Reaping whitetail deer can lead to heart-pounding hunts. Here are five rules you need to know before getting started.

The problem with pulling a trigger is that you can’t unpull it — a lesson some hunters learn the hard way. Excited to raise ...

The Biggest Whitetail Bucks of 2023 While the current deer season is still going strong for some lucky hunters, another calendar year of deer hunting is now behind us. And with the new year upon us, ...

"Stand hunting" or "taking a post" can become a very chilly proposition, if not downright cold especially when the ...

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, some may ...

This story was originally published in the November 2007 issue of Outdoor Life. November is the time of year every deer hunter anxiously awaits. Throughout more than 90 percent of the whitetail deer’s ...

Still-hunting whitetails demands a rifle that feels natural in your hands, moves quietly through the timber, and doesn’t weigh you down after a few miles of easing along ridgelines and creek bottoms.

There’s a lot more to deer hunting than obsessing over monster bucks. But most hunters would be lying through clenched teeth if they said big deer weren’t captivating. The animals with the age, ...

The perfect compound bow setup for whitetails will be easy to draw and shoot accurately from a treestand when the pressure is on and your heart is racing. It will be properly tuned. And it will sling ...

If you ask a group of deer hunters which state offers the best chance at harvesting a big, mature buck, you'll likely get responses such as Texas or midwest states like Illinois or Ohio. While those ...

Is it any wonder why the whitetail deer is the most pursued big game animal in North America? Let’s consider this. Reason No. 1: Availability. Whitetails can be found from our east coast to the west ...