It was cloudy and mild on Nov. 23, the opening day of Wisconsin’s firearms season, with temperatures around 40 degrees. The wind was light, and Alexander Welk was settled in a treestand on 40 acres of ...

This story, “13…Unlucky?” appeared in the October 1949 issue of Outdoor Life. Would you go 180 miles away to hunt deer — if you had them in your own backyard? Probably not, unless you had buck fever.

It’s a phrase often repeated amongst deer hunters who aren’t seeing any bucks—they’ve “gone nocturnal.” And it's usually about this time in the fall—mid-October—when we start hearing it. The big guys ...

We all know highly successful deer hunters, people who seem to tag a great buck every season, no matter what the circumstances or how much other hunters may be struggling. But even the savviest deer ...

Would you go 180 miles away to hunt deer — if you had them in your own backyard? Probably not, unless you had buck fever. I don’t mean the acute kind that leaves you trying to swallow your Adam’s ...