Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lone mule deer buck stands on a snowy ridge. (Photo by Matt Kaminski / Adobe Stock) I’ve always been a big woods whitetail ...

The Biggest Whitetail Bucks of 2023 While the current deer season is still going strong for some lucky hunters, another calendar year of deer hunting is now behind us. And with the new year upon us, ...

“What deer is that?” said Keith Chaffin, outfitter on the Junco Ranch in South Texas—the same ranch where Lyndon Johnson used to chase whitetails. He adjusted the spotting scope for a closer look. “He ...

White-tailed deer are among the most abundant big game animals in North America. They are practically everywhere, found in widespread distribution across the continent, with their numbers only growing ...

This story, “Tracking El Grande,” appeared in the February 2007 issue of Outdoor Life. In the pale dawn light, Valo Velazquez heads into a chill north wind blowing across Mexico’s Sonoran Desert. A ...

OL’s hunting editor recounts how Hanson was never comfortable with the fame that came with tagging the world-record whitetail ...

Pennsylvania is one of the best states for hunting, whether it be for black bears, elk, or whitetail deer. In 2001, the state held its first elk hunt, nearly 90 years after reintroducing elk from ...

This story, “Whitetails Make Mistakes,” appeared in the December 1962 issue of Outdoor Life. I’VE BEEN HUNTING deer for close to 40 years, and I can count on my fingers the rack-carrying whitetails I ...

A couple of Kansas bowhunters shot their 250-plus inch target bucks, putting those deer in a class that most hunters only dream to see and making them a couple of the biggest known deer killed in the ...

As deer hunters, we rely on facts and figures. We like analyzing data because it can help us better understand the game we manage, hunt, and work to conserve. “White-tailed deer are the most important ...

Hunting season started in August for some big game species but the heart of the annual event, the major rifle seasons for deer and elk, are still to come. The buck deer season for most units runs from ...

The story below is an updated version of a story that originally published in 2024. Pennsylvania buck have been growing older and bigger for most of the 21st century, allowing more hunters to join the ...