As the calendar flipped to November, white-tailed deer are approaching the peak of their breeding activity — known as the rut — around mid-month. Field & Stream writer Scott Bestul reports some days ...

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 ...

As autumn settles in, white-tailed deer enter rut season — a wild, fascinating display of instinct, behavior, and nature’s rhythm.

Deer movement will increase this week as bucks seek out does that are nearing or entering their estrus cycle. This breeding activity boosts daytime deer movement and marks one of ...

"Bucks dropping their antlers already." It’s becoming a common refrain in the late-season deer camp. And it’s true. Each year whitetail antler “drops” or “sheds” are picked up during deer season. And ...

Most of us are aware of the fact that the 2005-2006 winter weather had no negative effect on white-tailed deer survival and reproduction in Wisconsin, this according to the annual Winter Severity ...

At first glance, North America’s two main deer species—the whitetail and the mule deer—can look very much the same. But there are important differences, and being able to spot them will not only help ...