whitetail deer Articles

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host special public meetings concerning chronic wasting disease in Fort Smith and Springdale.

Planting small orchards of select, late-dropping fruit trees for deer can draw and hold wildlife on your property for better hunting.

Shed hunting isn’t just a hobby. Those bones can come in handy while preparing for your next bowhunting adventure.

When you stumble upon the shed of a mature buck, take note. this could very well be the same place you can bag him.

A whitetail collected on Jan. 25, 2018, in Issaquena County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. To date, CWD has been confirmed in 24 states, three Canadian provinces and two foreign countries.

Venison tenderloin on a roll. Yay. Except this party food is about more than bread and meat. There's a bourbon gravy involved. Super quick; super easy.

Once you understand how deer choose their bedding areas, you can locate them and even create them. It’s a reliable strategy for hunters who are willing to put in the scouting time.

The distance deer can cover in the air just might surprise you.

Deer hunters know just how keenly aware deer are of their surroundings. But how well can they see?

Nobody, least of all myself, thought I had a snowball’s chance of killing a buck. I was blind as a newborn baby. But somehow, I got one: a barely-legal forked horn. Fly me to the moon!

What a "fight to the death" might look like (Hint: It's very slow). Research suggest deer fights, especially during the rut, may make older-age-class bucks susceptible to a bacterial infection of the brain.

The value of a deer hide ranged from a halfpenny per pound in 1831 up to about 30 cents per pound in the late 1870s. But what's its value today — not just the hide, but the venison too?

There’s seven glands examined here. None more important to a hunter than the forehead gland. And then there’s No. 4. It’s about toe glands.