Tracking a deer after the shot is where hunts are either finished cleanly or fall apart fast. Even experienced hunters slip into habits that cost them time, sign, and sometimes the animal altogether.

There is perhaps nothing more frustrating, angering and morale-sapping for a deer hunter than losing a wounded deer. Every hunter worth their salt — archery or firearm — makes every effort to place ...

For a good part of the season, deer hunting can be as much an obsession as it is enjoyment. Why else would anyone spend so many hours sitting in a tree? But when the rut is over in the North Country; ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — I got lucky with my first deer. I took a shot with my .243 rifle and the deer ran straight towards my tree stand, dropping 20 yards away. That early dose of beginner’s luck was just ...

For most of us, whitetail deer hunting is a sit-and-wait game. Whether that sitting is done in a tree stand or a ground blind, the strategy is the same: Pattern the deer, place your stand, set your ...