Here in the Northeast and the Midwest, the 2025 whitetail rut is set to peak in early November, in sharp contrast to last year’s spread out “trickle rut.” Here, as winter is on its last legs ...

That time of year that many deer hunters wait and dream about all year. The peak of the whitetail pre-rut. But it has two sides. On the one hand, bucks are finally on their feet during the daytime ...

Idaho has some of the most pristine wilderness in the country, largely undisturbed for generations. And as unchanging as the ...

Every fall, the woods of Arkansas are alive with excitement as white-tailed deer begin the rut, their yearly mating season. Normally ghostlike in the woods, bucks throw aside their caution ...

To date, researchers have posited a few scenarios: It may be that bucks on excursion are, in a sense, on a vacation. But then ...

It’s bad time to be driving on country roads at night, but a great time to be a Midwestern whitetail deer hunter, because the chasing phase of the rut is on. Reports from across the region all ...

Rut Rundown: The Whitetail, Muley, Elk, and Moose Breeding Seasons Explained When humans fall into a rut, it’s understood that our lives have become routine and boring.

I killed my first rutting whitetail buck in 1971. Like most deer hunters, I used to think that the rut always happened on such-and-such a date because I experienced it.

What should you look out for during deer rut season in Arizona? Where and how can you safely observe? We have the details for you.

His work and that of his fellow biologists gave deer hunters what they have today. It’s a Louisiana divided into 10 deer-hunting areas determined by the study of whitetail behavior.

It’s bad time to be driving on country roads at night, but a great time to be a Midwestern whitetail deer hunter because the chasing phase of the rut is on. Reports from across the region all ...