No state has more white-tailed deer than Texas. That makes it one of the best places in the world to observe a wild ritual known as the deer rut—the annual mating season. Each fall, bucks throw ...

In the First State, the average white-tailed deer weighs roughly 140 pounds, larger bucks can weigh up to more than 200 pounds, according to the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife.

During most of the year, Arkansas’s white-tailed deer are shy and hidden, especially the older bucks. But during the rut, usually in late fall, their behavior shifts entirely.

White-tailed deer have been hunted from the earliest migrations of people into North America, over 15,000 years ago. The species was far from the most important food resource at that time, though.

Reports from around the state indicate the white-tailed buck rut — or mating season — is getting underway. Lots of scrapes and rubs are being found, and bucks have begun sparring. Conservation ...

Scientists tell us that white-tailed deer have nearly 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses, compared to about 5 million for humans. And you can bet they’ll be using them when trying to ...

“Every hunter wants to know what and when the white-tailed deer rut is and how long it lasts,” said writer Peter Fiduccia, aka the Deer Doctor.

In the First State, the average white-tailed deer weighs roughly 140 pounds, larger bucks can weigh up to more than 200 pounds, according to the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife.

White-tailed deer have been hunted from the earliest migrations of people into North America, over 15,000 years ago. The species was far from the most important food resource at that time, though.

White-tailed deer have been hunted from the earliest migrations of people into North America, more than 15,000 years ago. The species was far from the most important food resource at that time ...

White-tailed deer have been hunted from the earliest migrations of people into North America, over 15,000 years ago. The species was far from the most important food resource at that time, though.