My husband, Bill, is a hunter. He watches the fields and wooded areas around our home every day, looking for deer. We have a large amount of very intelligent deer, both around us and at his hunting ...

Before I moved to South Texas in the 1960s, I had hunted deer in the Hill Country and some in the Pineywoods. The common belief among many was that deer could be attracted to the sound of antlers ...

I’ve been hunting in the woods lately, but without a firearm or a bow. Vernal pools are boiling with mating wood frogs. Honking geese fill the skies. Trees have not yet begun to bud so the sun is warm ...

Antlers on deer grow new each year and there are a variety of reasons why they may have a unique shape, drop tine or hole. “Antlers are pretty awesome,” Jeannine Fleegle, wildlife biologist for the ...

I was in high school the first time I rattled up a buck. My buddy and I were sitting on the edge of a big clover field, watching a little 8-pointer chase two does at the other end. “I’m gonna rattle ...

We’ve all got busy schedules, so when it comes to maximizing our shed-hunting efforts, it’s natural to ask, When do deer shed their antlers? And, ideally, we'd like as precise an answer as possible.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two bucks fighting on a hillside while a smaller buck watches in the background. (John Hafner) For diehard deer hunters, November ...

Antler size is an indicator of a buck's health, nutrition, and age, not necessarily dominance. Injuries to a deer can result in abnormally shaped antlers, such as drop tines or even a third antler.