Bucks tolerate a lot of natural noise in the woods, but the wrong call at the wrong time will... The post Deer calling mistakes that scare bucks off instantly appeared first on The Avid Outdoorsman.

For many hunters, the only deer sound they’ve ever heard is the loud alarm snort deer make when they sense something is amiss. The resulting “blow” alerts deer near and far that there might be an ...

The first real cold sit of late season can feel like a fresh start, but it often exposes every... The post Late-season deer ...

Longtime deer hunter and outdoor writer Ben East explains the biggest mistakes both deer and deer hunters make in the woods.

For the thousands of local deer hunters who have not notched their deer license this year, your time has arrived. The normally cautious whitetail bucks, who usually are tucked into their day beds all ...

It's the most wonderful time of the year, unless you are a buck deer in Colorado. While humans are consumed with holiday shopping in December, buck deer are consumed with the rut, or mating season, ...

I had my rifle loaded by 5:45 a.m. on Wisconsin’s opening morning. I was warm from the walk in, and my feet were still on fire from the HotHands I’d stuck in my boots, but I knew the drill: Cool down ...

A Crawford County hunter gets large buck while hunting in the late deer season. Here's why it's a rare accomplishment.

The Eagle has compiled a list of the Top 10 non-typical whitetail bucks ever killed in Kansas. The list includes the biggest buck taken by a female in the U.S., and the No. 2 overall buck in the ...

A gigantic buck shot Dec. 10, 2025, in Dane County could rank among the top whitetail deer of its kind ever killed in Wisconsin. Steven Loomans of Madison shot the buck on the final day of the metro ...