When it’s fall in Massachusetts, the red maples ignite with color, there’s a sharpness in the air, and a rite of passage eons old begins in the woods. It’s rut season—the annual white-tailed deer ...

It’s bad time to be driving on country roads at night, but a great time to be a Midwestern whitetail deer hunter, because the chasing phase of the rut is on. Reports from across the region all include ...

Big male mule deer buck with large velvet antlers reaching up to get a mouthful of scrub oak leaves in the early morning autumn light. He is now shedding his summer fur coat, Wet Mountains, Colorado© ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Deer are usually wired to avoid people, which is why the moments when they do the opposite can feel so jarring. Most outdoor encounters end with a flick of a tail and a quick retreat into cover.

Tired of sitting in a treestand yet? By the time the rut rolls around, many of us have spent days’—even weeks’—worth of hours 20 feet off the ground, just waiting. If you’re itching to get down and ...

Whitetail deer hunting in New York covers a variety of seasons and hunting implements. Of course, like most outdoor activities, timing is everything. The time is now if you are looking to take ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pennsylvania drivers see a lot of deer on the road throughout the year. But the Pennsylvania Game Commission says now is the time to be more alert behind the wheel as deer become ...

I settled into my stand and waited. The Kentucky pre-rut with cool afternoon temps combined with the early muzzleloader season had me hopeful. Soon after sitting down, deer poured into the CRP fields ...

DODGE COUNTY, Wis. (WMTV) - The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is closely monitoring an uptick in deer movement this time of year, releasing daily ‘Rut Reports’ to help drivers and hunters stay ...

The attention of this magnificent white-tailed buck is completely riveted on the doe in the foreground. This sort of single-mindedness can cause problems when deer cross roads at this time of year.

Editor’s note: This column first appeared Saturday, Nov. 15 in The Trailhead, a free email newsletter featuring Penn’s Woods coverage of Pennsylvania’s great outdoors on lehighvalleylive.com and ...