Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lone mule deer buck stands on a snowy ridge. (Photo by Matt Kaminski / Adobe Stock) I’ve always been a big woods whitetail ...

I couldn't afford a guide or to scout before the season opened, but I had 1 million acres of public land on which to find my ...

On that day two weekends ago, 13-year-old Lyndi Ishler of Petty Creek and 30-year-old Oby Schulz of Evaro each bagged magnificent trophy mule deer bucks. For Ishler, a seventh-grade student at ...

This story, “Old Crooked Horn,” was originally published in the September 1982 issue of Outdoor Life. The big mule deer buck was mad. He wheeled, lowered his head and charged Vaughn Wilkins, who was ...

Hunter dreams of bagging big mule deer buck. Back in high school I spent a lot of time reading "Outdoor Life" and daydreaming about heading out west to hunt big game. I have been pretty fortunate. I ...

Montana hunters enjoy marveling at a large mule deer buck’s antlers. We take photos and post them online, tape them to refrigerators and bulletin boards. Photos on outdoor magazine covers and ...

Trophy bucks are fun to look at. There’s no denying that. Whether its tall-tined typicals or wide-racked anomalies with tons of kickers and coke-bottle wide main beams, there’s something about a ...

This story, “The Hunt We’ll Remember,” appeared in the September 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. “ELK, BOB, A BULL!” Sally yelled. I scrambled the last few steps to the crest of the ridge with my heart ...

Most hunters would agree that hunting the rut for whitetails and mule deer is the perfect time to see big bucks. But the rut can be a most elusive thing. We know the breeding season in this part of ...

Every fall, the thin air of Colorado‘s high country is thick with drama as deer go into rut—the annual deer mating season. It’s a time when Colorado’s white-tailed deer bucks lose their usual caution, ...