For many hunters, the only deer sound they’ve ever heard is the loud alarm snort deer make when they sense something is amiss. The resulting “blow” alerts deer near and far that there might be an ...

“I’ll rattle and use the grunt call from day one, but it is a different style,” he says. “Early season bucks aren’t rutting or fighting, but they are serious about establishing a pecking order. There ...

At this point in the Illinois archery deer season, hundreds of archers are setting forth to the woods to balance their skills against those of the wily white-tailed deer. The “rut” or breeding season ...