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The article discusses the importance of understanding the visual capabilities of white-tailed deer. Hunters are advised to study how white-tailed deer's eyes and ears work in order to ensure their hunting success. They are informed that the eyes of white-tailed deer are designed to help them detect and escape from predators. The physical characteristics of their eyes are also provided.

The article explores the benefits of planning, planting and maintaining food plots to whitetail deer hunting. The author reflects on his experience of executing his approaches to food plotting. He advises hunters to use high-protein plants to feed deer during summer months, including soybeans, lablab and cowbeans. Also provided are tips for controlling weeds affecting food plots.

The article offers a few tips for choosing camouflage apparel for whitetail deer hunting. Deer hunters are advised to have camouflage apparel with patterns that match the hunting area and to select apparel with athletic cuts that maximize their range of motion. Also recommended is the use of warm-weather jackets with heat and moisture escapements.

The article discusses how to use surveillance technology to monitor the movement of whitetail deer. Hunters are advised to utilize trail cameras in order to improve their whitetail hunting success during autumn. The importance of planning, planting and maintaining food plots is explained. The use of supplemental feeding and mineral distribution during whitetail deer hunting is recommended.

The article discusses how whitetails may be patterning hunters by shifting their activity and mentions views of outfitter Tad Ladd on how hunters can scout. Topics discussed include views of hunter Richard Borden on how he goes to wood to look for acorn and sign that deer are hitting acorns, shift of deer herds in daily routines sending scouting efforts wasted, and concerns of the wood location.

The article offers tips for summer hunting projects. Topics discussed include trimming shooting lanes saplings and brush grows up around trees; improving bedding areas for bucks by clearing out a small area as they do not like to lay on sticks and stones; and spotting scope to truck's window and watch their evening movements into the fields.

The article offers tips for summer hunting projects. Topics discussed include trimming shooting lanes saplings and brush grows up around trees; improving bedding areas for bucks by clearing out a small area as they do not like to lay on sticks and stones; and spotting scope to truck's window and watch their evening movements into the fields.

The article talks about the impacts of chronic wasting disease (CWD) and its management. Topics addressed include detail on the impacts of elimination of CWD deer by ways like killing them on the hunters; information on the relationship between deer's urine and spreading of the CWD, and details on the rules that must be followed by hunter in CWD affected area.

The article discusses the buck and doe numbers of whitetail deer and their ratios. Topics include how hunters can differentiate between the observed ratio and the true ratio of bucks and does, comments from Quality Deer Management Association Director of Outreach and Education Kip Adams, and counting deer using a camera survey.

The article discusses myths about deer and habitat management. Topics covered include the variables influencing genetics in a wild deer herd, the hunters' definition of a genetically inferior buck and the conduct of research which found no evidence of antler size improvement where they are available in a free-range herd. Also mentioned is a study which examined acorn production for oaks that were given a regular dose of fertilizer.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of deer hunting in Alberta.

Personal narratives are presented which explore the authors' experience of going muzzleloader deer hunting in harsh weather conditions.

The article suggests several late-season deer hunting strategies. It describes the advantages of still-hunting during harsh winter conditions when the deer's ability to detect sound, scent and sight are diminished. It also discusses the benefits of heading to a stand positioned over a food source a half hour before the snow ends.

The article discusses opening day scenarios for whitetail hunting. It mentions that whitetail hunters should roam around for hunting and not remain at one place. It also compares between rifle hunting and bowhunting for deer hunting. It also mentions that one should be careful about trail intersection for the movement of deer.

The article discusses improving ballistic coefficients of bullets for deer hunters. It mentions that hunting bullets with long ogives and tapered heels drifts less in the wind. It mentions the effect of high ballistic coefficients on slow deceleration of bullets. It also mentions the Doppler effect of the bullet on the distance, time and velocity of the bullet.

The article discusses how mature bucks can teach killing other mature bucks. It discusses the lessons learnt from deer hunters on whitetails deer hunting. It also mentions searching feeding pattern and travel route of deer. It also discusses the impact of crop rotation on the movement of deer. It mentions the effect of wind direction on the travel route of deer.

The article discusses study from researchers at Pennsylvania State University on effect of wind on deer. It mentions the study by Stephen Webb of Mississippi State University and his colleagues on whitetail movements. It adds the study by Penn State University student Leah Giralico, that compared hunters' beliefs on effect of wind on deer movements and deer activity.

The article offers information on deer hunting along with the choice of deer hunters for hunting big or small deer hunters. Topics discussed include Columbian whitetails as the continent's smallest deer and the protected Florida Key subspecies, Columbian whitetail that was federally listed as endangered in 1968, and Columbian whitetail in the current online edition of the Safari Club International organization.

The article discusses how hunters want bucks on their hunting properties and neglect to use Quality Deer Management (QDM) rules as they have not seen change in antler size of bucks harvetsted. Topics discussed include decline in size of quality of habitat and hunter density and harvest, setting doe harvest quotas to keep herd at healthy density, and how can QDM work on public land.

The article evaluates several hunting bows including the Mission Hype DTX; the Diamond Deploy SB; and the PSE's Ramped.

The article discusses understanding how deer see can help hunters from being detected during hunt. Topics discussed include Deer's inability to see well in the longer and middle wavelengths (oranges, greens, yellows, browns, and reds) in the visible color spectrum; enhanced low-light vision of deer as they can open their pupil three times wider than human; and role of poor visual acuity in deer due to which slow movements are harder for them to detect.

The article offers the author's insights on the six step approach by veteran outfitter Scott Sanderford for trailing blood in deer hunting. Topics include the use of toilet paper or brightly-colored flagging tape to mark the blood, evaluation of other possible paths of travel, and taking notes of the area where the blood was found if leaving the scene.

The article discusses ways to use the man made environments of urban areas that makes senses of deers weak so as to become an efficient and trained whitetail deer hunter. Several ways discussed includes use of good cleanliness practices by the hunters to fool the deer about the smell, using man made structures for hiding silhouette by hunters and using noise created by vehicles on the roads as a cover for reaching the location of deers.

The article discusses three ways to create man made funnels or paths for traveling that help deers to cross the path from their bedding areas to their food source easily and thus assist hunters in hunting them. Several ways discussed includes using weed whips for creating trails or by mowing, constructing fences and gates, and use of food plots to attract deers.

The article presents author's views on the walk-in hunting access (WIHA) programs that are being used by the deer hunters in Kansas and how he hunted a deer on the land designated as Private Land Open to Sportsmen (PLOTS) in North Dakota. Topics discussed includes compensation offered to the landowners in the U.S. Midwestern states, enrollment of lands in the U.S. Northeast states and grants offered by the Federal Natural Resource Commission administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The article discusses how the family of Jared Thiede in Wisconsin managed to capture a buck, after three long seasons, that they first saw in 2011, which later became known as "Picket." Topics mentioned include the layout of the property where the deer moved about, the attempts they made in 2011 and 2012, and their close encounter with Picket in 2013, before finally capturing it during the gun season in 2013. Information on Thiede's hunting gear is also offered.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of hunting whitetail deer in The Texas panhandle with his friends.

The article discusses the various ways a hunter can miss a deer such as using a rifle that does not shoot where one looks, preoccupation with long shooting, and misjudging a bullet's arc, and offers suggestions on how to overcome such mistakes and get the most out of a hunting experience. It also offers guidelines for popular hunting loads in a 10-mph crosswind and emphasizes the fundamentals of marksmanship, namely position, aiming, breathing, and trigger control.

The article discusses what it takes to hunt in a country where densities are miniscule and cover is thick and presents the author's personal experience of hunting for North Woods bucks during Minnesota's firearms season in 2012.

The article explores whether holding a youth-only hunt helps states with hunter retention over time. Topics discussed include the pros and cons of holding an annual youth deer hunt, hunter recruitment and retention, and tips to encourage more kids to go deer hunting including taking hunter safety together, having realistic expectations, and emphasizing wildlife management.

In this article, the author presents suggestions to be followed by deer hunters in case of less availability of food for deers and after rut. Topics discussed include decrease in activities of whitetail deers in winter due to decrease in their body metabolism, opportunities offered to hunters during breeding actions and hunting along migration trails.

The article talks about the hunting of white-tailed deer in their bedding areas during their breeding season called rut. Topics discussed include challenges faced by white-tailed deer hunters during bad weather conditions, such as wind, rain, sleet or snow, hunting over scrapes, rubs and other evidence of bucks, and bedroom hunting techniques, such as hanging stands near bedding areas of white-tailed deer before the rut.

The article offers suggestions for improving deer-hunting success during the rut, a mating season of ruminant animals. The suggestions include moving to a new forest area for hunting, shifting treestands to a new location, and using new techniques for hunting. The strategies of two deer hunters namely Bill Winke and Don Higgins for successful hunting of deer are also discussed.

The author offers tips to deer hunters on improving their bowhunting techniques by practicing in the backyard. He emphasizes the importance of learning to control one's emotions when settling on a target. He also suggests shooting at a distance of 10 yards from the target for a week before stepping back to 20 yards.

The article identifies clues that indicate an overabundance of whitetail deer. It refers to a well-defined browse line and overbrowsed food plots as indicators of overabundance and discusses the impact of a lack of deer population on a habitat and from a hunter's perspective. It suggests hunters to conduct camera surveys to get a handle population trends and decide on population solutions through habitat assessment.

The article presents a scientific explanation of the effect of excursions, hunting pressure and the weather on deer rutting and movement. It discusses research findings on the influence of habitat condition and food availability on deer movement, association of changes in home range during and after gun season to buck movement and activity, decline in buck movement and activity from the pre-hunt to the hunt period, and link between deer movement and hunter densities.

The article indicates that all the exceptional trophy spots in whitetail hunting have direct links to identifiable water sources, as it discusses the best buck kills in Illinois and Iowa. It asserts that walking the edge of a creek or river to enter a deer ambush site before daybreak is sometimes the only feasible way for game hunters to remain undetected. It also advises to create more food and bedding sanctuaries in one's property.

The article offers six tips for game hunters on how to improve deer bedding areas in one's property. It suggests to restrict access to bedding areas to make deer feel safe and secure, to allow the sunshine in to enable grass to grow in bedding areas, and to implement controlled hinge-cutting of trees. It also recommends to make beds free from stones and sticks, to control the coyote population, and to consider entry and exit of deer to and from the deer bedding areas.

The article focuses on the benefits of deer hunters from hunting during the late season. It mentions that hunting activity during the mating season became so intense that bucks started to notice hunting patterns at the time. According to the author, it is important that hunters become patient to avoid experiencing frustrations during the rut.

The article focuses on the need for manipulating scrapes to encourage bucks to visit the areas at legal shooting hours. It mentions that most of scrape visits of mature bucks are observed at night time. In order to attract them to the scrapes at early times, it is helpful to set the place to create an impression on bucks that it is a hub of activity with lots of action.

The article presents tips on increasing remote-scouting productivity. It mentions that trail cameras are helpful to deer hunters as they use them as a scouting tool. The author states that early-season deer usually repeat their pattern every day which includes feeding times, bedding areas visited and travel routines.

The author discusses his views on how bowhunters can overcome problems with lockdown. It mentions that bowhunters should be willing to change as the rut changes. According to the author, it is also advantageous that they focus on travel corridors that will lead them to and from identified doe bedding areas.

The article offers information on three common locations in a hunting area that will allow hunters to get close to bucks. It mentions that river bends offer a lot of sign of deer activity which is usually overlooked by hunters. The author also states that field corners features woods where bucks usually stay inside to hide themselves.

The article shares tips and tactics for finding a rub line in forest saplings for a successful deer hunting. It refers to early fall season when bucks are still being territorial as the best time to hunt rubs. It suggests hunters to walk game trails or logging roads and to study the trees that have been rubbed, or to set up blinds and tree stands to help find rub lines. It recommends hunters to use trail cameras placed in proper positions to scout a rub line.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of being rewarded with a monster buck that gross-scored a tick of over 160 in November 2012 in north-central Kansas.

The article discusses how deer hunting in small blocks of land can provide big results if done right. It cites the author's friends Dave and Carol who are serious deer hunters but do not have enough money to lease neighboring farm hunting rights. It suggests strategically planting food plots that supplement what the land have naturally and if possible provide food for the local deer after the neighbors have already harvested theirs. It advises keeping human pressure as low as possible.

The article cites studies on deer-human interactions which point out deer's ability to pattern hunter movements and draws implications on deer hunting strategy. Separate studies at Stephen F. Austin University in Texas and Louisiana State University showed the link between deer's sensitivity to disturbance in their domain to a keen sense of survival and deer's ability to track hunter movement and change their own movement patterns consequently. Patterning prevention practices are also cited.

The article cites two scientific studies that support a re-think of normal deer hunting strategy. A 2002 University of Pennsylvania study showed that the lack of effort by hunters to leave the road system created de facto sanctuaries, a finding corroborated in a study by Doctor Mark Connor which pointed out that the lack of human presence defined the sanctuary, not the cover type. The studies discredit over-hunting and using perennial hunting trails as strategies for hunting whitetail deer.

The article features the Team Overkill, a group of suburban deer hunters in Maryland who film their hunts. Tom Knoll, one of the team members, says that the first step to successful suburban deer hunting is locating deer that are often visible in neighborhoods, parks, industrial parks and in the vicinity of deer-crossing signs. Through hunting, the group provides a community service by curbing Lyme disease, reducing deer damage to shrubs and abating deer-car collisions.

The author offers tips on how to gain permission for whitetail deer hunt on a private land. He relates several scenarios in which three hunters tried to seek access on his land. The author advises hunters to write a letter first to landowners before going to a property that indicate hunting careers and the kind of help to be provided for the land.