Whitetail Deer

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.

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.

Avoid frustration by keeping your whitetail rut hunting approach simple — and successful — with these five straightforward strategies.

Many deer hunters make mistakes when placing a trail cam. Here are four tips for getting better trail cam pics.

5 proven pre-rut tactics for winning the whitetails game this October.

Whitetail bowhunters can put the odds in their favor by targeting scrapes. Here are the four proven steps to success.

Don’t sit home on the couch complaining about the October Lull. You can beat it with these seven strategies.

It’s critical for deer hunters – especially archers ­– to understand deer anatomy. It’s a fine line between a quick kill and a marginal hit.

Mature whitetail bucks don’t often give bowhunters second chances, but his one did, thanks to a well-placed deer decoy.

After extensive searching for an arrow-hit whitetail, a hunter and his buddies use a drone — legally — to find the buck in a thick swamp.

Two world-class non-typical whitetails were killed in September 2021, and although the two bucks look similar, the stories behind the giants are completely different.

Timely scouting will reveal clues to where early season whitetails are feeding. The key to success is quickly forming a game plan based on this intel.

Marginal hits on whitetails will eventually happen to any veteran bowhunter. Some are pilot error, while others are difficult to decipher. What do you think happens here?

If you want to take an inventory of mature whitetail bucks in your area, then cover some ground in a vehicle during summer and glass green fields at sunset.

Tagging a mature whitetail buck during late-season is usually a challenge, and that’s especially true on public land.

Central Michigan isn’t known as a hotbed for big bucks, but the host of MAD Forager encounters a mature whitetail on public land, and it’s worth checking out.

The rut can cause whitetail bucks to act in unpredictable ways, as this bowhunter learns on a mid-November afternoon.

One great way to obtain permission on private land is to offer to remove a doe — or three — from the deer herd.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources surveys the state’s whitetails by using spotlights. This conservation work is funded by excise taxes paid by archery, firearms and ammunition manufacturers through the Pittman-Robertson Act.

Treestands aren't always the best choice. In fact, ground blinds can keep you hidden and give you a greater advantage. Here’s how to pick a good one and use it effectively.

The quickest way to ruin a whitetail property is with hunting pressure. Here’s a simple and smart way to cut hunting pressure in half without limiting your time in the field.

Bowhunting whitetails on public land is a challenge, and this well-done film takes you through all the single-season highs and lows.

Traditional bowhunter Harmon Carson arrowed a huge whitetail buck in his home state of Louisiana, and he captured the entire DIY adventure on video.