With the new year comes a wave of newly released hunting gear aimed at giving hunters the edge afield. From cozier tree ...

Many deer hunters wait all year for the peak of the apparent whitetail rut, this year to occur in early November 2025. But late October, leading up to the high point of daytime action, as opposed to ...

When you think about what it takes to be a successful whitetail guide, it’s a wonder they even exist. It’s their job to make the big-buck dreams of perfect strangers come true over and over again, all ...

Don’t get it twisted: The classic big-buck destinations are still great. Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois still produce giants every year. Texas deer hunters still kill more whitetails than anyone else. And ...

Old timers will tell you that you do not need a backpack full of gadgets to kill a smart... The post The whitetail trick old hunters still use because it works appeared first on The Avid Outdoorsman.

Congratulations to all of the readers who entered the 26th Annual Michigan Outdoor News best Buck Photo Contest!

Hornady’s American Whitetail ammo line has been a huge success, offering a no nonsense combination of Hornady’s InterLock and ...

The Greatest Whitetail Deer Hunters of All Time There are deer all over the world that have been hunted since the very beginning, but you won’t find Ook or Grog here, nor Robin Hood killing the king’s ...

This story, “The Trophy Trap,” was originally published in the November 2006 issue of Outdoor Life. It was almost 40 years ago that the first whitetail came into my life. I dropped him on a granite ...

Straight-wall rifle cartridges went from a niche to a headline item when formerly shotgun-only deer states began allowing ...

Smith pled guilty to three counts of Illegal Take, Possession, or Destruction of Wildlife, one count of Statewide Big Game ...