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 ...

Some people just know how to get it done in the end—they know how to close Game 7 or run the 2-minute drill or wrap up the deer season with an absolute stud of a buck. They’re the kind of people you ...

JARED SCHEFFLER’S ideal archery shot on a whitetail buck is either quartering to or facing head-on. He hunts exclusively from the ground. Scheffler shoots a longbow, and he uses heavy arrows that are ...

I love early season deer hunting. The weather is nice. You don’t have to wake up at the crack of dawn, as early season hunting is mostly an afternoon affair. And there’s a easy-going, low-pressure ...

According to the National Deer Association, during the 2023-2024 hunting season, U.S. hunters successfully harvested more than 3 million whitetail bucks, thus establishing a new record for mature buck ...

From preseason scouting to peak hunting season, here’s the premier whitetail gear we’ve been enjoying and testing out this year. We’re in the thick of deer season now, and hopefully all your ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The general season for whitetail deer hunting across the Concho Valley opened on Nov. 1.

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For years, food plots were treated almost like the final answer to better deer hunting. Now, some of the hunters with the deepest track records are quietly moving in the other direction. Food plots ...