For hunters and wildlife watchers alike, it’s the most exciting time of year. Bucks that might stay hidden for months ...

Near or at dark, a thick-necked 8- or IO-pointer might charge out into the field, scatter the subdominant bucks like quail ...

With the approach of November in the Upstate of South Carolina, it’s time for the rutting season to fall across the land.

Experience has taught us that the annual whitetail rut is not always the one-dimensional occurrence so often portrayed.

Now, as antlers are done growing and nearing the time for velvet shedding (usually around Labor Day), those largest bucks, the alphas, are apt to be caught on trail cams while on the move on a buck ...

Buckle your safety belts, and keep your bow in hand. The time of year deer hunters dream about is upon us. The midpoint of October has come and gone, welcoming another fall. With the colorful display ...

Buckle your safety belts and keep your bow in hand, the time of year deer hunters dream about is upon us. The midpoint of ...

A photo of a beautiful buck brings a reminder of the rut nearing, Illinois trout season opens on Oct. 18 but stocking is ...

Peak breeding season, ‘the rut,’ is one of the periods South Carolina hunters look forward to. That gives them the best ...

Jack-o-lanterns and whitetail deer have something in common because Halloween is the key timeframe when the whitetail rut in Michigan starts warming up.

The big whitetail moved steadily ... It was mid-November, the peak of the rut. Then abruptly the buck froze, as if gripped by an old instinct for caution. From atop a rise, he surveyed the area. To ...