In our 20th annual Best Days of the Rut, we reveal the seven top dates for tagging a giant whitetail this fall.

A veteran whitetail expert and host of Big Deer TV on why the moon phase is worth tracking during the rut.

Here in the Northeast and the Midwest, the 2025 whitetail rut is set to peak in early November, in sharp contrast to last year’s spread out “trickle rut.” Here, as winter is on its last legs ...

Hunting Big Game Hunting Deer Hunting Whitetail Deer Hunting The Best Times to Hunt the Whitetail Rut This Season We break down the hottest weeks, days, and hours of the rut based on moon phase, deer ...

I killed my first rutting whitetail buck in 1971. Like most deer hunters, I used to think that the rut always happened on such-and-such a date because I experienced it.

It’s bad time to be driving on country roads at night, but a great time to be a Midwestern whitetail deer hunter, because the chasing phase of the rut is on. Reports from across the region all ...

Various rut timing systems have evolved, giving hunters the opportunity to drill down to a two- or three-week peak period in their hunting area.

With plenty of mature whitetail bucks still on the look for the last few does to be bred, hunters with […] The post 3 Tips For Hunting Post Rut Whitetail Bucks appeared first on Wide Open Spaces.

These Bachelor Group relationships are not really broken, just the distance between each of the individuals is expanded, stretched because whitetail bucks get so feisty during the rut.

I killed my first rutting whitetail buck in 1971. Like most deer hunters, I used to think that the rut always happened on such-and-such a date because I experienced it.