Even though California has the biggest population and some of the biggest cities in the country, 97 percent of its land is rural. And about 24 percent of it is protected as public wilderness.

Hunters can use moon phases, temperatures and sunlight hours trying to determine when a deer will rut, but it's much simpler than that. “When will the rut occur this year?” It’s one of the most ...

It’s bad time to be driving on country roads at night, but a great time to be a Midwestern whitetail deer hunter, because the chasing phase of the rut is on. Reports from across the region all include ...

In most parts of the country, white-tailed deer rutting season hits hard around November. Bucks are chasing does, running through the woods and open spaces, and making themselves unusually visible.

The peak of the deer rut, when they are most active, runs from late October to mid-December. Drivers are urged to be extra cautious during morning and evening commutes when visibility is lower. If a ...

I settled into my stand and waited. The Kentucky pre-rut with cool afternoon temps combined with the early muzzleloader season had me hopeful. Soon after sitting down, deer poured into the CRP fields ...

The reason for increased deer crossings and crashes? It’s the start of breeding season, also known as the “rut,” which means that male deer, including white-tail and mule, are on a quest to find mates ...

The 2025 whitetail rut has wound down across the Midwest Region. Increasingly rare reports of a buck standing guard over a ...

Tired of sitting in a treestand yet? By the time the rut rolls around, many of us have spent days’—even weeks’—worth of hours 20 feet off the ground, just waiting. If you’re itching to get down and ...

Hunters have been trying to understand how the moon affects animal behavior since cavemen etched pictographs on cave walls. Today, biologists acknowledge a link between the full moon and estrus cycles ...

Daylight saving time ends in the U.S. and Canada on Nov. 3, 2024, and most of us will set our clocks back an hour. There is a long-running debate about the benefit of the time change, given how it ...

It’s bad time to be driving on country roads at night, but a great time to be a Midwestern whitetail deer hunter because the chasing phase of the rut is on. Reports from across the region all include ...