Big Game

Medical scientists are extremely interested in understanding antler development because it could provide clues to treating humans for arthritis, immune disorders and degenerative diseases such as osteoporosis.

If you have food plots with bare soil, then now is the time for frost seeding clover.

Looking for a new way to fill a deer tag or two? Consider buying or leasing whitetail property and forming your own deer management company. Here’s how.

Because the Pope and Young Club annual convention was cancelled for 2020, the organization is moving its primary fundraiser — the big game hunts auction — online.

If you don’t have a solid game plan on how to enter and exit deer stands, then whitetails will see or smell you — or both — killing your chance of success.

A born-and-raised DIY deer hunter from Wisconsin tries his hand at bowhunting Texas exotics.

You can’t beat a deer’s incredible sense of smell, but you can increase your chance of getting a shot by using natural barriers to stay downwind of whitetails.

Many bowhunters blow opportunities on woodland whitetails because they draw their bow too early or too late.

If you shed hunt this winter, then keep these low-impact practices in mind to minimize your impact on already stressed deer.

Double ladders are designed for two hunters, but the author prefers them when hunting solo, too.

Bring your shed antlers to the Fur Takers of America Rendezvous to donate to the antler drive fundraiser.

At some point in your deer hunting career, you’ll need to decide whether shooting at running whitetails is worth the risk.

The world’s greatest Easter egg hunt for shed antlers is right outside your door and begins at the gate of your nearest whitetail hunting property.

Understanding whitetail deer movement, especially for mature bucks, is a continual process. Learn how to stay in hot pursuit.

Predicting the peak of the whitetail rut in your area is most accurately done with aid of a fetus scale.

Collecting data on your local whitetail herd throughout the year will pay big dividends when bowhunting season rolls around next fall.

To hunt effectively throughout the 2020 deer season, the author will rely on four whitetail hunting boots to keep his feet comfortable and dry.

Lace up your boots, grab some water and stretch your legs while enjoying one of the best times to be in the woods. As a bonus, pick up some shed antlers!

Do you stay out of a whitetail sanctuary on your property year-round? If so, that’s a mistake.

With all due respect to a grunt call, the snort/wheeze is a whitetail hunter’s most effective long-range deer vocalization.

Pursuing mature bucks is great, but sometimes getting back to the basics of whitetail hunting and targeting any deer is welcomed.

A black bear killed by Jeff Melillo in New Jersey during the 2019 hunting season has been certified as a bowhunting world record by the Pope and Young Club.

Put your boots to work, read deer sign this late winter and spring, and learn more about where whitetail bucks will be next fall.

Just because whitetail season has come to close doesn’t mean you have to stop thinking about — and prepping for — this upcoming fall deer hunt.

Michele Leqve calls herself the “Xtreme Huntress.” What could be more extreme than trying to kill a polar bear with stick and string?

You worked hard during the 2019/2020 deer season, hunted numerous days but still came home without a mature whitetail buck. What happened?

If an elk tag is something you desire, here are a few thoughts to help add one to your pocket.

Want to waylay a whopper whitetail? Consider playing the draw in these three whitetail hotbeds.

Planning a bowhunting trip out West for speed goats? A great idea, so long as you have an effective water plan.