Big Game

To up your whitetail rut game, here are a few amendments for your playbook to consider.

Can one bowhunter recover from blowing the shot of a lifetime, regroup and come back to find success?

Identify the variables and create a plan to make them more predictable to make this year’s rut sits more reliable.

A “suicide squeeze” is a baseball play where the batter bunts, sacrificing himself at first base so the third-base runner can score. In bowhunting, it pertains to rutting bucks traveling through funnels occupied by bowhunters. Execute the play this November to score a wall-hanger buck.

If you’re not interested in an expensive guided hunt or crave the satisfaction that comes from doing it yourself, here’s how to pull it off.

When topography and foliage mix perfectly, the coupling creates natural funnels that concentrate rutting buck movement.

Going airborne, as you would for whitetails, in the right locations and under the right circumstances can yield big results on mule deer.

Bumping whitetails as you leave an afternoon stand is never a good thing. Here’s how to avoid this common mistake.

These two bucks get caught fighting on camera before one of them gets a little too close in the heat of the moment.

FeraDyne Outdoors partners on a photo contest with Tom Miranda and the Lazy CK Ranch in Texas.

If luck wasn’t on your side for a coveted draw tag in Kansas, then pick up an over-the-counter Oklahoma whitetail tag.

To minimize the chance of a poor hit, bowhunters can learn from this informative video that details a deer’s reaction to the sound of a shot.

Backpacking into wild country can net greater success on bigger bucks.

Every region of North America has unique whitetail rut dates. Here is how to determine the rut times in your area.

Whitetails west of the Mississippi River and beyond have all the wiles of eastern deer — and the bonus of big antlers.

Whitetail bucks can be aggressive during the breeding season, and all deer can be dangerous when wounded.

Finding and taking mature bulls consistently is this group’s forte.

The author uses a new tactic to arrow a 550-pound black bear in the Sooner State.

Create a strategy for calling high-pressured, well-educated bull elk on public land.

Three sisters, ages 4-13, join their dad during an October blizzard, and the oldest daughter has a close-range archery encounter with a 5x5 South Dakota whitetail on the edge of a standing cornfield.

Factoring in his latest 200-class mule deer buck, Randy Ulmer’s career total for muley antlers now surpasses the 5,000-inch mark.

Here is the 10-year management plan for Utah's population of bighorn sheep, one of the smartest, toughest game animals in the country.

A primer on two deer diseases, EHD and CWD, which are often confused for one another.

Bowhunter Matt Wachowiak, a student at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, recently tagged a whitetail with an unofficial gross green score of 200 2/8 inches.

The new EKO Cam System from Bear Archery allows up to 90 percent letoff without sacrificing performance while eliminating cam lean.

Looking to broaden your whitetail horizons? Adventure awaits in these five destinations.

There comes a time when a bowhunter has to dedicate their time to tagging a bull elk. Last fall, I did just that.

Hunters who understand whitetail vocabulary can make the right call at the right time, which can sometimes bring a deer to you on a string.

On Sept. 14, 2019, Jim Lickfeld became the first bowhunter to kill an elk in Pennsylvania's inaugural archery elk season.