Nearly two decades ago while I was packing for a late October bow hunt my buddy Lloyd recommended that I bring along a grunt call and some rattling horns. He advised me that the combination of ...

Rattling for bucks is a great way to lure that big buck into shooting range. Bill Miller of Tuscaloosa shows the best way to rattle with a pair of huge deer antlers at the 2012 Buckmasters Handicapped ...

The other day when I was getting my gear together for an afternoon bow hunt I made sure I put my rattle bag and grunt call in my pack. I used to think that they only worked during the rut. However, ...

The consensus among many southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama deer hunters is that breeding-season (rut) activity has picked up since cold weather settled over the area earlier this week. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two bucks fighting on a hillside while a smaller buck watches in the background. (John Hafner) For diehard deer hunters, November ...

Following is a general timetable for whitetail buck breeding behavior in the Inland Northwest. AUGUST-SEPTEMBER: Larger bucks hang out in bachelor groups and begin rubbing velvet off antlers. Young ...

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 ...

A whitetail hunter is always up for the mating season. The rut, as it's called, is a short window of opportunity exercised by the deer and the sportsman alike. For the buck, a few weeks of November ...