During rut season, it’s not uncommon for a hunter in a deer blind to see 20 or more deer walking past in an hour. The deer, particularly males, are uninhibited and throw caution to the wind.

Rut Rundown: The Whitetail, Muley, Elk, and Moose Breeding Seasons Explained For members of the deer family—and for hunters alike—the annual rut is the most exciting time of the year By Scott ...

Whitetail deer hunting in New York covers a variety of seasons and hunting implements. Of course, like most outdoor activities, timing is everything. The time is now if you are looking to take ...

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 ...

So this year, the whitetail rut of 2024 should unfold as it did in 2005, 1986 and 1967, the 19-year increments. Whitetails, and actually other “short-day breeders” like sheep and other ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here's how to deer hunt the pre-rut. Here's your game plan for locating a mature buck during the pre-rut—and then tagging him. 743K ; 204K ; 62K ; 108K ; Search for: Search for: Hunting. Big Game ...

The rut guide I provide on my site (bigdeer.com) season was spot on based on these moon phase observations last year. “When a doe’s estrogen level peaks, a buck’s testosterone peaks and the full moon ...

It seems like everyone in New Hampshire has at least a few good deer stories, and why not, since the statewide population of whitetail deer is estimated to be 100,000.That is at least one deer for ...

Densities of white-tailed deer for winter yards may approach or exceed 100-125 individuals per square mile, but are 4-25 deer per square mile for summer. Additional References. Behrend, D.F. 1966.