“When you start getting too many deer on a piece of property, it's not an overnight change,” McKinley said. “They just start getting a little smaller. It's a gradual, like watching a child grow. You ...

The 2025 whitetail rut has wound down across the Midwest Region. Increasingly rare reports of a buck standing guard over a ...

The buck had a gross score of 142 4/8, with main beams measuring over 19 and 20 inches. A Mississippi woman had been getting ...

When a hunter in Mississippi first saw a young buck during the 2021-22 deer season, he thought it had potential to become a trophy. He was a 10-point and with time, the Hinds County buck became a ...

I joined a group of guys at deer camp in Mississippi for a proper dog-driven deer hunt over Thanksgiving weekend.

White-tailed deer hunting season in Mississippi has been extended for some hunters. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks said for this season only, the hunting period will be ...

If you want to harvest a big, mature buck, Mississippi is the place to hunt. Year after year, Mississippi has been recognized by the Quality Deer Management Association, now the National Deer ...

Experience has taught us that the annual whitetail rut is not always the one-dimensional occurrence so often portrayed. The annual whitetail rut usually has three distinct peaks of breeding activity, ...

Don’t get it twisted: The classic big-buck destinations are still great. Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois still produce giants every year. Texas deer hunters still kill more whitetails than anyone else. And ...