Columnist Oak Duke draws on 50 years of data to predict when bucks will be most active chasing doe each fall. Here's how 2026 ...

It was the heart of the breeding season one fall when I shot a nice buck in the act of rubbing a tree. I didn’t pay much attention to this at first. But when it happened a second time, I realized that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many deer hunters wait all year for the peak of the apparent whitetail rut, this year to occur in early November 2025. But late ...

We’re in the heart of the rut now. If you hunted this past week, your woods were probably rocking, with does flying through the timber, tongues lolling, and bucks hot on their tails. As we move into ...

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 ...

The rut is the breeding season for whitetail deer, and it's a highly anticipated time for hunters and wildlife enthusiasts. During the rut, bucks (male deer) become more active and less cautious as ...

As I was driving along a primitive road through the thick brush along the Snake River, I saw the wiggle of a white-tailed deer through the brush. I stopped and made a slow stalk through the weeds and ...

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 ...