Don’t get it twisted: The classic big-buck destinations are still great. Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois still produce giants every year. Texas deer hunters still kill more whitetails than anyone else. And ...

JARED SCHEFFLER’S ideal archery shot on a whitetail buck is either quartering to or facing head-on. He hunts exclusively from the ground. Scheffler shoots a longbow, and he uses heavy arrows that are ...

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Michigan deer hunting changes in 2026 and 2027 include new season dates, firearm rules and a one-buck limit in the Lower ...

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Outdoors columnist Tom Lounsbury is pleased to see the recent change for firearm deer hunting starting in the fall of 2026.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

I wasn’t going to shoot either deer. Nor did I want to risk spooking one and send it huffing and puffing through the deep woods just as my hunt got started. So I eased the rifle down, leaned against ...

At first glance, North America’s two main deer species—the whitetail and the mule deer—can look very much the same. But there are important differences, and being able to spot them will not only help ...

It’s showtime for Texas deer hunters. The 2024-25 general hunting season for white-tailed deer opened statewide 30 minutes before sunrise on Nov. 2. Most whitetail junkies will agree: There is nothing ...

An East Texas safari club is inviting the community to a Whitetail Deer Showcase and evening banquet to raise money for ...