"Stand hunting" or "taking a post" can become a very chilly proposition, if not downright cold especially when the ...

THE FIRST DEER I ever killed came to me, but I was in a good place, walking a few steps at a time and making frequent stops, and looking more than moving. Otherwise I wouldn’t have seen him. That’s a ...

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

I have learned plenty of lessons about deer and myself while hunting whitetails in eastern Montana along the river.

Prowling around the big woods is deer hunting as our forefathers knew it. From the rugged mountains of New York’s Adirondack Park to the sprawling bottomland of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, there ...

A tall and heavy 8-point buck pushed a doe up the open ridge and directly toward my tree stand. Three satellite bucks circled and sniffed the air, but couldn’t get within 20 yards of the doe due to ...

As firearms seasons for deer take place across the Midwest, many smaller bucks like this one will be passed in hopes of finding a bigger one. Firearms seasons for deer are about to open across the ...

DNR encouraged with results from nine-day firearms season that kept harvest on an upward trend. Minnesota’s peak deer season ended Sunday with a plentiful harvest that assured state wildlife ...