Your gun is only as good as the scope you put on it, and that goes double for muzzleloaders.

Even small plots can become whitetail honey-holes with the right food plot, a box blind or two, and smart hunting strategies that reduce pressure on deer.

Sometimes we learn more from our failures than our successes. Here is one of the author's most memorable whitetail lessons learned.

No natural funnels where the deer sign is hottest? Make your own and encourage whitetails to walk by your treestand.

Don't always believe the notorious hunting advice that whitetails take the path of least resistance.

Whitetails like to travel in depressions behind goldenrod, where they remain hidden — unless you know to look.

Bigger isn’t always better when it comes to food plots, and for that matter, you shouldn’t be making them in a perfect rectangle, either.

A proven (but not necessarily easy) two-step approach to expanding your deer hunting opportunities to private lands filled with whitetails.

Setting up a long-range bow for western whitetails isn’t difficult but it does require a clear understanding of the habitat and targeted subspecies.

Now is the time to go through trail cam pics from last whitetail deer season to begin building a plan for success this fall.