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 ...

According to the National Deer Association, during the 2023-2024 hunting season, U.S. hunters successfully harvested more than 3 million whitetail bucks, thus establishing a new record for mature buck ...

November 15th is two things. It’s a day that falls in the second full week of November, and it’s the third Saturday of the month. And that, in a nutshell explains why it’s a third thing: our No. 1, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A big deer walks out of the thick stuff, eases down the trail, and stops broadside just 20 yards away. He scans the surroundings, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The peak rut can be challenging, but by hunting the right spots where you expect to find traveling bucks or a buck with a doe, you ...

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During mating season, male deer experience an increase in testosterone and gland secretions, which makes them more aggressive, less afraid, and singularly focused on finding a mate. In the state of ...

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So your bucks have suddenly stopped showing up at the bean fields and clover plots that were so hot in September, right? It’s the dreaded “October Lull.” Maybe you’re thinking about sitting it out ...