Bucks tolerate a lot of natural noise in the woods, but the wrong call at the wrong time will send them out of your life in a blur of white tails. Deer calling works only when it sounds like real deer ...

Nate Daniels with the massive buck he tagged in Kansas. It was late afternoon on Oct. 31 when Nate Daniels of Elwood, Kansas, climbed into an oak on his 40-acre lease. Daniels knows the Doniphan ...

For many hunters, the only deer sound they’ve ever heard is the loud alarm snort deer make when they sense something is amiss. The resulting “blow” alerts deer near and far that there might be an ...

Which deer calls are best? Few things are more exhilarating for a deer hunter than calling a deer closer. Using the right deer call can make all the difference. Deer calls are an important accessory ...

This spike buck was the first of three to respond to a call on opening day. Photo courtesy of Steve Sorensen It was already 7:30 on the opening morning of the New York firearms season when I climbed ...

Deer hunters need to be prepared when they walk into the woods. Deer scents, calls and a variety of other tools can help increase odds of success. Cover scents, attractant scents, calls, and even feed ...

At this point in the Illinois archery deer season, hundreds of archers are setting forth to the woods to balance their skills against those of the wily white-tailed deer. The “rut” or breeding season ...

Four long years were spent eating tag soup during my annual archery trip to the prairie in search of whitetail and mule deer. In the vast flatland, stalking with nothing more than ankle-high grass as ...

It was late afternoon on Oct. 31 when Nate Daniels of Elwood, Kansas, climbed into an oak on his 40-acre lease. Daniels knows the Doniphan County property well, since he’s hunted it for 13 years. From ...