Big male mule deer buck with large velvet antlers reaching up to get a mouthful of scrub oak leaves in the early morning autumn light. He is now shedding his summer fur coat, Wet Mountains, Colorado© ...

For a few weeks each year, the familiar backyard deer stops behaving like a quiet lawn ornament. The shift happens during the rut, the annual breeding season when bucks move from tolerance to conflict ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

How does a deer get its head caught in an iron fence, and more importantly, how do you get it out. It wasn’t easy, Alabama rescuers say. Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division photo An ...

Whitetail deer hunting in New York covers a variety of seasons and hunting implements. Of course, like most outdoor activities, timing is everything. The time is now if you are looking to take ...

In most parts of the country, white-tailed deer rutting season hits hard around November. Bucks are chasing does, running through the woods and open spaces, and making themselves unusually visible.