Four long years were spent eating tag soup during my annual archery trip to the prairie in search of whitetail and mule deer. In the vast flatland, stalking with nothing more than ankle-high grass as ...

A generation ago, hunting with an airgun might conjure visions of plinking away at pests with a Daisy Red Ryder or maybe hunting squirrels with a multi-pump pneumatic. Today, it means something ...

10 Lessons from 50 Years of Whitetail Hunting When I think about how long I’ve been hunting deer, it’s honestly a little embarrassing. The year was 1972, which means Richard Nixon was president, the ...

We're in the thick of deer season now, and hopefully all your pre-season hours of scouting, tracking, and preparation have paid off. But for some of us, that nice 10-pointer hasn't showed his rack ...

Eric Morken: Breaking down two overlooked spots in whitetail hunting Where don't people go on the properties you hunt? Even on a small scale, that's likely where deer are moving during times of high ...

For most whitetail hunters, the West’s steep, conifer-covered mountainsides—as high as 6,000 feet—don’t usually come to mind as ideal whitetail habitat. More like good habitat for muleys. But ...

Being elk and mule deer country, southwest Montana isn’t heralded for booming whitetail herds, much less midwestern-style deer drives, but several had huddled midday in a block of cottonwoods ...

It’s showtime for Texas deer hunters. The 2024-25 general hunting season for white-tailed deer opened statewide 30 minutes before sunrise on Nov. 2. Most whitetail junkies will agree: There is nothing ...