When it’s fall in Massachusetts, the red maples ignite with color, there’s a sharpness in the air, and a rite of passage eons old begins in the woods. It’s rut season—the annual white-tailed deer ...

While bucks are fattening their bodies and growing antlers, female deer (otherwise known as does) are preparing for a short period of breeding behavior or estrus. This breeding period, called deer ...

When humans fall into a rut, it’s understood that our lives have become routine and boring. When a road becomes rutted, overuse in wet conditions have resulted in a dangerous drive. But if you’re a ...

Once again, it is time for your annual report on the rut for deer season. First things first: What is the rut? As you know, your humble outdoors writer is trying to be helpful. The friends, family and ...

If you drive a vehicle or ride in one, it is a very dangerous time to do so as the white-tailed rutting season is in full swing. Motorists would be wise to reduce their speed the next few weeks to ...

🦌🌲 Deep in the forests of Czechia, mighty red deer stags battle with roars that echo through the misty hills. The rutting season is fierce, majestic, and wild. Key detail revealed about neo-Nazi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here in the Northeast and the Midwest, the 2025 whitetail rut is set to peak in early November, in sharp contrast to last year’s ...

"The rut should be going good by the opening of gun season," said Thad Potts, wildlife biologist stationed at Canton, Dewey County, Drummond Flats and Major County Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs).

When David Moreland talks about deer, a lot of people listen, especially hunters. And, when he was talking deer during Friday’s frosty morning, he had just climbed down from his East Feliciana Parish ...