How to Age a Whitetail
How can you tell the difference between a 2½-year-old buck and a mature 5½-year-old deer in those few tense seconds before you shoot or don’t shoot? Start by familiarizing yourself with the ever-changing features of the whitetail buck.
How to Adjust to the Rut’s Phases
The rut calls for a series of adjustments. As the bucks change their behavior patterns, you need to be there waiting for them.
Michael Waddell’s Rut Time Strategies
It may be the easiest time of the year to take a big buck, but let’s face it, you can still screw it up. Here’s how Michael Waddell approaches the rut.
Late Rut Options
Not all of the hottest whitetail action takes place in November. In several places across the whitetail's southern range, the best rut hunts fall in January.
The Pre-Rut Gamble
Are you good enough? That's the question to consider when hunting a mature buck while the canopy is still up and bright and the rut’s madness is still weeks away.
Simplifying the Rut
Bucks are on their feet more often in daylight at this time of year, so there are many ways to be successful during the rut. Field Editor Bill Winke explains.
12 Tips for the Rut
During the rut, the bucks themselves may not always know where they will be next, so how can you expect to know? Luck will always play a role in your success, but when you play the odds and focus on those things that are predictable, luck will find you a whole lot sooner.
Your November Rut Playbook
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.
Know-How: Smart Plans for Rut Stands
To have the best chance at seeing a buck, you must stay in step with the rut's three basic phases when choosing where to place your stands and which days to hunt them.
Know-How: Lessons From The Rut
The rut is here, so perhaps it’s time to throw caution to the wind. Deer don’t act normal, and neither should you.
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