As we move from mid- to late-October, bucks are primed to go on a sign-making frenzy, which means that the number of fresh scrapes dotting your hunting grounds is about to explode. Depending on whom ...

I settled into my stand and waited. The Kentucky pre-rut with cool afternoon temps combined with the early muzzleloader season had me hopeful. Soon after sitting down, deer poured into the CRP fields ...

That time of year that many deer hunters wait and dream about all year. The peak of the whitetail pre-rut. But it has two sides. On the one hand, bucks are finally on their feet during the daytime, ...

Along with buck rubs on trees and saplings, the time of the ubiquitous and mysterious scrape, a bare patch of ground on the forest floor, is here. Some of us have spent countless hours perched in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A buck scent checks a doe. (Tom Torget) The big-racked, muscled-up brute crashes through cover. Operating like a pedigreed cutting ...

A week of muzzleloader hunting and three days of firearms season for antlerless deer is now complete. In some areas, deer populations may already be reacting, either through a reduction in doe numbers ...

Setting up a stand or blind in the right spot is easy to do this time of year. Just look for deer scrapes. A stand located along a trail that ties together several fresh deer scrapes is a great place ...

What a difference a day makes. Take today, September 1st. Yesterday it felt like summer, and now it feels like deer season, or at least the preseason. And what’s a preseason without predictions? There ...

My favorite time of the year is finally here. Everyone always talks about the rut. While the rut is a fun time to hunt, no doubt, my personal opinion is that it is not the most productive time.

It’s that time of year when deer hunters’ thoughts turn to the annual rut and how to get one of those mature, love-sick bucks into their sights. For many, the first trick they pull out of their ...