A mud-caked buck appears out of nowhere, his legs stained from the bog. The deer scans its surroundings. He’s an old deer that knows just how perilous life can be outside the security of his swamp.

Mike Yoder is a small business owner facing a big problem. He’s built a successful model around new technology that could change the way hunters recover their deer in the field. But while the demand ...

Don’t get it twisted: The classic big-buck destinations are still great. Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois still produce giants every year. Texas deer hunters still kill more whitetails than anyone else. And ...

Here in Western New York, as soon as the snow starts to leave the hills and fields, it’s time to hunt for “drops,” or whitetail shed antlers. Back in the day “shed hunting” was reserved for a few of ...

It’s no secret that whitetails love acorns. Ask any food-plot or farm-field hunter where his buck disappeared to in early fall, and if he’s not guessing “to an oak stand somewhere,” he hasn’t been ...

Why should you learn how to butcher your own deer? Because the venison will taste better. Professional butchers need to profit from their efforts, and that’s fine. But since time is money, most of ...