The 2024 whitetail rut did not roll out in the typical fashion so often portrayed. Instead, it was a trickle rut, writes ...

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In the past, the rut in Alabama has been a mysterious phenomenon. The breeding activity of white-tailed deer in one part of the state doesn’t necessarily coincide with the rutting activity in other ...

Photo: A whitetail buck freshens a scrape to leave new scent during the rutting process. While the white-tailed deer rut has come and gone in a few areas in Alabama, hunters in the majority of the ...

The 2018 deer gun hunting season will open a half-hour before official sunrise this Saturday, Nov. 17. Based on field reports from each region of the state, the bucks will be cruising for the last few ...

Deer gun season will run 16 days, through Dec. 4. This year’s Rut Report indicates plenty of hunter success is likely, as deer movement has been reported in all regions of the state. See all the ...

For these reasons, sample sizes were limited with just a few tens of deer examined each year, and these efforts were discontinued in 2018. To gather information about whitetail rut timing and breeding ...

The annual whitetail rut here in the Northeast and the Midwest ... which those of us who enjoy deer hunting dream about. And these breeding peaks vary from year-to-year, both in timing and intensity.