Is it worth hunting a buck bedding area during the rut? Here's a multi-step process for shooting a big, old buck near his bed.

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, a lot ...

The pre-rut can be a great time to target a mature whitetail buck, but you have to have the right plan. Here's how to deer hunt the pre-rut.

10 Tips for Tagging Monster Post-Rut Bucks 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 ...

It’s bad time to be driving on country roads at night, 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 ...

Pre-Rut: A Calm Before the Chase 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.

Here's your game plan for locating a mature buck during the pre-rut—and then tagging him.

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, family ...

Deer hunters get excited when they hear that the rut is at hand. That’s because of what the rut means to big bucks.

What Does Deer Rutting Look Like? According to Dr. Ditchkoff, the rut is a time when deer behavior becomes especially noticeable, and sometimes dangerous, due to their unpredictability.

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 ...

Research by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Penn State University discovers the truth about deer movements during rut, weather and moon phases.