I probably should’ve shot the first buck I saw. My buddy Justin Moore and I were hiking down a switchback trail on a western Oregon hillside, through prime blacktail country, but with our attention ...

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 ...

The National Deer Association released its annual deer report on Jan. 15 that takes a close look at almost everything ...

10 Lessons from 50 Years of Whitetail Hunting When I think about how long I’ve been hunting deer, it’s honestly a little embarrassing. The year was 1972, which means Richard Nixon was president, the ...

Morgan Wallen was back in Iowa at the end of 2025 to get himself another big buck. If this story feels a little deja-vu-ish, that's because the country star behind hits like "Last Night" and "I Had ...

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 ...

Keeping tabs on your hit-listers isn’t the only reason to leave your trail cameras out. You can also use them to figure out ...

The best deer hunters in the nation (known and unknown) all share a common thread. They are students of deer and the woods, and they never stop learning. As such, they continually experiment with new ...

Every fall, you are told the same story about the rut: pick a promising stand, sit tight, and eventually... The post The rut ...

It was almost 40 years ago that the first whitetail came into my life. I dropped him on a granite ridge in New York’s Hudson River Valley, where, on a clear day, you could see the Empire State ...