The late pre-rut brings some of the season's best buck activity, and Kansas hunter Chad Chambers took advantage of that on October 27 to tag an incredible whitetail that grossed more than 250 inches.

Along with buck rubs, the ubiquitous and mysterious woodland scrape signals to hunters that a whitetail buck has recently passed by. But that pawed up patch of woodland dirt means a lot more to ...

Droppings show the same. Furthermore, rut sign, such as rubs and scrapes, showcase the volume of bucks on the property, and how much time they spend there during the pre-rut and rut. Of course, to see ...

Columnist Oak Duke draws on 50 years of data to observe the time when bucks are most active chasing doe each fall. Here's how 2024 looks. Whitetail rut prediction for 2024: What to expect while ...

As the 2022 rut evidenced its first peak in early November, the largest bucks on my trail cameras ritualistically attended the sumac rub. ... a mystery in the world of the whitetail buck.

A whitetail hunter is always up for the mating season. The rut, as it's called, is a short window of opportunity exercised by the deer and the sportsmen alike. For the buck, a few weeks of ...

Kansas has a new state record typical whitetail buck, according to Boone and Crockett. But it was shot in 1995 and almost lost to history. Kansas state record 200-inch whitetail buck that almost ...