Meanwhile, the 2025 whitetail rut is set to peak in early November here in the Northeast and the Midwest in sharp contrast to ...

Mossberg’s sole hunting shotgun introduction at 2025 SHOT Shot was a bit of a surprise in this age of straightwall deer rifles. The company announced a trio of Model 500 Slugsters, including a ...

Welcome to 2024! I had a question for a reader who had moved to Nebraska recently. He asked if slugs were allowed and effective for hunting deer. It did not say in his note where he was from, but ...

Hunting whitetails in the northcountry forests of New England and the Upper Midwest is an undeniably challenging pursuit. Up there the landscapes are massive, think tens of thousands of acres of ...

Don’t get it twisted: The classic big-buck destinations are still great. Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois still produce giants every year. Texas deer hunters still kill more whitetails than anyone else. And ...

Talking about the early days of our long hunting seasons usually focuses on the opening of the dove season and this year’s nine-day teal season. But for the thousands of Louisiana deer hunters, the ...

Michigan game regulators have voted to tweak the state’s deer hunting rules, weighing in on two hot-button issues ahead of the 2025 season. The action they took removes controversial limits on early ...