After all, that’s why the buck picked this spot in the first place. If you scan articles on the best rut hunting spots, you won’t find many that highlight buck bedding areas as key locations to target ...

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

I settled into my stand and waited. The Kentucky pre-rut with cool afternoon temps combined with the early muzzleloader season had me hopeful. Soon after sitting down, deer poured into the CRP fields ...

The rut gets all the attention when it comes to big bucks hitting the dirt, but let’s be honest; during the frenzy of the breeding season, with deer running willy nilly through the woods ...

Once again, it is time for your annual report on the rut for deer season. First things first: What is the rut? As you know, your humble outdoors writer is trying to be helpful. The friends ...

The rut gets all the attention when it comes to big bucks hitting the dirt, but let’s be honest; during the frenzy of the breeding season, with deer running willy nilly through the woods ...

During the “pre-rut”, only a few does are in heat (estrus). A shift in hormones causes does to create an irresistible scent for bucks. “There was this buck I tracked one season,” said ...

Deer hunters get excited when they hear that the rut is at hand. That’s because of what the rut means to big bucks. The rut is something that occurs over several weeks in the fall. It’s the ...

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 include tales of bucks in hot pursuit. Old, elusive bucks ...

What started as a peaceful weekend hunting trip in rural Texas quickly spiraled into chaos when a seemingly calm buck suddenly charged at a group of hunters. The incident happened deep in the woods ...

I think the best way to imagine how the rut unfolds in time is as a statistical bell curve by region. Deer in northern latitudes have a smaller and less forgiving window, while the further south ...

A buck wandered into the same concrete drainage ditch for a second year in a row in Colorado Springs, Colorado, wildlife officials said. Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Southeast Region It wasn ...