"Stand hunting" or "taking a post" can become a very chilly proposition, if not downright cold especially when the ...

For most of us, whitetail deer hunting is a sit-and-wait game. Whether that sitting is done in a tree stand or a ground blind, the strategy is the same: Pattern the deer, place your stand, set your ...

As Thanksgiving looms near, many whitetail hunters have already seen the peak of their region's rut activity come and go. Regardless, late November and early December can be an extremely productive ...

The 2025 whitetail rut has wound down across the Midwest Region. Increasingly rare reports of a buck standing guard over a ...

in Danforth, Maine, texted me a photo (below, left) of deep-set buck tracks cutting through a snow-covered cedar swamp. “Guiding a guy from PA,” the text read. “He’s getting a lesson in tracking.” ...

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 ...

This story, “A Good Day for Ducks: How I Shot the No. 1 Deer,” appeared in the November 1964 issue of Outdoor Life. When the Creator molded the land, He blessed the Flathead Valley with aluminum ore, ...