whitetail deer Articles

Nockturnal G-Shift and FIT-Shift lighted nocks are available in eight color options for 2026.

The author has planted Evolved food plot seed in western Wisconsin for two consecutive years. Growing conditions were less than ideal in 2024, and it was a repeat in 2025. Thankfully, the results were better than expected.

Vsling Archery’s Bow Sling is designed to keep bowhunters mobile, hands-free and ready for quick transitions in the field.

Do you think these scarecrows will prevent deer from eating in a garden?

As we’ve done for decades, we asked readers of Bowhunting World magazine to vote for their favorite hunting and archery brands. The manufacturers highlighted here were chosen as Readers’ Choice Awards winners in 54 categories.

Whitetails are built to survive harsh winters; here’s how they do it.

Late-winter is the perfect time for building, maintaining and improving whitetail bedding areas, and on some properties a technique called “hinge-cutting” works well.

The new-for-2026 TenPoint TX Ultra 29.5 crossbow is everything a hunter can ask for and more.

During fall 2025, the author and his hunting partners field tested five annual seed blends from Mossy Oak BioLogic on three of their western Wisconsin food plots.

The compact Bow-Go Micro 3818 case from Easton Archery provides protection for bows and other archery essentials.

Bear Archery pads proven technologies with a killer new tuning feature and updated cams, unveiling the baddest Bear in the woods.

The author placed a Spypoint Force 24 non-cell trail cam in a deep, heavily-wooded South Dakota river-bottom that doesn’t receive cell service. What did he discover after letting it shoot pics for 3 straight months?

The author and his family test three blends from Magnet Outdoors on a few of their Wisconsin food plots.

Obsession’s new ride is sizzling fast but also forgiving and highly accurate.

The vast majority of trail cams sold today are cellular models, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore non-cell offerings.

Is using a trail cam fair chase? In the author’s opinion, it depends . . .

Waddell tells the sad stories of two hunters he knows personally who fell from trees during 2025 — one died and the other is in the hospital with two broken legs.

The Heavy Weight Crew Sock from Sitka Gear provides maximum warmth and durability for late-season hunts in extreme cold.

The whitetail doe shown in this video isn’t in a petting zoo, so why does she react this way?

The author spent 25 hours over three days walking the many miles of SHOT Show aisles checking out new products. For him, the innovative Ratchet Rest shooting bag system from Real Avid ranked No. 1.

Tink’s introduces Scrape Slushie attractant, expanding its complete scrape system.

Wildlife Research Center’s Golden Estrus Scent Stick is a super-premium, weather-resistant attractant designed to trigger the mating instincts of rutting whitetail bucks.

The biggest mistake you can make when preparing a venison steak happens long before it hits the grill, stovetop or oven.

Sightron introduces its new SV 10x42mm ED binocular — delivering exceptional clarity and sharpness from edge to edge.

Hunting over a DSD Posturing Buck decoy, at a range of only 10 yards, Jay Gregory hammers a big Iowa whitetail with his recurve.

Lightning fast at 515 fps, the TRX Ultra Vision crossbow is equipped with the TenPoint Vision HD 3-12X digital rangefinding crossbow scope.

Looking back at the first-annual Archery & Bowhunting Supershow and other memorable events from the 2026 ATA Show Week.

The author has been building and maintaining food plots for 30 years, but he made two big blunders in 2025.

Bowhunting World Field Editor Darron McDougal says the Martin FireCat M-3 is insanely lightweight, unfathomably quiet and vibration-free, and lethal beyond a doubt.