year-Old Shot a Giant Velvet Buck on Her Birthday

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Deer Hunters Should Avoid These 7 Types of Rubs and Scrapes

By Josh Honeycutt

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Is the South the New King of Whitetail Country?

By Josh Honeycutt

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I Shot the Heaviest Buck Ever Taken in Maine. Then the Controversy Started

By Horace R. Hinkley

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13 Massive Drop-Tine Bucks That Made Hunting History

By Josh Honeycutt

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Here’s What All Deer Hunters Should Know About Acorns and Oaks

By Colin Moore, Alex Robinson

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10 Things Hunters Think Spook Deer, But Usually Don’t

By Josh Honeycutt

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How to Kill Big Bucks in States That Allow Baiting — Without Baiting

By Tony J. Peterson

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The Mysterious Backstory of the Ahrens Buck — a World-Record Whitetail That Vanished

By Mark LaBarbera, Stephanie R. Boyle

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Where to Hunt Deer in the Big Woods — Tips from a Maine Whitetail Legend

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What Do Deer Actually Eat? These Are a Whitetail’s All-Time Favorite Foods

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The Backstory on Why the Mitch Rompola Buck Was Never Entered as a World Record

By Richard P. Smith

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Inside the Mind of Dan Infalt, the ‘Big Buck Serial Killer’

By Josh Honeycutt