Deer, however, become more active—it’s their mating (rut) season. From late October through the third week of November, male deer undergo noticeable changes in appearance, behavior, and hormones.

Whitetail deer hunting in New York covers a variety of seasons and hunting implements. Of course, like most outdoor activities, timing is everything.

Here in the Northeast and the Midwest, the 2025 whitetail rut is set to peak in early November, in sharp contrast to last year’s spread out “trickle rut.” Here, as winter is on its last legs ...

The pre-rut can be a great time to target a mature whitetail buck, but you have to have the right plan. Here's how to deer hunt the pre-rut.

It’s bad time to be driving on country roads at night, but a great time to be a Midwestern whitetail deer hunter, because the chasing phase of the rut is on. Reports from across the region all ...

What is rutting? Well, for deer and hunters alike, it's the most exciting time of the year. Here's the lowdown for deer, elk, and moose.

I killed my first rutting whitetail buck in 1971. Like most deer hunters, I used to think that the rut always happened on such-and-such a date because I experienced it.

A veteran whitetail expert and host of Big Deer TV on why the moon phase is worth tracking during the rut.

The average size of the summer home range is 536 acres for both sexes, but during the rut, expands to 853 acres for males. White-tailed deer are polygamous. Each adult male competes with other males ...

The whitetail rut has been defined in a number of ways, but we know that it is not the one-dimensional annual occurrence so often portrayed. Tough for us to let go of old beliefs. Some of our ...

A whitetail buck ran across a city street and crashed through the front door at Curvaceous Lingerie in the Old Town neighborhood of Lansing, shattering glass in his wake, WLNS-TV reported.