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

While bucks are fattening their bodies and growing antlers, female deer (otherwise known as does) are preparing for a short period of breeding behavior or estrus. This breeding period, called deer ...

After the chaos of the peak rut, the deer population undergoes a noticeable shift. Most does have been bred, and bucks are no longer consumed with chasing them. Instead, bucks begin transitioning back ...

Dr. Grant Woods with a stud buck. During the whitetail pre-rut and rut, hunters should worry less about the type of weather that will “get deer moving” and focus more on weather conditions that will ...

Cellular trail cameras really are fantastic tools for researching a local deer herd and their habits. Last December on public land in Manatee County, at a time when the peak of the rut had been over ...

The eight-point buck was oblivious to the steady stream of vehicle traffic around him, sniffing the ground in a front yard on Arrowhead Road in Duluth, grunting loudly as he went. There was a doe ...

Autumn deer rutting increases road crossings, creating hazards for drivers as white-tailed deer move more frequently.

When humans fall into a rut, it’s understood that our lives have become routine and boring. When a road becomes rutted, overuse in wet conditions have resulted in a dangerous drive. But if you’re a ...

As a result, many hunters feel that the deer hunting season should be closed during the peak of the rut to protect the big bucks during this vulnerable time. And those hunters always seem to target ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - It’s rutting season and the deer are on the move. Eric Deneault is with the Kansas Department of Parks and Wildlife and says it’s that time of year. “About the time when people ...