The apparent rut peak is when we see lots of chasing, cars and deer dodge each other, and carcasses litter the highways, ...

The whitetail deer mating season, or rut, is influenced by the amount of daylight, a phenomenon known as photoperiodism. Hormones like melatonin, which are regulated by light, play a key role in ...

Near or at dark, a thick-necked 8- or IO-pointer might charge out into the field, scatter the subdominant bucks like quail ...

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, some may ...

Anecdotal observations of whitetails using established elk and mule deer migration routes through the Absaroka Range are both ...