Deer hunting is a game of patience and precision, where even the smallest mistake can cost you your chance at a prize buck.

How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life, by Larry Benoit, was a seminal tome for a generation of deer hunters. Originally published in 1974, the book chronicled the hunting strategies and tactics of ...

Small-woods deer hunting is its own kind of puzzle. You don’t have sprawling timber, deep ridges, or endless bedding... The post Small-woods tactics that produce surprisingly big deer appeared first ...

Something happened to me as a Pennsylvania deer hunter the last three years. I re-learned that it’s fun. In my formative years as a hunter some 35 years ago, Pennsylvania deer hunting was always fun.

Editor’s note: This is a combination of columns that first appeared Saturday, Dec. 6 and 13 in The Trailhead, a free email newsletter featuring Penn’s Woods coverage of Pennsylvania’s great outdoors ...

This story, “A Deer of Thanksgiving,” originally ran in the November 1964 issue of Outdoor Life. THE SHOT CAME just as I was easing into position by a dead oak snag. With head down and eyes scanning ...

White with his buck, and his Remington 760 chambered in .30/06. When Stephan White Sr. walked into the Lake Parlin Lodge in Jackman, Maine on Wednesday, the room erupted. “It was like a surprise ...

For some hunters, the very end of the season becomes more enjoyable and rewarding. Here are tips for the holiday hunt.

The statewide archery and flintlock seasons open on Dec. 26 and run through Jan. 19. In Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) 2B, ...