in Danforth, Maine, texted me a photo (below, left) of deep-set buck tracks cutting through a snow-covered cedar swamp. “Guiding a guy from PA,” the text read. “He’s getting a lesson in tracking.” ...

A buck watches its backtrail. The ultimate accomplishment for a North Woods deer hunter is snow tracking a mature buck and shooting him at close range. Executing a hunt like this takes skill, patience ...

For the thousands of local deer hunters who have not notched their deer license this year, your time has arrived. The normally cautious whitetail bucks, who usually are tucked into their day beds all ...

This story, “Judge of Disappointment Mountain,” appeared in the July 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. THE CHILL REACHED into the shadows at Boot Lake Portage as the November sun slid down into the dark ...

The belief that the moon somehow affects deer behavior is widespread among hunters and has been around longer than anyone can remember. So, the Mississippi State University Deer Lab decided to test ...

If you hunt deer in Illinois, you are living through a technological shift that is racing ahead of the... The post Thinking ...

The rest is detailed at the outset. Clearly, the inconsistency of deer hunting can move in multiple directions. Somehow ...

It was more of an “I thought I saw it” than a real movement that drew my attention to some thick weeds and grass on the lip of a small terrace about 85 yards below. Through my 7X35 binoculars, I ...