The peak rut can be challenging, but by hunting the right spots where you expect to find traveling bucks or a buck with a doe, you can increase your odds November is the time of year every deer hunter ...

“Have no fear of perfection—you’ll never reach it,” said Salvador Dali, who was no deer hunter but certainly spoke as if he’d spent some time in the woods. That’s because you will not likely ever find ...

Deer season is less than two months away; let’s reflect on how deer hunting was ‘back in the day’ compared to today. My first ‘stand’ was actually not a stand at all but rather a 5-gallon bucket set ...

Us whitetail hunters rely on all sorts of tricks and strategies when chasing North America’s most popular big game animal. A key page in the play book centers on having a good stand location. If you ...

Tripod deer stands feature three steel or aluminum legs that create a broad base leading to a narrow top where the seat is attached. They give hunters an elevated view, so many prefer them over ground ...

I came across the deer stand on a grouse hunt a couple of weeks ago. That isn't uncommon. Bird hunters, walking through random patches of typical grouse habitat, sometimes find themselves peering up ...

Wade Stufft remembers well the day he decided to get his luxurious deer stand, the "deer condo," as he calls it. It was about four years ago, and he was gun deer hunting on family property in ...

A deer hunter’s elevated stand offers a unique opportunity to appreciate nature. I thought about this last week while perched in an ash tree 17 or so feet above the ground. It was late afternoon, the ...

Big changes could be coming for thousands of Minnesota deer hunters who climb into permanent stands each fall on state and county forest lands. Forestry officials from the state and counties would ...