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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.

Hunting’s post-kill rituals aren’t spontaneous gestures like high-fives or war-whoops, but perhaps that’s where they began.

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.

Again and again, GPS-collar movement studies of whitetails find that mature bucks are individuals. There are types, sure. Just as some middle-aged men are homebodies and others like to be out and about, there are categories we can put bucks in—but that really doesn’t help you decipher the specific pattern of an individual deer.

Here are several things GPS-collar studies are teaching us about how to hunt whitetails, which you can use to your advantage this fall.

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?

Whitetail deer are the most commonly hunted animal in the country. But just how big of a hunting staple the species has become may surprise you.

The Bluegrass State is home to some bruiser deer, and there are plenty of opportunities for both residents and out-of-state hunters. Here are five important reasons you should add Kentucky to your big-buck bucket list.