Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most deer hunters in New York this season finally got a little snow. For this hunter, it’s welcome and a blessing, as tracking ...

When deer hunting and snow covers the ground, I often forego typical stand hunting and instead trust my hunting instincts, senses and reflexes (but mostly my camouflage), and still-hunt. A still-hunt ...

Still-hunting whitetails demands a rifle that feels natural in your hands, moves quietly through the timber, and doesn’t weigh you down after a few miles of easing along ridgelines and creek bottoms.

Beaten, bruised, and a bit smarter than it was on opening day, the old buck slowly moves from his bed. The sun just set, but he’s not anywhere close to a big field yet. Keeping it in low gear, the ...

New England’s Benoit brothers famously mastered the art of tracking big bucks in freshly fallen snow decades ago. While most hunters have strayed from this trailing technique, now opting for ...

During the peak of the rut, it’s often wise to pick a stand and wait it out. The randomness of deer activity requires patience from a deer hunter, and if you just wait long enough, that big buck will ...

I was wearing corduroy pants when I shot my first deer. The swish-swishing of those corduroy ribs was much louder in the woods than in the hallways of school. It didn’t matter much because I was ...

I hope your firearms deer season was a satisfying one. I also hope you got a nice buck. My season was very satisfying, and I did get a nice buck — but satisfaction and a buck are not always the same.

Far too many hunters think February is just for attending sport shows and dreaming about next year, when in fact, there are plenty of hunting and trapping opportunities available this month across the ...