As the leaves change color during autumn, many animals change their behavior. Reptiles seek out shelters to pass the time ...

In most parts of the country, white-tailed deer rutting season hits hard around November. Bucks are chasing does, running ...

Deer rut is a biological spectacle that takes place every year in Illinois throughout the state with an estimated 660,000 ...

What started as a peaceful weekend hunting trip in rural Texas quickly spiraled into chaos when a seemingly calm buck ...

It’s the biggest lesson I’ve learned in more than 30 years of studying and hunting whitetail deer across North America: Don’t overthink it. You don’t need a grand plan to kill a buck, especially when ...

The rut, an old cranky engine ... But things change in a month in the deer woods. For one thing, whitetails are much spookier, having been hunted hard. Often they tend to gang up in unhuntable ...

And many bow hunters remarked that “the rut’s on.” Then hurricane Nicole put a damper on the action. But just past Veteran’s Day, the deer were running day and night again. Doe that didn ...

White-tailed deer breeding season, known as the rut, is starting. "During the rut, bucks will really increase their movements throughout the day compared to other times a year. And they'll also ...

Here, as winter is on its last legs, some may wonder why forecast next fall’s deer rut so early? But this time of the year, though the snow is flying, is when I have been asked to bracket the ...

It’s been a long wait. But September is finally here, which means early bow seasons have started or are about to start across the county. And that means the annual whitetail rut—the peak event ...