James Bigley Ranches compares the signs of chronic wasting disease with normal deer behavior during the rut.

For a few weeks each year, the familiar backyard deer stops behaving like a quiet lawn ornament. The shift happens during the rut, the annual breeding season when bucks move from tolerance to conflict ...

Oak Duke draws on 50 years of data to predict when bucks will be most active chasing doe each fall. Here's how 2026 looks.

I froze when I saw the flash of gray. Glimpsing antlers, I steadied my rifle. But something was odd: the red oak to my left, the decaying log in front, the forked maple sapling”¦ This was the exact ...

It was the heart of the breeding season one fall when I shot a nice buck in the act of rubbing a tree. I didn’t pay much attention to this at first. But when it happened a second time, I realized that ...

Pennsylvania hunters will be allowed to hunt every Sunday next season, have 16 consecutive days of firearms deer hunting and ...

Pennsylvania hunters face new regulations for deer carcass disposal to combat Chronic Wasting Disease, and other changes are ...

Pennsylvania's 2026-27 hunting seasons are approved, offering more than 1.4 million antlerless deer licenses and new Sunday ...

Most Louisiana drivers don't know minimum liability insurance won't pay for deer damage, and taking a roadkill deer without ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has released deer harvest totals for the 2025-2026 hunting seasons. Video above: Deer herd moves through snowy woods in York County.Pennsylvania hunters harvested an ...

The best thing I can do for this deer herd is hunt.

Pennsylvania's rifle deer season will include three Sundays this year. Officials are considering moving the start date in the ...