Deer
How to Track a Wounded Deer: Reading Blood Sign After the Shot
How to track a wounded deer: read blood color, judge the hit, wait the right time, and run a grid search. A clean-kill recovery guide for any hunter.
Does Rattling Actually Work for Deer? When to Rattle, Grunt, and Call
Does rattling work for deer? A controlled study says yes — about 2 in 3 attempts drew a buck. Here's when to rattle, grunt, and call by rut phase.
How to Find Deer Travel Corridors: Funnels, Saddles, and Pinch Points
Find deer funnels and pinch points by reading terrain. How saddles, creek bends, and edges concentrate deer movement — and where to hang the stand.
What Do Deer Eat? How Their Food Shifts Through the Year — and Where to Find It
What do deer eat? A season-by-season breakdown of deer food sources — browse, forbs, mast, and crops — and how to find the current one and scout it.
How to Find Deer Bedding Areas — and Why You Shouldn't Hunt Them
How to find deer bedding areas from cover, sign, maps, and trail cameras on the edge — and the fair-chase case for hunting the travel routes, not the…
Protecting Fruit Trees from Wildlife: Deer Rubs, Vole Girdling, and Winter Bark Damage
How to protect fruit trees from deer, voles, mice, and rabbits — trunk guards, hardware cloth, fencing, and the orchard-floor habits that actually…
How to Age a Buck on the Hoof: Reading a Deer's Age from Its Body, Not Its Antlers
How to age a buck on the hoof: a body-by-body guide to judging deer age from trail-camera photos — neck, chest, belly, legs — and how accurate it…
Cold Fronts and Deer Movement: Does Weather Really Get Deer on Their Feet?
Does a cold front get deer on their feet? GPS-collar data says the effect is small and inconsistent. The honest answer on the best weather to hunt…
Wind and Thermals for Deer Stand Placement: Hunting Your Scent, Not the Sign
How wind direction and thermals move your scent — and how to place a deer stand, plan entry routes, and read terrain so a buck never smells you.
Patterning a Mature Buck With Trail Cameras: Turning Night Photos Into a Daylight Plan
How to pattern a buck with trail cameras: read timestamps, find his daylight movement, and learn why mature bucks only look nocturnal on camera.
How to Keep Deer Out of the Garden: Fences, Repellents, and What Actually Works
How to keep deer out of the garden: the fence heights that actually work, which repellents are worth buying, and why scare devices fail.
What's Eating My Garden at Night? How to Identify the Culprit by Its Damage
Find out what's eating your garden at night. Read the damage—clean cuts, ragged tears, slime trails, droppings—to ID deer, rabbits, slugs and more.
Protecting Crops from Deer and Wild Hogs: A Trail Camera Strategy
Use trail cameras to scout deer and wild hog crop damage, then match fences, trapping, and control to the intel. A farmer's field-tested strategy.
Fawn Season: When Do Deer Give Birth and Why It Matters
When do deer give birth? Most whitetail fawns arrive in late May and June after a ~200-day pregnancy. Timing by region, plus what to do if you find…
How Many Deer Are on Your Land? Running a Trail Camera Survey
Run a trail camera deer survey to estimate your herd size, buck-to-doe ratio, and fawn crop. A field-tested how-to with the numbers that matter.
Buck Rubs vs. Scrapes: How to Read the Sign During the Rut
Buck rubs vs. scrapes: what each one actually tells you, what's overrated, and how to hunt the sign through the pre-rut and rut. Grounded in deer…
Does the Moon Phase Affect Deer Movement? What the Data Shows
Does moon phase affect deer movement? GPS-collar data says the effect is tiny. Here's what the research really shows for hunters — and why beliefs…
What Time of Day Are Deer Most Active? What the Movement Data Actually Shows
What time are deer most active? GPS and trail-cam data say dawn and dusk — here's how the rut, weather, and pressure shift it, and how to use it.
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