How to Age a Whitetail
How can you tell the difference between a 2½-year-old buck and a mature 5½-year-old deer in those few tense seconds before you shoot or don’t shoot? Start by familiarizing yourself with the ever-changing features of the whitetail buck.
6 Things You Didn't Know About Deer
Next time you run into a hunter who thinks he knows everything, see if you can stump him with these six whitetail facts. It'll feel good when you do.
Of Mandated Points and Spreads
Antler-point restrictions are turning out to be useful game-management tools—sometimes. .
Should You Shoot Spikes?
Do spike bucks have inferior genetics? Will culling them improve the quality of your deer population? Should you shoot spikes? The buck stops here.
Intracranial Abscessation in Deer
During this year’s whitetail rut, perhaps you observed a buck fight. While most “fights” are just pushing and shoving matches often involving young bucks that don’t even know they are bucks yet, others are very aggressive encounters.
Do Bucks Go Nocturnal, or Just Leave?
Did this happen to you this past hunting season? Before opening day you found a really good buck using your trail cameras, so you set stands, were all a-twitter—then never saw him again all season. Did you think you did something wrong, and forced him to go nocturnal? Maybe—but probably not.
One Tough Customer
In mule deer country, success begins with being prepared to take long hikes in steep country to get—and stay in—the game.
On the Whitetail Clock
Whether we’re hunting the rut or keying on food sources, most deer hunters have a favorite day and magical hour for besting big bucks. What’s yours?
Hunt Bucks as Individuals
Using his personal property as a laboratory to study individual buck behavior, the author has made some eye-popping discoveries. Even if the area you hunt is nothing like his, his findings might help you better understand your quarry.
The Hot Ticket in Winter
Nail the weather forecast and find the food to make the late season great. Here’s what you need to pull a big buck out of the bare woods this month.
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