With the year coming to an end, we look back on some of the biggest bucks and the best deer hunting stories from 2025.

When deer hunting and snow covers the ground, I often forego typical stand hunting and instead trust my hunting instincts, senses and reflexes (but mostly my camouflage), and still-hunt. A still-hunt ...

A Crawford County hunter gets large buck while hunting in the late deer season. Here's why it's a rare accomplishment.

This type of ambush spot is worth your time and effort in trying to locate, even if it means hunting public land instead of a ...

It’s a phrase often repeated amongst deer hunters who aren’t seeing any bucks—they’ve “gone nocturnal.” And it's usually about this time in the fall—mid-October—when we start hearing it. The big guys ...

Longtime deer hunter and outdoor writer Ben East explains the biggest mistakes both deer and deer hunters make in the woods.

THE FIRST DEER I ever killed came to me, but I was in a good place, walking a few steps at a time and making frequent stops, and looking more than moving. Otherwise I wouldn’t have seen him. That’s a ...

By spring, my mind will be back in a tree stand, focused on the Whitetail rut in New York State. Call me crazy, but I believe ...

The Wisconsin Buck & Bear Club is the official state record-keeper for big-game hunting. It keeps the trophy records for whitetail deer, black bears, elk and gray wolves – each in several categories.