Deer

Hunting seasons are quickly winding down across the country. Here’s how to fill that late-season tag.

How many whitetail deer facts do you have filed away in that hunter’s head of yours? Here's one: by day five of a deer’s life, they can already outrun man.

While mule deer get their common name from those big mule-like ears, whitetails get theirs from the completely white underside of their overly-large tail. There are other differences too from facial distinctions to the gait of each animal.

A mature buck may lose 20 percent or more of its body weight during breeding season, so it needs to go into fall fat and sassy. Here's what deer eat to make that happen.

Deer hunters know just how keenly aware deer are of their surroundings. But how well can they see?

Nobody, least of all myself, thought I had a snowball’s chance of killing a buck. I was blind as a newborn baby. But somehow, I got one: a barely-legal forked horn. Fly me to the moon!

Here are some of the best deer rifles we saw at the 2017 SHOT Show, including the Weatherby New Mark V, the Tikka T3x and the new bolt-action Barrett Fieldcraft.

Featured photo: John Hafner One question that pops up often in deer camp is one that seems simple yet — when...

Axis deer apparently were made for bowhunting, with their morning and evening movements perfect for stand setups. Here are five reasons to hunt axis deer.

The plan was pretty simple: head to the Canyon Ranch to chase free-ranging axis and try to harvest one with Wac ’Em’s new 3-Blade Expandable.

While it isn't dangerous to humans, a new study shows nearly 25 percent of whitetail deer in the eastern U.S. are infected with a strain of malaria.

Hunters throughout the whitetail’s range are complaining of declining deer populations. It’s been enough to draw headlines, deer management plan audits and legislation aimed at growing deer herds. Are these declines real, and if so, what are the driving factors?

Casually bowhunting whitetails will result in casual success, but if consistently killing mature bucks is your goal, you might consider a consistent approach.

In bowhunting, getting close to our quarry is pretty much the name of the game. Use these tactics to get closer than ever to the buck of your dreams.

A group of deer in southern Oregon might be grabbing for the Doritos after chowing down on a field of industrial hemp.

Unbroken, mature forests offer little in the way of food or cover for whitetails. But a power line slicing through such sterile environments provides miles of prime edge habitat with both abundant shelter and food such as tender forbs, berries, shrubs, and saplings.

At any time, one oak species or another may be dropping the most acorns on different areas of your hunting property. The key to knowing where to hunt is realizing that different oak species thrive in different habitats and they shed their nuts at different times.