Jack-o-lanterns and whitetail deer have something in common because Halloween is the key timeframe when the whitetail rut in Michigan starts warming up.

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 ...

Experience has taught us that the annual whitetail rut is not always the one-dimensional occurrence so often portrayed.

Experience has taught us that the annual whitetail rut is not always the one-dimensional occurrence so often portrayed. The annual whitetail rut usually has three distinct peaks of breeding activity, ...