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 ...

“I think that rubs look like highway reflectors to deer,” DeRose-Broeckert told NDA. “That’s how I imagine it. When the rest ...

Peak mating season for deer in New Jersey runs from late October to mid-December. Experts believe the 2025 whitetail rut is set to peak in early November in the Northeast. This season, unlike last ...

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

When someone says they’re stuck in ‘a rut,’ our minds jump to a problem that needs to be fixed. However, when a nature ...

I froze when I saw the flash of gray. Glimpsing antlers, I steadied my rifle. But something was odd: the red oak to my left, the decaying log in front, the forked maple sapling… This was the exact ...

Every fall, the woods of Arkansas are alive with excitement as white-tailed deer begin the rut, their yearly mating season. Normally ghostlike in the woods, bucks throw aside their caution, striding ...

October is flying by, bringing outdoors merriment to the woods and the water, and creating a unique mix of fun zones that ...

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 ...

As we move from mid- to late-October, bucks are primed to go on a sign-making frenzy, which means that the number of fresh scrapes dotting your hunting grounds is about to explode. Depending on whom ...

October ushers in a host of great opportunities for both hunters and anglers in Pennsylvania. One of the most significant of ...

Almeria’s deer rut season draws crowds to witness the majestic mating rituals and bellows echoing through its mountain ranges ...