While bucks are fattening their bodies and growing antlers, female deer (otherwise known as does) are preparing for a short period of breeding behavior or estrus. This breeding period, called deer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The peak rut can be challenging, but by hunting the right spots where you expect to find traveling bucks or a buck with a doe, you ...

Deer movement will increase this week as bucks seek out does that are nearing or entering their estrus cycle. This breeding activity boosts daytime deer movement and marks one of the best times to ...

Tired of sitting in a treestand yet? By the time the rut rolls around, many of us have spent days’—even weeks’—worth of hours 20 feet off the ground, just waiting. If you’re itching to get down and ...

When humans fall into a rut, it’s understood that our lives have become routine and boring. When a road becomes rutted, overuse in wet conditions have resulted in a dangerous drive. But if you’re a ...

Orion, a 7-year-old buck, has tennis balls on his antlers, as a temporary safety measure to protect Artemis, a female deer, ...

Mule deer hunters hoping to take trophy bucks during the breeding season will often tell you that Thanksgiving is the peak of the rut. Believe me, that’s not necessarily so. The peak of the rut ...

South Louisiana deer and duck hunters have more going for them this week than they had at the start of the month, and, just in time for Christmas, deer hunters will find the bucks living in lands ...

Almost every deer on the farm is on its feet. Bucks and does of all ages are hammering food sources. They’re hungry after the rut, but there’s also a snowstorm incoming. Temps are dropping, and ...

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 ...