“whitetail rut”

While it may lack the speed and shapely beauty of modern contenders, this nearly 150-year-old cartridge continues to prove itself in the field. Whoever said nothing lasts forever obviously never met the .45-70 Gov’t.

Contributor Aram von Benedikt shares his wealth of expertise on how to effectively predator-hunt the Desert Southwest.

Here’s a game plan for each phase of the whitetail rut.

How can we know when the rut will occur based on geographic location? Because history (and the rut) repeats itself.

Follow these tips to adjust your strategy weekly to take advantage of pre-rut, breeding and post-rut elk behavior to up your odds of success.

Use your phone to search exhibitors, schedule seminars and even bid on auction items.

Send us a photo and a 200-word description of when, where and how you filled your tag by March 1, and we’ll run the top entries in the American Hunter magazine this June—your photo might even make the cover!

The rut is here, so perhaps it’s time to throw caution to the wind. Deer don’t act normal, and neither should you.

Many turkey hunters don’t put in the effort to map a gobbler’s routine prior to opening morning. Follow these scouting tips to find the best spot to kill a tom.