Big Game

Decoying can be deadly on whitetails, especially when hunters hide with the aid of treestands and ozone generators.

The author thinks back on the 2021 whitetail deer season, and three lessons learned along the way.

Without home-field advantage, you’ll need this public land playbook to make the game-winning call on your away-from-home whitetail hunt.

Private land deer hunters can steer whitetails passed their ambush locations with help of a string-trimmer, mower — and even a snow shovel.

Remi Warren kills a mature moose with his bow, and a cameraman captures video of back-to-back arrows in flight as they exit the animal.

During fall 2021, well-known bowhunter Bill Winke avoided spooking Iowa whitetails after dark and before dawn by sleeping in the woods.

Self-filming whitetail hunts isn’t easy, especially on a dead-calm morning with a big 5x5 spitting distance close.

Pursuing Midwest whitetails changes dramatically after farmers harvest their crops. Here are a few tips on how to fill your tag during the late season.

Slugger Jim Thome experienced many highs during his baseball career, including hitting 612 home runs and being inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame (first ballot!), but tagging this 2021 buck might rival his finest baseball accomplishments.

Unfortunately, the decision to back out of the woods at dark and wait to trail an arrow-hit whitetail in the morning can result in losing venison to coyotes.

A massive study in southwest Texas indicates that culling “inferior” whitetail bucks isn’t the best way to build a better buck herd.

Station location changes due to COVID-19 protocols.

Dragging a deer back to your truck can be back-breaking work. Here are two proven methods that make it a bit easier to haul a whole deer from the field.

If you bowhunt whitetails from treestands only, then in many scenarios you’re actually reducing your chances of success.

Thanks to well-placed trail cam, an epic after-dark battle between a 180-class non-typical and another monster whitetail was captured on video.

In addition to feeding in standing cornfields, whitetails will often use them for bedding cover, too. And occasionally a deer’s instinct to hide rather than flee costs the animal its life.

When brainstorming ways to access public land for whitetails — and distance yourself from other deer hunters — don’t forget the boating option.