“Tag: Whitetails”

The rut may be over, but your season doesn’t have to be. If you’re still looking to fill a tag before the bell tolls, these tips can help.

American Hunter Editor David Herman puts the new Savage Impulse to the test on 12,000 acres of South Texas Hill Country. Read on to see how the swift-shooting straight-pull performs.

Bad moves work out sometimes, but that’s no reason to live by them.

The first step to ensuring the quality of game meat is field dressing. Although there are many ways to do so, this method is proven, relatively easy and used by hunters around the world.

Deer-hunter harvests tallied crossing the Mackinac Bridge have consistently reflected Michigan's Upper Peninsula gun-harvest trends for 62 years.

Deer hunters know the rut produces unpredictable behavior in bucks. Acknowledge that, and you’ll understand why November is not the month to remain conservative. Instead “open the throttle” and hunt hard.

While the word “public” conjures visions of overcrowded parking lots and sparse game, those of us hunting public land this fall actually have millions of acres to roam. Do your research, and use this 10-point plan to take advantage of the bountiful public resource.

Hunt the edges. It’s an obvious play, but along with the corn rows and bean fields, there are whitetail pathways you may not be thinking about, and big bucks use them for that very reason.

The whitetail opener can be a tale of two vastly different types of deer: Those bucks that can be relatively easy to kill, and those that aren’t. Here are some early-season strategies for both.