What does he plan to buy with his prize money? “Gum and a toy,” says the hunter.

Then, on an evening hunt, with a doe and a young buck in front of him ... stand on the Kentucky archery whitetail opener, Chandler Barnes knew exactly what deer he was looking at.

but here’s what you can generally expect to see from region to region within whitetail range. January to March: You can expect older bucks to shed before smaller, younger deer. Here ruts tend to ...

Did anything change? Deer hunting: Mississippi Legislature creates velvet buck deer season: Here's what hunters need to know ...

Patricia Neal / Maryland Department of Natural Resources The oldest wild whitetail ever documented lived ... This is a sign that more hunters are letting young deer walk than ever before. The width of ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Of the more than 153,000 whitetail deer felled in Minnesota so far this fall, Mason Rudolph’s was different. This was a buck ... through the ice. A young man for all seasons.

That’s what many wildlife watchers and deer hunters want to know as winter ends. Did the buck they were watching make it through the season? Finding an antler can answer that question. Whitetail deer ...