Entries Tagged deer hunting

When bucks are chasing sometimes the best way to get a shot is to aggressively attack them. Here’s how to make it happen while hunting the deer rut.

What do you do when rain, snow or extreme wind threaten your best chances to hunt the deer rut? Don't despair, because it's not as bad as you think.

Say you only have one precious week’s vacation this fall, and you plan to cash it in chasing whitetails. Schedule accordingly so you're in the woods during the best time to deer hunt.

Despite all the research and data, whitetail behavior during the rut remains unpredictable. The best way to counter that is to keep your game plan simple.

There’s no better time to chase whitetails than November in the Midwest, but there are factors for hunting during this season that should be understood.

For unseasonably warm weather during the deer rut, target areas near bedding thickets, hyper-focus on water and stay far, far away from open-country food plots.

After the rut, should you continue to hunt your best rut stands or focus on afternoon feeding patterns? The answer could surprise you.

Where to set up to get a shot at your next buck.

A treestand that is 20 feet up and 25 yards out from the trail gives you a higher percentage chance of hitting both lungs as opposed to a 30-foot shot at the same distance.

The deer rut is supposed to be "easy," right? Well, it doesn't always go as planned. Here are 10 solutions to hunting problems you might run into during the whitetail rut.

If hunters make good use of the region's narrow draws and concentrated timber, they'll find themselves wanting to hunt deer in the great plains every year.

Statistics say that one out of every three hunters who use a treestand will fall sometime during their lives. Many will be seriously injured or killed. Don’t be one of them.

Here’s why, if your property needs to have some does lopped off it this year, early is better than later.