Deer Hunting(Page 6)

The best deer hunting tips and strategies for whitetails and mule deer.

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Angie Kokes spears whitetail buck
Hunting

Spear Hunter Kills Whitetail Buck from the Ground. Here’s How She Did It

By Katie Hill

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Hunting

Dr. Grant Woods on How to Use Trail Cam Artificial Intelligence to Improve Your Deer Hunting

By Alex Robinson

bowhunting in Kansas
Hunting

Tips from The Hunting Public: How to Locate Big Whitetail Bucks on Public Land in Kansas

By Derek Horner

Dan Infalt buck
Hunting

Inside the Mind of the Big Buck Serial Killer

By Josh Honeycutt

Trophy class buck poached in Pennsylvania.
Hunting

Someone Poached This Big Pennsylvania Buck Near a Federal Prison

By Natalie Krebs

mature whitetail buck
Hunting

50 Places Where Big Bucks Live

By Josh Honeycutt

randy ulmer high country muley
Hunting

Randy Ulmer Tags Another Stud Mule Deer in the Colorado High Country

By Dac Collins

B&W photo of hunter with deer in trunk
Hunting

A Five-Year Stalk for a Record Whitetail, From the Archives

By Al Dawson

whitetail deer
Hunting

Don’t Aim for a Deer’s Head

By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

world record typical whitetails
Hunting

The Biggest Nontypical Whitetails of All Time

By PJ DelHomme

velvet bucks
Hunting

Monster Velvet Bucks from Kentucky and Tennessee

By Josh Honeycutt

rutting whitetail buck
Hunting

The Best Times to Hunt the Whitetail Rut This Season

By Michael Hanback

Danny Farris with a buck taken behind a decoy
Gear

The Best Deer Decoys

By Adam Moore

hunting by moon phase
Hunting

Why I Hunt the Whitetail Rut by Moon Phase—and You Should Too

By Michael Hanback

hunting river bottom bucks
Hunting

Tips from The Hunting Public: How to Hunt Whitetails in Public Land River Bottoms

By Derek Horner

World record whitetail buck
Hunting

The Milo Hanson Buck: How Long Can the Whitetail World Record Stand?

By Alex Robinson, By Andrew McKean, By Jim Zumbo

Straight walls could supplant slug guns.
Guns

Will Straight-Wall Deer Rifles Kill the Slug Gun?

By Brad Fitzpatrick

Grant Woods sold America's most famous whitetail property, the "Proving Grounds."
Conservation

Grant Woods Just Sold the “Proving Grounds.” Here’s What He Learned from Building One of the Most Famous Whitetail Properties in America

By Katie Hill

The Tactacam XB has the best picture quality.
Hunting

Is Hunting with Cellular Trail Cameras Fair Chase or Cheating?

By Alex Robinson

old magazine pages showing story
Hunting

When a Shark Attacks a Deer Hunter, From the Archives

By Phil H. Moore

Wyoming whitetail season.
Hunting

Deer Hunting Season 2022 Forecast: A State-by-State Guide

By Brian Lovett

Indiana Is Now the Top Trophy Whitetail State. Here’s Why
Hunting

Indiana Is Now the Top Trophy Whitetail State. Here’s Why

By Natalie Krebs

Deer hunters dragging a buck.
Hunting

How to Get Into Shape for Deer Hunting (and Avoid Heart Attacks and Injuries This Season)

By Adam Moore

treestand
Hunting

The Best Places to Hang Tree Stands for Bowhunting Season

By Brodie Swisher

Introducing kids to hunting is a delicate business.
Hunting

Some Kids Just Aren’t Meant to Be Hunters. But All Kids Should Get the Chance

By Beka Garris

earlyseasondeer
Hunting

How to Hunt Early Season Deer

By Alex Robinson, By Bob Humphrey, By Craig Dougherty, By Tony Hansen

whitetail looking over snow covered mountain
Hunting

How to Hunt Mountain Whitetails

By Bill Buckley

collage of bolt-action rifles
Guns

The Best Bolt-Action Rifle Bargains

By Outdoor Life Writers

A whitetail deer herd killed by lightning.
Hunting

Lightning Strike Kills Herd of Deer, a Wild Story from the OL Archives

By Alex Robinson

This Mule Deer Has Cutaneous Fibromas, and It’s Freaking Out Residents in Colorado
Hunting

This Mule Deer Has Cutaneous Fibromas, and It’s Freaking Out Residents in Colorado

By Natalie Krebs

red wolf and whitetail deer
Conservation

Could Red Wolves Actually Improve Deer Populations and Hunting in the Southeast?

By Christine Peterson

Turkey hunting relationships.
Hunting

Hunting Creates Bonds Between Friends and Family Like Nothing Else Can

By Beka Garris

A Subaru Forester with a deer on the hitch.
Hunting

The Deer Wagon: I Traded My Silverado for a Subaru—and I Don’t Regret It

By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

Massive 23-Point Nontypical Buck Ranks as the Fifth Biggest Whitetail Ever Taken in North Carolina
Hunting

Massive 23-Point Nontypical Buck Ranks as the Fifth Biggest Whitetail Ever Taken in North Carolina

By Bob McNally

Lingle buck 1
Hunting

Pennsylvania Hunter Tags One of the Top 10 Non-Typical Bucks in State History

By Dac Collins

deer fear human voices, NDA
Hunting

You Know What Sound Spooks Deer More Than Wolf or Coyote Howls? Your Voice

By Dac Collins

northwoods buck
Hunting

Why Is Deer Hunting in the Northwoods on the Decline? And Will It Ever Rebound?

By Patrick Durkin

whitetail does in the snow
Hunting

If Chronic Wasting Disease Is Fatal, Why Aren’t We Finding CWD-Killed Deer in the Woods?

By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

The Story of the World-Record Whitetail
Hunting

The Story of the World-Record Whitetail

By The Editors

Two hunters on a deer drive.
Hunting

Tommy’s Boys: A Crew of New England Hunters Copes with Loss by Driving Deer

By Gerry Bethge

Tarif Alkhatib and Grayson County Buck, aka "Shredder"
Hunting

Sixth Time’s the Charm: Texas State Trooper Arrows Possible County-Record Buck

By Dac Collins

Bowhunting through the firearm season is how the author hunts.
Hunting

Why I Bowhunt During Gun Season

By Beka Garris

Brian Gailis with buck
Hunting

Bowhunter Tags a 200-Inch Buck in the St. Louis Suburbs After 5 Years of Hunting Him

By Bob McNally

A 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge doesn't always produce the best blood trails on deer.
Guns

Are You Getting Bad Blood Trails with the 6.5 Creedmoor? This Is Why

By Natalie Krebs

Clark shot this buck the first week of Decemebr.
Hunting

North Carolina Mountain Buck Could Be the New State Non-Typical Record

By Bob McNally

nebraska buck
Hunting

Nebraska Rancher Tags 210-Inch Mule Deer Buck on a Quick Hunt After Work

By Bob McNally

John Carter arrowed a 200-inch West Virginia buck.
Hunting

West Virginia Deer Hunter Arrows 200-Inch Buck That’s Almost a State Record

By Bob McNally

tracking deer
Hunting

How to Track Deer: Fresh Tracks in the Big Woods

By Hal Blood, By Ralph Stuart

Whitetail Deer Cartridge Shoot-Out: .30-30 Win. vs. .243 Win. vs. .30-06 Springfield
Guns

Whitetail Deer Cartridge Shoot-Out: .30-30 Win. vs. .243 Win. vs. .30-06 Springfield

By Ron Spomer

Whitetail Adrenaline showcases spot-and-stalk tactics for whitetails on public land.
Hunting

How ‘Whitetail Adrenaline’ Proved Stalking Mature Bucks Is a Legitimate Game

By Alex Robinson

Beka Garris and her daughter shoot a recurve bow.
Hunting

Bloodlines: How One Bowhunter’s Decision Is Shaping the Way Three Generations Hunt

By Beka Garris

whitetail buck and hunter montana
Hunting

Whitetail Deer Hunting Montana’s Milk River Is Overrated—Until It Isn’t

By Andrew McKean

5 Maine Whitetails That Weighed Over 200 Pounds in 2021
Hunting

5 Maine Whitetails That Weighed Over 200 Pounds in 2021

By Bob Humphrey

Pennsylvania Public Land Hunter Kills a Massive 205-Inch Drop-Tine Buck
Hunting

Pennsylvania Public Land Hunter Kills a Massive 205-Inch Drop-Tine Buck

By Bob McNally

The Meadows buck scored 210 inches.
Hunting

Oklahoma Bowhunter Passed on 190-inch Buck to Kill an Even Bigger Record Whitetail

By Bob McNally

Colt Russell with a nice Adirondack buck.
Hunting

New York Still Hunter Arrowed This 20-Point “Houdini” Buck in the Adirondacks

By Bob McNally

dragging out a buck
Hunting

Rutting Bucks and Bad-Tasting Venison. Here’s What Deer Hunters Need to Know

By Jack Hennessy

New Spartan Forge Hunting App Uses Artificial Intelligence to Predict Deer Movement
Hunting

New Spartan Forge Hunting App Uses Artificial Intelligence to Predict Deer Movement

By Erik Barber

Hunting seasons are designed so that does who still have fawns with them may be tagged.
Hunting

It’s Okay (and Sometimes Necessary) to Shoot Does with Fawns During Hunting Season

By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

Mark Drury Arrows a Monster 216-Inch Iowa Whitetail
Hunting

Mark Drury Arrows a Monster 216-Inch Iowa Whitetail

By Bob McNally

Kansas Bowhunter and Outfitter Takes a Giant 200-Inch Buck
Hunting

Kansas Bowhunter and Outfitter Takes a Giant 200-Inch Buck

By Bob McNally

The Best Time to Deer Hunt in Mid-October? When the Farmer Cuts the Corn
Hunting

The Best Time to Deer Hunt in Mid-October? When the Farmer Cuts the Corn

By Alex Robinson

four bucks standing in a field near a wire fence
Hunting

Learn the 10 Habits of Highly Successful Deer Hunters

By Tony Hansen

Nebrasak, Wisconsin, and Michigan all have good OTC opportunities.
Hunting

3 of the Best Midwestern States for Hunting OTC Whitetails This Season

By Brian Lovett