Many deer hunters wait all year for the peak of the apparent whitetail rut, this year to occur in early November 2025. But late October, leading up to the high point of daytime action, as opposed to ...

For many hunters, the only deer sound they’ve ever heard is the loud alarm snort deer make when they sense something is amiss. The resulting “blow” alerts deer near and far that there might be an ...

The oldest wild whitetail ever documented lived to be 24 years old. That’s impressive—but also the exception, not the norm. In North America, wild deer usually have short, hard lives as they navigate ...

BRAINERD — Mother Nature can be a mad scientist. Note this young whitetail buck is sporting a mane. Manes on deer is one of the rarest genetic anomalies, and occur, biologists suggest, only when a ...

As Michigan’s popular whitetail deer firearm season approaches next month, state officials are urging hunters to shoot does to curb deer populations – and tweaking regulations to encourage it. The ...

MICHIGAN (WNEM) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is encouraging hunters to target more doe with their scopes, rifles, and bows this hunting season. In an open letter from the DNR, ...

The National Deer Association released its annual deer report on Jan. 15 that takes a close look at almost everything ...