Scouting deer on public ground isn’t going to be all trail-cam pictures of big bucks and digiscoping giants in a green field. Here’s your preseason reality check Much of the preseason scouting content ...

The author shot his first Columbia blacktail 49 years ago and he ranks them among North America’s most challenging big game ...

FOR TWO DAYS I had been roaming the hills of eastern Washington — and I’d seen six does, but not hair nor hide of a buck. I sat down in a patch of warm sunlight near a well-used deer trail, to eat my ...

Mississippi leads the nation in harvesting mature bucks (three years or older), with 80% of harvested bucks meeting this criteria. Hunters in Mississippi are selective, allowing younger deer to mature ...