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Whitetail Bucks in Odd Places

Nebraska’s Platte River flows through mule deer country among a smatter of crop fields—exactly the kind of landscape patient hunters can exploit to find big-racked bucks.

Know-How: Backtrack a Post-Season Buck

We all know mature whitetail bucks can be elusive, even nocturnal, but when you track them just after the season you find how simply neurotic they can be.

Know-How: Tweak Your Deke

Setting a decoy spread for wary waterfowl requires strategic calculations to pull off a successful ruse. The same is true of decoying whitetail bucks. You can plunk a buck decoy anywhere, but to have it work with precision requires forward thinking. Begin with simple biology.

Buckmasters Announces Major Changes to Its Scoring System

Buckmasters is making big changes in 2025 to simplify antler scoring and make it more accessible for hunters of all experience levels.

Huntin' Sheds

Time to start burning off some winter fat.

How to Manage Whitetails in Timber

Think food plots on open ground are the only way to grow big bucks? Think again. When timbered property is properly managed, it can be logged for profit while still providing ideal habitat for whitetails.

Following Footprints

Remember, tracking will not always be successful. Be persistent and sooner or later it will happen.

Lesson No. 5: Post-Season Scouting

It’s time to take inventory and prepare for next year’s hunt.

New for 2025: SEVR Ti 1.5 4-Blade Hybrid

One broadhead for all your bowhunting needs, SEVR's Ti 1.5 4-Blade Hybrid is accurate, durable, and kills like crazy.

Cool Finds at the Great American Outdoor Show, Part 1

Everywhere you turn at the Great American Outdoor Show, something new and interesting awaits. Here are some of our favorite scenes from the 2019 show, but they represent just a fraction of what keeps us going back every year. See you there next February!

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