Deep in the forests of Czechia, mighty red deer stags battle with roars that echo through the misty hills. The rutting season ...

This breeding period, called deer rutting, is usually triggered by the change of seasons. When the breeding season arrives, the male deer, or buck, has a vastly different window.

Conclusion: Mature bucks that have fought, chased, and bred their way through the rut, generally do not taste as good. A younger buck that has been run off by bigger, badder bucks and didn’t spend the ...

If a post-rut buck is daylighting on a scrape, I'll jump right on that. But even when they aren't, seeing when and how often bucks hit a scrape now will help you formulate a successful hunt plan. 4.

Middle-aged deer will have a medium-size range during the early season and pre-rut, but this area will shrink as the rut kicks into full swing. 3-5 year-old bucks are your more aggressive fighters ...

The bucks don’t eat as much as they normally would, so they do lose weight during the rut, but they are definitely eating. Some research shows a breeding buck loses as much as 20-25% of its body ...

But, by definition, it’s the two weeks leading up to the start of the rut (which is when bucks are seeking does in estrus and breeding them). Bucks typically move more during the pre-rut, but they are ...

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 ...

You may not see as many bucks during the post-rut, but your odds of catching up with a slammer are still really good. So, roll up your sleeves and follow these 10 tips for tagging the best buck in ...

Kevin Pugh said deer are currently in the middle of the rut at Sam R. Murphy WMA in Lamar and Marion counties. He added that mature bucks are chasing does and hunters have harvested some nice deer.

Rutting typically hits in Georgia in October and November, when shy bucks emerge from hiding to look for does. That also sends deer into unexpected, urbanized territory.

Outdoors: Local mating rut for whitetail deer is peaking More does ovulate between Nov. 11 and 13 than any other time of year in Massachusetts ...