Archery season for whitetails can be one of the most frustrating of all the upland shooting sports. Tough, lonely, uncomfortable ... bow hunting tests our physical and emotional stamina. And when the ...

Along with buck rubs on trees and saplings, the time of the ubiquitous and mysterious scrape, a bare patch of ground on the forest floor, is here. Some of us have spent countless hours perched in ...

Annual visits to outdoors shows reveal scores of new products each year – a testament to the hunting industry’s penchant for innovation, however, some of these products are hot for only a little while ...

Let’s clear up one thing right away: Deer scrapes are more than just a buck’s request for a hot date. Scrapes are the whitetail version of a social media network in the woods. What humans see as a ...

Just after daylight on a recent morning, I was sitting in a blind on Bobby Parker’s Camp Verde Ranch when a really nice buck with 13 typical points and beams that turn down on the ends walked down the ...

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 deer.

Setting up a stand or blind in the right spot is easy to do this time of year. Just look for deer scrapes. A stand located along a trail that ties together several fresh deer scrapes is a great place ...

Whitetail buck have begun to establish their territory in anticipation of the upcoming rut. Deer can communicate with their glands and scents when using scrapes. An active scrape is a where deer use ...

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Late summer and early fall are times when many deer hunters begin to venture into the woods. Some are scouting for the coming gun season, some are planting food plots and others are taking advantage ...