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 ...

When the rut heats up, hunters tend to focus more on terrain than cover. We love to spend days on end hanging out in “rut funnels” waiting for bucks to chase past us. That’s a fine strategy, but ...

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, some may ...

DODGE COUNTY, Wis. (WMTV) - The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is closely monitoring an uptick in deer movement this time of year, releasing daily ‘Rut Reports’ to help drivers and hunters stay ...

Deer are on the move. This is the time of year that male deer, referred to as bucks, break from their normally elusive lifestyles and devote all hours of the day to chasing receptive female deer, ...

In most parts of the country, white-tailed deer rutting season hits hard around November. Bucks are chasing does, running through the woods and open spaces, and making themselves unusually visible.