Whitetail Journal

Light was fading fast, so I got comfortable with my Ruger .223 Rem on the shooting sticks. I held the cross hairs of my Simons scope right in the center of the dog’s chest and sent a 55-grain Sierra Gameking boat tail hollow point on its way.

There''s nothing quite like your first successful whitetail hunt. Come along as an over 30 newbie hits the woods.

Bear Archery recognizes outstanding Trophy Ridge and Bear dealers at the 2013 ATA Show.

Two large Illinois bucks become tangled during a fight. A wildlife officer sets them free by shooting the antlers.

Our friends at SkullHooker.com bring us this awesome deer battle footage. Great way to start the day!

So what could possibly be good, bad or ugly about hunting coyotes? Well, it depends on perception.

After dragging the coyote up the hill to the road it hit me...I just shot a triple!

Be sure to take these four steps to keeping unauthorized hunters from poaching your bucks.

Itching to keep your season going? Let’s look at last-season Midwest hunts.

Now’s the time to pull yourself up by the proverbial bootstraps and get ’er done. Let’s go kill a buck!

Clues that might help you bag your buck when temperatures drop to well below freezing, or when big weather changes are affecting deer movements.

Heavily pressured deer don’t always pack up and move out. Sometimes they hunker down.

Knowing how deer react to the ravages of winter can help you be a more successful late-season buck hunter.

When it comes to riflescopes, binoculars and rangefinders, whitetail hunters have never had it so good.

If most of your shooting is done in heavy, deep woods, you’ll need a light-to-carry, fast-to-shoulder rifle — but almost any cartridge will do.

So you want to try tracking a monster buck? Here’s how to move, when to shoot, and what to do if you screw it all up.

The tried-and-true tradition of tracking big-woods bucks remains alive and well in the North Country.