Meanwhile, the 2025 whitetail rut is set to peak in early November here in the Northeast and the Midwest in sharp contrast to last year’s spread out “trickle rut.” This season, unlike last year, the ...

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 ...

BRAINERD — It's mid-July, and in the world of white-tailed deer bucks, a number of physiological changes are happening. They are beginning to feed more heavily in preparation for the fall rut, or ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The breeding season for North American whitetail deer nears. Now, the Missouri Department of Conservation is reminding you to be extra careful as you hit the road. The agency ...

The disease was confirmed in one white-tailed deer on a hunting preserve in Bedford County, and one at a Lancaster County breeding operation. Both deer were born and raised on their respective ...

Every November, Connecticut’s woodlands and fields come alive with the drama of the white-tailed deer breeding season, called the rut. With some of the highest deer densities in the Northeast, the ...

A recent investigation by Texas Game Wardens resulted in approximately 1,200 pending charges and 22 suspects from across the state involved in the deer breeding industry and black-market wildlife ...

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 ...

The timing of October's full moon may be perfect for New York hunters in search of white-tailed deer this year. In the Empire State, the bowhunting season for whitetails starts Sept. 27 in the ...