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Carbon Express has introduced its new 2015 Whitetail arrow, which is crafted exclusively with its titular game animal in mind.

Arguments for or against game ranches aside, the BullShooters want to know: Can a whitetail really jump a high fence?

Maybe you have a sure-thing rut stand, a place of your own where pleasant memories of big bucks tagged play in your head like a deer-hunting show marathon. Good for you. Now go away; this is for the rest of us who must constantly scout, look for new properties and put in the time for our dream bucks.

Deer populations are local affairs, but there have been some surprising regional trends hunters should be aware of.

A fundamental change to deer management is coming. Changes that can and will affect your deer season. Let Field Editor Frank Miniter explain.

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.

The Quality Deer Management Association and Powderhook have announced the release of the 2016 update to their "Deer Tracker" app, a free program that allows hunters to monitor deer activity and harvests in their surrounding region and throughout the country. New interactive features allow users to estimate the age and score of bucks in posted photos as well as locate nearby public hunting land.

We've crunched the numbers. Here are 2017's best states to hunt whitetail deer.

We've already discussed what we feel will be the best states in which to hunt whitetail deer in 2017. But what about the other side of the coin? What about the states you should avoid?