Deer & Deer Hunting

Deer & Deer Hunting is written and edited for serious, year-round hunting enthusiasts, focusing on hunting techniques, deer biology and behavior, deer management, habitat requirements, the natural history of deer and hunting ethics

LEADING OFF

DON’T BELIEVE ‘Zombie Deer’ Hype

Deer & Deer Hunting

D+DH COMMUNITY

GUT CHECK • A CLOSER LOOK AT THE AMAZING WHITETAIL RUMEN AND HOW IT KEEPS DEER OPERATING AT PEAK PERFORMANCE.

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WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS DEER?

ONE PHOTO AND A LOT OF HOPE!

Massachusetts Hunters Generous with Venison Donations

CBP Intercepts Deer Hides with Ticks at Border

PODCAST • JOIN OUR VIRTUAL DEER CAMP

DELAYED ANTLER CASTING

WHEN ANTLERS DROP

WHITETAIL SCOUTING: WHY SPRING RULES • TRIGGERS ARE PULLED AND ARROWS ARE RELEASED IN THE FALL, BUT I’D ARGUE THAT DEER ARE KILLED LONG BEFORE. HERE’S WHY MARCH AND APRIL SHOULD BE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE WHITETAIL MONTHS.

PLANT FOR NOVEMBER • IF YOU WANT GREAT HUNTING, ADDRESS THE YEAR-ROUND FOOD AND COVER NEEDS OF DEER.

Trash Trees FOR WHITETAILS • AVOID THESE TREES WHEN PLANTING OR PROMOTING TREES FOR DEER.

TRASH OR TREASURE? • Spring is the perfect time to manage your deer hunting parcel for better habitat. Across the country, this means removing “trash” from the landscape. However, before you fire up that chainsaw, make sure you know what’s trash and what’s treasure — and then know how to identify each species with certainty.

POOR TREE PICKS FOR TREESTANDS

POOR FOOD PLOT PICKS FOR DEER

BEHOLD THE DRAWING POWER OF DOE BEDS • TARGETING MATURE BUCKS? DON’T OVERLOOK DOE BEDDING AREAS AS THE GO-TO LOCATION FOR CONSISTENT ACTION.

BOWHUNTING’S “TEXAS HEART SHOT” • SHOULD YOU EVER SHOOT A DEER IN ITS REAR-END?

THE FEMORAL ARTERY IS A SUPER HIGHWAY FOR BLOOD

MAKING THE SWITCH • MORE AND MORE DEER HUNTERS ARE EMBRACING THE CROSSBOW

STATE RECORD YOUTH NONTYPICAL

DO YOU WANT Fries wiTH THaT? • WHEN IT COMES TO COMBO DEALS, FEW CAN TOP WYOMING’S DEER AND TURKEY ARCHERY OPPORTUNITIES.

WHY LIVER BLOOD IS DARKER in DEER • RESEARCHERS PINPOINT FACTORS THAT CAUSE CHANGES IN BLOOD COLOR TO STRESS-INDUCED WHITETAILS.

5 STAND SITES YOU SHOULD NOT OVERLOOK • TAKE A BREAK FROM THE COMFORTABLE ROUTINE TO HUNT OVERLOOKED AREAS.

RIFLE BARREL BREAK-IN

POLITICS + SCIENCE • MANAGING DEER IS EASY. MANAGING PEOPLE IS NOT. DEER DON’T COMPLAIN TO THE GOVERNOR, WRITE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OR SPONSOR BILLS TO HAVE YOU FIRED.

WAKE UP YOUR TASTE BUDS FOR VENISON & OTHER WILD GAME!

Venison French Dip Sandwich

FEEDING DEER WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST

pursuit Community

SPRING TURKEY SPECIAL

6 TOP TURKEY HUNTING STATES

MOVE OR STAY? WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

TACTICS FOR CALLING LONG-DISTANCE TOMS

DECOYS: FINDING THE RIGHT MIX

THE NEXT GENERATION

SAVING AMERICA’S TURKEYS

GOBBLER GEAR

A HUNTING CLUB Legend

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