The prospects for deer hunters filling that buck tag in New York state this year have never been better, even though the tag itself has not only changed … but like a whitetail in the woods … poof, in ...

The 2025 whitetail rut has wound down across the Midwest Region. Increasingly rare reports of a buck standing guard over a bedded doe, or a younger buck charging in nose to the ground and breaking up ...

The deer breeding season, or rut, makes early November the best time for archery hunting in Pennsylvania. Bucks are more active during the day this time of year, often found near does in areas with ...

Every fall, Georgia’s forests stir with primal energy. That’s when 1.2 million white-tailed deer across the state take part in the rut, or mating season. During this time, bucks abandon their usual ...

The peak rut can be challenging, but by hunting the right spots where you expect to find traveling bucks or a buck with a doe, you can increase your odds November is the time of year every deer hunter ...

When it’s fall in Massachusetts, the red maples ignite with color, there’s a sharpness in the air, and a rite of passage eons old begins in the woods. It’s rut season—the annual white-tailed deer ...

Tabor Oman with a good buck from the Black Hills of South Dakota. Submitted photo The 2025 whitetail rut has wound down across the Midwest Region. Increasingly rare reports of a buck standing guard ...

This story was originally published in the November 2007 issue of Outdoor Life. November is the time of year every deer hunter anxiously awaits. Throughout more than 90 percent of the whitetail deer’s ...