Indiana has become a top destination for deer hunters to pursue big bucks, like the one David Ray recently took near Bedford. Submitted photo There’s no denying the Midwest is the top whitetail deer ...

The final week of the pre-rut is here and the bucks are increasingly active during daylight. With the final days of October slipping by, the time of year that every whitetail hunter dreams of is at ...

Indiana has become a top destination for deer hunters to pursue big bucks, like the one David Ray recently took near Bedford. Submitted photo There’s no denying the Midwest is the top whitetail deer ...

It’s a phrase often repeated amongst deer hunters who aren’t seeing any bucks—they’ve “gone nocturnal.” And it's usually about this time in the fall—mid-October—when we start hearing it. The big guys ...

This story, “Judge of Disappointment Mountain,” appeared in the July 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. THE CHILL REACHED into the shadows at Boot Lake Portage as the November sun slid down into the dark ...