Whitetail Deer

A few simple oversights can hugely impact your treestand success in the whitetail woods, so follow these tips to get dialed in this fall.

Tips for using scents, calls and decoys to fool rutting whitetail bucks.

A perfect whitetail ambush can be ruined in the minutes leading up to legal hunting time.

The rut is a highly anticipated event in every whitetail hunter’s schedule. As you prepare, remember to consider these three sometimes overlooked potential problem areas.

During the pre-rut, whitetail bucks make numerous scrapes. But not all scrapes are created equal when it comes to hunting near them.

Rutting whitetails typically don’t stand around and give you lots of time to aim and shoot. To prep for the rut, practice for a shot opportunity of no more than 5 seconds.

Here’s how to make the most of your next DIY Hawkeye State bowhunting adventure.

A large deer population, high success rates, and the region’s Old West history makes this one of the author’s favorite bowhunting road trips.

Many hunters wait until mid or late October until they get serious about pursuing whitetails, but in some scenarios, the early season gives you the best chance for success.

More than one bowhunter has been surprised to find a backyard 3-D archery target knocked down and even in pieces, and the guess is it was attacked by a live buck. Here’s proof that it can happen.

Thanks to a land manager’s quick thinking and sharp saw, a trophy Texas buck escapes a certain and slow death by coyotes.

Spring is the perfect time to walk your property, including sanctuaries, to learn all you can about the local whitetails.

Hunting a 160-acre South Dakota river-bottom, the author and his oldest son kill magnum whitetail bucks on back-to-back days.

Success can be elusive, especially when the prize is a trophy Kansas whitetail buck.

Winter is the perfect time to hike a whitetail property to discover future ambush locations — including crazy-good funnels like the one shown here.

When it comes to deer hunting advice, what is the best tip you’ve ever received? Here, Bill Winke remembers his No. 1.

The author recently picked up a European mount from the taxidermist and was surprised to discover that his whitetail skull features a fang!