I've even had does pick me out in cover that's lacking. You've got to have something in front of you and behind you. If you can find a big dead fall in the right location, that's where you want to sit ...

The Buckmasters scoring system is based on the method of evaluating white-tailed deer antlers developed by Russell Thornberry, who recognized that other scoring systems' symmetry-based formulas often ...

The philosophy of Buckmasters’ Full-Credit Scoring System is to measure and record white-tailed deer antlers without forcing them to conform to a criterion of perfect symmetry. This Full-Credit ...

Coffey County might have gone hungry that night. The 32-year-old trackhoe operator from Burlington, Kansas, was walking along a pond dam, scouring the earth for any sign of the buck he’d arrowed a few ...

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All those columns, numbers and abbreviations become clear as you explore. The majority of hunters are not ballistics experts. Nor do they have to be. Some of the most successful hunters know nothing ...

There's a reason so many hunters look forward to the peak of the rut -- bucks get stupid and forget some of their safety habits in favor of chasing does. They are more likely to fall victim to ...

Find your state below and read about their hunting and fishing regulations. Check back often, as state hunting laws change frequently.

Turning a so-so shooter into a MOA rifle might be easier than you think. So you finally bought that rifle you’ve been lusting after all these years. Or maybe you inherited one from your uncle. But ...

Bob Humphrey is the Biology & Deer Behavior field editor for Buckmasters Whitetail Magazine and holds similar titles with other major hunting publications. He currently lives in Maine with his wife ...

Country@Heart is a collection of comfort food recipes and the stories of how the author, the late Tim H. Martin, came across them while hunting and fishing throughout North America and abroad. Tim was ...

In this special preview of the May 2016 issue just sent to subscribers, Ron Spomer explains why lever-action rifles remain ideal for big-game hunting after a century and a half of use. Photo: It ...