We outline our favorite states for traveling, DIY whitetail hunters and describe how to find quality opportunities when you ...

14-Year-Old Girl Bags 240-Class Potential-Record Texas Buck Reili Brewer not only shot the biggest buck her father has ever seen on the U.S. Army base where he’s been hunting for more than 20 ...

Though many deer hunters consider it too small, the .223 has taken countless whitetail deer. Here’s why you should consider ...

Texas deer hunters shot nearly 740,000 whitetails last season, according to TPWD’s annual Big Game Harvest Survey,. Among them were about 425,000 bucks (57 percent) and about 315,000 does (43 ...

Knox Olafson, 11, of Warroad, Minnesota, shot this 13-point whitetail buck Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, during the final day of a three-day Texas whitetail hunt he was able to take through the Disabled ...

So, unsurprisingly, Texas is also home to more deer harvests than any other state in the union. The 2022–2023 season saw some 750,000 hunters shoot about 377,000 bucks and 303,000 does.

The survey overview called white-tailed deer Texas’ most abundant and hunted game species. The state currently has a whitetail population estimated at around 5.4 million animals.

A recent report by Texas A&M’s Natural Resources Institute estimates approximately 555,000 hunters spend nearly $2 billion each year on white-tailed deer hunting in Texas while 200,000 ...

This article is part of Texas Monthly’s special fiftieth-anniversary issue. Read about the other icons that have defined Texas since 1973. Larry Weishuhn, a.k.a. Mr. Whitetail, is a wildlife ...

The 2024-2025 East Texas whitetail deer season will end Sunday at sunset. Actually general season closed back on Jan. 5, with these final two weeks set aside for the youth and blackpowder or ...

BULLARD, Texas — A whitetail deer farm out in Bullard is using genetics and breeding to help build a herd resistant to chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological illness found among the deer ...