It is the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) that draws me out. Capturing images of the rut is what I am looking for. The rut is defined as the mating season of any ruminant animal such as ...

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The mating season, also known as the rut, for white-tailed deer lasts about three weeks in the northern states. The rut starts in mid-October and runs through mid-November. Several research ...

An adult white-tailed deer requires approximately 5-7 lb of food per day. Energy demands vary seasonally, and are greatest for pregnant and lactating females, for males in the autumn rut, and for all ...

The lunar influence on when, why, and how deer move has been debated for years, with a once-prominent whitetail writer even arguing that lunar cycles altered the timing of the rut, and in some ...

The clock is ticking for me to put a deer on the ground, and things aren’t getting any easier. The whitetail rut is over, the deer are in lockdown, and while I know all about the so-called ...