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 ...

Bowhunters and youth hunters have been putting down some bruisers across the Midwest. It’s truly amazing how much change has occurred in buck harvests over the past 20 years. So many more bucks are ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People have been telling me they see some very large, racked bucks in the fields. During the rut, those big bucks let down their ...

The 2025 whitetail rut has wound down across the Midwest Region. Increasingly rare reports of a buck standing guard over a bedded doe, or a younger buck charging in nose to the ground and breaking up ...

Yes, ladies and gentlemen and deer hunters everywhere, it's time for your favorite deer season topic, and that is the rut. I was contemplating skipping a column on this wildly popular deer-related ...

It’s now prime time for bowhunters, auto body shops, and roadkill cafes, all thanks to something known as the whitetail rut. It’s a time when amorous deer throw caution to the wind and many end up ...

The 2025 whitetail rut peaked early, just after Halloween, and ended abruptly around Veterans Day. The rut has two distinct ...

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 ...

Bowhunters and youth hunters have been putting down some bruisers across the Midwest. It’s truly amazing how much change has occurred in buck harvests during the past 20 years as so many more bucks ...

Hadley Lane, 15, with his last Missouri Youth Season buck. Firearms season is right around the corner for Midwest whitetail hunters. Bowhunters and youth hunters have been putting down some bruisers ...