"Bucks dropping their antlers already." It’s becoming a common refrain in the late-season deer camp. And it’s true. Each year whitetail antler “drops” or “sheds” are picked up during ...

Oklahoma’s 2007 hunting season included the harvest of two whitetail bucks that, within days of each other, broke the state’s record for largest whitetail typical. Even more remarkable, 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 ...

In this story from the archives, the authors try to track down the origins and fate of the Ahrens buck, a potential world-record deer.

By Tom Tatum I stumbled upon the dead body quite by chance. It happened in early February of this year while I was searching for shed antlers on the extensive wooded property adjoining our own five…

Learn when deer shed their antlers with insights from experts, including regional timelines and factors influencing antler shedding.

Early September here in the Northeast and Midwest signals the time when whitetail bucks begin the process of shedding what we call velvet, covering their antlers. The brownish, kind of hairy ...

Columnist Oak Duke draws on 50 years of data to observe the time when bucks are most active chasing doe each fall. Here's how 2025 looks.

Some of the biggest whitetail bucks ever to walk this earth were never fooled by a hunter, nor found dead by anyone. More than one had the headgear to become B&C and P&Y world records, but none is ...