BRAINERD — It's mid-July, and in the world of white-tailed deer bucks, a number of physiological changes are happening. They are beginning to feed more heavily in preparation for the fall rut, or ...

A whitetail buck's antlers in springtime and summer are anything but the sharp, white, iconic, bony headgear we imagine. Bucks are "in velvet" at this time of year and their antlers are undergoing an ...

Early September here in the Northeast and Midwest signals the time when whitetail bucks begin the process of shedding what we call velvet, covering their antlers. The brownish, kind of hairy antlers ...

On Sept. 7, opening day of the new archery-only buck season, Andrew Mizell, 21, an HVAC technician, killed a trophy whitetail whose antlers were shrouded in velvet. From spring through late summer, ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - This time of year, when it’s hot and no one is visiting their deer stand or favorite patch of woods, bucks are quietly doing something pretty remarkable — they’re growing antlers ...

This week on Discover Nature, watch for scrape-marks, or rubs on trees, as white-tailed deer shed “velvet” from their antlers. White-tailed deer are reddish-brown in summer and males have been growing ...

A Kentucky bowhunter recently arrowed a massive non-typical in full velvet after watching the buck develop for three years on private property in the northern part of the state. Jacob Deaton shot the ...

When someone says they’re stuck in ‘a rut,’ our minds jump to a problem that needs to be fixed. However, when a nature enthusiast or hunter mentions ‘the rut,’ our minds think of deer. The rut happens ...

There’s no denying the Midwest is the top whitetail deer hunting region of the country. States like Kansas, Iowa, and Wisconsin have led the way in producing giant bucks for a long time. Other states, ...