“whitetail rut”

Sometimes deer hunters need to make something happen. Here’s when to get proactive and what to do.

During the whitetail rut there are two schools of thought when it comes to hanging stands.

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.

To help you tag a turkey this season, Field Editor Frank Miniter shares some helpful tips on how to predict and hunt gobbling peaks.

Looking for a new, technologically advanced muzzleloader bullet for this fall? Here are five superior options.

You see a buck across a field in the soft, late light of a summer evening. You tell yourself he isn’t really that big. The velvet on his rack in the diffused light is giving the buck cartoon proportions. But he is big enough. You next look at the woods beyond the buck and wonder how you can get him in your sights in autumn daylight. To make that happen you have to concede and understand a few things.

There’s nothing like the sight of a bird flushing through October foliage to make a grouse hunter’s blood warm … except maybe the sight of the bird flying away as a shot misses its mark.

Here’s a week-by-week guide to staying in step with the rut this month to up your odds of tagging the buck you want.