The apparent rut peak is when we see lots of chasing, cars and deer dodge each other, and carcasses litter the highways, ...

Experience has taught us that the annual whitetail rut is not always the one-dimensional occurrence so often portrayed.

Might you be placing too much faith in November’s deer breeding party? We are here to persuade you to concentrate your ...

Here in the Northeast and the Midwest, the 2025 whitetail rut is set to peak in early November, in sharp contrast to last year’s spread out “trickle rut.” Here, as winter is on its last legs, some may ...

When the rut heats up, hunters tend to focus more on terrain than cover. We love to spend days on end hanging out in “rut funnels” waiting for bucks to chase past us. That’s a fine strategy, but ...

I started to see the chasing phase of the rut starting in late October, so rattling will be a prime tactic to draw in a ...

Last mid-May I pulled off the blacktop, up a dirt road. Whoa! Brake! There, blocking my way, were two spindly-legged newborn fawns. Their mother stood off to the side in the tall grass and brush, like ...